Winter Visitors

It's pretty much a second Christmas around here because Nana and Papa came for a visit. Julia literally couldn't sleep days before and hasn't slept since. She and Audrey have been enormously spoiled. My dad stayed for just a few days and my mom is giving us an entire week and a half! It has been such a great way to break up the winter doldrums.

It has been pretty frigid around these parts so we've been doing a great deal of hanging around in a warm house and then going somewhere to stuff our faces...

There are just too many wonderful places to eat around here and we have taken full advantage.
Nana has also filled her time with giving a great deal of attention to a couple of cute little girls. She brought Julia the book, "Fancy Nancy." Let's just say things have been pretty fancy around here. We had fancy "parfaits" with lots and lots of sprinkles of course.

Painted our fingernails.
And spent a special night watching a movie with just Nana. Few things bring a bigger smile to my face then coming down stairs and having them both cuddled on the blanket with my mom and so anxious to show me their beautiful fingernails. I think it is very important for my children to know that someone other than Bryan and me loves them, and their Grandparents have been so great at letting them know that.
We went to the Cosi (forgot camera) and the mall to play on the play land.
And of course Nana let them ride the little carousel at the mall. Spoiled I tell you.

We still have Nana for a couple of more days thank goodness because there is going to be some serious whining and crying when she does leave. Here's a few more things that went on:
We stayed up until 2:00AM one night and I think last night it was 1:00AM just talking
We watched some interesting and some dumb movies that made us laugh so hard because they were so dumb.
We watched an old soap opera together and made fun of the actors/actresses foreheads.
We have talked a great deal about a family we know well that just lost a son that was my age and have felt really sad about it.
I have been reminded daily about how I need to move closer to family.
We have gone to the gym here a few times and I watched my mom attempt the stair stepper and eliptical. She really is in fantastic shape for her age. I hope those genes get passed down.
We watched Julia do a mini-dance recital.
We both gagged when we barely saved Audrey from eating another kid's snot at the mall play area.
We have eaten out way too much.
We have just had a great time being together even if it is freaking freezing outside.