Girls!

"Mom, she said she doesn't want to play with me anymore and she doesn't like me."

"I don't like her anymore. I don't want to play with her. I'm never going to play with her again."

 A good night sleep, new day, first thing my little Pumpkin says is "Can I go call for Paris?"

Yes honey, first you need to eat breakfast, get dressed for the day, brush your teeth, brush your hair, make your bed and "ding dong, ding dong" answer the door!

It's Paris! "Can Sarah play?" 

"Yes, she'll be out in 15 minutes!"

Nothing short of PERFECT!

Our FCC group met at a park. It was the most perfect beautiful day! The temperature was about 70 degrees, sky was clear blue, not a cloud in sight! The children played on the playground. We had a picnic lunch. The trees lightly shaded us. We visited and laughed, a lot. It was fun for the kids and fun for the Moms! What a wonderful support group!

Wordless Wednesday!

Always Entertaining!!

First time on a boat!!

We forgot the life jacket that was her size. We will bring it next time! The poor girl could hardly move!

Having two little girls that don't speak perfect english can be so funny!! Hubby and I are often in the front seat of car looking at each other with inquisitive looks- "What are they saying?"

Yesterday we heard from our 9 yr old who has been home 6 months- "Mom, I want to go to Elmo's house!"

My response- "Huh?"

"Mom, I want to go to Elmo's house!"

"Umm, honey, Elmo is a puppet, he's not real. He doesn't have a house." ;-)

Ohhhhh, I see, not real, hmmmmm. Then why does Anna have a picture of her and Elmo at his house? "

"That picture was in a book that Katie had made for Anna for Christmas."

Ohhhhh, I see, okay.

Later in the day coming from the back seat again was the Elmo song about Minnesota- sung by none other than Miss Anna.

minne, minne, sota (breathe) minne minne sota (breathe) minne minne sota

Then we get the question/statement from Sarah- "Bird behind house?" 

"What honey?"

"Bird behind house?"

"Yes honey, I am sure there are many birds behind our house."

"NOOOOO, Bird behind house?"

Okay- hubby and I are looking at each other again

After some investigative work we concluded the statement was "The boat is near our house."

"Yes, the boat is near our house. It is only a short drive to the boat!"

Honestly- this is so great. It is so fun listening to these two kids! Always entertaining and never a dull moment!

Thank you Jesus for these incredible girls!

minne, minne, sota (breathe) minne minne sota (breathe) minne minne sota

Pierced Ears and First Soccer Game!

Sarah as the goalie!

Her fans!

Lovely earings on a lovely soccer player!

Just a little nervous!

Okay, she is ready to go!

Keeping busy at the store!

Can we quit taking pictures? I'm not gettin anything out of this, not even a lousy stuffed animal!

Big sister Katie is DONE with college! She is home for a few days and then off on another adventure. The little girls love having her home- they just can't get enough of her and her dog, Penny!

Sarah has earned pierced ears and we have patiently waited for big sissy to come home and join us for the big day- well the day has finally arrived! Sarah was very brave and only shed a few minor tears over the initial discomfort. She was back to her smiling self within a minute!

In the evening we went to Sarah's first soccer game! She loved having fans there- just like Johnny!

She scored a goal, had an assist and a save ;-)

The kids are just so cute running around the soccer field and it is so nice for us to be outside enjoying the beautiful weather!

When the game started the referee informed Sarah and Daddy, the coach- no earings were allowed on the field. They told her to take them off. Daddy coach explained that we couldn't, they were just done today. He thought we needed to leave them in for 24 hours- oops, it's more like 6-8 weeks! I should have remembered this but, oh well! Thank goodness they let it go and she still got to play! We will just tape them in the future!

Today was a big day for our little girl! She is such a joy! Thank you Jesus!

Sarah has decided to grow out her bangs- soon I will be telling you why!!

To the Zoo with Friends!!

We went to the Zoo with our FCC group! When we first got there I didn't think we'd be able to find our friends- their were so many school groups there, but thank goodness for cell phones! 

The girls loved it! They had just been there with brother Billy and girlfriend Kelly but we couldn't pass up a fun outing on such a nice day!!

Momma, will you change my diaper?

Why honey? Have you gone poo poo? Yes...

Can someone please tell me who is in control here? Because, I am not thinkin it's me...

Little Anna was so close to being potty trained and then I went to China- she is so makin me pay for it! The dear girl wakes up dry... excuse me did you hear what I said... DRY and still refuses to sit on the potty and do her business. So I put her back in her nighttime diaper and let her proceed and change her a half hour later. Okay, I know I am supposed to sit with her forever on the potty and someday something really good will happen... like when she is 14. Okay JK...

This summer my little petunia will not be in Montessori, she will be home full time with me and I am embarrassed to say I was hoping we would be done with this before the summer so I looked like I knew what I was doing ;-) This is not the case. There are many things I can do well but I am not so sure about this- my 3 younger bio boys were trained at 3 yrs old and it was easy! They basically said-

"Mom, I want big boy underwear" 

"No, problem honey, here is is!"

From what I can remember, that was it!

Anna has a royal potty! She has lovely big girl underwear! She has a potty seat for the big girl toilet. She knows that she will get candy when she goes potty. What else do I need to do? Maybe the timing is off?? Maybe I should put it all away and then SURPRISE here it is?

Any thoughts for this overly veteran Mom?? I know it's kind of pathetic!

On another note, Anna has a backpack. A Dora backpack to be exact! She keeps her homework and her blankie in there and yes, it is so cute I can hardly stand it!