It has been a bit rainy around here

We have been going a little bit stir crazy from staying inside due to all of that rain. So it stopped raining for a little bit and we decided it was time for a short walk. We checked out how high the river is behind our house, and had a little bit of fun. I took a bunch of pictures and took this video.

Here the water has started to flood the walkway.

My Mom and the Girlies walking 

This is a view of the river from the bridge behind our house.

This is on the other side of the river.

Mom and the Girlies on the bridge

Heading to the grove where we played in the puddles :)

The grove just off of the walkway 

Looking at the back of our house from across the pond that hadn't been there before this spring...

We had a first this morning....

The girls made their first "I can't believe it mess"... 

to set the scene... Audrey likes to help out when she can. And sometimes I let her feed the cats. Usually we keep all of the cat stuff in the basement, i.e. food, kitty litter, etc. but right now we have all of that stuff upstairs  so we can remodel the basement. (Which is coming along just great I will have to post about that soon.) 

Audrey noticed this morning that the cats were without food and was all over asking if she could feed them. I said yes. (and yes that is where my mistake was) Audrey knows the general portions to feed the cats. She gives them just a little more than they are supposed to get. But she gets the idea... Ellie however does not. Ellie thought they were just having fun and giving the kitties "TWEET". Ellie loves to give the dog "tweet", as well and will give her many, many bones if I don't tell her that is enough. But also they began to have fun just digging into the cat food... and this is what I found when I decided to investigate why Audrey was not done feeding the cats as it is only a maybe 3 minute job...

Okay, so it wasn't a horribly horrible mess... but it still made me shake my head in confusion... needless to say this morning is starting out "wonderfully"...

Princess Parades (picture heavy post...)

So this last Monday I got into a mood of wanting to deep clean some rooms in my house and just after I had finished cleaning up 2 rooms, my daughter, Ellie came up to me carrying a dress that I had put into a drawer for dressing up. She wanted me to put it on her. Well this is the first time either of my girls has wanted to "dress up". I was pretty happy about this. So I decided I could take a break and take some pictures of my girls and have a little fun watching them dress up.

First Ellie was a bit grumpy even though she is the one who wanted to get dressed in the dress... It was nap time when she brought me the dress... but I figured we could have a little fun until she had to go down for her nap. So she was grumpy for a little while and even pulling out the camera she just was grumpy and crying. But I think I still got some cute pics of her. And Audrey! So for your viewing pleasure...

 Ellie and QQ the cat...

 I just thought this was a fun action :)

What on earth is this stuff covering my hands!?!

 Audrey wanted to join in on the fun...

 Ellie is still not sure this is fun...

 And here she realized that this was an activity she likes to do...

 Now smiling for the camera!

 Time for the fun to begin!

 Audrey got her "Princess" dress on

 Parading around the table

 

 Ellie is the Princess Superhero!!!

 

 Some how we tricked her into coming into her bedroom...

And then we ended where we began with tears and nap time... 

I love my girls they bring me so much joy :)

And yes I still had plenty of time to clean and I got everything done that I really wanted to get done :)

Michigan Adventures part 3

This next video is going to be a long one. It is, however, a condensed version of the drive from Aunt Karlene's to Howse's Candy Haus in Harbor Springs. We didn't have any deadlines this day so we meandered around and stopped to see a few things. Thought about genealogy, even tried to do some, though that didn't end up working. We did a little sight seeing, and a lot of reminiscing. I caught Grandpa being a tease from time to time. I suppose you could say this video here is a good view of how the trip went for us in the car. We teased, we chatted, we just watched, and we kept driving... :) (sorry if I seem to be rambling, my head seems to be fuzzy from the allergies I have right at this moment...) I hope you enjoy this next video. :)