While the girls were gone

 

While the girls were in New York for a week it was just these two crazy kids at home! It was a nice break from total chaos but these two still managed to keep me busy.

We sat in lots of buckets, went to the park, fed the ducks, enjoyed errands with only two kids, did some chores with help for Colt, had some doctor appointments, played in the rain, swam, and of course built lego towers. And Ellie mastered going down the slide in the living room with out totally falling on her face each time, sweet.

They had a fun week but Colt asked every hour the last 3 days when we were going to go to New York. Every time I told him to get his shoes he would run so excitedly to the door saying, we go New York?

I love you two little cuties!

Pebbles turned 7! We had an impromptu birthday party for her right before bed. Colt fed her ham and she was pretty happy, except for the hat she had to wear!

Happy birthday Pebs! We sure love you!

Ellie got into a bag of stuff I was getting rid of in my closet and decided to string them around her neck, one of her favorite past times!

We sure did miss our Liv and Rae though! Glad you two had such a fun time in New York! Colt and Ellie were lonely without their great big sisters around!

 

 

Meet the Teacher

Well, it has finally arrived........Kindergarten! Rachel and Livy were pretty excited to go and meet their teacher. We decided to make an afternoon out of it and went and got our nails done! They were really happy to have Hannah here with them for this fun/scary time of going to school. We finished the afternoon with some yummy yogurt and they were overall pretty excited to go to school on Monday!

Rachel told me on the first day of school the boy sitting next to her told her he liked her nails, they were blue.

 

Here we go!

Rachel was quite nervous once we actually got in there. She was shy and not enjoying it too much and I was fearful of the first day of school, but she surprised me and did great!

Livy was excited and all smiles. She couldn't wait to get in there and get to work!

Rachel and Livy are in the same class this year and have a great teacher Ms. Ford. We are so proud of you girls and so excited for you to enjoy this new part of your lives!

Energizer Bunny

Just a quick up date on Ellie since she is changing so much lately and so cute. This little girl is on the move every minute she is awake. She is always carrying stuff around, climbing in stuff, pulling stuff, emptying stuff, and trying to get into baskets and buckets! She is such a happy baby and all of us watching her go, but she sure keeps me busy!

She still loves carrying purses, baby dolls, and helping with laundry. She helps me unload the dishwasher by handing me the utensils one at a time while trying to say "thank you" each time. She loves climbing in and out of the pool and loves bath time. She loves spaghetti, hot dogs, fruit, milk, and ice pops.

And she loves her favorite playmate Colt!

And she loves her blanky! She is now over one year old and starting to throw her little temper tantrums which consist of throwing her self on the floor face down and then kicking her feet for a minute. Ha, it's gonna take more than that kid!

Rachel and Olivia's Week in New York

Rachel and Olivia got to go on a special trip to New York a week before the rest of us! Michelle came and picked them up for me in Houston and turned right around and flew back with them. The girls were so very excited to go without the rest of us, kinda of sad for me that they didn't want us there but I got over it as I enjoyed a week of only half the chaos! Thanks so much Michelle and Mom for this awesome week, we all loved it!

They had tons of fun playing with Hannah and all the many toys at Grammy's house without any interruption from Colt or Ellie.

There was lots of swimming and fun trips around town to the beach. And best of all, lots of time with Grammy, Poppy, Hannah and Dan all by themselves!

They got to meet their new cousin Cora and were so attached! Every time they come over they girls are following baby Cora around and hanging out with her every feeding.

Aunts and uncles, campfires, pizza, friends, sleepovers on Grammy's floor, crafts, splash pad, and so many more fun things. You sure are lucky girls! A lot of my extended family started coming into town this week for our family reunion so there where always people around and fun stuff to do.

Rachel had lots of fun hanging out with her friend Darriel before he left on his mission! He is such a fun babysitter for them!

Painting shells was a big craft for both of them and Livy spent a long time wrapping each one and writing everyones name on one. What a sweetie!

Thank you for such a great week and special treat of coming early Grammy and Poppy. We are so lucky to have such family. We really love you guys and everyone for helping out .

The next week Colt, Ellie, and I came to visit and there will be more on that to come!

Our first attempt to get to New York was on a day that they had severe thunderstorms in New York and JFK was closed for a while so after waiting 5 hours we decided to call it quits and try it again the next day. Luckily the next day had no delays and went as good as it could have!