Girl's Weekend Part 3

The girls had a blast at the DoSeum as you saw, but they were hungry and tired and cranky so it was time for a change. We found a local Chicfila, fed the girls, and then headed back to the hotel. Molly and Clara took little naps in the car, but unfortunately the very small 15 minute nap Emma took on the way to Chicfila seemed to the be the grand total she was willing to take that day (yikes), and Jessie didn't sleep either. So once we got back to the hotel Marissa stayed with Jessie so she could nap, and Lulu and I took the 3 older girls to go play.

At first we started in the lazy river, but about halfway around lap one we found a little beach! 

I think it's safe to say Molly would have stayed right here for the next several hours - or at least until her tummy got the best of her. She loved it!

I don't think Clara *loved* it the way that Molly did, but she sure did enjoy filling up her bucket and turning it over to make towers. 

Emma just wanted to keep playing in the water, so Lulu and I divided up our supervision skills so all of the girls would be happy. 

There's just something about chubby fingers clutching sand that's so precious

 Emma decided to take a break from the water because she wanted Mommy

Unfortunately she discovered getting to Mommy involved walking on SAND! 

Noooooo!!

:(

 It's okay. Lulu rescued her and put her back in the water to wash off all of the sand. 

Aunt Katy, help me build more towers!

 Pretty soon we were working together to make 3 towers at one time. 

But the best part was smashing them flat as soon as they were built. It took me 3 tries to get a picture with both girls and 3 towers standing, haha

Teamwork

Molly did not want to leave the sand at all, nor did she care for the lazy river. In fact there were several tears shed, BUT once I held her hand she was ok, and we were able to float back to our chairs. 

sweet girl

Buddy system

 Clara insisted upon floating under the tube the entire time. 

Lulu and the girlies

Snack break - these girls love each other so much

 There was an incident around this time which I have mentally dubbed The Great Poop Debacle, but I'll spare you the details. Poor Molly had a terrible tummy ache. While I took care of Molly, Lulu hung out with Clara and Emma at the little kid pool so they could get some more splashes in.

Then it was time to head back up to the rooms to get dried off.

Looking a little worn out, aren't they? :)

Molly already had a bath and was dressed again, and Jessie was awake and being fed, so that just left Clara and Emma to get ready.

Daniel Tiger provides the perfect distraction when mommies need a few moments. Thanks for bringing the iPad, Marissa!

Then it was time to play for a little while before dinner!

Where's your belly button, Emma!?

She loves her Auntie M

 We took a few minutes to admire the fish:

And color pretty pictures

JJ saw the fishies too

Side note: we had several people ask us about the 4 little girls all dressed alike. Were there two sets of twins?! Were they all one mommy's?! Nope. Just close cousins!

We stopped at the playground for a little while to explore:

Clara checked out the hammock

and the swing

 And Molly and Emma liked the slide:

Then the restaurant was finally open (phew!) 

While we waited for them to get us a table, Clara had so much fun trying to get Jessie to laugh:

So so so sweet!!!! Gosh I love baby laughs.

Chowing down on on some fish sticks and pudding, yum

 For some reason Emma was rather food-averse the entire weekend. She just didn't want to eat anything, even things she normally likes. She was being quite the tired toot at dinner so I left with her a little bit early and we went back to the room to get pajamas on and turn on the Aggie game.

The hotel life agrees with her ;)

A little evening reading after pajamas:

Lulu and I turned the Aggie game on in our little room too, just very quietly, and it worked well as white noise because the girls fell asleep and we got to finish the game. The Aggies won against Arizona State! Whoop!

Thank goodness we all slept much better Saturday night, with Jessie and Emma waking up a couple of times, but going back to sleep relatively quickly. Phew!

And good thing too, because we had one more fun day ahead of us.

Read Part 4 here.