The Reptile Whisperer

Darby just loves critters.  Here she is with a toad we found in the garden.  I usually have to force her to let these poor things go.  

Dress Up

My sister is great about handing things down to us and even though her girl is six years older than G we still have use for some of the stuff.  She gave Georgia a bunch of old dress up clothes for her birthday and the little ones had a great time getting into them.  

Darby in the hamburger hat.

Mera in the hamburger hat.

I can't even really describe this outfit.

Here is Mera as a hippy chick.

Georgia's 6th Birthday

Georgia's birthday was on a Sunday so we had a small family party at my mom's house where she got gifts from her parent's and grandma and Debo and uncle Matt and Aunt Kiki.  She was so sweet and gracious about everything she got.

 The Friday after her birthday we had a party for the girls from her class at my mom's house.  We rented the same bouncy house we used for Darby's party and luckily the weather was great.

 I planned a scavenger hunt for the kids that included a candy fairy hidden in the woods.  I have never seen a bunch of little girls go so crazy.

Here I am handing out the maps.

The hunt took them all up and down the land looking for shiny rocks, flowers and feathers. 

At the end they gave their stuff to the candy fairy to get their reward. 

Matt and Genevieve

Me and Mera

Hot dogs were served

Richie and Campbell

Bob, Matt and the twins

Georgia wanted a star cake so I made one and then made cupcakes to go with it for ease of serving. 

Nanue and Big Papa's Spring Visit

Nanue and Big Papa came for Darby's birthday adn were to bring the cousins from Amarillo with them.  we had such a good time and wish our cousins lived closer.

Big Papa reading to Jack and Darby.  Jack is 9-months older than Darby.

The art table was a gathering place all weekend.

We discovered we have a fruiting mulberry tree a the edge of our woods so we put the kids to work picking fruit for dessert.

I made a cobbler and it tasted just like blueberry cobbler.  

Again with the reading.  It was fun that Caroline could read to the kids (she is 9).

They took a trip to the zoo.

Rest time with Nanue

We had a joint party for Darby and Georgia with cupcakes and presents.

And since a birthday is not complete without doughnuts, we did that too.

Locks of Love

I have been growing my hair out since I was pregnant with Mera and decided about a year ago to go ahead and get 10 inches so I could donate it to Locks of Love.  I finally got there and had it chopped.  I am so low maintenance that it doesn't matter to me what my hair cut is, I just work with what I've got.  I don't have much now.  

Darby's Spring Performance

Every spring the preschool we send the girls to has a Spring Performance.  Darby worked very hard on it this year and was so excited.  She did great and had so much fun showing off.