Just a Vacation on our Vacation

 Claire

During our early week, she started trying to give her sister piggyback rides but she isn't tall enough or strong enough to thoroughly pick Shay up so they just walk together on top of each other. It happened three times the same day like they just realized how fun it was. We've been busy playing so hard here as I organize, but they go on adventures and help grandma in the garden on her days off and grandpa in the shop when they can sneak in. We've mostly been going to the firehouse for dinners and needing to be distracted because it's not a playground even though they want to climb on the big trucks. When we went to visit my aunt Katie's house, Claire was so excited because there are 3 dogs there sometimes, and almost as soon as we left asked if we could go back. She is definitely an animal person and I was trying to teach her to practice making doggies happy so she will be ready for her own dog one day...at least she has her sister...

Shay

She is starting to draw figures instead of just scribbling! I got a picture of her first ever personoid of Catboy when they were being distracted after dinner at the firehouse. She was so proud and I was excited to see her testing her artistic abilities. Soon she will be like Claire and set up her toys to try and draw them and start coloring in the lines! I'm glad she has her own interests and seems to be excited about learning and being like her sister. Between all the activities of Roy Days, my cousin brought out two sets of kinetic sand and they had so much fun making creations. I know what they will be getting for Christmas now and I was lucky she had kept it because they were starting to play with the dog toys in that house and who knows how clean those were. Shay likes to pretend to be a kitty but I wouldn't put it past her to put a dog toy in her mouth. I think she enjoyed sleeping in the tent we brought to be their private room. We were all going to be outside but there was a chance of storms so the little 2 man tent was perfect for the downstairs room.

Roy Days

My mom flew into Salt Lake this week and I took the girls to drive all the way down to Roy to pick her up and enjoy a day full of fun because the town having its celebration. We got there on Friday night to enjoy the fair across the street from my aunt's house the girls did some bouncy houses and we ate fair food. We got up early the next morning for me to run a 5K and the girls to do a kid's fun run course with my mom and aunt taking pictures for me. They were there at the starting line for me to see me start then also at the finish line 28 minutes later to tackle me after I finished! We stuck around for the rewards and we all got medals because I was 2nd in my age group we went home just in time for a quick shower and to pack up and go to the parade. We got a good spot because the kids next to us were really nice about sharing extra stuff and making room when the girls went back to the edge of the street after having me open more candy for them. Dinner was a BBQ with friends and s'mores that their first cousins helped them make. They were going to watch fireworks but it started long past the girls bedtime so they missed out but liked playing with the light bracelets.