Cake n games

Wednesday nights we eat dinner early. That leaves a lot of time for dessert!

Maren helped me make cupcakes this rainy day. Funfetti cupcakes with pink funfetti frosting! Good choice Maren.

Lillian understands diaper change. So we play a little game. She crawls off and I say, "get your little but over here!" Maren thinks it is so funny. We had a blast playing this game.

Did you know when crawling your mouth works as a third hand. It leaves those other two hands free. It's pretty handy.

Maren got her little butt over here before Lilly did. What a ham. A ketchup faced ham.

Ice Cream Social

The end of the school year means the end of ECFE. I will miss having something to do with the girls every Wednesday morning. I will miss seeing the same wonderful people once a week. I will miss learning how to be a better mom. This year the Parent Advisory Council put us out with a bang! They organized an ice cream social with a fire truck and bounce houses and face painting!

Maren chose to be a clown

Lillian looks on:

 School has a great playground!

Mmmmmm

Of course the camera battery died before we got some good shots in Firetruck

What a fun party!

Friends

Nothing to do on a Saturday? Isn't it great to have friends?! A last minute BBQ invite from a wonderful family can really make your weekend. Thanks, Gregg and Jess!

Maren still likes to play with the baby toys-

Lilly can make some pretty funny faces-

Toddling a few steps-

reverting to crawling-

Chocolate cookie faces-

Maren gets jealous. She doesn't want her picture taken but she doesn't want you NOT to take her picture. These two compete a lot.

A family shot into the sun-

Blue Sand

Maren wanted to dig in the garden with some new gardening tools she got. Lillian wanted to crawl right into the garden and sit down so I suggested opening the sand box. 

Soon I was cursing those of you who, when I said I got a sand box for the girls said in reply, "Have you seen that they make colored sand?" It didn't take long for the sand to go all over. Maren put it on her head and Lilly's. 

Lilly was happy as a lark so I didn't get upset.

Maren tried to show me how she'd wash it off in the pool.

see?

 Nice try, babe.

Try again? Sure, why not.

Meanwhile, Lilly progressed to doing what she does best - putting things in her mouth.

I'd try to stop her but it'd be futile.

The cool breeze started to make the girls chilly and they went straight inside into the tub (as if there was any other way I was bringing those two in). That was the time I started thanking those above mentioned colored sand sayers because I could SEE the sand in their hair therefore I could see when it was out (as out as it was going to get anyway). Maren now knows that sand does NOT go on anyone's head.

And She's Walking

Yesterday was our last ECFE class of the school year. We were in the infant toddler room and Lilly just took off! She walked from me to the book shelf, about 5 or 6 feet! What? Wow! I'm glad Harneet saw it too or I may not have believed it. Unfortunately Dad wasn't home to help be get a video of that first day of walking but today I had help.

Here's a compilation of the videos ending in Lillian loving her lovie and Maren not to be outdone loves her blanket too.

A Summer Week

The weather is nice!! I'm going crazy inside with these two. Out we go! 

Luckily Lilly is getting into wearing a "pretty hat" so that her baby melon doesn't get fried. 

Maren wore this same suit and hat that she got as a gift when she was born from cousin Lynn! I love seeing Lilly in the same clothes Maren wore.

We always start with the sandbox and then move to the pool. The kids love it!  

I can't believe how much time they'll spend playing like this in the pool. I pull weeds, read a magazine, what else can I do outside??! 

Maren partied too

Maren was quite excited for Lillian's birthday too. She had her dress picked out four days ahead of time. She got to help Gramma pick out what was on the cake and everything. Grampa put up a new swing at their house and it was a big hit with Maren.

 just love these ones- too cute

Great Aunt Donna tried to teach Maren how to make a whistle sound blowing grass

Out to the pasture to visit Dawn. Gramma let Dustin and Maren feed her watermelon!

She'd sleep on her if we'd let her. Dawn is so good around the kids. She doesn't even move. She closes her eyes and soaks up the love.

Singing Happy Birthday

Gramma always let's her pick the piece she wants. She wanted the kitty's eyes - well actually the whole face. She got it! She tends to eat the frosting and hand off the cake.

Maren got to help Lilly open her gifts. She was so excited to be the big sister and help little Lilly. 

Thanks for having a birthday little Lilly so we could all party!

Happy Birthday Baby Lilly

Birthday celebrations began after nap. Once guests started to arrive Geena barked (as always) and woke me up. I was a little groggy to begin with but once the watermelon was in my hand the party began. Kids love watermelon.

 We were lucky to have great weather and were able to be outside. I like a leisure swing now and then.

 Then my cousin Blake sat with me. I tried to give him a hug and cuddle with him back there.

That big horse at Gramma and Grampa's isn't as scary to me as it use to be. Now I'll even get on and bounce-a-bounce-a-bounce.

 Then it was time for dinner cake. I was playing nicely at the sand and water table with my cousins and mom came over and ripped me away. Boy, did I raise my voice at her. I even pulled out a crocodile tear.

I ended up back in my seat - that's always good. People sang a tune, that was a little scary, those people can't sing. I tried to blow out a candle on a cake with a kitty on it. Then came the cake. I gave it a try.

Pure deliciousness. I'll stuff my face with that.

 I think there's room for a little more. 

I found out later that there wasn't more room, a little had to come back up. Just a little though. Then a leisurely ride home. Not such a bad day. I'll take this birthday thing. Thanks to all of you who helped me celebrate my first birthday. What a party!