Weekend with Grandma and Grandpa

We sure did have fun this past weekend with Grandma and Grandpa. The first night they got to see Ashlyn do gymnastics at her gym. She is still working hard on the cartwheel. I think I am going to have to buy her a cartwheel mat to help her practice. She is so determined, I know that she will get it. Her forward and backward rolls are most improved...she couldn't even do either one when she started in August. The most important thing is that she really enjoys it.

On Friday after Brady's nap it was actually warm enough to go to the park...which is weird because we just had that snow storm 3 days ago. That's Charlotte for you. We had a blast walking through the trails at Squirrel Lake. Ashlyn loves to explore...she is the best guide. Everything was perfect until Brady stepped in mud and then he didn't want to walk any more...Eeeeeewwwww (that's what he said). Notice the picture above when he is riding shoulders with Grandpa...no shoes or socks. I guess I should have made him wear sneakers instead of his "Pooh ride" crocs...lesson learned. When it was time to play on the "slide mmm mmm" he put them right back on. He'll do anything to ride down a slide. And believe me the two of them must have gone down it at least 30 times in a row...running up the steps, around the play set, then down the curly slide. Brady tried so hard to catch up to sissy but she lapped him at least 3 times, if not 4. I wish I had half the energy they have. I had a hard time getting them to stop for pictures.

Grandma and Grandpa also had the chance to make silly music videos with Ashlyn and Brady at Sports Connection on Saturday afternoon. They really have fun dancing to them in the bonus room everyday, especially Brady...he asks to watch them all the time.

Sunday we didn't do too much. We hung around the house and played outside a little bit. Ashlyn did ride her new bike some...I wish she would ride it even more. We got to get those training wheels off someday. We had dinner at home and as you can see from the above photo, Brady and Ashlyn helped with the green beans...I wish they would have tried them though. Ashlyn only eats frozen green beans and Brady only eats black beans...someday I'll get him to eat veggies.

Can't wait for another visit...hopefully we will get to visit them in Florida in the Fall. But we hope to see them here before that.