The Girls Play Beach

I guess all it takes is a beach towel and a little imagination to turn ballet dresses into bathing suits. The girls had a blast on their trip to the beach this afternoon:



They came up with this whole idea while I was on the phone. I was periodically interrupted to help them strip out of their clothes, and next thing I knew, I had two ballerina beach bunnies lounging on their towel. Madeleine decided to add to the ambiance by donning some sunglasses:





Nothing like a good old romance novel for some light beach reading:




I'm glad they enjoyed celebrating summer in winter so much, especially considering we're supposed to get snow tomorrow.

Julia has now moved on a season and is happily watching "The Worst Witch" while Madeleine naps. And I will now move on to a new activity and start cleaning up our "Mildred Hubble," aka diSAHHHter area, of a house...