another co-op

Yep - we are part of another co-op if you will. a date night co-op. we love it! We haven't "dated" this much since, well, um before we were married. It was our turn this past Saturday to watch the kiddos (we have three families, with 2 kids each - at least for now, the other two are expecting their 3rd) anyhooo, we watched the kiddos last Saturday while the other two parents went out. This Saturday - it will be one their turns to watch and we'll go out. next weekend, the other. So basically in exchange for one night of watching kids, you get two date nights! I love it - it cuts the cost down quite a bit for date night, as we don't have to pay a sitter. so find yourself some friends and start dating again!

Bedtime Braids

I couldn't resist one picture with those cute ears on!

Little Bit will often ask for braids after bath time so her hair doesn't get as tangled over night. (we also recently bought satin pillowcases which are supposed to help with that). So little Dude wanted to have braids too - but with her hair so short now, two braids were not an option. so we ended up with lots of braids and today she has crimpy hair - complete with a partial ponytail off to one side to complete the 80's look!

Happy Easter!

Baby Summer

what was in your eggs????? Little Bit and her friend

We had a great Easter weekend! Friday morning we had an egg hunt with friends despite the rain. The girls had a 17 month "sister" for 3 days, they loved playing with Baby Summer! The skirts finally got done, I even made cute little flower corsages for their sweaters, but would they wear them? no - they came off as soon as we got to church....oh well. My favorite treats in the eggs were the reese's peanut butter eggs and the starburst jelly beans. they are so yummy! Iusually don't like jelly beans, but the starburst ones and the jelly belly, well, those are just too good to pass up!

the wind sat me down!

so cute! That is what Little Bit told me when we were walking along the river this weekend. We took the llamas for a walk and it was SOOOO windy! Crazy windy by the river, by the sun was warm and it was all fun, until Little Dude fell into a pool of water just deep enough to get her pant leg and shoes and socks wet. Little Bit was so proud of herself, she led Vixie just about all the way home - all by herself and loved every minute of it. She told me "mom, I'm doing a pretty good job with this girly! She is just so fun to listen to. We saw 3 sets of deer, 7 in all and a crazy horse that I thought was going to jump the fence to get a closer look at those llamas.

do you love it?

i do! little bit does and i'm so glad it's all DONE!

she's reading

So Little Dude has finally caught the reading bug (i worried for a long time if she would ever catch it and well, i'm still not completely convinced she has it down, but at least now she doesn't fight it and tries)...she can read easy books, she really likes the Magic Treehouse books and will read a few paragraphs (with help on those longer words) from each page and today she starting singing her books...so for your listening pleasure...I'm pleased to announce, the one and only, Miss Little Dude.....

Little Bit favorite attire these days - a dance leotard and her robe :)

a conversation...

today little dude asked me where I wanted her to get married...the temple I said. no but where - she asked..what do you mean?...like in what city, she says. where should I meet the boy i'm going to marry. (do we have to have this conversation at 6?!?!?) um, well that depends on where you live when you are old enough to get married, I tell her. Oh she says, then I'll meet somewhere right here in Duvall. (me - inward sigh....I hope time slows down, my girls are growing up way too fast!)