toes, nose & other sweet thangs..

testing out the water with the toes.. toe jam is tasty, ya know! Emmaline was gifted Switchflops from Aunt Nannine! Aren't they adorable..she has 3 switches including pink zebra and a sort of rainbow-tiedye one! Such a fun gift!! Georgia kicking her toes telling me, "Tap tap tap..look Mom, it's fun to do..You do it too!" And here I have all my little ducks in a row with their cute toes dangling down! I love baby toes! Hayes was painting like crazy. He obviously enjoyed painting his nose the most. He is a silly boy for sure and takes after Georgia in that he prefers to be messy! Emmaline's self portrait..she loves getting a hold of my camera! HB on the worm! A few months ago he couldn't get on the worm much less reach his toes to the end..now he is inching his way around the driveway! STOP GROWING!! While playing outside in the front the girls started piling rocks into this dump truck. They were working well together, helping eachother and exclaimed, "hey Mom, we are gonna fill it up with rocks til we reach Heaven so we can see God!"..that's sweet honey, then what, "Then I'm gonna tell him I love him!" - Well, of course, that makes the most sense! Love their innocence!

Kite Flying Weather

Windy weather brings about crazy windblown hair but it also brings about the perfect kite flying time! A random tidbit is that Daniel has his own kite and was all excited to show the girls how to fly. Perfect day for it and the girls and Hayes even were ready to learn! I'm pretty sure I'll never get tired of the beach. I love that I have it just miles away from me. And honestly, I love this beach. I think it's beautiful and really a great one for young kids! I am truly blessed to be able to share these special things with my kids. And it is even better watching their Daddy teaching them things he loves! Hayes was so proud of getting himself dressed like his sisters do..too bad it was itty bitty polka dot bikini bottoms and not his boy shorts! Sam said, "No grandson of mine is gonna run around the beach looking like that!" At least he is getting there!

Memorial Day Fun

Our friends, The Paynes, from Corpus came to visit for the holiday weekend! Our girls love Julie so they were super thrilled when she pulled up!My Patriotic wreath! I was excited to make something from supplies I had all at my house. Start to finish it took me an hour. I'm satisfied with it and it was kindof fun to make..I used a screwdriver to force the fabric into the wreath!We had corn in the pool! Hayes loves corn and he loves swimming. So why not do them at the same time, right?! We spent majority of our days in the pool, outside snacking, jumping on the trampoline and running through sprinklers!Emmaline spoke up and let me know, "Julie's mom has better snacks than you do!" OK..so seriously my feelings were a little hurt. A week later I went to the store and bought the exact same 'cookies' that she had (Fig Newton crisps) and I got the 'eew face' and found them crumbled in the playroom. REALLY?? We also ate lots of watermelon! It is delicious and refreshing and so fun and messy to eat! So we ate in bathing suits, of course! We had a great visit with the Paynes again and stayed up late playing games. Chilling in the pool after the kids went to bed and watching UFC from the pool was a definite highlight!

Picnic & Tea Time

I have been trying to be more creative lately during the long, hot summer days we are finally having. And for lunch we all get tired of the same old sandwich, goldfish and string cheese bit. I decided to spice things up a little and make it more interesting! We started off with a picnic in the backyard. Nothing too fancy but they got a kick out of the basket full of plastic ware and goodies. Me and Daniel actually bought that picnic basket when we were dating and I don't think we ever used it. Sad! There was a cute wine tote with plastic wine glasses with the tag still on too. Think I may surprise him one day soon.

We dined in style on the picnic blanket made by Aunt Natalie. The girls love this blanket and fight over it regularly. It was a fun lunch and I can't wait to do it again!! Another day I decided to surprise the kids with a fancy tea! We set the table in Hayes' room and got out our breakable cups and saucers. The girls were so excited and Hayes just squeals when they do! We drank tea (apple juice) and had petite sandwiches, crackers and cookies.

I wore a hat and heels and spoke with my best English accent, which is pretty bad. They got a kick out of it and were so cute copying me. I can't wait to do it again but I need to get a few more goodies to fancy it up!

We cheersed a few times though I don't know if that is what you are supposed to really do during tea! But that's what the Listis do with fancy glasses! Got any other ideas for fun lunches??! Chick-fil-a is getting a smidge old.