Sisters

It's the little moments that you catch that show the love of two sisters.  Holding each other up, walking in step while having some secret conversations.  I cherish these moments.

Tide Pools

I was able to take off work for one of Maya's spring break days so we headed down to the beach with Callie and Liam to check out the tidepools.  It took awhile for me to interpret the tide charts to figure out the best time to go, but I managed to do it correctly because we lucked out and saw all sorts of creatures!  The kids found anemones, starfish, crabs and even an octopus.

The crew.

Checking out a crab (I think).

We spent some time at the playground after the tidepooling.  This kid has figured out how to get herself going on the swing and no longer needs pushing.  Yay!

My Maya.

The girls and I took a nice long walk along the beach exploring a bit further.

We found a teeter totter along the way.

And walked back along the path in the woods.

This picture makes me smile.  I was trying to get a nice picture of them both but Laurel kept giving me a half smile.  I asked her to please give me a good smile and she was so frustrated with me that she just decided to go full cheese!  I gave up after this, it is perfectly fitting.

A Hike to the Waterfall

We picked a beautiful weekend and decided to take the girls out on their first "real hike" to see how they handled it.  I think it was about 3 miles round trip with quite a hike up to the top of a giant waterfall.  I was pretty sure Maya would make it without an issue, but Laurel can be a bit iffy.  She starts out fully gung ho, and then at some point hits a wall with no warning and is just done.  I was a bit worried that wall would come part way through and we would end up having to carry her out.  Luckily, my worrying was for nothing as she hiked the entire thing on her own without a single complaint!   This was such a fun adventure and I can't wait to do more over the summer.

Leading the way up the mountain.

All dressed for hiking!

A little pit stop midway up - we got to see the falls from the bottom here.  No pictures from the top, but we kept going and made our way all the way up!

Hanging out by the river on the way back down. 

It doesn't take much more than water a some throwing rocks to entertain these two!