Macee's cast

We went over to visit Macee after she got her cast today, she has to have it on for a month, then will be in a walking boot. Such crummy timing, right before her Spring break vacation. One good thing, it has a waterproof liner so she can shower and go in the pool.

These rainy, inside days are making the twins more creative in finding ways to entertain themselves. They started drumming on this stool that was in the bedroom, so I brought it out in the living room and they played with it all day, taking turns drumming and singing.

Papa showed them how to open an avocado and then tried to get them to try a bite, but they would only try licking it off their fingers. Harper made a pretend one out of Play-doh later and tried licking that, too, she didn't like it either.

Smile Ava

Ever since I let them take a picture (that was a big mistake) I have to be careful to keep the cameras up and out of their reach, or else at the end of the day I find pictures on it taken by them... I heard Harper saying "smile Ava smile",

by the time I got the camera away from her, she had also taken this picture of the "Laska" bear she got from Grandma Barb.

Barry's visit/Macee's broken leg

Barry came over to visit today on his way back to Arizona. He parked his motor home at Alan's for the night so he could do some extended visiting. Ava and Harper and I were out for a walk and visited with him first at Alan and Vera's. The girls were able to pretty much ignore Barry over there while Alan kept them busy playing with toy footballs. When he visited at our house though, they were very nervous and stayed glued on my lap until Auna, Parker and Rielee came in after school, then they got down and played and he got to see them in action. Auna and Parker had some pudding with whipped cream, and Papa gave the twins a little taste, of course they loved it and wanted more. Barry suggested that giving them shaving cream tomorrow when they wanted whipped cream would put an end to them begging for that!

Macee went to the dr. today and unfortunately, has a broken fibula, the result of a sliding into 2nd base in yesterday's game. She'll be getting a cast on Thursday.

More bomber ball

This game never gets old for them, and they get the biggest kick out of bombarding Papa!

With all the toys we have around, it seems like they play with balls more than anything.

Today was a nice afternoon so they got to play outside a lot. They have a circle they make on their walk now, through the woods to Laury's, over the bridge to play on the big swing and then to the playfort. Did some serious bubble chasing also. Uncle Alan came over and played outside with us, too.

A sunny March evening

We were walking around the yard this beautiful evening and there went Emmy sprinting up the driveway, back and forth, doing 30 second sprints. Uncle was so impressed he went to the car and grabbed a chair so he could sit and "coach" her when she went by.
"You have to put some effort into it Emmy!" and "No pain, no gain!" probably didn't inspire her very much, unless cussing at him while running made her go faster....

No, Emmy only cusses at her dog when he trips her up.

Rielee came over a little while later and tried to get Auna to come out and practice softball with her. Auna was playing Scrabble on my Kindle and didn't want to though, so Rielee asked Papa. He had bought himself a mitt at a garage sale just for this reason and was happy to get out there and play with her. Rielee is doing well and is anxious for softball to start. Rielee had her face painted at her school carnival earlier in the day.

Parker and his buddies were outside, too, sitting by the bonfire trying to get it to burn, with the help of the leaf blower.

High swings

They were so happy to be outside today, they went out and helped Papa get the firewood and then hauled some inside and put it in the woodbox.

Charb and Kelly came up to get the girls this afternoon after he got out of the hospital. Charb was giving Harper some super high swing rides and she was screaming loudly every time, but loving every minute of it.

We were kind of surprised by Harper when we headed over to the playfort, she ran ahead and climbed right up in the fort in record time, and was just thrilled with herself over it. Ava started to climb up and Harper told her "don't be scared, Ava", but Ava was scared and backed down. She got out the little slide had fun going down it. Harper first was headed down the big slide but there was a big bug on it so she changed her mind and joined Ava.

We had a good day and we were all relieved to have Charb home and on the mend.

Snowww again

This evening, they wanted their blankets wrapped around them and then got the play bottles and pretended they were babies.

Snow again this morning and a 2 hr. late start for Toutle, CR, and Evergreen, so Charb brought Ava and Harper up a little later. Rielee and Parker came over early and Rielee played with the girls and took a bath with them.
Charb's dr. appt. this morning turned into an all day and night visit at the hospital for more tests, so the girls are staying the night.
Ava caught Harper's cold so she was tired and crawled into bed before 9:00 p.m., Harper reluctantly followed her and they both watched a little TV with Papa before they conked out.