My parents came to visit us the day after Elisabeth's birthday and left this past Tuesday. They were the first ones to visit us in our new home! The girls were most excited to show off their rooms and our house. Since my sister and her husband are also stationed in San Antonio, we had an early Thanksgiving together. We haven't had a Thanksgiving with all of us in 6 years. My mom was on cloud nine. Evan grilled our turkey and it was THE BEST TURKEY THAT HAD EVER BEEN EATEN!!!! Not kidding, we are grilling our turkey every year from now on. And! It only took 2.5 hours.
What I enjoy about my parents visiting (and Evan's parents as well) is that there is a lot of time hanging around the house and playing with my kids. Yes, we go places (and I'll tell you more about that tomorrow in another post) but there is a lot of reconnecting time--something the girls and our parents need since we aren't around each other a lot anymore.
My parents bought the girls this awesome race car track (from QVC, of course) that was a huge hit. Julia can not wait to show Ethan it when he comes in December.
The weather was lovely the entire time they were here. It was chilly in the mornings and warmed up nicely by the late afternoon. It even rained, which my parents had never seen in their previous visits to my sister's house (Terra and John have been stationed here for over 2 years).
Since they were here the day after her birthday, my parents took Elisabeth to a Build-A-Bear equivalent at the mall and let her and Julia pick out a stuffed animal to make and dress. Elisabeth has been asking for one for a couple of years now and it was a perfect gift to come from my parents because they love that kind of thing.
Elisabeth picked a bunny that was like her friend Mabel's.
Julia picked a sheep and declared it a boy. A boy sheep who played soccer.
One of my favorite moments during their visit was when my dad and Julia were playing outside (Julia claimed Pepaw as her own personal playmate and drug him outside to play as much as possible); they were sitting on chairs facing each other. I hurried and grabbed my camera and took some pictures through my kitchen window.
It turns out they were telling each other stories about magic beans and Jack and the Beanstalk. It was so sweet and cute. Julia was belly laughing and adding things of her own to the stories. It as a very sweet moment.
It was a nice visit. The next time they come to visit, they will be here to meet the newest member of our family...how weird is that?!
i shall tell mabel that elisabeth now has a bunny like hers. she will like that. i have other things to saw about these photos. perhaps i need to call you.......
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