I We had the pleasure of keeping my sweet niece, Megan, for almost two weeks back in March. H and M love spending time with one another. We went on so many fun adventures together! We spent a few days in GA before heading down to AL to celebrate Smooth's 70th birthday.
Our days in GA were spent in a fantasy world of princesses and all things royal!
May I introduce you to our princesses.....
Our little artists creating their works for B & S!
We did have one glitch while in GA. H came down with a raging case of Strepthroat. You haven't lived until you spend two-three hours in urgent care with 3 kids, 4 and under. I'm pretty sure we used all the medical supplies available to us to play games with. I will say, all three were really well behaved! As a side note, nobody else caught it, hooray!
We also enjoyed the thrill of a morning snow flurry and a trip to WH, Collins' first!
Scattered, covered, and smothered...stat!
14 folks diving in to great italian!
The rest of our time with Megan was spent exploring and getting out and about!
I kept H in preschool, so I was able to have some fun time with just M and C. I took M to paint her mommy a special gift early in the week, so it would be ready for pick up by her last day with us. I let M have her pick of anything in the store and she chose a heart. It was so sweet and she really took her time painting it to make sure it was perfect! We also headed out to our local bookstore's Storytime. It was really cute! The reader picks a few books to read and then the kids get to create a craft based on one of the books. This week's was City Dog, Country Frog.
We lucked out with fairly decent weather during M's visit. We were coming off of the heels of a few weeks with ice and snow, so these girls loved being outside. A popular activity with these two is riding scooters.
M was able to tag along during H's dentist appointment. She enjoyed watching H and entertaining C. No cavities for H!! The girls enjoyed comparing dentist notes. Ha! Afterwards, we had a play date with one of M's buddies who moved to the area last fall.
It did rain a few of the days M was here. That didn't keep us down. While h was in school, we attended another story time, M helped me grocery shop, and after school I took the girls to An indoor bouncey place. That was a huge hit!
Susie left a small gift for the girls to open each day of M's trip. It was such a sweet gesture and one the girls really looked forward to each day.
One of my favorite activities was taking the girls to the museum of art. They have a "what's in the box" class for preschoolers. This particular class focused on movement and the theme was sculptures. The kids seemed to enjoy the class and learned to bend and shape their bodies like different sculptures. They also learned to look at art from all sides because each angle provides a different interpretation. These kiddos really listened. After the class was over, we walked around the museum until we found our sculpture from class. The kids promptly formed their bodies into said sculpture and also walked around and viewed it from all angles.
My favorite conversation was overheard while looking at a painting about a shipwreck. Apparently, it looked eerily similar to a scene from Frozen..... And there you have it, everything relates back to
Ana and Elsa!
The big girls loved dressing alike. Thankfully, we had enough of the same or similar clothes to make it work!
More princess shenanigans and dance parties to boot!
M joined us for family pizza night! It's a fun weekend tradition and we love making our pizzas from scratch! H and M helped Wes make the dough and put the pepperonis on.
M was dreary and a 100% chance of rain. We'd planned on going to the natural history museum for amphibian day. When we got downtown, it was barely misting....spitting at best. The St. Patty's day parade had already started. We heard the bagpipes calling us and knew we had to stand outside even if just for a glimpse of the parade. We ended up standing there for quite a while and the girls LOVED it! The had fun collecting beads, candy, flowers, stickers, and even dinosaur hats. We saw everything from Celtic dancers to dogs wearing pillbox hats!
When it started misting, we decided to head indoors. Amphibian day was quite a hit with these two! They have no fear and thought it was cool petting snakes, watching a rattle snake shake its tail, touching salamanders, knocking on turtle shells, and holding "frog eggs." They got to create a few crafts. We didn't make it through the entire museum before having to head back to the house. Megan was most excited about seeing a TRex, so that was our last stop.
The girls hated saying goodbye! H has truly asked about her every day since she left. I love their special relationship!
