Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to the smartest, kindest, most loving, friendliest, beautiful, adorable, precocious, well mannered, fun, clever, sweetest little 5 that old! I am so glad that you are MY princess!!!

Who's Excited?

Addi had a little bit of a tummy ache, so she decided she needed a warm tubby to help make her feel better. Apparently, Paige felt that she needed a tubby as well!

Post Tubby Picnic

I had to bribe my eldest daughter to get in the tubby tonight. I told her that she and sister could have an after tubby time picnic that included mini marshmallows and iced circus cookies. Who wouldn't be happy when sugar is provided right before bedtime??? - Oh yea, the mom!
Look at Paige's smile. She was in H-E-A-V-E-N Happy kids, happy mom!
Just don't get too concerned with my parenting skills. Neither ate all of their treats and were both quickly in bed and asleep.

Boxes!!!

I am still scratching my head at my own silliness. I don't know why I buy my children toys, when they clearly would rather play with the box they came in. These little boxes have kept these little girls occupied for many, many, hours. My brilliant idea is when Christmas time rolls around. Santa will bring Mommy gifts and the girls will get the boxes.  I see this as a win-win situation. What do you, my dear readers think? Will the little munchkins fall for that?

Don't you just love this little stinker? She wants to be just like her big sister. Whatever big sister can do, she thinks she can too!

 I thought Addi did a fantastic job decorating her box. She made sure to include her family, some friends, and of course, her Papa's sailboat. 

There is even a scene on one of her flaps that has Randy and I going out on a date in our church clothes. Where are we going you ask? To Chili's Bar and Grill via a waiting taxi. (??? - it's her imagination!)

Springtime!

I suck at blogging!

Who doesn't suck? Addison. She is the best little girl! She brought me this HUGE bouquet of dandelions this afternoon!

BEST . DAY . EVER!!!

This Is How I Feel

This is how I feel most days! 

Utter Defiance, I Tell You!

Paige is how we like to describe her at our house as “utterly defiant”. She is so stubborn and headstrong. Once she has made up her mind, there is usually no way to change it. A person can try, but generally, Paige will demand it be her way or the highway. This definitely goes for food and feeding herself. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT try and give her a half a cookie when she knows darn well that there is a whole one somewhere. And DO NOT try to feed her like a baby. The wrath of vengeance that will reign down upon you if you try will be great. I promise! (We were getting ready for a baptism one Saturday morning. Paige was dressed. Her hair was done nicely. She was starving. We looked in the fridge and she started pointing at the yogurt. I thought "sure, why not?" Then I proceeded to feed Paige (like a baby, apparently) and she did not like it. Not one little bit. She thought she needed to feed herself. When her mother (me) told her that wasn't likely to happen, she then proceeded to throw a fit and would not eat. Paige would have rather starved than have me feed her.) Defiant!!!

This is generally what it looks like at our house when Paige feeds herself. 

(In this instance, she's trying to feed herself yogurt.)

I love her and love that she tries to be so very hard to be independent and grown up, but at the same time, I’d really like her to just stay my baby! Is that too much to ask for?