Visit with Gramma

This past week was my mom's spring break so she came up here for a visit. Though the weather here has still not been very spring-like. I think that we have had about 4 days where the temps have gotten over 60. The girls were very excited about her visit. I think one reason was that we had circled it on our calendar and each day had been marking off the days. They really seem to enjoy doing that. (as you can see we are working on the concept of time, with varying degrees of success. They know that Monday is dance, Tues and Thurs are school, and Fri is noodles w ice cream day. They know one event for each month through July. However, anything that has happened in the past is referred to as yesterday and some things yet to come are also yesterday. Tomorrow is not really there for them)

Ok that was a huge aside. St. Patrick's day was here while my mom visited and the girls thought it was neat to wear green. I tried to teach them that you got to pinch people who were not wearing green, but that had limited success. A St. Patrick's day story: the next day Brooke announced to me that "her poop was green for St. Patrick's day" Hilarious!!

Here are some pics from the visit.

The girls really love to be read to. One of their favorites is this princess book where there are two sets of pictures (one on each page) and you have to find the differences between the two - which is what they are doing in the above picture. Note the thoughtful looks on their faces!

They were so excited about getting Gramma that they insisted that they both sit next to her...even though there clearly is only room for two people on each side of the booth. The girls LOVE Chipotle - the kids meal comes with little bags of chips and they think that is the best thing ever.

After our St. Patrick's Day picnic, the girls wanted to hang out in the tree for a while.