Phone Lessons

For some reason, today I decided it was time for Hannah to start learning how to properly answer the phone. So I gave her a few pointers, told her how I wanted her to answer the phone, and then I called Gramma and asked her to call this way so Hannah could practice answering the phone.

I don't think I quite prepared Hannah for the sillyness Gramma gave her. Which you can see by the expression on her face. LOL.

A Weekend with Gramie

Hannah and Rachel spent the weekend with Gramie. They had a great time and I think Hannah's grown use to sharing the time at Gramie's with Rachel. Gramie said Hannah was an extremely good helper especially when it came to helping with Rachel. She often did things without even being told. Hannah is good that way, she does help with her little sister. It's the mothering instinct she has like ALL older sisters do. :)

At any rate, the girls are home and now we're detoxing. LOL.

To Gramie's House We Go

This afternoon, after picking Hannah up from school, I took the girls to Gramie's house for the weekend. Hannah was so looking forward to going. The timing worked out great too, because this will be the first weekend that Emily is gone and won't be here to play with.

Both the girls came down with colds the last couple of days, but we gave Gramie a heads up and she still wanted them. Tomorrow night they are going to the Movies in the Park. It sounds like fun and perhaps quite a few people going. No matter what they do, I know they'll have fun.

Dinner with Friends

Last night we went to dinner with our friends, one last time all together. We had a nice dinner, talked about the moving truck, the trip, etc. Here is Hannah and Emily. Hannah picked a "Best Friends" necklace at the Castle Park prize counter when she redeemed some tickets. She gave the other half to Emily.. Hannah broke down crying at breakfast this morning. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers over the next couple of days, and even weeks. Thankfully, this coming weekend, the girls will both be going to Gramie's house. That will be a welcomed distraction for the first weekend of not having her best friend to play with.

A Day at Castle Park

Our church hosted a special event at Castle Park today. Tickets included unlimited access to the rides all day long as well as a concert with several bands in the evening. We arrived shortly after noon and scoped out the rides. It wasn't too long before we found a family we knew from church. They have three kids, two boys, and a little girl. The boys were off doing their own thing with friends they had brought, but our girls were excited to see Bethany. We ended up spending the entire day together! We had a great time hanging out and getting to know each other and the three girls had a fun time going on all the rides together. We had a fun day. The girls had fun on the rides. The concerts were good. And Hannah made a new friend!

Final Night of VBS

I joined the family this evening and went to the final night of VBS. Hannah has had so much fun this week. And she's been really good about getting up the next morning for school despite having stayed out so late the night before.

Emily has gone the last three nights and has also had a lot of fun. She said our VBS was a lot better than at her church. Which was cool. Giving a lot of thought as to how to decorate her frisbee. Notice she put the date on her frisbee, it's something she's doing on everything lately. Her teacher must really be encouraging writing the date. Having just gotten soaked in the water games.