Sunday Shoes

Fun with a red dress...especially with fourth of July coming up!!!

End of School Party!

Our good friends invited us over for an end of the year school party. They just got a huge water slide/pool and the kids were so excited. M watched the other kids go down the slide and realized they went pretty fast. She went down once by herself and after that wanted daddy to hold her hand so she wouldn't go flying down the slide!

B decided to try the slide out by herself as well! Her look in this second picture is pretty priceless! She sped down the slid and splashed in the cold water! I don't think she was expecting to get so wet. She got out for awhile to warm up but returned to the fun a bit later! Thanks to our friends for letting us spend the day with them! It was fun despite the drama of M getting slivers in her toe and one of my girls crying over something every ten minutes!! (I guess they were tired and after having R and I hold M down while our friend Lallie tried to get the sliver out we decided to head home! We left the slivers in over night and R was finally able to get them out this morning. Poor M...she was traumatized and R and I felt pretty bad too!)

Dancing in the Rain!!

A few days ago we had a pretty stormy day, with lots of rain, thunder and lightening! (Not something I was used to growing up in CA!) When we were eating dinner the sun had finally come back up. As we got up to clear the dinner table it started pouring rain! The crazy thing was that it was totally sunny!

So rather than clean the table I let the girls go out in the rain! This was actually their first time playing in the rain...so sad it took soo long!

M loved playing and dancing in the rain. B took a bit more convincing to get off the porch but once she did she had a fun time! By the time they were done M was dancing without the cover of her umbrella. It was so fun watching them have such a fun time in the rain! I love my little girls so much!!

Last Day of School!

Who would have guessed that these pictures are of the same little girl on her way to school!

You were so scared the first day of school. We literally had to force you on the bus. You clung to daddy and we couldn't even force a smile out of you.

Today is your last day of school! You are excited for a fun summer but are sad about leaving your teacher and all your friends. You have grown so much this year! We have been so happy with your Kindergarten experience. You can count to beyond a hundred (which your mommy couldn't do until the end of first grade!), you are reading, counting by five, learning about money, and loving school. Your favorite thing this past year was art! You have made so many nice friends and your teacher, Mrs. D, always has kind things to say about you. We love you so much and look forward to watching you grow in the years to come! Keep up the good work!

Love,

Mama

B's Birthday!

The morning of B's party she came down the stairs and was so excited to see all the decorations!! She had a Little Einsteins party and loved all the fun Einstein decorations! (She calls Little Einsteins "Pat Pat" because when the rocket takes off you have to help him by patting your legs. She learned how to saw pat pat before the Little Einsteins so the name has stuck)!

B loved her Rocket cake! This was my first homemade Birthday cake and I think it turned out pretty well! That night after all the festivities B came up to me and said, "Thank you for my pat pat cake mom!" It was so sweet!

She loved blowing the candles out and was able to do it all by herself!

The kids had fun making musical shakers and dancing to classical music with them. I let M stay home from school to be my big helper that day. I think it was actually kind of hard for her. She wanted to play with all of B's toys but B wanted everything to herself. By the end of the party M was crying. I asked why she was crying and she said "Because it isn't my Birthday!" I thought it was rather funny!

Everyone had fun at the party. I was glad R was off of work because he did the majority of entertaining the kids (as well as cleaning up and vacuuming all the cake crumbs up after the party)!

B really had a fun Birthday! Thanks to everyone who helped make it special!

Peony

When B was born my parents were here. Instead of bringing me flowers to the hospital, they planted flowers in my flower beds. They planted yellow marigolds, pink zinnias, and this beautiful peony which comes back every year. I love these flowers and they always remind me of B and the fun I had with my parents when she was born!

After M's ballet recital I gave her a bouquet of peony's! They were so pretty. I never realized they smelled so good!

Sunday Shoes

M would love it if I got these shoes! She would definitely want them when she gets older!

Wordless Wednesday

Little Ballerina

Isn't my little ballerina beautiful! She had her dance recital this past Saturday. She did such a great job!

Here she is floating across the stage!

This is one of her best friends and our neighbor. They have fun taking ballet together!

It was so fun watching all the girls up on stage. M has been fun to watch as she grows and learns each week in her ballet class! We love our little ballerina!

B is Three!!

Dear B,
I can't believe how quickly three years has gone by! B, you have always been such a fun addition to our family. Your arrival was quick and daddy had to catch your leg when you were born so you wouldn't fall! You burst into the world with loads of personality and it has just continued to bloom. From day one you have smiled and brought a lot of joy into our home.. These are just a few things I love aboutyou and things you love now:

*You're quick to smile

*You are spunky

*Despite your small size, you can stand on your own!

*You love your friends

*You have a contagious laugh

*You are quick to forgive when mommy loses patience.


*I love the way you talk. The other day you wanted a light turned on and said, "Daddy, can you help me turn the light on, cause I too mall (small)"




*I love your cute hair...from the mohawk stage to the curls you have now!



*You will stop me in the middle of something and say, "love you too mom"



*You love your sister.






*You get excited when daddy comes home and run and hide so he will find you!











*You love being outside and playing.


*You are never far away from a pair of your many sunglasses and you wear them for hours at a time!






*You loves "pat pat" (The Little Einsteins)

*When you don't want someone to do something to you...like tickle you...you will say "Stop, I don't like that!"




*I love all your great hugs and kisses.



*You have an opinion on what you wear, including the shoes!!




*You love to sing, especially during nursery.







*I love your big, bright blue eyes! (people often stop us in public to comment on your beautiful blue eyes!)


*You talk to strangers in the grocery store.





*You love anything purple. If I tell you it's time to go take a nap and get your "purple" bink, you often run to your bed and climb in "all by myself mommy!"



*You talk to a man at church that is kind of down and out. It puts a smile on his face every Sunday.



*You probably have a dozen binks in your bed, but only use one. Yes, the purple bink!






And most of all I love you because you are you! I love you BB. Happy third Birthday!

Love, Mama

Sisters

I just love how much my girls love each other. Tonight M sat down to play with her leapster and B sat right next to her with her head on her shoulder, just watching.

B loves M so much and always wants to be doing what M is doing. M is patient for the most part, and so compassionate. She gets so sad when B is upset and does anything to make her happy. I love that they have each other to be best friends with. It makes me think of my best friends and how I miss both of my sisters who are far away!

M's Birthday, Sort Of!

It isn't actually M's Birthday, but since she has a summer birthday her teacher let her celebrate her birthday today! (I never celebrated my birthday in school since I was a summer baby so I am so glad her teacher let us do this!)

M loved the fact that it was her special day. All day today she has tried using it to her advantage. For example:

B took a toy that M wanted

M: B, can I please have that?

B: NO

M: But it's my Birthday B. (imagine sad puppy dog eyes here)

B: It's not your Birthday, it's mine!

In B's defence her Birthday is Sunday, so we have been talking it up quite a bit lately!


In addition to it being her pretend Birthday her school held a flag day celebration today. We have been hearing all kinds of patriotic songs around here as M practiced for the big event!

M's music teacher asked all the kids to wear red white or blue today. M wanted a flag dress. We searched high and low and couldn't find a flag dress. I wanted her to wear the outfit B was wearing but she didn't think that related to the flag at all. We settled on this outfit because the colors were right and there was a tiny flag on the tag, which satisfied M. (Of course, after I bought the outfit I did find a cute dress...o well!)
When we weren't having luck finding a dress I told her she might have to wear her outfit she already had. She became very emotional (ie. upset) and said that her music teacher would be mad if she didn't have a flag outfit. I love how literally kids take things!


Back to the Birthday! M wanted chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting. She has complained all year that everyone brings in white or yellow cupcakes and she never eats them because she doesn't like them. So , I made chocolate cupcakes and put a cute little flower on top for the girls and some sort of green design for the boys. M wanted to stick Hannah Montanna rings in the top of the cupcakes but I thought that would ruin the look. (Hannah Montanna is a whole other post for me! She has never once seen the show and yet she still talks about her all the time!) We settled on just passing out the rings, and no the boys didn't get rings!

She had such a fun "Birthday" today. She loved sharing with all her friends. She even went and tracked down five of her other teachers (p.e., music, library, art, etc) to give them a treat. She is so thoughtful and loves to share. I asked her if she even ate her cupcake and she said she had a couple bites! I think it was just fun for her to wear her Birthday crown today and have a special day with her friends. We love her so much, Birthday or not!!

By the way, I got bangs!!

Swept to the Side

Full Bang

I haven't had bangs since high school! Kind of a fun change for awhile!