Day 302: Grandmas visiting

Zaria and I had a visit from both Grandma Marla (pictured above), and Grandma Joy, my mother-in-law and mom today. The shot above was taken on the way upstairs to nap time. For both nap and bedtime she got to hear stories read by her grandmas today, which she enjoyed very much.

Day 233: Fun visitors

Zaria's Grandma Marla came over to visit this morning, and though Zaria needed a short morning nap, we made it for a little bit of the early childhood playtime at the library and Marla got to show off her block-building skills. Then Cassie and Kami came over to play croquette outside as it was a beautiful 75 degree day today. So Kami, who is not always fond of learning new games, learned both croquette and Mexican Train Dominoes with us this evening. We were very proud of her. Also, today is my sister-in-law's birthday. Happy Birthday Jennie!

Day 213: Walking with Marla

Marla (my mother-in-law) came for a visit today. We had fun playing a few rounds of dominoes, eating some lunch, and taking Zaria out for a walk on a beautiful spring day. Zaria can say the word "duck" now, so was very excited to see the water fowl swim by on our walk.

Day 137: Marla's birthday celebration

Happy birthday Marla! We had Jamin's folks over for dinner this evening, though her actual birthday is the 16th. Special surprise-- Jamin's brother Bill was in town, so we were also able to have him and his daughter Elena join us for dinner. Nice to visit with them, and nice to have less cake sitting around our place! We put candles on the cake for her to blow out (she said she couldn't remember the last time she had candles), and then had her cut the first piece. Elena said that was a tradition for the birthday person to cut the first piece so we went with it. We also attempted a timed family picture of all of us, which I think is pretty cute even if it looks like Zaria's ready to attack my head.