Western Day

I am just downloading pictures from the camera I carry in my purse and I found this one from Western Day. I love how Sophia is always included even though she does not participate in the preschool activities.

easter decor

We decorated for Easter and built a snowman all in the same day. Silly Kansas weather.

celebrity status

the girls and I were watching a little K-State Confidential and low and behold we recognized one of our friends houses. Check it out. http://www.cbscollegesports.com/kstateconfidential

Clink on the one with the green street sign and a powercat. However, they are ALL worth watching.

a little munsen madness at the 12 second mark.

gymnastics

Sophia started gymnastics tonight - it's amazing how excited she was to go. This is my child that is ALWAYS the last to be loaded in the car and she was literally running in circles tonight anxiously waiting on everyone else. She is full of spunk so maybe gymnastics will be right up her alley.

Happy St. Paddy's Day

Happy St. Paddy's Day KC style. We celebrated part of the day with one of my besties in KC. Notice how she just threw on a green scarf? That was her preventive measure since my girls turned into lobsters with all the pinching power. I think Sophia took it to an entirely new level when she pinched a random stranger in the elevator.

Playdate

Sophia informed me last week that since she now THREE that she to could have playdates like her big sister. Thus, we scheduled a playdate. It was a little more work than her sisters playdates but her smile, anticipation and excitement made it worth it.

she makes me smile from ear to ear

So, it seems that Saylor found a daisy in the trash can today at preschool. Apparently she asked her teacher if she could have it and it found its way into her backpack. I went to lay Sophia down for her nap and this is what I returned to find:

She found a vase, paper and pen and wrote this lovely note with the newly treasured flower. She is a keeper!

She's Three

My little Sophia turned 3 last week. Can't believe it's been 3 years...

Birthday Weekend

I just realized that I neglected to post a Happy Birthday to my hubby. We headed to Omaha, NE 2 weeks ago for an extended birthday weekend. I'm sure that every 34 yr. old DREAMS of staying at a water resort on their big day and his dreams came true. We stayed at the COCO Keys in Omaha and I HIGHLY recommend it. It's almost identical to Great Wolf Lodge, just a little cozier.

Saylor was a little Nemo, Sophia more a flounder, just wandering around trying to soak it all in and I was the beached whale.

Another highlight was the local bed jumping contest held in room 514.
Saturday, we headed to the Children's Museum - another HIGHLY recommended option.

Sophia painted a picture for daddy's birthday.

Saylor did it all. One of her favorites was this contraption.she was also selected to participate in a science experiment to make elephant tooth paste.

can't you just feel the love.

our last adventure was locating a Mexican restaurant in NE which, as we found out, was an extremely difficult task, yet accomplished. After 2 baskets of chips, queso, cheese quesadillas, and 3 burritos, they brought us out dessert - just enough sugar to rev the girls up for the ride home. With a little help, Josh blew out his candle. Hope all your wishes come true this year! Happy birthday babe.

I sat

Let's see, yesterday starting out like any Monday...

1. woke up and started to get ready for school
2. remember (THANKFULLY) to check the preschool calender for the new month only to find out that we need to bring snacks.
3. Head out early to visit the local grocer
4. drop off daughter #1 with snacks in tow
5. go to bank
6. help hubby at office on a few items
7. storytime with daughter #2
8. yearly check up at Dr. for #2
9. put groceries away
10. home for lunch - make lunch
11. clean up lunch
12. coax #2 to take a nap
13. make beds since they weren't made in the am due to lack of snacks
14. pay bills
15. laundry
16. color with #1
17. confirm March basketball calendar for one of my side gigs
18. arrange pictures from an order I rec'd over the weekend for another side gig
19. email
20. make dinner
21. clean up dinner
22. realize it's the FINAL of the Bachelor
23. pass off #1 and #2 to hubby for baths and bed.
24. I sat. I watched. I relaxed. I laughed.
25. midnight - went to bed.

arts and crafts

The girls and I created a mass assembly line on Friday to construct 12 of these magnatic crafts (Junior League assembled over 100 last week at our membership meeting). When then went and delivered them to a nearby nursing home for door decor. I could not believe how well the girls did interacting with the residents. I think we started a new tradition or at least something to do once a month.