Sunday, September 26, 2010

princess olivia is 5

olivia is 5!
she wanted to have a princess tea party.
liv invited a couple friends over and we had a great time.
first, the girls got to have tea.
i made sandwiches in the shape of a crown and a shoe.
they also had "tea" (cherry kool-aid and sprite). 
when i told these sweet girls it was "tea" they gasped
and told me they didn't drink tea!  too cute.
fruit with yummy dip and carrots and ranch.
crackers and cheese too.
olivia picked the menu with a little help!
after eating the princesses watched a barbie movie
while i painted their finger nails. 




liv wanted a barbie cake.  here she is!
yikes.  it's my first so don't look too closely.


 decorations


                                                                  princess dance party.

 brett drew this "pin the crown on the princess game". 
to say the girls loved it would be an understatement.
they all had multiple turns.

 presents

 then to end it all, the princesses got to decorate they own cupcakes.

olivia!
you are sassy and sweet all at the same time.
at 5 you love princesses, coloring and drawing.
you love to help your brother and sister with anything.
you are very determined and have your own ideas.
you come up with great games to play.
you love daddy daughter dates.
you only let me do your hair every once in a while.
you love to cuddle even though sometimes you try to pretend you don't.
you eat and eat and eat and then you are still hunger.
you are still off the charts and still growing...
you could play barbies FOREVER.

you are fabulous
we love you
we are so glad you are in our family!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

rodeo

so
because i am such an awesome mom...
my children know the sweet band "aqua".
the kiddos LOVE all their songs and especially like to
rodeo when the 2 track comes on.
they all get out their horses and ride around in a circle.
we got out their cowboy/girl hats this time.
aren't they awesome!


apparently, olivia is a tortured child. 




Monday, September 20, 2010

swimming

the girls started swimming lessons today! 
i was nervous for mallory because she is scared of the bath!
she did great though!  her teacher said she wanted to do everything first and even jumped in the pool!
olivia did great.  i knew she would.
they are very excited to go back!
kale and i played at the park because parents aren't allowed in until the last 5 minutes.










Saturday, September 18, 2010

power wheels

we went to some friends house after school last week and they had a power wheels!
i had never seen one before, neither had the girls.
olivia and mallory fell in LOVE.
olivia drove it around for almost the whole time we were there.
on the way home she cried because i told her we were NOT going to buy one.
well, then i remembered craiglist!
they had tons on there.  i emailed several people and they had sold them already or didn't reply.
BUT we decided to go to some garage sales and found 2!
a little ATV for mallory and a barbie jeep from olivia!
(don't think we are bad parents, the jeep is olivia's birthday present)
the girls are in heaven. 
kale will ride in the jeep with olivia for as long as she will drive.
it's adorable.
they have been out driving them every minute they can!
why didn't we get these sooner!







i let the girls dress themselves almost everyday. 
mallory chooses some really interesting outfits. 
the proof.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

projects

some more finished projects. 

i found this cabinet on craiglist for $5.
  brett fixed, sanded, painted and made doors for it!
I LOVE IT!
he did such a great time!

some skirts i made for the girls.
they turned out great!

this is how our garage looks most days! 
hardly even a walkway into the house!
i keep finding lots of projects for brett us to do!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

what's been going on...

this is what the girls do every morning!  it's fabulous!
they LOVE going outside and swing and play together.
i love to look out there and see them, playing together being best friend sister.


olivia did all these puzzles one day when mallory was gone at school.

olivia begged me to take a picture of these barbies.
both the girls love barbies.


isn't she getting so big!

kale loves to push this stroller around ALL DAY! 
i think we may have to get him a boy one though!

the girls and i made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. 
i made brett a heart cookie and then the girls wanted one too. 
they loved them!

Friday, September 10, 2010

no front teeth

livy lost her 2nd tooth on friday!
the tooth fairy came again and left her $1.

my futures so bright...

that i have to wear shades. 
the girls have sunglasses so i thought i would get kale a pair too.
he loves them and wears them all the time.
it's too funny!
kale loves to drive too. 
 he cries when we get him in the car and don't let him drive.
he wants the car cart at the grocery store and to drive the pretend steering wheel at the park
he is such a happy boy. 
we love having him in our home!


Thursday, September 9, 2010

sleeping beauties

since the girls started school this week, this is how i have found them everyday!
they must be doing some exciting things at school!



kale is giving mallory a kiss!

this boy!

kale is OBESSED with coloring right now. 
seriously OBESSED!!. 
he asks me to color about 20 times a day.  
he is still so young and hasn't figured out to not write on the walls. 
so i can't let him do it by himself...
amy had a great idea to put him in his seat, strap him in and let him color his heart out!
i thought it was a great idea and set him up right away!
this is what happened next.
 
step one:  color all over your arm.

step two: lick your arm using as much spit as possible.

step 3: rub it all over your face

step four: be the cutest boy there ever WAS!