Sisters

Sisters are great. They are your best friend and confidant. They make you laugh and help you through the bad times. Your kids and her kids play together and plan to get married when they get older. And they give you gifts. One such gift that Rachel gave me a few visits ago was this. She kept telling my kids she had a secret to whisper in their ear. And then she would lick the inside of their ear. That's a gift that has kept on giving in my house that's for sure!
And something else that's special about sisters is spending girl time together. Before Rachel arrived I just couldn't wait for our lunches out and taking the kids to the park together. The anticipation was big. So far we have shopped, and gone to Starbucks for blended cremes, watched an entire season of LOST, bought fake toenails, and much more. And of course there was yesterday afternoon.
Rachel suggested we go to the Chinese Buffet for lunch. Now we have been going to buffets when we get together for years now but we still haven't mastered buffet restraint. The kids each had a couple of plates and all they eat are crab rangoon and chow mein noodles with a few green beans thrown in. As for Rach and myself, we won't go there. Suffice it to say we DON'T limit ourselves to crab rangoon and noodles.
After lunch we decided to take the kids to the park. We went to this great park in downtown Colorado Springs called "America the Beautiful" park. It has a lot of unique play equipment including these things the kids can sit on and then an adult can spin them. They can go very fast. Auntie Rachel was spinning Leia on one of them. Rachel spun her so fast and Leia was laughing so hard that she peed herself. It wasn't just a few drops either - she literally left a puddle on the seat for the next occupant. NICE. Of course Leia kept saying "Faster, faster". What's a girl to do?
And then on the way home, Leia was getting progressively greener as we drove down the road. Fortunately we had a plastic bag available. About 5 minutes into a 20 minute journey, she chundered (as we like to say across the pond) into the bag. Now you can imagine how nice the fragrance was especially to those of us who are pregnant, in a confined minivan on the highway. Not to mention that fact that our bellies were full of rich foods such as stuffed mushrooms and sesame chicken to name but a few.
Let the good times roll!