Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Bands, Books and Cookies!

Libby and Mary sporting their rain gear!
Over the last few weeks, Libby and Mary have found themselves making the Grandparent Sleepover Circuit.  When Mom and Dad went out of town for their anniversary, the girls stayed the weekend with Grammie and Papa Hanna.  They had a great weekend with them and Aunt Reen.  The following weekend, Libby and Mary spent the night for the first time ever at Grammie and Papa Yandek's house while Mom and Dad went to a wedding.  Again, they had a great night.  It was somewhat surprising, since they shared a room.  Might this be an omen of things to come?
Reading some books!
On Sunday, Libby, Mom and Dad made cookies, just for funsies.  It's not even October yet, but Libby made some pretty sweet Halloween cookies--ghosts, pumpkins, witches and moons with orange frosting and purple and black sprinkles!  Everyone sampled the goods and then sat down and watched the Browns win!  To close out the weekend, Libby, Mary and Dad read some books together.
Gettin' her groove on to "Hang on Sloopy"!
As Libby gets older, she is starting to develop interests.  Among them are dancing, music and marching bands.  On Friday night, the fam went to the Rocky River Homecoming Parade.  While the parade didn't get washed out, everyone got soaked running back to the car.  But that was just the precursor to Tuesday night, when Libby and Mary got to "March with the Band" at Rocky River High School.  Libby walked around and checked out all the instruments and "played along" with "Hang On Sloopy."  Mary, on the other hand, had a ball running around the field.  Libby has also discovered "Dancing with the Stars."  It's great, because she compares every dancer to a Disney princess, based on the color of the dress.  She dances around the living room and does her best to copy the steps.
Mary marching the field.
It's amazing how quickly Mary has taken to walking.  She took her first steps exactly one month ago today, and she is really doing a great job moving around on her own.  Her balance is good, she has adjusted to wearing shoes, and she can get a pretty good head of steam going.  She is definitely more mobile than her sister was at the same age.  Finally, congrats to Libby and Mary for their first trip to the dentist today.  Both did a great job!

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