Our Family Vacation

We had a wonderful family vacation - a week in Maui. Although it rained and stormed for 4 days we still spent every possible minute on the beach. Our last 3 days were wonderful and the girls both really loved the beach; both sand and water.

Here is a little video I put together for Lucy to watch ~ IT's just Lucy and Helen and some of their little friends on the beach.

Hilariously Happy Helen

Yesterday Lucy was napping during lunch so it was just Helen and I. Helen was a VERY happy girl. She just kept going and going, but I only posted one minute of the video so you wouldn't get too bored. I love her belly laugh!

Helen Sue

"Little" Helen is getting pretty big these days. Sometimes if Lucy is napping I actually read books or just play with Helen and she loves it. She doesn't get as much one-on-one time with me as Lucy did (of course :-) but when we do play she sure loves it! She already has such a different personality than Lucy.

Big Happenings

New special pajamas made for Lucy and Helen by "Grandma Hicks."

Around here that's a pretty exciting event!

Matching is always fun

New Pajamas ~ Yay!

Helen likes them too

Lucy looks at the pictures and says each persons name

Bowling Fun

We went bowling on Saturday night with a group of friends. Lucy actually got to "push-roll" the ball down the lane with Daddy. We used the lightest weight ball they had but she still couldn't even hold it, so Ben had to help her pick it up, carry it to the lane, and actually "bowl". She had so much fun, although she never really cared or even watched to see if the ball knocked down any bowling pins. Helen was there but since she and I were taking to pictures I don't have any photos of her to post.

Simple Pleasures

After 3 months of living on soda crackers and ginger beer (with a little variation) I can't believe how much I enjoy something as simple as a morning cup of tea.

Another Lego morning

This morning as I was getting a very sleepy, groggy little Lucy out of her crib

she looked at me through those tired eyes and said "legos?"

Not "Mommy" or "Hi" but "Legos?"

Needless to say baths and breakfast got to wait.

We all (Helen, Lucy and I) played legos for a while and had a wonderful time.

They can be pretty sweet together, when they're not fighting over toys. Lucy can make Helen laugh in a way none of the rest of us can. I need to get video of it sometime when they are contentedly playing together and I have the camera out. (yeah, right!)

p.s. notice Lucy's lovely bed-head.

Plus, another benefit of legos...