Fun, Sun and 2 very tired little girls!

Sorry for the long stretch between posts. It's not that life has been boring lately but there just hasn't been a whole lot of excitement either. Between that, my trecks back and forth to Columbus and Frankie being out of town for a good part of the last 2 work weeks, the post just got moved to the back burner. I figured I better find something to write about and some pictures to post before some grandparents get irrate with me ;).

Fortunately, it has been a relatively quiet couple of weeks. About the only excitement has been Natalie and her stomach, which unfortunately creates more excitement than we would like at times. Nothing major - most everyone is familiar with her stomach upsets related to her food allergies. She did have an episode last week, somewhat out of the blue in the middle of the night, where her stomach flared up suddenly. We got to the bathroom where she promptly fainted on me! She came to pretty quickly and was fine the rest of the night. I am afraid the fainting may be a black cloud that is going to follow her. This was the 3rd or 4th time she has done this in the past couple of years. I am hoping she grows out of it - quickly.

We have really enjoyed the mild weather lately. Although the temps have still been fairly warm, we have had a pretty consistent breeze (thanks to all the activity in the gulf), which has made being outside very enjoyable. The girls have really taken advantage of it and many days have played until they were just shy of collapsing. Tonight is no exception. It was all I could do to get Natalie through her shower. She was in bed and asleep by 7:30 and Alyson wasn't far behind. That is certainly a rarity on the weekends. Although these pictures were taken last weekend, tonight was almost a carbon copy.

Lexie came home from school with us yesterday afternoon and the girls stayed outside most of the time. They enjoyed some time in the sprinkler. Natalie and Lexie bailed out on Alyson after just a few minutes but it didn't seem to bother Alyson one bit.

Following the sprinkler, they spent a little time "practicing" their gymnastics. This move is called 'Rock the Baby' or 'The Elevator' - I was never clear on which one it was. I was shown so many. Alyson only landed on her head once.

They spent a little more time late this afternoon working on the trapeze bar. Alyson managed to land on her feet this time (with a little help).