Nana's Visit!

We knew it wouldn't take long: a few weeks ago Nana made her first visit to our new house! As usual, we went shopping. The girls were very excited to acquire their summer wardrobes; it's been over two years since they've needed to wear shorts! We also went antiquing and found some fantastic furniture for our new house. The girls were great sports about wandering around antique malls for an entire afternoon (it probably helped that we acquired a few new female action figures along the way).

Why, yes, I think we will buy that bench.

We couldn't miss another Nana visit tradition: pizza and movie night for Nana and the girls/date night for Mommy and Daddy! The girls had a great time introducing Nana to one of their current favorite movies, Home. They quote that movie on a daily basis, so they thought it was important that Nana get the jokes.

For little Lion, though, the real highlight of the weekend was getting to run a 5K with Girls on the Run. This was her biggest race yet with 1500 participants, mostly other girls between the ages of 8 and 13 along with their coaches, parents, and some siblings. I think it rained for most of the race, and true to form (and unlike most of the other runners) Lion ran straight through the puddles! As a result we spent a fair amount of time in the bathroom afterward, laughing as we wiped the mud off her legs. She had a blast!

Stretching before the race

Lion triumphant!