Finally... It's Up

This play set has been a little bit of an issue at the Westra household the past month or two. We found a play set (on sale) we really liked at Meijers only they were sold out. So we got the raincheck and called on it EVERY single day. A couple of weeks later all the play sets went on sale again, so we decided to get the next step up because we were sick of waiting. When Jeff went to go buy it, it was sold out. Once again we got a raincheck and called EVERY single day for both play sets. After a month (or longer), Jeff had had enough and went to another store and bought a play set because they had it on hand. He has diligently been putting it together in pieces around 11:00 at night until the wee hours of the morning. It is now complete and the girls LOVE it. They couldn't even wait for Jeff to attach the slide as you'll see in the video. They patiently waited on the steps while he finished drilling.

Yesterday it was raining. Here is Miya's reply to me telling her she couldn't play outside because it was raining, "It's okay, I'll put on my rain coat and boots, the rain won't get me mommy. Jades can't play outside though cause she don't have a raincoat right mommy!" (Always thinking about her sister). Thank you Jeff for adding this fun toy to our outdoors. I think I enjoy it more then the girls :)

Happy Birthday Carter

Happy 3rd Birthday Carter. We miss you to pieces and wish we could give you birthday hugs! Have a fun day! xoxoxoxoxo

Playing Continued...

A moment of sharing and playing nice together.

Riding in the bike cart, once again playing nice! (Jayden picking her ears AGAIN!!!)

Miya relaxing in the grass.

Jayden doing her favorite thing (for the moment), eating sidewalk chalk!

Playing

Here are some videos of the girls playing together last week. You'll notice that in the first video they are playing as nice as can be, and at the end of the other video there is someone who take away a toy. That is how things have been around here lately. The girls seem to be developing a love/hate relationship. The word hate is too strong, but I think you understand the concept. They are either the best of friends or they are fighting with eachother. They typically don't play alone if they are both awake so I get to see the two different relationships often :)


Charlie seems to have captured one of Miya's flip-flops...which was later found.

Supper!

At least someone likes the food I prepare. Miya is STILL sitting at the table eating and Jayden finished about half an hour ago. Jayden ate more than Miya and licked her plate clean (minus the food in her hair and on her face). Miya... has about the same amount of food left on her plate as when she started (minus one bite she sneaked to Jayden).

Memorial Day Part 2

To answer the question, yes, Jayden went right back to the water for more. Her feet even turned red from being cold, but she didn't care.
Here are some pictures from yesterday. Sorry for the quality of pictures, something seems to be on the lens and making the pictures fuzzy. I'll work on fixing that.
Jayden eating her sucker by Papa.
Miya waiting for the next round of candy.
Thank you secret pal for the buckets, they came in very useful today (so did the flip-flops)!
Wow! What a ton of candy for a small-town parade. Can you tell there weren't any other kids sitting close to us? Notice the amount of candy is not CLOSE to even? Hmmmmmmm!!


Jayden loved to splash herself with the water from the bucket; she even tried to put her head in it a couple of times.
Jayden cooling herself off and Miya worrying over a broken toy.
It was a race to see who could destroy Mom's sand castle first.
While Jayden played in the water, Miya let the water come to her...from a very safe distance.

Memorial Day

Today was a fun-filled day. We started the morning out at the Hamilton Memorial Day Parade with Grandpa and Grandma Berens, Aunt Wendi and Aunt Alyssa. Miya loved running and getting the candy, Jayden enjoyed eating the suckers and watching the horses. After the parade we went home for naps before heading off to the beach. When we left our house it was very, very, windy and cool. So I changed the girls out of capries and put them into jeans and packed along warmer clothes since its usually cooler by the lake. We were in for a surprise. It was very warm sitting by the channel. I stripped the girls down; Jayden to her onesie and Miya to her shirt and underwear...thankfully she had a longer shirt on. Next time I think i'll take the whole dresser with, you never know! After the beach we went to the Havemans open house for their 64th wedding anniversary! It really is hard to comprehend 64 years of marriage. After that it was back home for another nap for Jayden. We woke her up to go get ice cream with Dad and Miya. Miya is starting to become a little of a neat-freak and ate her ice cream cone over a napkin for when she dripped! Now...the girls are getting ready for bed with dad, I predict an early bed-time for the entire Westra house! I'll post more pictures tomorrow (I better go help Jeff). We hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day and remembered those that fought for our freedom!

Jayden LOVES the water and we can't keep her away from it. It was 48 degrees today and I think she would have played in it all day if let her. We are excited for SUMMER!!