Madeline's date

Maddy and I had our mommy/daughter date. 

She wanted to go to the pet stores and pet cats. 

 

Then we went to the library and stopped at a really cool park right next to it for the first time. 

Then we went out to lunch. She chose Chili's. 

Such a fun day! I love having one on one time with my girls.

Staycation: Days 2,3,and 4- swimming, park, library, toys, and movie

On the second day of the staycation we went to our local rec center to swim. 

Maddy played on the climbing wall for a few minutes. 

This is the only picture I have from swimming. 

The pool was great. They had a wave pool, water slides, kid play areas, regular pools, and a lazy river. 

We spent a few hours there and had a great time. 

The next day we started out the day by going to the park at lunchtime. I let them have lunchables for a picnic lunch.
And then they played on the toys for a while.

After this we went to the Orem library. They had a Pokemon scavenger hunt similar to the one we had done at the Provo library earlier in the summer. 

At the end of this one they got little buttons. 

Abi, always having to make silly faces.

The last stop of this day was to go to Toys R Us where they each got to pick a toy that was around $10. Abi used some of her saved up money to put toward hers so she could get a bigger toy. 

The next day we took it easy. We stayed in cozy clothes, made popcorn, and watched a new movie we had picked up earlier in the week. 

All three of these days were really fun!

Random October

One rainy day we went to the park. 

Yeah, weird thing to do but the girls asked and I said sure. 

The leaves were gorgeous at the park that day. 

We were all getting wet but it was more of a sprinkling type of rain while we were there.

However, the slides were very wet and by the time we left, the girls were soaked. 

During fall break from school, the girls asked if we could go sleep over at my parent's house. 

We had so much fun. 

The next day we were passing the local flower shop that gives you a free flower if it says your name on the sign. And it said Maddy! We went in and they painted her flower blue for her. She was so excited. 

I had to capture this moment when I looked up from my book to see both girls reading as well.

The girls wouldn't let a little rain keep them from playing and crafting outside. 

Being the Princess in Black after reading the second book. 

An American Girl store opened up near us. It is just temporary unfortunately but we the girls really wanted to go to the grand opening. 

It was extremely crowded.

Later that day me and Abi went to see Hotel Transylvania 2 with my parents. Abi sat in for some photo ops. 

I captured so much of Maddy's personality in this little clip from the library.

Maddy has been a little obsessed with making masks. 

The girls had Reflections at their school this month. The theme was Let your imagination Soar or something like that. 

Abi painted a Hot Air Balloon. 

Maddy painted a mermaid that "dreamed of flying out of the ocean to live on an island".