The fun continues

On Thursday my dad came up for a visit and we took the kids to the park where they played in the water and rode on the little train. It was a hoot. My dad took on the role of the water button pusher so that the girls had a continuous stream of water. He pushed Lilybelle on the swing and held her for the train ride. We then went to lunch and afterwards we went to the library where Claire ran around like a wild child. That one is super independent. She doesn't seem to care if I am close by. Lilybelle was never like that at her age.

On Friday we made our way up to the splash pad and the girls had a blast. Lilybelle more so than Claire, but by the end Claire was getting into the groove of things. I didn't take any pictures because I was too busy following the two of them around making sure they didn't get in the way of the bigger kids or accidentally find themselves under a bucket of water. The life of a paranoid mother. It was a lot of fun though. I could see us going back.

Yesterday we went for a hike up to the waterfall on the Mt. Rose hike. It's a nice seven mile (round trip) hike that isn't too hard. Still I was the slow one, but in my defense I was caring the three year old and not the one year old. See we thought that Claire would go in the Ergobaby and Lilybelle would go into the big fancy backpack. That plan lasted for about five minutes. Claire cried the whole time she was on my back, so we switched the kids and Lilybelle tolerated the Ergobaby much better than Claire. On the way down, she even took a nap in it. We had a great time with family and the views of Lake Tahoe on the way down were gorgeous. I sometimes forget how pretty Lake Tahoe is. I think I take it for granted some times.