Skyline

We were at the zoo a few weeks ago and Sage wanted to ride the new Skyline.  I thought she would be scared because you are pretty high up - but she did great!   She loved looking out and seeing the zoo and the city!  It was a hot day at the zoo and I am looking forward to going to there on a cool Fall day!

Stairs

Somebody found the stairs and I have a feeling it won't be long before she can get up them.  Quinn is growing way too fast!

Tea Party

A sister tea party!   Quinn is now at the stage where she really likes to interact with Sage and they can start to really play together.  They had a tea party and Sage was so excited.  As you can see in the first picture Quinn was more than happy to just eat the snacks and leave the tea to Sage.  Quinn does like the teapot - it sings to you!

I love the looks on both of their faces!   So precious!   We waited a long time for Quinn to come along and looking at these two sweet faces together makes me so glad we worked so hard to have these girls.  So very blessed!

Toy Box

We keep some of Quinn's toys in a box under the coffee table.  She likes having her toys close!  I usually get the box out for her and then she proceeds to dump them out and turn the box over.   Sometimes the box gets turned over on her leg and she wonders why she can't get on top of it!  Then she gets a little help from Mom and she is off.  This is one of her favorite things to do right now - climb on top of boxes!  It is amazing how much she has changed in this last month. 

Bike Ride

The week before school started I planned some fun activities.  Wanted to end summer with some fun!  One of those activities was taking a walk/bike at the Town Hall Park.  I had Quinn in the stroller and we brought Sage's bike. 

 

Sage wasn't quite sure at first.  The path goes around the lake and has some hills.  Here she is at the start.  

 Quinn was loving it all!

Here she is towards the end of the ride!  She was loving it.  We went around the lake twice and she wanted to go around a third time.  There is a pretty big hill and I had to run with the stroller to keep up with her.  It is a decent size hill and I barely caught up with her.  She had some speed by the time I did catch up with her and she screamed the entire way down the hill.  Then at the bottom she started laughing.  I loved it!   Something that was so scary to her in the beginning that was fun at the end! 

Under

One night Reese was with Quinn in the family room and he wanted me to come over and help him.  He needed a little help to get Quinn out from under the exersaucer - she had climbed in herself.  Being the good Mom that I am - I grabbed my phone instead to get a few pictures first.  She was so proud of herself sitting underneath it!

Singing!

On our last night at the ranch Sage wanted to sing with Mimi.  She loves to sing Hark! the Herald Angels Sing and she knows the words better than I do!  She was so excited to sing with Mimi.  I think Mimi was excited too!

Outside!

We were very lucky when we were in Texas.  We only had two really hot days, the rest of the time it was just hot but enjoyable!   We spent lots of time outside having fun!  There was lots of time spent on the tractor and the gator, time spent getting ready to go fishing and finally getting to go fishing!

 

Puzzle time

My parents visited us for a few days before we left for the ranch.  We had a good time relaxing and visiting!  Sage was so very excited about the nightgown Nana and Papa brought her.  First - Sage has been asking for a nightgown for months, Second - it was a Frozen nightgown.  What could be better - she was thrilled.  I had to wash it immediately and she had to bring it with us to Texas.  Here she is relaxing in her new nightgown with Mimi and helping with a puzzle.