Where we've been

It's been three solid weeks since I last updated my blog. You're probably wondering why the police haven't started a massive search effort to locate us. Fear not, we're alive and well. We've been very busy these past weeks which has made it difficult or impossible to update the blog. So, without further ado, here's a retrospect of the last almost month...
First we took Addie and Ben for a surprise trip to Hershey Park for the day. If you recall the only other time they've been there was during the winter and we were all bundled in coats and hats and gloves. A little different this time around...

We went to a luncheon at Hershey for clients who host big gatherings there, which my work does. They had face painting for the kids, which only became problematic after then going to play in the water park....

This is after a serious scrubbing with paper towels and hand soap. All of the color washed away quickly, but the black was this thick mess of shadow.

Doesn't he look lovely?
The day after Hershey Park I left for a conference in Toronto for two days, so I have no pictures or stories to share then. Back to work for three days and then....
Our pilgrimage to Disney!


There were 11 of us in total.

Just some of the highlights--more will come later.

That entirely submerged swimming child is Benjamin!!!

That entirely submerged swimming child is Addie!!! Somehow in Disney's pools, the fact that they both know how to swim underwater completely unassisted just clicked! That's what 18 weeks of swim lessons at the Y have done for them. Prior to Disney Addie was having meltdowns in swim lessons about taking off her floatation belt. She was convinced she'd sink. Well not anymore!! Even last night I took them to the Y for family swim and she swam all but 3 feet of the entire width of the pool by herself!!! I am SO proud of both of them.
When we got back from Disney, we were greeted by our new granite counter tops which were installed while we were away (thanks to Aunt Wendy who was there for installation!). We got a new sink, faucet and soap dispenser too. The plumbing wasn't hooked up, so Brian and I spent Saturday installing it all. This picture is of Ben who "helped" us install the new disposal, etc. He looks very helpful right?

I'll post more detailed things about each of those highlights at another time. Hope everyone's been well!