A VISIT FROM MYMIKE, AUNT LIZ, AND NANCY CAROL!

It was a very busy two weeks! We had beautiful beach days, trips to amusement parks and water parks. Meals fit for a king, and much needed quality time together. The girls came together really nicely and Claire especially just adored Nancy Carol. Nancy looked up to Claire in very much the same way Claire looks up to her older cousin, Livija. If Claire ran, Nancy ran. If Claire wanted to read books, Nancy wanted to read books. If Claire wanted a snack, well Nancy wanted one too! It was sweet seeing all three girls together. It doesn't happen often and yet watching them all play and fight like three sisters, you would think they were never apart!

We decided to spend our last day with Mike, Liz, and Nancy Carol in Wildwood on the waterslides. This was our first time taking

the girls and I have to say, they handled those slides like seasoned pros! All three girls pretty much took over the kiddie area. They went down backwards, frontwards, on their backs, on their bellies.....it was really funny to watch. My favorite part was seeing Claire and Keira act like true buddies. Claire would climb to the top and yell at the top of her lungs "KIKI!!!!" and Keira would come running full speed, hair wet and sticking up, pushing kids three times her size out of her way to get to her awaiting sister. Then a loud "ONE. TWO. THREE." and down they'd come, often hand in hand with lots of squealing and tidal waves of water.

After the waterslides, we all did a quick change of clothes and headed out onto the Wildwood boardwalk. MyMike won Nancy Carol and Keira Elmo stuffed animals and Claire's prize was a fluffy, blue dog from her daddy. After lots of pizza, fries, and a quick spin on some rides, it was definitely time to call it a night. It was a very fun day, but take a look at Claire and Keira's faces in the last picture....it was time for bed!