...And the livin' is easy...

The girls are very much enjoying their summertime luxury. With William home, we are able to devote more attention to them one-on-one and have more adventures.

In the adventure category, we have spent some days outside. Lillian did a great job supervising as we laid the stones for a walkway in the backyard. We've enjoyed some time in the parks and at friends' houses. A perennial favorite, Parade the Circle, was this past weekend and the ladies really seemed to get a kick out of it. Here is the first half of the marching sandwich. We're pretty sure this was Lillian's favorite part. Note the giant toothpick guy up front. There was a person dressed as a pickle bringing up the rear. God, how I love this parade.

New skills are abounding. Naomi has learned to buzz her lips in a kind of dry raspberry and does it often. She looks like she's getting ready to say some really complicated word starting with 'p', like preferential, and just hangs out there with her lips pursed for a bit. Then she just gives up on the vocabulary and goes "ppptht" instead. Lillian has learned to imitate Alfred Hitchcock:

The cereal-eating is going well, and we've branched out to oatmeal. They really are getting better at _eating_ and not just having food smeared near their mouths. Look for veggies in the next week or so.

Next post won't be so lame, and I'll have more pictures. But we're busy playing here, people!