Garden party

Despite the ugly weather today, we had a fun morning at the museum's garden party with our girlies.

I remember Maddie seeing the billboard that advertised their garden party last year, and she was begging to go. I didn't realize that there were a lot of free activities to do there, and so we never went last year. But, this year we'd been promising them both that we would go. And, so we went both yesterday afternoon and this morning. And, they just loved it.

There was plenty to do: they did the bouncy jumps, the pony rides, the tractor ride that Faith so desperately wanted to ride (of course, the "bluuuuue" one!), got their faces painted, and played a few little games. When little Beeba had to eat, they amused themselves with some funny dance move that Maddie invented that Faith then thought was hilarious. They kept running back and forth doing this, all the while laughing hysterically. It was a great time!

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I remember when Faith was a baby, I used to pretend that Faith was a "monster" and chase Maddie around holding Faith like an airplane. Maddie loved this. Now with Abrie, the girls love it when I pretend that it's "Beeba/Breezer storytime" and Abrie sits on my lap facing both of them and "tells them stories." They keep asking for "how about the 2nd story... how about the 3rd story.. do you have a 4th story?" It's so cute. Abrie loves it because she loves seeing their faces and hearing their voices. That is her favorite thing at this point; she sits there so stoically enjoying all of our voices. And, Maddie and Faith love listening to her so-called stories and dreams and hearing her "voice."

My big girls love their baby sister, and their baby sister just loves them. It's so neat to watch the three of them, and I know I'll never grow tired of it!