All Dressed Up

Grace loves to get dressed up! This is a picture of her in her Easter attire on Saturday. She just couldn't wait to wear it. I think she wore her dress about 5 times before Easter ever arrived. Papoo (my dad) is posing with her. She was so proud of all her dressy things. It was hard to convince her that she shouldn't ride her bike, play with the new dog, and swing with her clean, Easter clothes and shoes on. She would wear this every day if she could.

Meet Sophie!

This is Sophie! My mom and dad came to visit last weekend and brought their new puppy, a golden retriever. The girls were so excited to pet and hold a puppy. As you can see from the pictures above, G tried to force Sophie to be her baby. Sophie was a good sport by sitting in the doll bed and riding in the doll stroller for a little while.

Playing for Mommy

I caught L in her dress-up clothes playing the piano and singing "Jesus Loves the Little Children". She was so cute trying to remember the words. I wish I could remember exactly how she was singing it b/c it made me laugh. (I couldn't laugh in front of her though. That always makes her mad.) After all of the fits and fussing, it's a good thing they're so cute!

A nice surprise

Our new yard is somewhat landscaped but wasn't very neat if you know what I mean. The grass is full of weeds too. We knew we were getting a lot of work when we moved to this house, as far as the yard goes. But, when spring started getting close I was pleasantly surprised when some pretty flowers started to bloom! We have 3 Bradford Pear trees which have beautiful flowers for a little while in the spring. Then hyacinth flowers popped up and I think I saw a tulip blooming today when we got home! Tulips are my favorite. The girls want to pick every flower as soon as it blooms though. They're so pretty.

Friendly Neighbors

Our new house is in a large subdivision that is full of young families our age. We got especially lucky with our house. There are three families right next door with little girls the same age as G and L. The little girl in the picture is one of them. She is in the first grade so G thinks she's the coolest. She spent most of one day during spring break at our house playing. I got more done in that one day then I did the entire week! They played dress-up, put on a show at the piano for me, played outside, and a lot more. The neighbors have been so friendly and welcoming here. The girls never want to come inside and they always want to be playing with someone.

Our favorite drink

This is G and L's favorite drink right now. It has to be hot though. They don't want just plain old chocolate milk. They won't accept any other kind of hot chocolate either. I was given a coffee mug and some "gourmet" hot chocolate at preschool one day so I fixed that for them that afternoon and they wouldn't even drink it! It was soooooo much better than their Ovaltine too. This is what they ask for in the morning when they get up and especially in the afternoon while watching Clifford. Just a little tidbit of our life these days.

A very messy day

After the easter eggs were done the girls ran off to play while I cleaned up the big mess. After a little while I realized I hadn't heard from them in a while. I found them in the backyard playing in the mud, in dresses of course. When I asked what they were doing they said, "Look Mom, we're throwing poop balls at each other." They thought it was so funny. Why couldn't it have simply been mud balls? What are they so fascinated with the words pee pee, poop, poo poo, etc.? We have started putting a bar of soap in their mouths when they carry on like this. I don't think it has made a big enough impression though. I think I might try what my friend, Kelly, suggested. She said she makes her child clean the toilet when she uses potty words. Maybe I'll try that next time. So, even though they were pretending it was something totally gross, I still had to capture it in pictures.....