Flowers for Maria

The littles

Love them.

A new 'do

 Teresa decided it was time to get a new 'do.  So, we cut off 10 inches of hair!  We donated it to Pantene this time & it seems like a really good program.

 She looks so different!  We love it...

and it sure makes brushing her hair easier.

A portrait for her sister

Teresa made this card for Rebecca of her dressed up for 1st Communion

Better with Grandma

Two of a kind

Love them

 Stopping his crazy game of don't let that balloon drop just because I was taking his picture.  Yep, he's at that age.

 Sarah relaxed while doing a little harmonica playing

While the boys were at archery (Andrew did awesome!) we had a little girly time with pedicures.

It was Sarah's first time & she sat PERFECTLY still the entire time.  She was SO excited & kept kicking up her foot to show off her toes to any visitors for days after!  Note to self:  painting toenails is tricky when they're wearing footie pajamas.

I mustache you a question...

 Do these girls seem suspicious to you?

 Hours of fun with these!

 Sarah liked it best as a beard.

Fairy princess

Brides-to-be

maybe in about 20 years

Tiara outtakes

Wild animal tea party

Happy 5th birthday to our little Tootsie Pop!

 A few days early we had the girls from her preschool class over for a tea party playdate.  Teresa is still in love with anything zebra, but opted to expand her horizons this year & have a wild animal theme.  The girls were hilarious!  They loved putting sugar & creamer in their tea, but not so much drinking it.

 They designed their own cookies to enjoy. 

Lots of playing & imagining made for a quick morning.  Then it was off to preschool!  It cracks me up how much of a thrill kids get from riding in someone else's car.  They all rode in our van to preschool to continue the fun.  We enjoyed having them!

A great tradition

 So glad to continue the preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch tradition!

 I've never seen this little scooters anywhere else & Teresa LOVED them.

 Bumpy slide is always a hit

 She's the queen of the haystack

 Even more fun than we had digging in the grain truck growing up!

 Sarah couldn't quite make it up on the bouncing pillows but she was giggling with delight just to feel the vibrations at the edge.

Super fun day!

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Oh the places you'll draw

 Chalk reef

 

Great outdoors

 These two think the outdoors really ARE great.

They could play outside all day & not get tired of it.  We do walks, bikes, sidewalk chalk (Sarah actually draws!), bug catching (see her spider?), swings, gardening, rolling; you name it, they love it!

Preschool!

As giddy as Teresa has been for preschool... since FEBRUARY!... she got a little shy when we walked in the door.  Turned out to be a great day though with a lot of fun friends, some new, some old.  Looking forward to a fantastic year!

Sunlit snooze

Free wheelin'

After a couple of hours of lazing about, we decided it was time to finally get those training wheels off of our almost 7 Rebecca's bike.  She was all for it & had a great attitude!  "Mom, I made it a whole 7 blocks without falling!"  She meant 7 squares of sidewalk, but it was still pretty impressive.

Never one to lag behind, Teresa begged for her training wheels off as well.  Daddy did his best with Rebecca & Andrew was Teresa's personal coach.  She looked pretty good but wasn't ready for him to let go yet.

Here's Andrew his first time without training wheels 4 years ago on Holy Saturday.  I guess we were continuing yet one more tradition!