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Phil was great with the girls and definitely helped me get out some of Charis' wonderful energy before bed. He played ball with them, gave horsey rides, played frisbee and just chased them around. It was great!Between Kris and I, Kris is the more silly, energetic, playful one. Don't get me wrong, I am plenty silly and playful with Charis because she is so fun that it is hard not to be, but Kris is able to pull energy from somewhere and play harder than I can. Thank you Phil for playing with Charis like she was one of your own daughters and being silly, energetic and playful.

Charis loved playing with both Kristen and Audrey. But she has some sort of obsession with babies. She constantly wanted to hug, kiss or just touch Audrey.On one of our last days, my mom and I took Charis and Kristen to a free petting zoo center with a playground and other fun things. We ran around a lot, played on their play scape and visited the animals. I guess I did not get many pictures of the animals but I did capture this one of Charis "milking" a fake cow. It is ironic because Charis does not drink cow milk and she kept saying "yucky cow milk".We all had a great time!Also while we were there, Charis attempted to write her name on the sidewalk with chalk. I think that Cecilia wrote her name first and she then tried to copy it. If you look really hard there are all the letters. The H is just lighter and not fully connected and the R looks more like a v but I was so proud, she did such a good job for her first try.And of course, we hung out and played with Audrey, Kristen, and Charis most of the time.Thanks Audrey for letting me take care of you some at night.
On Sunday, we got the girls all dressed up and Phil took Charis and Kristen to church. They looked so cute!
We had a great visit and Charis can't stop talking about when we will go again.