A Wish-I-Had-My-Camera Moment

Yesterday afternoon I had the girls out grocery shopping. They were tired from the morning of school, but we had to go. Waiting in the taxi line afterwards, Jasmin fell asleep on the "shelf" under the cart! She had a good 1/2 hour nap there while we waited ;o)

We had a very eventful weekend, as after the exciting late night of Alli's party, we got up at 4 in the morning to join an office day trip to the beach! Ironically, only one of these pictures are of the beach... it was a resort really, with a bit of beach front. We really did swim in the ocean (Jasmin's comment: "...something didn't taste right") and build sand castles ...(Grace's comment: "...and that man helped me!" ) though! We didn't return after lunch as the waves were a bit too strong for little ones. Most of our free time was spent at the water park:

Grace enjoyed the slides the most - and having friends!

Jasmin, on the other hand, preferred to experiment with the fountain sprays:

They also got to watch Mommy and Daddy play a game of volleyball as they swung in a hammock with friends, eat "res-aurant food" for all three meals, ride on the bus (Jasmin was so glued to the window watching that she fell asleep there!), and make new friends. Grace did an amazing marathon of 4 am to 6pm of non-stop activity! Jasmin was more sensible and napped in the bus before breakfast :o) Needless to say, Sunday was a quite day at home. We were all thankful Monday was a holiday.

Princess Party!

Grace and Jasmin's best friend, Alli, had her 6th birthday, Friday. A very pink, loud, warmly chaotic time was had by all the little princesses!
Jasmin was very taken by the cake decorations:
...and the shirts were a fantastic replacement to "loot bags." It say, 'Yes, I am a princess; my Father is the King of Kings'

A glorious messy yes morning...
Jasmin asked if we could finger paint after seeing Boowa and Kwala mixing colors. Hesitation and then "yes!" from Mommy.After a quick search on the Internet, and some improvisation in this kitchen that doesn't cook...the fun commenced. At first it was clean-ish and absorbing....but then the experimenting got more adventurous...

and more, Mommy biting her tongue to stop it spoiling the fun...
and really, just in time/all too soon, the fun was done... and a smudgy line of brown tiptoe footprints led to the next scene for fun - the bath. And Mommy began the clean up. Why is the clean up always three times as long as the kids enjoy the privileges of a "yes"? Off to clean the bath :o)