Family pic

Here's a family pic we took recently in the back yard. Just wanted an updated one, so we went for it.

Imaginate

Yesterday, Lydia kept talking about what she sees when she imagines things.

And she kept saying:

When I imaginate...

When I imaginate...

It was so cute.

Her baby blues

Oh Man!

Saturday, Rebekah bought Captain Underpants and the Adventures of Super Diaper Baby from a yard sale. She became totally engrossed in it.

Sunday morning, we wake up to hear, "Oh MAN!"

Rebekah had dropped her book in the toilet!

But the irony of dropping a book called Captain Underpants and the Adventures of Super Diaper Baby in the toilet is completely lost on a seven year old!!

Ha ha ha!

Another layout

A layout I finished recently

I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I've been wanting to do this layout for years. I was waiting for just the right picture.

Click on the layout to view it larger.

Lydia's water day

Lydia's Water Day was yesterday (her last day of school). David went and took about 200 pictures! She had a complete blast.

They had a big inflatable slide, a slip and slide, kiddie pools, bubbles, shaving cream and water blasters.

They also had pizza and popsicles, which Lydia loved as well.

Here's Lydia with Zy'Ann. They were having so much fun.

But look at that water! Gross! The kids would get covered in shaving cream, or dirt and they would go to wash off in the kiddie pool.

And Bekah was having recess in the playground right next to where Lydia's water day was, so David snapped a quick pic of her as well!

A little exaggeration...

Rebekah has allergies.

And her nose has been running.

So last night she says,

"Mommy, my nose has been running since - like - kindergarten!"

Blue

Did this layout a couple of weeks ago. It's a lift from KelliCrowe. But I like - no I LOVE how it turned out.

Just wanted to share.

Lydia's first trip to the dentist

Here are a few pictures from Lydia's first trip to the dentist.

Doesn't she just look like Miss Priss with her legs crossed?

She was so excited about going - and about showing off her new Sleeping Beauty toothbrush!

Seriously...are these real products??

Passports

The girls got their passports.

Here are their pictures. David took them to get them.

They wouldn’t let them wear their headbands.

Or smile.

David was so worried I’d be upset. I couldn’t understand why he thought that. Then he said, “You gave me one job to do – to get their pictures made. And then I come back with these pictures. They look like mug shots!”

Hilarious.

Mother's Day Dance

Here's a video of the dress rehearsal of the Mother's Day dance that the girls did yesterday.

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Dress Rehearsal

The girls had their dance dress rehearsal last night and they were just adorable.

Lydia kept jumping up and down and waving saying “Hey Mommy!”

And Bekah was such a serious little ballerina!

Here are a few pictures from their practice, as well as a couple of group photos that I took for the moms.

Read about these signs online

This first one is a prank. Some guy has been hanging up signs around town that he made himself. He's making some people laugh and some people mad.

The second one was really posted by the town. I thought it was funny. Here's the story:

"Inhabitants of Oak Lawn, Ill. apparently have a hard time understanding the meaning of the large red octagons posted on street corners through the city. So in an effort to get people to actually stop, the city installed smaller signs below their larger, legal counterparts to get motorists attention while providing them a half-hearted chuckle. "

Scrapbook pages

Here are a few layouts. They just happen to all be of Lydia.

I just love this little dress. Just had to put it in the attic. She's gotten too big for it. =(

Abbie's birthday party

Abbie is a little girl in Lydia’s class at school and she was having her fifth birthday party this Saturday. The invitations said there would be pony rides, so how could we say no to this party??

Lydia got to ride Bubba and Rebekah rode Frosty.

When we got there, there were kids everywhere having a blast. They had two ponies for pony rides and a bounce house, as well as their regular jungle gym they have in their backyard.

I found out from the mom that all three of their daughters have birthdays within a month of each other. She told her girls that if they agreed to have to just one party for all three of them that she would get ponies. Sounds like a very smart mom and a great way to get to up the ante on the party activities. And check out these cool cupcakes. There's just a bunch of cupcakes arranged in the shape of a horse head and then frosted over the top of all of them.

And here's Lydia after her cupcake.

All of the kids were so excited about the ponies. The girls had an absolute blast.

They also had a lot of fun goofing around on their jungle gym. Here are some more pics from the party.