The Great Outdoors!

After a week of rain, the Griffith Girls were so happy to be able to go outside to play. Whether in regular clothes or jammies, nothing can stop these gals from exploring the great outdoors.

Belle loves watching and listening to water these days so Mommy and Claire (and Reilly) picked her up from school in the stroller on Monday and walked down to the end of Cross Street to watch the road repairs and witness the water levels for ourselves.

While Belle was at school, Claire had fun exploring her slide and play gym from Bubbe - of course it's more fun to go up the slide than down. She was quite taken with the grass, too, and with making funny faces in the sun.

We also went to Lauren's 2nd birthday party, playing indoors and outside, and enjoying pizza and cupcakes. Since we had to leave early so Mommy could make it to an appointment, we took the cupcakes home and enjoyed them at the kitchen table. Boy was that fun! Belle hate the whole cupcake, for once, so clearly yellow cupcakes and chocolate frosting are her favorite - same as Mommy. Claire, for her part, went crazy with the cupcake. While she didn't want anything to do with cake at her first birthday party, she devoured Lauren's treat and enjoyed making a huge mess.

We had a busy day on Saturday. After meeting Paul, Jess, Tyler and Zach for lunch in Wrentham, Mommy's friend, Stephanie, pinch-hit for Mommy and Daddy so they could enjoy a date night. While the girls wouldn't let her change their diapers or put them in jammies, Stephanie had fun playing with the girls - after all, who doesn't like drawing with sidewalk chalk...And the parents enjoyed a fantastic (albeit slightly salty) dinner at Twenty8 at Patriot Place, followed by Hot Tub Time Machine!

We're also trying to keep potty training front of mind but Belle would still rather stand on her potty so she can reach the sink or grab the toilet paper holder than actually use it. Still, she's interested, saying, "Follow?" when anyone tries to use the bathroom. She's very sweet, sitting fully clothed on her potty and then saying, "Flush?" At least she understands the process, right? :-)