Newest Family Member!

Nana and Grumpy bought us a dog!  It lives with them but if you ask the kids, it's theirs.  Monet is the most darling dog and man...makes me want a dog so bad!  She is so sweet.  I guess we'll be spending lots of time at Nana and Grumpys!!

American Girl No Kid Hungry Bake Sale

Eliza read about a bake sale/contest in the American Girl magazine.  She was sold.  By participating she was in the running for her very own American Girl doll.  She baked everything herself, set up her table, organized the money, and sold the items.  She did fabulous! I am so proud of her hard work.  It was most rewarding when she was reading the directions on how to turn the money in and she read that $1 feeds a hungry child for 1 day.  She counted the dollars and said, I fed 100 kids!  She had stopped caring about the doll and other things and was more concerned about the good that she was doing.  It was a rewarding activity for the whole family.  I am so grateful my kids got to look outside of themselves!. 

Last day of School

I can't believe it is time to end another year of school already! As a reminder-here was the first day of school (with our old door in the background!!!)

And here are the kids one year older and wiser too!

Lesson Learned!

I am sure it is the first of many arguments we will have over clothes...and what a way to start them!  The girls were arguing over a shirt, under the whole house fan, and it slurped it right up!  I used my mad planking skills and was able to get the shirt back.  Let's hope that this doesn't lead to more adventures in the attic because the girls figured out how to get something to disappear!

Violet's Candyland Birthday Bash

We pulled off a Candyland Birthday party for Violet.  Xander helped with the decorations:

 Nana helped with the poster! Amazing as always

 I got the cake put together without too many problems

 First thing we did was make paper gingerbread men...

 then we passed lifesavers on our sticks.......

 we did pudding painting...it's always fun to see which kids will do this and which ones wont!

 Violet's group of friends...she is surrounded by wonderful people and we are so blessed to call these kiddos our friends!

We had lots of fun at the party! 

#5!

Happy Birthday to our Princess Eyed, lady bug!

We celebrated Violet with donuts, Chick-fil-A and a dog that barks and walks on its leash.   Violet is such a happy girl and we are so lucky to call her ours!  She is a master of disappearing when asked to help but she is a great big sister to Abby.  She is learning to ready and loves going to preschool. 

More Field Trips

On the morning of the field trip, Little Miss Independent #2 decided she had to do her own ponytail.  It took about 20 minutes but she got it!  She was so proud all day long!

For our field trip this time we went to a strawberry farm and l.earned about organic farming

 We got to pick our own strawberries!  YUM!!

Group shot!

Our favorite BBall player

You can't keep a good guy down!  Love that my Dad tries to stay active despite his disabilities!

Spanish Culture Celebration

 Xanders class presentation involved singing and dancing.  They did a great job!  This is Xander and his dance partner McKenna! 

We had a random rainy today, so I made hot chocolate floats.  The kids gave them 2 thumbs up!

I is for Insects

Another successful week of preschool!  We tried to catch insects and we learned the difference between insects and spiders!  Super fun

Mothers Day 2015

Mothers Day was a good day!  I got lots of love, a cute skirt, great food and a foot massage by Xander!

We got another swinger!

Raviolis

I can't remember all the circumstances around this dinner but I believe i was at work at Xander was home with Ben.  Xander was suppose to get the ravioli's cooked and he wanted to make sure that they stayed warm, so he turned them on after he emptied the water...Cereal to the rescue!

These are the Moments

My kids argue.  They argue a lot.  But there are moments...like this one that I luckily caught.  Xander was waiting for his ride and Eliza decided to spend some time with him.  Sometimes they are so wonderful!  But I love them still the same!