CONGRATS ARIANA!

Ariana Brittany Wong is a 2008 graduate of Oberlin College. We traveled to Oberlin this weekend to watch her graduate and spend a few days together. The drive was long...5 hours...but the girls were really really good in the car. Ana sat in the backseat with them on the way there. She gave Lily this little japanimation dude to go inside Lily's yellow toy car. It became the toy obsession of the weekend (actually, I don't know how long this particular obsession will last...it's not waned today at all). Anyway, on Saturday night we went out to dinner with Barclay's friend from college. I got a migraine in the middle of dinner and had to go lie down in the car. If that wasn't embarassing enough, then I barfed on the side of the road on the way home. Terrible. I felt fine again by the next morning, though. We spent Sunday wandering around campus - it was awesome weather. We walked by the athletic facilities, let the girls run the track, walked by all the old buildings, and had lunch in a big open area. The girls had plenty of room to run and play. Later that day everyone (except me) helped Ari pack. I walked down to get ice cream with the girls at this cute little ice cream/coffee/pastry/convenience shop. Ari and her roommates hosted a cookout that night.

Sunday was the actual graduation. Ari is a W, so you can imagine how long it took for her name to be called. Fortunately, the graduation was outside, so the girls could run and play for most of the ceremony. We're all very proud of Aunt Ariana.

Our Weekend

We had such a nice weekend....some of which I got pictures of and some I didn't. Day care was closed on Friday so Abbie and Blake came over and watched the girls. They spent the night on Friday night so we'd have lots of time to hang out. Somehow ever since Abbie left Lily has decided that she wants a pet Duck and she's going to name him Fred....hhhmmm...I wonder where she got that idea??? The Geist 1/2 marathon was on Saturday morning and we walked down and rooted
on the runners.

Saturday evening we hosted a cookout for my coworkers and their family. The weather was absolutely perfect. We had margharitas on the porch and watched the kids all run crazy around us. We also found geezer golf at walmart so we had that set up in the yard. With every margharita my geezer golf skills decline. Anyway, it was a fun evening.

When Abbie was here Addison had a fever that lasted about 24 hours and then she was fine. Lily came down with the same thing after everyone left last night. We give her tylenol and she's fine for about 4 hours until it wears off. I'm hoping she's totally curred after tonight too. An hour ago we had dinner at Betty and Peters and Lily seemed so feverish that she had chills and was shaking. Now she's running around playing. Wierd.

It turns out that Ariel and Lily are a lot alike. Ariel gets stickers when she does something good
. Ariel needs a blanket when she's sick, AND Ariel apparently uses the potty. I went to take out my contacts and walked back out to this scene - Addy unrolled the roll of toilet paper (typical) and Lily had Ariel on the potty seat. My kids are so wierd :) Luckily they "held that pose" long enough for me to grab the camera. Addy's mad b/c she got in trouble for unrolling the toilet paper (again).

I also had to throw in another picture of our new red bud - it's bigger already and it was just planted 2 months ago. Also - big news - we have a new fridge for our garage. It's my favorite appliance!

Conner Prairie

I had the day off today b/c it's election day in Indiana. So...the girls and I had a field trip to Conner Prairie. One of the many things I love about having kids is that I rediscover all these things and places I'd forgotten about! Conner Prairie is amazing. Who knew? I thought it was just a place with log cabins and symphonies :) We had awesome weather today. It's supposed to be really hot later, but this morning it was sunny at 70 degrees. It wasn't crowded except with a few field trip groups, but that wasn't bad. The girls had an absolute blast. They could run around and discover all sorts of cool things. The indoor area had old fashioned arts and crafts...those were a little old for the girls, but we tried! They also had a kid area full of kid sized tractors to ride on, old fashion play kitchens, a play garden, AND a fake cow that you could actually milk. That was HILARIOUS! Addy kept squeezing the udder and then putting her hand under there so she could squirt herself. I was cracking up. Lily liked the live animals best - no shock there. Actually, both girls were a bit obsessed with the cows. Addy can now say "moo" too. It was a perfect time to go b/c in the spring all of the baby animals are born and the workers let you pet them. There were baby sheep, baby cows, baby pigs, baby ducks, baby goats, and baby chickens. Lily actually milked a goat! How many 2 year olds can say they milked a goat??? (okay, only counting two year olds who don't live in the country?). There was no way we could cover all the territory they have, so we focused mainly on the animals and stuff that little kids would like. They have lots and lots of cabins with people dressed in era clothing who are working and teaching kids what they are doing. The girls were a little young for that. There's also an Indian village, a school, and who knows what else. We probably only covered 2/3 of the property. We'll definitely be back there!!!

Night Night girls

We caught this cuteness the other day at nap time....

Nolan's Birthday parties are always the COOLEST

Nolan Toney (my friend Brent's son) celebrated his birthday today with a Thomas the Train birthday blow out! Nolan turned three and Lily thinks that is a super cool thing to do. Nolan's mommy Angie had lots of cool games for the kids to play. They even got to make cups and put their pictures in it. I think it's very brave of Angie to invite kids to Nolan's b-day parties...maybe this year I'll attempt it too :) The girls really liked Nolan 's brother Abe too.