Race Cars Birthday Party

Veggie Garden

We decided to plant the garden directly in the ground this year. As you can see, the "soil" is sand. We added our own soil and went to planting. I made the mistake of not wearing shoes when the girls were shoveling. Good news: I still have eight and a half toes for next year. We set up the drip system too for easy watering. We'll keep you all posted.

Playing By The Pool

3 out of 4

Abigail had her 5 year well check up today. She weighed 34 lbs, was 44 inches tall and her eyesight was 2o/20. The doctor was impressed that she already knew how to ride a bike with no training wheels and that she could read. The thing that had Abigail most excited though was that the doctor told her how very tall she was. He told her that she was in the top percentile for her age group and that she was taller than 3 out of every 4 kids. She kept telling everyone all day that she was taller than 4 kids!!

Favorite Friday Photo

Momma's Little Helper

Abigail loves to help with the laundry. Normally she'll fold the socks and undies, but today she wanted to do the whole load all on her own. When she was done folding it, she carried everything upstairs and put it away.

Nightstand Blues

Amelia's dress matched the color we just painted the nightstand, so I thought it would be cute to take some pictures of her on it. Needless to say, she was not into it at all. It wasn't until I told her I was done that I got a smile out of her, and then she took a flying leap onto the bed.

Mistaken Identity

Abigail: Mom, is one of your sisters named Jonas?
Me: Nope
Abigail: Yes there is, Robin's real name is Jonas.

Thank Goodness For The Internet

I decided to paint the guest bedroom nightstand today. The girls were pretty excited to help so I got them two little foam brushes. We took the project outside because 1. it was gorgeous out and 2. we were using oil based paint. The fumes are awful. It wasn't very long before I looked over and saw Amelia's forehead and hair.

I normally use latex paint, which washes off pretty easily and wasn't thinking about how difficult it would be to get the oil based paint off skin. We came inside and tried just using soap and water. That didn't work and I didn't want to put any chemicals on her head, especially that close to her eyes, so I googled it.

Turns out olive oil and a little bit of salt work wonders. It came right off.

'Fresh' Doesn't Even Come Close

Abigail was upset with me yesterday because I wouldn't give her something she wanted (I can't even remember what it was). I gave her the classic line, you can't always get what you want. She says, "I know, I got a terrible mom."

Viewer Discretion Advised

Abigail and Amelia were playing the alphabet game in the car (the one where you find letters on street signs, billboards, etc). They played the game seriously for a little while, until Amelia announced she'd found the letter "poo". Abigail was quick to tell Amelia that poo was NOT a letter. Amelia's response: "yes it is, when it (poo) comes out in straight line it makes the letter l. :)

When I Grow Up...

"I'm gong to have 3 hamsters, 3 dogs, 7 bunnies and 8 fish. You wanna know what else I'm gonna do, I'm gonna live in Destin. I'm going to live in a tall pink house. I'm going to have 8 kids. I'm going to have a bakery and I'm going to grow tomatoes, peppers, a sugar plant, carrots, sprouts and onions." -Abigail

"I'm going to have hamsters and I'm gonna live next door neighbor next to you (Mom). I'm gonna have 2 kids. I'm going to do work with Dad." - Amelia

She's A Pro

Abigail is really getting the hang of bike riding. She's learning how to turn around and use the brakes. Will went for a run last night and Abigail rode next to him. She did great! She cruises on the new bike. Will had a hard time keeping up with her.

Lying Around

This is how Amelia spent much of the weekend, laying around and being quite sick. Luckily she's feeling much better today.

All You Need is Faith and Trust and a Little Bit of Pixie Dust

Nanny sent Amelia a beautiful pop-up fairy book, along with another wonderfully enchanted fairy chapter book for Abigail, for the girl's birthdays. (Amelia opened hers early.) The girls love their books. I found Amelia this morning playing with her Tinkerbell fairy pins (from Disney World) while also reading her book. She had the little pins flying into all the little hiding spots of the book. She said they were dusting all the flowers with pixie dust to make them bloom.

Cinderella Ballet

We took the girls to a ballet (a first for all of us) to see a performance of Cinderella today. Abigail and Amelia dressed in their Princess bests and upon arrival were each given their own tiara.

The girls really liked the show and sat very quietly for the whole two hours.




When it was over the girls got to go up on stage and try on the glass slipper. The best part for Abigail was when they got their picture taken with Cinderella.

There was even a tea party (for an additional fee) after the show with sandwiches, fruits and desserts!



A very good day at the ballet.