Inside and Out

As I was cleaning my kitchen this morning, the girls were tearing apart theirs. Cousin Sydney gave the girls her little kitchen and we've had it in the garage for a while. It rained off and on all day yesterday and the girls were very bored inside so I brought it in and set it up for them. They really love it and have spent lots of time playing with it.

I remember having a little kitchen when I was a kid and how much fun it was to play with. Its odd how many domestic toys the girls have. They have a lawn mower, a kitchen, a car, even a little house. I suppose it makes sense, kids just want to pretend to do all the things they see every day; but I couldn't help thinking how much cooler it would be to have a pretend spaceship instead.





Our favorite Sunday afternoon activity is to spend the day at the park, and today was beautiful. We took the girls to the dog park area of town lake where people let their dogs swim. There must have been at least forty dogs running, swimming, and playing. Both of the girls squealed they were so excited and several times they would walk off following one. They both say, "Da," when they see a dog, and "Ka" for cats. They are such animal lovers.


Rowan is walking so well now that she would rather walk than be held. Evey is walking really well too, but still crawls when she wants to get somewhere fast.

We walked around the city a bit too. Looked at new stores and restaurants, ate dinner, went for a coffee and just enjoyed the day as a family. We actually went to two coffee shops--Sandra Bullocks' new coffee shop and Jo's. I have to say that Jo's won. I really like Sandra Bullock and I so want her ventures to succeed, but I'm not thrilled about her restaurant or her new coffee shop.