The Rest of the Story

Things slowed down towards the end of Spring Break due to the fact that I'd run out of steam, but we still managed to have lots of fun in the girls' eyes. Here's a picture recap:
On Friday, Shawn took the girls for a hike to "The Lost Pond." It's a little pond that can be seen from a bridge, but doesn't really have a trail to get to it. The girls think we've taken them to a whole other world when they go there. I don't think many have gone to it before so we always feel like it's our little secret, even though you can sort of see it from the road. This was a real treat for them. They had the best time doing nothing but throwing rock after rock after rock into that pond. Elle found some fossils in the rocks that she immediately declared would be going to show and tell with her this coming Friday.

On Saturday, we knew the weather was going to be freezing and very windy so we took the girls to the bowling alley. This was another very special treat for them. This is definitely a treat trip because it gets expensive! They had a wonderful time of course but about 6 frames in, all they wanted to do was eat....bowling is a little bit mundane to them. Being the amazing parents that we are, we.endured.Ci.Ci's.pizza. This was the holy grail of sacrifices for me...I just do not like this place at all. But I will say, I think it has moved above Gatti's on the places to eat list. Gatti's is off the list all together. Eww Eww Eww. Anyway, they were so so excited to go eat at Ci Ci's pizza.

Shawn was very patient and helpful with both girls. He took each of them up there every single time it was there time to bowl and helped them line up the metal thingy thing (that's the technical name) and was very encouraging to them :)

The final score

Why yes, I am trying to steal a bowling ball by putting in under my shirt. Like Ava's pose?...I think she was going for the statue look.