Abby and Zoë

None of us got much sleep last night, but the girls woke up early nonetheless.  After Daddy took the girls down for an early morning beach run, we went down to have breakfast at the buffet with Nonna.  Once we were done, we headed over to Matt's and arrived about 9:00 a.m.  I started on the girls hair right away.  At 10:00 Caitlin's sister-in-law Sharon came over with her kids Dylan (the ring bearer) and Erin (another flower girl) so that I could follow them over the Caitlin's parents house.  I was just finishing up Abby's hair when they arrived, but hadn't done Zoë's curls yet, so I grabbed the curling Iron and finished over there.  Pretty soon hair-do's were done and 'Cinderella dresses' were on and it was time to head to the ceremony site.

There was only a few minutes to wait before Abby and Zoë were cued to head down the aisle.  There was some grass they had to walk through before getting to the actual aisle.  Both girls began to get nervous as they got closer.  They were holding hands, then letting go, then Zoë just stopped.  Abby kept trying to get ahold of Zoë to get her to walk, but then gave up and just went down herself.  Zoë walked a little ways, then threw back her head in laughter and turned and walked back towards me.  I walked closer and tried to urge her down, then I walked around to the front, but she wasn't budging.  Finally Matt went down and took her hand and walked with her down the aisle.  It was hot, but the girls sat very nicely and watched Caitlin and Matt get married.  We had a couple of pictures there, and then went to the Red Lion Inn for the reception.

We had hors d'oeuvres and milled around chatting, and then once Matt and Caitlin arrived and said their hello's, we went downstairs to begin the food.  In between courses we took some photos, then there was the cake cutting, and then some dancing.  Despite how tired the girls were, they didn't want to leave the dance floor.  Finally at about 4:00, we headed out to go back to the hotel.

We couldn't get Abby and Zoë off the dance floor.  They were over tired, having little sleep the night before, an early morning job on the beach, and no nap. We were surprised they still had some energy left for dancing, but they did, and they cut it up.  Here's proof...

Abby and Zoë woke up early this morning.  Laura had a horrible night's sleep, so I quickly got dressed, scooped up the girls in their PJs and flip flops, and headed down to the beach.  We saw Cousin Bill down in the lobby who accompanied us to the beach.  The beach was almost empty, and the sun hadn't burnt off the overcast yet.  The girls took the opportunity to run all the way down the beach and back.  Without Mommy around to reign them in, they took off and didn't turn back until I was almost out of site.  I was slightly shocked, because they usually keep close, but they just kept running and running.  Nothing like an early morning jog to get the juices flowing.