God Bless America

The girls worked on a little holiday preparation. I'm not sure they understand the significance of 13 stripes and fifty stars, but we still had fun. ;)

Pinkalicious

Pinkalicious has been a crowd favorite lately. We love pink, pink, pink. We made the homemade lemonade. We went to a lemonade stand. Finally, we made the pink cupcakes. Jocelyn tried to convince me to let her see how many she could eat before she turned pink like Pinkalicious. It didn't happen. ;)

we love babies

Princess dress-up outfits + a matching outfit for our baby doll = HAPPINESS.

Hallelujah...it FINALLY rained!

We haven't had more than a few sprinkles of rain since FEBRUARY. Record drought. Record high temps. I'm convinced the girls forgot what rain actually looks like. Not today. Grey clouds filled the sky and the pink rainboots appeared. The umbrellas went up and they went marching around the block in their pajamas. A few neighbors wished them luck and asked them to do a rain dance--which they did. And it worked.
FINALLY.

Happy Birthday Daddy

Happy Birthday to the best Dad in the whole wide world. The girls wanted to buy him a baby doll, get a bounce house, and a Hello Kitty cake. Lucky for him, we talked them into HIS favorite cake and tools. They even insisted on buying him a doughnut on the way to work...another good day. ;)

jocelyn and the peach

The video was taken the same day we went to the orchard. I caught Jocelyn eating her seventh peach and she was getting a little goofy. She knows the words to "Ba Ba Black Sheep" and she can count to 20. She's just a silly, silly girl. ;) We shared this with a few family members and it got rave reviews, so here it is...enjoy.

Fruits n Such

We enjoyed the morning at the Fruits n Such orchard. We were able to pick blackberries as well as white and yellow peaches. Julia was quite the little helper picking...she would even tell me when the berries weren't dark enough. Jocelyn, well, she really liked to eat the peaches. The grand total was seven. Yes, seven. They just melt in your mouth! We also chased the guinea birds and watched the little chicks.
It was a very hot and very wonderful day. ;)

garden flags

The girls had their artwork made into garden flags at school. Julia's is an elephant and Jocelyn's a giraffe which were made out of their hand prints. They're pretty proud...so am I.

okra

We planted okra from seed this year and have enjoyed watching it grow. We decided to harvest some this morning.

Jello

The girls have been obsessed with babies for a few years now. When asked what their babies name was they would always reply 'baby.' Well, baby finally has a name. It's Jello. Yup, today they had twins...sisters...both named Jello. Love them.

Happy Mother's Day to me

We enjoyed the day at Discovery Green. Playground, water splashing, smoothies, watching sailboats, and running through the grass. It was a pretty great day.
I was awakened by two smiling girls with their breakfast in a bag, princess gift bags, musical cards and a new blender. Of course, Jocelyn immediately opened it and wanted to make smoothies. Tim said they were pretty enthusiastic. But, hearing my little ladies tell me "Happy Mother's Day" for the first time was the greatest gift of all. I am SO BLESSED. Being a mom is the best thing in the whole wide world.
I love my daughters SO MUCH.