Busy Bees

The Markwith hive has been a busy one lately. Phil got a new proposal at work and has been working very long hours and weekends, which means I have been doing the same. My last day of school was June 18th and Skylar and I have been occupying ourselves while Daddy has been working. She has discovered that she really loves the pool, dress up, and cooking with mommy. She continues to fine tune her building skills with her blocks. Every day we play hard all day long.






June 26th Skylar was the flower girl in Uncle Chris & Aunt Janet's wedding. Although her dress was adorable and she was very well behaved, she went down the aisle in cousin Paige's arms with an easter egg from the Sunday school room instead of walking down with her flowers. It was cute all the same, and she counted to 10 all by herself during the ceremony. She counted the polka dots on mommy's purse while Chris and Janet said their vows. She actually went down the aisle during the rehearsal. She also met little Rob Townsend who was a ringbearer and absolutely adored her. For such a little man he had big pick up lines "Hey little girl" as he pinched her cheek, lol. It was cute. At the reception she kicked back and relaxed with Uncle Kurt and Aunt Melissa.






Last week we visited the Children's Museum of Richmond in Glen Allen with Aunt Sheri and cousin Audrey. The girls had a blast. I believe they could have played all day, but at some point they needed to eat and then an inevitable nap prevented further play. Sheri and I walked the girls to Kona Grill before driving home, where I made yet another detour before getting us home. Sorry Sheri, next time will be better... I promise. I was very impressed with the museum. There were so many neat things for the girls to do and it was so clean. People were cleaning and sanitizing while we were there. That always makes a mommy feel better. Skylar enjoyed the sandbox the most, with the exception of the screaming 4 year old bully who threw sand at everyone. He and his mother should have been removed, but instead we removed the girls and took them elsewhere. Skylar ended up back in the sand, so we are getting her a sandbox for the house. We hope to make another trip to the museum before the summer is over.





This weekend Aunt Sarah and Bella were in town so we got to visit with them for a couple of hours today. Bella was very happy to see Skylar and kissed her as soon as she came in. Skylar, Audrey, and Bella were very happy to play together and spent a lot of time in Aunt Cathy and Uncle Tim's pool. We are planning to make a trip out to South Carolina before the summer is over to see Sarah and Bella. We weren't going to, but I don't think the girls will make it until Christmas without seeing each other...all the girls (mostly me and Sarah, lol).

This week we are planning to go to the pool with my friend Devon and her two kids Bianca and Logan, whom Skylar adores. Next week, Phil and I are planning to take Skylar on her 1st trip to Kings Dominion. We can't wait!