Playing Dress Up

We had some very special visitors this past Monday. My sister's husbands, mother and sister. In other words my sister's in-laws...or Uncle Jeff's mom and sister. Leah was so excited for our company to arrive. She talked to Uncle Jeff on skype the day before and told him they were coming. We told her that Valerie was Uncle Jeff's little sister. So when Valerie arrived Leah was shocked to find that she was a full-fledged grown up, she kept looking around and saying "You're not the sister, You're too big." I think Leah was expecting a little playmate, but honestly...no one could have filled the role better than Valerie on that day.

Susan had been going through boxes and such and decided to share Valerie's old dance costumes with Leah. Leah LOVES to play dress-up so this was a very special treat. She was so excited she couldn't wait to get into the bags and see what all was in store. There was so much stuff, the kid was in heaven. I think the easter bonnets and the faux fur coat were big hits, but then we got to the costumes...oh, the costumes! Valerie was such a good sport helping her get in and out of all of them. And Leah relished every one for a whole 2 minutes before having to move on to the next one. I have included pictures of most of them. What fun!

After trying on all her new fabulous outfits we moved on the kitchen. Susan and Valerie had brought some delicious cheesecake, cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies to share...they were great! Cheesecake is Mitch's favorite so he was excited. Leah and I both indulged in a cupcake and I even let her have a cookie too. It was a great afternoon and made us wish that we got to visit more often.

Poor Kiersten, she didn't get to partake in much of the visit. She was down for about 5 days with fever. Like the 102, 103 variety. I took her to the doctor on Thursday thinking she had ear infection and they said she was just fine. Well Monday when she woke up and it was 103.6 we called the doctor back. Mitch took her in and like I though, she had an ear infection. She is doing much better after starting the meds and her fever broke on Tuesday. Leah CRASHED after Susan and Valerie left on Monday. She took a good nap, and woke up to play dress up all over again. And then all over again a few times on Tuesday and Wednesday and of course, even first thing this morning. Her favorite by far is the purple flapper dress with the black and purple fringe skirt and the gold sequins...she loves it and has the hip shake down. It's too cute. Tonight we are taking off for Illinois, lots to do...a 1st birthday party included. So look for that post next week when we get back.