Victoria's Visit

On August 12th everything was ready at the house...

as we excitedly drove...
to pick up Victoria from the airport!!
The next morning (Saturday), Emily sucked Victoria right into the playroom for some fun...
and both girls were surprised when Daddy came home from work that afternoon with shakes! Cheers!
It was the perfect pairing... chocolate milkshake and iPad play.
On Sunday we spent the morning hanging around the house...
but went for a walk along the beach in the afternoon.


It was a grey gloomy day at the beach but not too cold and the girls were excited to get their feet in the sand.
Victoria may have been a little shocked by the "cool" Pacific temps...
but they had a blast.

Everett didn't sleep during the walk but finally conked out on the beach.
On Monday morning we loaded up a ton of stuff and were off to the beach - for real this time!
It was cloudy again (lifeguard said it was the 4th day - so strange that just a few miles from our sunny house the sky can be SO different!) but the girls were ready to get in the water...
and apparently Emily was in the mood to be dragged out to sea! Thanks for grabbing her, Victoria!
They spent much of their time doing this...

but Emily did find another Emily to play with for a little while.
The sun finally came out about 30 minutes before we were leaving. But, while the girls were happy to see it, I must say that I was happy it hadn't been out the whole day. It got VERY warm with a baby strapped to my chest VERY fast!
Before heading out - while I packed our things - Everett got some time to chill. We both enjoyed the break.
On Tuesday morning, Emily opened a gift that Victoria had sent in the mail (The Princess and the Frog figurines) and we ran an errand...
but that afternoon we went to a neighbor's house to swim! (Emily was so excited about her new water wings that she insisted on wearing them as we walked. The water wings were my way of taking a load off of Victoria in the pool since Emily is a fish and I wasn't getting in. They lasted about 10 minutes but both girls had a great time.)
Wednesday morning was spent at the YMCA swimming again! Thankfully both of the girls LOVE water!


Everett was even happy to be there - napping most of the time. :)
After nap I surprised Emily with The Princess and the Frog DVD! If you ask her she says that Tiana is her favorite (because to her, "favorite" is strongly tied to color and green is her favorite color - Tiana's dress color) but she had never seen the movie.
Emily grabbed her figurines, I popped some popcorn...
and the girls had a fun afternoon.
Okay, not just the girls. Everett was sneaking some peeks too.
That night we celebrated Victoria's 13th birthday a little early...



and fittingly, gave her an iPad cover. (Emily asked to play with the iPad every day.)
It's crazy how fast 6 days can pass! We had a great time, thanks for visiting, Victoria!!