Twice the Fun Plus One

My parents came up for a visit a couple of weekends ago. Pop brought a fishing pole and took Ellie and Gracelyn to the little pond in our neighborhood. Unfortunately, the fish weren't biting, but it was a good time with their Pop anyway. We gave up on the fish and decided to just feed the ducks.... Gracelyn was so excited about the ducks! Ellie, not scared a bit! And, they picked some flowers.... And ran around....

We needed to get out of the house this morning so I took the kids for a walk down to the pond.  We took some bread so the girls could feed the ducks.  They had so much fun!  Ellie (in yellow) didn't understand the concept of throwing the bread to the ducks.  She would just walk towards them trying to hand them the pieces of bread.  You might notice in almost all the pictures, the ducks are walking/swimming away from her!  It was so fun watching her think about it and try to figure out what she needed to do differently. Ellie--chasing the ducks back into the water. For a brief moment she got distracted trying to tear her bread into small pieces.  The ducks started inching closer and closer. Ellie--calling the ducks back to shore.  Gracelyn--regathering her bread pieces so she can throw them again.  Happy as can be! We are pretty sure Gracelyn is left handed so it is weird to see her trying to awkwardly throw with her right ...