Happy Memorial Day!

Yesterday we explored what is quite possibly one of the world's coolest playgrounds. This playground is located at Ardgillan Castle and yes, that is the ocean that it overlooks :) And yes, I did let Addie wear that outfit in public...choosing my battles.

Greta was thrilled to do the climbing wall...just like the high ropes course at Drewstown :)

Most playgrounds here in Ireland have these cool zip lines for kids, they are fun for adults too!

A lovely picnic in the sunshine.

Sisterly love

Greta and Addie recently discovered "football" I wish I could say that they are into sports, but mostly they just like to pretend to act out a book they own called "Stacy the Soccer Fairy" It involves fairies, goblins, and magic sports objects.

Addie and Jon on the "ropes"

a slow news day...

It must be a slow news day, because this story actually happened a week or two ago, but it's interesting enough to make the front page of Yahoo news (a very reliable news source - ha!) We don't frequently walk by the Duke of Wellington statue, but it is still a bit unsettling that there is a bomb in the town you live in.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pipe-bomb-may-queen-visit-093521685.html

The Royal Wedding

I have to admit, it was really fun to be in the right time zone to watch the wedding live with the girls. Greta and Addie waited anxiously to see the "princess" arrive in her white dress. While we were watching, Addie ran upstairs to her room and when she came down she had her little princess tiara in her hair :)

The girls decided to find some hats of their own. I think these may look better than Beatrice's and Eugenie's :)

And a special shout out to Laura, who modeled these great hats while shopping on her visit here :) Laura, you should definitely bring this fashion trend to America!