Slumber Party!

Olivia had her first sleepover! Mimi's parents had a two day wedding to attend, so Mimi spent Friday night with us. The girls were so excited! We blew up the Areo Bed for Mimi and hoped against hope they wouldn't stay up all night chatting. I had to go in a couple times with a gentle reminder that it was time to close their eyes and go to sleep. It was only after a promise of pancakes in the morning did they finally quit chatting about all the important things two, three year olds chat about.

Backyard Fun:

Two buddies on a mission

Awww!! Olivia told me the other day that "Mimi is my favorite friend"

Having some "cake" (the tutus came out, of course)

What would a sleepover be without a pillow fight...

or jumping on the bed?

Hide and seek under the covers

Bedtime stories

Giving Daddy Mike some water

Helping Daddy Mike make pancakes in the morning

They found two "microphones" on the counter ;)

Giving Olivia a taste of flour

Having a snack later

Back in the backyard, making sand castles

Trying to indoctrinate the Canadian. She chose the Longhorn tutu over the 4th of July tutu

Eliza getting in on all the fun

How we treat our house guests!

Olivia's turn

Eliza Found Her Feet

I LOVE it when they find their feet. It is precious watching them grab them like, "Hey have these been here all this time?! How cool are these?"

First Day of Preschool

Olivia couldn't wait for her first day of Little Caterpillar Academy!

Baby Ballet

Hands down, this is one of the cutest things I have ever seen! I definitely was more excited for Olivia's first ballet class than she was. I couldn't wait to see her in her pink leotard, tights, ballet slippers and tutu.

We had to work and work to get all of her curls into one pony tail.

Practicing her moves

Getting ready to go in. SO excited!

Her "Baby Ballet" class went in for 15 minutes and then all of the parents (Mike came to see her first day of ballet too!) got to watch what they had already learned in that short time. These little gals are SO CUTE! Olivia's bestie, Mimi, is also in her class!

Waiting for her sticker

Checking out each others stickers after class!

Daddy "Swimming"

We got out Olivia's pool last weekend as we are running out of warm days. Even though it is still warm outside, the tap water is FREEZING cold. It is too cold out of the hose for Olivia. We filled it with some cold, but mainly huge buckets of hot water from inside. After she splashed around for a bit, Olivia insisted Daddy get in with her :)

More than enough room for two :()

Earning Her Keep

Olivia asked the other day if she could vacuum up all of her crumbs in the couch...um, SURE!

The Box

As the story goes...thanks for the gifts, Nana, but the box was equally as cool as the gifts!! I don't think Olivia has ever seen packing peanuts before. What a fun mess!

Eliza wondering what in the world is going on!?

LOVE this

I just saw this on pinterest.com (oh my, am I newly addicted to that site) and it immediately brought tears to my eyes. So so sweet.

No one else will ever know,
the strength of my LOVE
FOR YOU. After all you're
the only one who knows what
my HEART sounds like from the inside.