We have had an awesome August! I had unfortunately misplaced my camera earlier in the month, so I don't have any good shots of our visit with Adele and Baba, but we had a really fun time.
Lillian loved chasing the big girls around and trying to imitate them. Lillian tries to copy almost everything Audrey does, it's pretty hilarious. If Audrey even bumps her toe, Lillian will run over and reenact it. Lillian also tries to copy Audrey's ballet moves, which is ridiculously cute. She can actually do an arabesque!
We had a wonderful family vacation in North Carolina and got to spend some quality time with Auntie Chrystal's family and her in-laws as well. We had a giant beach house for 12 adults and 11 children. It was wild, but a lot of fun. Audrey and Adele got to play to their hearts content, and Audrey also had so much fun meeting her new "cousins." And I enjoyed the sweet kids calling me Auntie Sandy.
Here are a few photos from our morning photo shoot in Holden Beach:
We went to an interesting garden/former rice plantation called Brook Green in South Carolina and took a pontoon ride.
Audrey and Lillian with Avo and Papa.
Audrey & Adele on the dock at the beach house:
One day we went to the little rinky dink water slides near the beach. Audrey was a little nervous at first but then went crazy going over and over and over. Thank goodness for the amazing swimsuits with sun protection that Baba sent for the girls!
Lillian peeking over to the big kids side:
Auntie Chrystal & Jonny:
Audrey helping us get ready to cook dinner:
The euthanizing of the crabs :(
Lillian hanging out with the cousins:
Our seafood boil!
Audrey and Adele watching the lightning from the deck.
We had a fun excursion to the aquarium in Fort Fisher NC. We got to take a short ferry ride which the kids enjoyed, and then they had a really neat little aquarium.
Beautiful Adele!:
Lillian's favorite parts of the aquarium and the playground. She is super active.
Michael took Audrey and Adele into the hurricane simulator.
Lillian's next favorite thing after stairs is ice cream!
Lillian and Audrey are continuing to make great progress. Lillian can imitate almost anything we say now and is speaking very well. Audrey is so smart and works hard on her homework with Michael.
Here is Lillian showing off her talking skills. The two funniest things she started saying on vacation were Michael (I guess at the beach I had to shout to get his attention alot when we watching all the kids in the ocean!) and "Iwantit." All one word, not "I want it."
Next week the girls will start going to their new school and Nana will be going back to Toronto. We will be sad to see her go, but I'm sure we will see her again soon. I think the girls are going to love their new school and I just hope it's an easy adjustment.
I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend! It's unbelievable how quickly this summer has gone by.
