Granny Time

My mom made a little visit over this past weekend. We love having visitors, especially our grandmas & our grandpa. They always give the girls their full attention, which Livi & Hannah love every minute of. This particular trip, my mom was able to visit Hannah's preschool and was also allowed into her dance class. Hannah has been talking about showing each of them off to grandma for weeks.

Thanks Grandma for the dance picture. Since Chiki & I are parents, we have to wait to see her at the next performance

Proud Hannah & Grandma at preschool

Next, Hannah requested that we go to the zoo. We go there on a weekly basis, and love to show it off to any who want to attend. Since I am TERRIFIED of snakes, I refuse to take the girls into the aquarium when I am alone with them. So, Hannah kept insisting my mom take her into where the snakes are (Livi was throwing one of many tantrums and had to stay out with me). My mom said they walked in, Hannah saw the first snake and came running out. What can I say, other then that's my girl. I am getting the heepy creepies just talking about the nasty things. 

It just happened to be school day at the zoo, so there were many, many, many kids running around. Between all of the kids, the many meltdowns that Hannah had, and the many tantrums Livi threw ... me and my mom still managed to get in some good laughs and had a great time.

Hannah & Grandma in front of the giraffes

Hannah & Livi playing the African drums

We spent Grandma's last day, at one of the malls. Shopping is always fun, right? Well it should be fun, but this leads me into one of my biggest issues right now ... mega tantrums in public. My youngest Olivia seems to be throwing them everywhere we go, and the day we went to the mall just happened to be chuck full of them. I know every child goes through this "terrible two" stage at one point, but these tantrums are awful. She refuses to wear her monkey, knows how to get out of her stroller when buckled in, and will not allow anyone to carry her. This causes a huge problem when we are in a busy environment, which is basically everywhere we go. If anyone tries to pick her up she thrashes her body around, screams at the top of her lungs, and hits. So, so stressful. Anyhow, back to shopping. We had great success and went home with many bags

How can such a sweet little person, create such a ruckus??

Mom, we were sad to see you go :(  Thanks for the nice adult conversations, the emotional support (handling Livi in public), the good laughs, and the much needed helping hand with the girls who I know loved every moment of it!  Come back real soon!!