Tweetsie!!!

On friday Tim took a much needed day off and we headed to Tweetsie Railroad!  We had a BLAST!  We met some another family there and spent the day hanging out, riding rides, eating yummy food and even seeing some shows!  We all loved it and were worn out by the time the park closed and we headed home. 

Everybody loved the Ferris wheel!

My girls love photo-ops   We can’t pass one up!

Izzy was really into the cowboys & Indians show!

Piper and C really liked the Tilt-a-whirl

Can-can dancers and Cloggers

These kiddos are so cute!!

Another photo-op

One last train-ride before the park closed.  Piper was a little unsure as she waited for the “bandaids” (bandits).  But she ended up really liking it and kept reassuring us that it was all pretend  

We had an AWESOME day!  So thankful to be able to spend the day together and make so many memories!  Izzy was sad she couldn’t ride the Free Fall ride- I was glad I talked M into riding it with me- it was a lot of fun (I will have to get a picture of that!  Maybe next time Izzy will be tall enough!

Tea party with both girls

I took both girls to a tea party for an early lunch today.  Next door to the tea room there is a great garden that is great for pictures.  It was bright outside so they didn’t want to look up at the camera but I did get a few good ones!

I love this pic!!

Both girls LOVE having beads in their hair!!

We got there a little before they opened so we pretended to have tea first.

They love having real teacups!!

Yummy food for Izzy and I.  We had smoked salmon with cream cheese sandwiches, cheese and dried fruit, chai cookies, lemon tarts, coconut macaroons, fallen chocolate cake, and scones with clotted cream and strawberry sauce!

I brought Piper a PB & J on an English muffin and gummi’s (I figured it would be too hard to find things she could eat there). 

 

Tim came and joined us at the end.  The girls liked showing him their fancy dresses, hair beads, and tea cups

We had a lot of fun! 

Fudge stripe S’mores!

Realized I haven’t blogged much about Piper’s dairy allergy.  We bit the bullet and took her completely off dairy about 6 months ago.  She is doing SO much better!  Unlike most kids who have never had dairy she was well acquainted with sweets, chocolate, ice cream, and other yummy things.  I feel so bad for her when she can’t have a cupcake, or cookies that everyone else is having.  But recently I’ve made a realization.  Most knock-off brands don’t have milk.  I realize that is because they are made with cheaper chemicals, high fructose corn syrup, and other bad things but I am happy to be able to give my girl some desserts that don’t have “nilk in it.”  She is very good about asking before she eats something, telling babysitters or church workers that she can’t have goldfish or ice cream- but she misses being able to have desserts!  Anyways Food Lion brand fudge stripe cookies are dairy free so we used them for a s’mores night!  We all enjoyed them!!

Love being able to see her cute face covered in chocolate

PS:  Other things I have found that don’t have milk in them- papa johns pizza crust, Food Lion brand cinnamon rolls, all Oreo’s (even chocolate covered ones), marshmallows, and lots of other things like suckers, popsicles, ect. 

Marbles and a few random pics

We met my two sister-in-laws in Raleigh last week for some fun at the Marbles Children’s Museum.  It was awesome!  We will be going back for sure!  The first part we went to was a pretend play area.  Piper and Iz both enjoyed playing doctor with the babies.  They had to find the two brown babies of course

 

Their cousin Penny came and they had a lot of fun building a city.

We went upstairs to the money room- the girls weren’t too interested in the money- but had fun playing with the animals.

Aunt Bethany came and joined us!

Lots of concentration making a craft.

All the girls liked these surf-boards

I talked Piper into sock-hockey

Before we left we played in the water table part.  It was a really fun day!  The girls were tuckered out!!!

Here’s the random pics- Piper and I had a tea party while Izzy was spending the afternoon at a friends house.  Candy corn, gummies, crackers, veggie straws and peach juice make an awesome snack!

 

Silly girls sharing a English muffin

I love these girls so much!!  They make me so happy!!  I love being their mom!