Rainy Day Playdate

Our normal Wednesday playdate with Lilly - a trip to the playground and storytime at the library - got rained out this week. Luckily, Lilly was able to come over and play indoors!

Nothing like a craft - a homemade memory game - on a yucky day.

Gluing the cards together.

We <3 cousins! :)

Playground Time!

I can't believe how big Abigail has gotten, and nothing drives this as painfully home as a trip to the playground where she unfailingly shows off some new skill.

"DO NOT HELP ME, SARAH! I CAN DO THIS ALL BY MYSELF!!!"

The playground has bars just like the ones at gymnastics, except they're a bit lower, which thrills Abigail, as she can take her place primly in front of the bars...

... and jump up all by herself to a front support thingy. :)

She's also perfected the monkey-hang.

"I did it!"

But some things never get old... :)

Candyland

When the deluxe edition of Candyland went on sale for a steal at Target right before Christmas, I KNEW it was a sign. Granted, Abigail showed little to no sign of wanting to play games, unlike some of her friends *cough*Lilly*cough*, but I help out hope that the day was coming, and when it finally came, I would be able to whip my favorite childhood board games out, all prepared.

Well... The day came, and it was today. :)

Not sure what clicked - it's certainly not the first time I (or mommy) have asked her to play with me, and she's watched me "play" by myself before (hoping to make it look like so much fun she just couldn't resist), but she's never wanted to sit down and play a game WITH me.

Except today she pulled it down, said "Let's play Candyland!", set it up, and proceeded to play two games with me, perfectly. Except she kept forgetting which came first, moving her person or picking a card, but it was so cute watching her pick up her little guy, look puzzled for a second, then go "Oh, I need a CARD!" that I never corrected her lol.

She won both games, by the way. :)

Tire Swings

We had a lovely day this week: playground and storytime with one set of cousins, then lunch with another set. :) Can't believe how big these girls are getting!