Open for Spring

We had a great weekend with Nana and Papa, kicking off the lake season by land and water. Turns out 2 1/2 brings new adventures to get excited about in a familiar place.

Land -

Mollie loved her first official hike around the Horseshoe path at Lake Kiowa (only after a failed attempt to make it up near Oklahoma). Although Mom and Dad had their sites set on bigger things, the hike was PERFECT for Mollie and she couldn't have been more thrilled with her walking sticks, rock collection, the fort we discovered and checking out the flowers.

Water -

Papa put the boat in the water and Mollie couldn't get enough of it. "FASTER AGAIN" was the line said the most frequently this weekend. Here are the boat pics...

And the hike pics...

Thanks Nana and Papa for a great weekend!

Her new trick

Leave her alone for a second...

Mollie Ballerina

Showing off what she just learned in ballet -

Ladies and Gentlemen, she was following directions...

Goofing with my girl

Posing

This is one of Mollie's favorite pictures of herself!

Irishfest!

Who would have guessed Irishfest would have ended up being a HUGE hit with Mollie. She warmed up to the fiddling by standing in my lap to get a clear view of the fiddlers, then moved to dancing in the aisle. Before long was pulling my hand and asking to go up on stage.Thankfully Papa was up for breaking the rules... so yes, that is Mollie and Papa to the left of the stage, slowly creeping closer and closer until the end of the performance when Mollie was standing on the stage.

"That was loud". She said with a smile. "I want to be an Irish ballerina". Cheers!

Waiting for the birdies

Our creative Grandpa grew some giant squash this summer, and when Grandma was away, worked some magic to turn them into bird houses/craft projects. He sent three our way, one was the post-superbowl inspiration above, and the others were blank slates to use for our crafting projects.

Our backyard is so festive, now we just need to have some birdies move. Fingers crossed.

Thanks Grandpa!