AK and I slept til after 7am (which is really no big deal as that's 6am our time!) and we went out into the living room to find a very sleepy Sofia! She was watching a show on TV so AK joined her on the couch and she looked at us quite warily for quite some time. We talked to her for a bit but left her alone for the most part so that she could warm up to us. I think she remembered us, she's just more shy and cautious than AK is. It took no more than half an hour and the girls were old friends again. Sofia is growing so quickly and her hair is very long. It is not as curly as I remember it - I guess the Cayman humidity has something to do with that!
I have to say, Liam is the happiest, most easy-going baby I've ever met. He snuggled up to me without hesitation and gave me loads of happy smiles. He is happy to be held or to be put on the ground or in his chair. He gives lots of smiles and giggles right back to the girls. He didn't mind them holding him or playing with him, in fact, he just soaks up all the attention.
We left Liam with a babysitter that morning so that we could go to the Marbles Kids Museum! According to their website: In grown-up talk, Marbles Kids Museum is a hands-on, minds-on museum that inspires imagination, discovery and learning through extraordinary adventures in play and larger-than-life IMAX experiences.
We spent about two hours there and it was full of FUN! There was so much for the girls to see and do and touch and play. Nothing was off-limits.
Checking out something in the science laboratory
Gleeful on the pirate ship!
Looking for the bad guys
Not sure what she was looking at - maybe fish in a tank - but I love the look on AK's face here.
Posing by the fountain
Building with Lego
Driving the "money truck" and definitely not doing a good job of keeping her eyes on the road!
Snack time for the kids (and sit-and-rest time for the moms!)
Coming down the slide
We went through the McDonald's drive-thru on the way home to pick up some lunch. Neither of the girls was really keen on their "treat lunch" though. Funny kids. I don't know what it is but there is just something about those McD's cheeseburgers that I love. The girls went down for a good nap, and so did Liam, and so Anna and I were able to just hang out and visit. She showed me their iPad - I am so in love - I would love to buy one for myself now! It's not quite in the budget at this time though!
When all the kids woke up from their naps, we got them all sorted out in strollers and we walked over to the the big box stores that the Cowans live near. We went into Bath and Body Works and smelled loads of candles, and then headed over to the pet store to look at all the creepy crawlies, lizards, birds and gerbils / hamsters! The girls really enjoyed looking at all the animals and talking about them. We then headed over to Michael's and AK and I picked up some craft supplies for a very special project that you'll learn about later on. Anna also treated both girls to a toy giraffe for having been so well-behaved all day long. Can you believe they were both very well-behaved at the Museum, we had a couple of scraps near the end, but that's to be expected.
Anna made a wonderful supper of spaghetti and meatsauce. Everyone was hungry and gobbled it down. The girls had a very fun bath together that night, there was lots of splashing and swimming and bubbles and giggles! Anna took some pictures of them in the tub, I need to get those photos from her as some of them turned out really nicely. As you can see below, the day resulted in two very tired girls!
They went off to bed, and Anna and I went all out - we went to Target and closed it down! Ha ha. Every time I go to the States, I am in shock at the prices compared to what I pay here (and even in Canada). I did a lot of shopping there and could have easily spent another two hours (and several hundred dollars more!) there. It's probably a good thing we stopped shopping that night when we did as I had enough troubles packing my bags on Sunday night... and there was still more shopping to come on Saturday and Sunday!
I'll sign off for now - will try to update on the rest of the trip over the weekend. I did two yoga classes tonight and should sleep very well coming off of that! xo
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