Gift.

This is one of those mother's day gifts that I probably can't keep for too long--so here is a picture of the present Presley made me at preschool.

For now it is on the counter--we will see how long it lasts!  I don't have the greenest thumb.

Mothers.

What a wonderful Mother's Day!  Time with my own kids, time with my mother, and time with Chris's mother and grandmother.

Funny faces with mom.

Matching sisters.

The girl cousins.

 

Grandma Jo, Carl and Susan, and Chris and Paul.

Mom and me.

Amazing to be so close to family!

Pinwheels.

It is finally May--and with some better weather, time sprucing up the yard, and sunscreen--and we all couldn't be happier!

Our plans for summer are to build a play fort out in the scrub oak for the girls, lots of time at the pool and a vacation to the beach (Charleston, SC!), summer Discovery school for Presley, and even a European get away for Chris and me (Switzerland, Slovenia, Italy, and Paris).

Perfectly busy!

We watched.

We spent the morning in front of the tv--eating breakfast and watching the royal wedding!  Stella had to get into her "bride" outfit, and her favorite part of the wedding was Prince William.  Presley loved the bride and told me that she wants to get married on tv "just like a real princess".

Life is like a fairytale with my two princesses!

Skipped?

This was yesterday--and Friday it is supposed to be worse.  I think we SKIPPED spring, summer, and fall--right back to winter again.  Bummer.

Worn out.

How do you wear a HOLE in your sheets???  A BIG, thread-bare hole in the middle of the sheet.  Presley managed to do it in the 3 short years she has been sleeping in her bed!  And she is my SOUND sleeper.  This time around we are doing less expensive, but still cute sheets--hopefully they will last until she is ready to re-do her room (several years, right?).


From Target and they go nicely with the birds on her quilt.



Dressed for Easter.

In our Sunday best . . . Happy Easter! (not bad for 8o'clock in the morning)

Spring Soccer.

When I asked Presley if she wanted to sign up for soccer this season, I pretty much figured she would say "no".  But she surprised me and with wide-eyes and at an ear piercing volume, she said "YES".  So here we are at the first game!

Starting off with a bit of practice with her team.

Presley still takes any opportunity to wave to the crowd of cheering family.

Stella getting in some practice during halftime.

What a difference 6 months has made!  Presley kicked the ball 7 times (not counting the time she tried to kick it and instead kicked the head of a poor boy from the opposing team, who happened to be lying on the ground).  I think we will stick to the same "goals" as last year--kick the ball 10 times or more in a game and we all go for ice cream.

Lunch time.

What can I say . . . we get a bit distracted at meal time.  Stella loves to be "silly".

Legos for girls.

We have a BIG rubbermaid full of Legos that Chris had when he was a boy.  And yes, the girls are quite into building houses for their small dolls, and towers.  But nothing compares to the time they could spend building with this "new" toy . . . POP-BEADS!

Don't mind Presley's scraped up nose--she went face first onto the driveway.

So many colors!  And they work with the other pop-beads Presley has!

Stella likes making what she calls an "eel" .  A long, string of beads.

Building for sooooo long--what a fun toy!

Inspired from a gift that Presley received for her birthday from aunt Amber (a book of Critter Pop-beads, which she loves too) this set of pop-beads has all different shapes, colors, textures as well as parts for making rings, bracelets, and pendants.

This is the perfect gift to give--and I can't wait to give them to everyone I know.  Tami, not to spoil a gift surprise, but we already have a container of these for your girls to share for their birthdays!