~HB ADVENTURE~

Today was the last day of Maggie’s gymnastics class, which happens to be next to the library. This is the first time that Maggie has taken a class where she’s on her own, with parents observing through the window or from the doorway. It has become very obvious that Maggie enjoys the independence that gymnastics allows her. For the past few weeks, I’ll go on and walk up and down the hills nearby while Audrey naps in the Ergo. Until today, the weather has been nice and walking seemed like a good thing to do while Audrey napped and Maggie honed her gymnastic skills. Today the weather was cloudy, Audrey wasn’t interested in napping, and I wanted to watch the last gymnastics class. Maggie flashed me the evil eye a couple times – wanting to ‘do it herself’ so Audrey and I walked over to the library for a bit.  We spent a few minutes in the Children’s Section, but it got a bit awkward because Audrey kept screaming (happy, happy screams!) at the top of her lungs. The first 9 times it was cute/funny, but by the 10th time, the guy trying to study was doing sideways glances.  I took Audrey back to gymnastics, where she promptly screamed even louder when she saw Maggie. 

You’d never guess that Audrey really wasn’t into having her picture taken by the looks of the smile she’s sportin’ in this image. We’ve had the pinwheels left over from Maggie’s birthday and I never really knew what to do with them, until tonight. I thought they’d be a fun way to spruce up the background for today’s picture, and maybe they were, but it took all of two minutes to take this picture because Audrey started screaming almost immediately.  Still crying now. Must go be a mother. 

The end of the day comes quickly around here, we’re often scurring around trying to do jammies, Special Time, books, teeth, and clean up from dinner at the same time. The nights when we slow it down or are ahead of schedule are the absolute best. Our yard provided a way to relax tonight as the dinner dishes sat, Barry trimmed some shrubs and Maggie did wind sprints around Audrey. This picture represents the feeling that Audrey has for her sister….I took a ton of photos and this is how most of them look tonight. Full of joy.