Weekend fun!

I told you yesterday that I would tell you about some weekend fun.  First I have to thank you for the encouraging comments and prayers for our Heather.  She was released from the ICU on Sunday, and then got to go home this evening.  She had 4 CT scans and they show the bleed is resolving on it's own.  She is feeling much better and was happy to go home and have a shower!  However, she is restricted from driving for 6 months, so that will be a little difficult.  Thankfully her work is close by and for right now she can't work anyway, until the doctor ok's it.
PS - I think a lot of you thought Heather was Alaina and Ruby's mom, but that's Laura.  Heather doesn't have kids yet.

Now for the fun part of the weekend!
We had Alaina and Ruby overnight this weekend.  Laura dropped them off at work to me.  The residents there love little kids. Alaina is quieter and prefers to just stay by me, but Ruby goes out and has conversations with them. We have a lady that carries a doll around and Ruby told her that she has one just like that, and her doll doesn't like getting her eyes wet.  Another lady told Ruby that she was so cute and could be her daughter.  Ruby told her "no, because I have a little nose, and your nose is kind of big"...   Oh boy!  This lady was quite confused and didn't really understand what she was saying, and just enjoyed talking with her, thankfully!
We went to Grandpa's work to pick him up and had to check out the lawnmowers.

It was fun sitting on those big machines!

Then we went out for supper, and after that to the mall.  Bob needed new hiking shoes, so he had a few he was trying on.  I asked Ruby which ones she liked better and she said none.

These are the ones she picked out because they were shiny and "looked like a rainbow".  They also happened to be women's shoes!  She asked the assistant if Grandpa could try them on, but we decided they weren't Grandpa's style.
After this the real fun started.  Our mall has animals you can rent for 5 minutes to ride around on.  They happened to be right outside the shoe store, so you know the girls were checking them out the whole time we were in there.

Alaina figured out how to use hers without problem and was quickly zooming around.

Ruby got on hers and decided she needed to go to the bathroom.  That worked out well for Alaina because they didn't start the timer until both girls were using the animals.  Ruby and I found the bathroom and came back.  However, when she tried it she almost ran someone down.  The girl turned down the speed, but Ruby wasn't understanding how to stop or turn.  It was full speed ahead!
So, the girl suggested that Grandpa ride with her.  Ruby thought that would be fine.

 And they're off!

They had such fun - even Grandpa!

We had to go up and down the escalator a few times before we left, but they enjoyed it all!
Then we headed home and enjoyed the rest of the evening.