Thursday, August 8, 2013

Painting and the Sandbox

Monday afternoon we went out on the porch to finger paint. Charlotte was thrilled and I am ashamed to say that it was Caroline's first time finger painting! She was not a fan. She tried it out a bit but overall wasn't thrilled. She thought it was fun to paint her belly (which she calls baby) and then obsessed over cleaning herself and anything paint touched!




 Charlotte had lots of fun and enjoyed mixing and making colors!




















Then they moved on to the sandbox, where Caroline thought it would be fun to pour sand all over her head, Charlotte's head, her body etc.
 She did play nicely for a little while.
 Then practiced her yoga...

 She is one crazy child...






Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Playing at the Park

This morning Chris went into work a little bit later (9:30) so I was able to get a shower in before 5pm... Since that was the case when he left the girls and I headed up to the park to play. We have moved past the easy park stage, where Caroline wouldn't wander far or quick, and Charlotte was content playing with other kids, and are now back in the chase a child phase. It is not entirely relaxing when you are 34 weeks pregnant. Needless to say, the kids had a ball. 
 After we were there for about 45 minutes, Charlotte's best bud Teddy showed up with his sisters and Charlotte was the happiest kid ever. Well, Caroline was pretty happy being in the swings too.



 Once the swings were worn out, Caroline set off for a new adventure.
 This focused around climbing up to the enclosed tube slide on the big kid playground. It took her a few minutes to figure out how she could get up on the platform, but she did it!
 She was so pleased when she came out at the bottom!
 She has been giving me a pretty hard time about taking two naps a day, (she will do it for Grandma, no problems) so after spending Monday and Tuesday fighting with her and watching her play in her crib on and off all morning I decided that she is no longer going to get a morning nap and will have to deal until lunchtime. She was pooped... but kept on playing!
 Charlotte, Teddy and his sisters joined us on the playground and Caroline was set on following them.





 The child has no fear!









Finally around 12:30 we started to get ready to go. Caroline was just exhausted.
 ...yet still in a good mood!



 I think the kids enjoyed themselves! We came home and had something to eat and naps all around. Tonight Caroline is sleeping in a toddler bed... when did she get so big!?