End of July

The summer is flying by and we are busy with lots of fun stuff. T-ball has been a blast and both girls love it a lot. Keely had her very first game last week. They had all the kid bat from the team and run to first base, then to second when the next batter hit etc... When it was Keely's turn, she hit the ball hard and ran to first, then to second, then third, then home, passing all of the other kids on the bases for a home run!! She was so proud! (even though she was supposed to stay on first!) It was funny! The next time she hit, the coaches had to tell her to STOP at first!

We had our very first trip to Valleyfair in July. You girls had a BLAST! Grandma and Grandpa went with and we all had fun. We were only planning on staying for a couple hours, but ended up there the entire day! You rode all the rides you could and had a new favorite ride everytime anyone asked. At the end of the day, I got you lollipops and from then on, that was your favorite part of the day! When we were leaving, Keely told Grandpa to "work some more so we could go to Valleyfair again!"

Today we went to visit Daddy at work and on our way home, we saw some Somali women walking in their scarves. I pointed them out to the girls and mentioned their beautiful scarves and said that they were from Somalia. So, they would be called "Somali's". Mali got a strange look on her face and said, "Some-Mali's? Mom, you say funny things" We all had a good laugh about it. Especially mom!

You girls have been up to a lot of bickering these past few weeks also. Mali is all about tattling on Keely and Keely thinks it's really funny to pick on Mali. Not sure how to handle it yet, as nothing I'm doing seems to work. I'm afraid it will only get worse and I"ll just have to pray harder! I think that is what they call "sisterly love!"

You girls are so fun and so funny and I just love to hang out with you! I cherish this time I get with you and worry that you are growing up too fast! You are not my babies anymore! But, secretly, you will ALWAYS be my babies!! (I just won't tell you until later!)
I love you so much!
Love,
Mom