my sweet little family

Olivia the VIP

4:33 PM

Olivia was the V.I.P in her preschool class this week! She got to fill out a fun questionnaire about herself and take home the classroom (stuffed animal)pet for a week! What fun it was to ask her these questions, and find out what her 4 1/2 year old brain was thinking....

Here is Lucy, the classroom pet. I will be doing another post about her, since she deserves a post all about her!

Here is Olivia doing her sassy pose in the hallway at school where her paper is posted. Yes, my Olivia has quite the personality! :)

2nd Grade Concert

4:23 PM

Last Thursday, yes, a whole week ago already, Avery had her 2nd grade concert. I have been bad at posting the photos of the night! :) It was so fun to go and watch all of the kiddos dressed up in their finest, with their hair combed perfectly. The gymnasium was packed with I'd estimate, well over 500 people watching and smiling at these cute little ones who had worked so very hard on these songs!

Avery had been preparing for her duet for weeks! When she came home and told us she "got the part", she was sooooo excited, and really not all that nervous to stand in front of all those people. I reminded her that when I was in 2nd grade, I also had a solo. Mine was in a song called "Mary had a baby" which was quite different than a Hannah Montana song...how far we have come, huh? She did such a wonderful job on "her part" and I couldn't stop smiling....we were so proud of our little girl!

Anyway, here are the photos of the night! :)

Avery's duet...

8:27 PM

just got home from Avery's 2nd grade concert, and since the grandparents (and aunts and uncles) live far away and weren't able to attend, I wanted to get this up right quick so you could see her duet! :)

Christmas in April

4:24 PM

the snow has finally melted, and the temperature has finally gotten comfortable enough where we can enjoy the outdoors again! you know what this means? time to finally enjoy the present from nana and bapa the girls got at Christmas...

don't remember the one? let me jog your memory...

i, yes i, set it up all by my lonesome on Saturday, and the girls have been jumping ever since.

it's the perfect size for them, and for this mama, who is NOT a fan of large trampolines at all...

i see many, MANY hours of playtime outside...let's just hope for less fighting, and more giggling!

curly sues

11:11 PM

funny, ha ha....

9:45 PM

what's a girl to do?

8:01 PM

On Wednesday night, we had a "dress up like a hunter" theme for church. Being that we are an extremely girly house, and Daddy doesn't own an ounce of camoflauge, we had to get creative!

So, here was a girly version of "hunters" :)

Avery was a native american hunter dressed in a form of camo...

and Olivia, well, this is as close to green camo print that we had for her! :)

12:31 AM

Avery asked me to straighten her hair for her tonight! it's amazing how long it is. with curly hair, it always tends to seem so short. i wish i could do something to thicken it up, though!

and, Olivia got a hair cut a week or so ago, and i just had to post a photo of her too! yes, she's holding a TOY weapon, but she says she's a "princess hunter"....whatever that means!

"break my heart for what breaks yours"

6:28 PM

a letter my sweet Avery wrote to an orphanage in Ethiopia, today at church...

"Kids, Remeber that GOD will NOT FORGET His promises. GOD says in the bible "I am watching over My word to perform it." GOD promises you to a family. They will love you, care for you, and so on. You WILL get a family." Someday, this will be YOU"

Girl Scouts are officially in trouble....

6:03 PM

not only are these cheaper, at {Walmart} $1.98,

but they are actually better tasting...

uh oh Girl Scouts....

it was going to happen eventually, i suppose...

Olivia's funnies...

12:06 PM

"Mommy, can I have some more of those stinky toot chips please?"

she means these....

sooooo funny!

star of the week, dr. suess, and a playdate!

1:23 PM

when i was growing up, i was mad at my parents for giving me a last name that started with a "P". i was so envious of kids that were towards the beginning of the alphabet because they got to do everything first. well, i didn't marry up in the alphabet, that's for sure. so, now my kids have the same problem as i had. hopefully they will learn patience, something i still haven't mastered.

Avery was finally star of the week this last week! she was sooooo excited! she spent a very long time making her poster just right! we took photos of her room, and special photos of her American Girl dolls, too. she was very excited for a week all about her at school! during her week, she got to also bring a show and tell each day too! she chose to bring an american girl doll, her dental molds, a collector barbie, her pillow pet, and since it was a 4 day week, she gets to bring one more (yet to be determined).

on Wednesday, it was Dr. Seuss' birthday, so we had a blast going around town trying to find some stuff to dress up like the cat in the hat! We found the hat for $2, the bow for $2, shirt for $3, and tights for $2!

I wanted to get a picture of her with her Star Student board in the classroom!!!

on Thursday, we brought home one of Avery's good friends, Kylie, from school for an American Girl playdate! They had such a great time, and played all night long!

At 9 o'clock, we finally said it was probably time that we take Kylie home, and our girls did not want to let her go! so glad they had such a great time!

back to life...

11:01 PM

the girls are just now getting back to life, after being down and out for over a week.

Avery had Strep and Influenza B and was home all last week from school.

Liv caught something from her, so our doctor put her on meds as well, and she is now coming around as well.

Thankfully Daddy and I didn't get the bug at all! Daddy let me sleep a lot this last week every time I began to feel achy, so I think that helped keep the sickness away!

We have a fun week ahead of us! Avery is Star of the Week, and she is very excited about that! I'm sure there will be some posts about that! :)

Here's to NO MORE SICKNESS!!!