Memorial Day Weekend

What a weekend!!! It was packed with outings and lots of fun with the girls. We skipped morning naps all three days which I think in retrospect was little ambitious. By the end of the day Monday they were incredibly overtired!!!

The weekend started off with a day spent at Busia and Papa's house. Chris was busy moving furniture from various rooms in the house to the basement. He got a bunch done and was even able to fit in 9 holes of his favorite sport!!! The girls had a blast, we went to Wirth Park in Brookfield, this park has a lot of memories for me. We lived really close growing up so I would walk there with my friends all the time to play at the playground. This weekend there was a rummage sale, so we checked it out and then headed to the Tot Lot. The girls loved the swings! It was really neat for me to bring my girls to the place I used to spend so many Summer days.
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Syd Brooke We then took a paved trail back to the car and Brooke and Taylor ran the whole way ahead of us loving their freedom, it was really cute. Syd was having a grand ole time walking hand and hand with Busia.

The girls also got a kick out of the flowers on the coffee table at Busia and Papa's house. They kept going over to them and sniffing them all afternoon, not totally sure if the knew they were not real! Then, they got into Busia's magazines, never a dull moment around here!

Sunday was another great day! We started off early at the Zoo. The whole Zoo pass thing is so great, it makes going always an option on a day we are looking for something fun to do. It was a beautiful morning and felt good to be outside and get in some walking too. The girls seem to enjoy checking out all the animals and people everywhere. After naps, rain and dinner we took the girls on a nice long walk. The girls were hilarious, totally laughing and tickling each other in the stroller. They were having a ton of fun and enjoying the fresh air. Not a peep at bedtime! Love those nights!

Monday was another action packed day that started with breakfast at The Original Pancake House in Brookfield, my absolute favorite place for a family breakfast! The girls really like the strawberries and bananas with whip cream and of course the pancakes are delicious! They have been really well behaved the two times we have been there, the crayons keep them busy and the delicious food fill their tummies well! We then headed to the Memorial Day parade in Merton with Busia and Papa. The girls enjoyed sucking on the lolli pops that were thrown out by people in the parade and we even went out for custard at the little custard shoppe in Merton.
BrookeSydney Daddy with Syd and her lollipop
Taylor checking things out with BusiaBrooke with Papa getting ready for the parade to begin
After parade custard stop
Brooke's blue lips from her lollipop
After a shorter nap than I would have liked, and I felt they needed it was go time once again. All I really wanted was a nice long nap, I guess I can keep wishing, but reality tells me that is pretty much not an option for the next oh, 4 years! We decided to go back outside and enjoy more of the beautiful day, it was actually hot!!! Chris set up the water table and the girls went nuts, they were soaked in minutes and were really busy for a really long time. It is actually a sand and water table we got them for Christmas last year, but I decided to forgo the sand simply because I didn't feel like dealing with the mess, maybe a different day! They also loved getting sprayed with the hose which I imagine we will be doing a lot of as the weather is consistently hot. Dinner and baths and the fun filled exhausting weekend was over...well except that Taylor decided she was not into going to bed, she was up until 9, that is a long day for a little girl and for this girl too!
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