A good day with a friend

Early last week one of my good friends called in need of someone to watch her daughter while her husband had emergency surgery. It was luckily one of my days off and we jumped at the chance. Her daughter, Emily, and Ella are only 3 wks apart in age. They are just now getting to where they are starting to have a lot of fun together. Brad and I really enjoyed having her over and watching the girls play together. Other than a few issues with Ella not wanting to "share" her toys, they did great. They played outside a lot together. Here's some good parenting supervision of them swinging sticks and golf clubs while I just sit back and take pics. :)
Then they ran to the back of the yard and tried to escape over the fence. I didn't think we were that bad or embarrassing yet!!
This was the best "posed" picture I could get of them. They wouldn't get any closer than a tomato plant's width from each other.
Then we fed the girls dinner. As you can see Ella doesn't take eating lightly. Keeps shoving it in even during a photo op.
After dinner, we took a walk and the girls rode in the wagon. I didn't get any pics of that because I decided it may not be too smart to bring the camera along with the kids and dog. After a long and hard afternoon of playing outside, they were rewarded with a bath because they were filthy! They weren't quite sure what to think with both of them in there at the same time.
They had a great time together, and Emily's dad came out of surgery fine. :) Hopefully the girls will get to play together more often!!