May 11-16: A Visit from Nana & Pops

My parents arrived late on Sunday night so that they could spend the week with me while Kent jetted off to Lake George in New York for a work conference.  Kent left on Tuesday and the kids were both super sad to see him go.  I have to think it was a genius move on my part to have Nana & Pops already installed on site to help mitigate the sadness!!

We were very busy during the week and to keep this post somewhat short, I'm going to focus on pictures.  However, I have 1 quick story about Elin before going into the pictures; this incident actually happened in April, but I kept forgetting to include it in the blog posts.  One morning, I put Elin into a cute little dress that she is on the verge of being too tall for.  When she walked out of her room, Kent saw her and commented on how cute she was in her dress. Elin stopped walking and then twirled around in a circle to completely show off her outfit to Kent!  I have NO idea where she learned that!!  I certainly don't do it!!  She is just too precious.

Okay, onto the pictures.  While Nana & Pops were here, the kids got a lot of water time!  This was the most extended amount of time they have had in the pool this year and, by the time Nana & Pops left, both kids were swimming & playing in the water with ease.  Elin is completely fearless in the pool and Erik has been showing off his freestyle crawl moves!!

We played in the pool A LOT:

We took breaks & rested:

Elin fell asleep while holding 2 of her babies.  Since this time, she wants at least one to "night-night" with her!

Snuggling with Pops (I think this picture was after Kent left)

We went to the zoo:

Organizer Erik figuring out our route!

If you look closely, you will see that a dragonfly had landed on brim of Erik's hat!

Nana & Elin strolling on the boardwalk

Elin waving at some very colorful & very noisy birds.  She was so excited to see them!

We went on our new favorite excursion - the SunRail from Altamonte Springs to Winter Park:

Train shot - it was very loud, however!

Neither of my kids loves to have their picture taken.   These are the best, sadly!

 We stopped to smell the flowers:

We had friends over for supper & a visit:

The Zbaraschuk Family!

We went to Church & Sabbath School:

Doesn't she look attentive?!  Sadly, this lasted only a few minutes!

I love church quiet toys!

Elin the duck battling it out with Devin the tiger!

We cuddled:

We love Pops!

Group Hug!

Both kids were a bit fussy & insisted on sitting on my lap for the meal.  Needless to say, I didn't eat much!

Here are a few pictures that Kent sent to me of his hotel at Lake George.  While he was there, he also got to see a "cigarette" boat race!