Sunny days with cousins and horses, as I put five layers of clothes on.

This is totally an old batch of pictures, from Memorial Day weekend. What can I say, I'm behind. But I had to share. We made a trip up to Northern Michigan again this past Memorial Day to visit my husband's sister and her family. The girls had some much needed "cousin weekend" as my oldest calls it, we did too, and of course we had loads of fresh air and beautiful sights to top it off.  I have a few more rounds of pictures to share, but here's the start of the fun filled Cousin Weekend!

Aren't they adorable?

My wonderful husband carting around our little one. One of these days she'll learn to walk... lazy bones.

Such a cute one. That front tooth wiggled out while we were there.

 

 This one definitely loves to twirl. She is all girl.

 Closest I was able to get to a pic of the girls. You can almost hear my older girl saying, "cheese!"

 Obligatory cousin pic.

Our little one was a good sport. Of course, I would be a good sport too if I was pushed around all day by someone else. 

 Old glory!

 Brother and sister checking out the horses.

 They were striking a pose for their mom. What a pose!

 

 Okay, more to come. One of these days I'll be caught up on pics!

Garden now gone... memories and bubbles.

It's turning cold here. Winter is not one of my favorite times of the year. I grew up in the south, so the idea of freezing temps for a extended period of time isn't my idea of a good time. So on freezing days like today, I plan on looking back at the lovely days of summer. Today I had to pull up the remainders of our garden. It's all gone, but we had a great time testing our green thumbs and growing our first vegetables. My father has a big green thumb, so after much consultation from him we decided to start small this summer and grow just a couple of things. Tomatoes, zucchini, and zinnias (to ward off the bugs) were on the list. The garden was a huge success. We cooked zucchini everything, and everyone, including the girls, enjoyed fresh tomatoes every day. I hope to do another garden next summer. In the meantime, here's a look back at the garden in the beginning and a little girl who loves a sunny day to blow bubbles.

Roomates and a little (very little) craftiness.

We did it. We bit the bullet, and now, the girls are officially roommates. 

They are both still in cribs, but now they can go to bed (or at the moment whine/squeal/laugh/whine) and wake up together. Currently, they are in their room for a nap; however, Mary Had a Little Lamb is being sung by one while the other one squeals. So for better or worse, they are roommates. I like to think of it as a good thing though. Now is the start of a great friendship between the two.

They are both still in cribs, and I plan to try and keep it that way for as long as I can. I guess the crib is sort of like my security blanket. I know that they are safe in there even if they are singing at the top of their lungs.

With the move, I decided to finally get around to hanging a few things on the walls. I had a stack of frames that I bought a while back, and since I am a HUGE procrastinator, they have been in the closet for more than a few months. 

 

And here is the craftiness. I bought a few needlepoint frames (totally blanking on what they are called right now), and, after wasting some time on Pinterest, I found my yarn and whipped these guys out. Yes, they are too small for the wall. Yes, they are kind of lame. However, it is something crafty and something to hang on the wall that looks halfway decent. So I consider it a success. Thank you Pinterest and the five dollar off coupon for the consignment store which made this somewhat lame creation free.

 

Another part of the update was hanging the "go go" as my daughter calls it. It's the little airplane we hung on the fan so she can stare at it for a while and scream, "go go!!!"

 

The best part of the room update was the little bench I placed in front of the window. Now she can look for real go go's and wave to our neighbor across the street all from her little perch. 

 

The bench was one of a set of my husband's from before we were married. I covered the bench a while back with a bit of fabric and some foam to make it a little prettier and a bit softer. The hem is coming apart, but at least for now they look a bit nicer! And here is one last one of her rocking her baby and showing her the new view!

Egg hunt!

Consider this an Easter photodump. I am seriously behind on posting, but I do have some lovely photos that are on their way. In the meantime, enjoy the many pictures of the Easter Bunny, eggs, and TONS of kids ready to hunt their heart out.

Documenting the awesome scrape she got on her nose when she tumbled down a few concrete steps... at church.

 

Our parish where we participated in their egg hunt.

 

Dad hanging out with the stroller crew

 

She is eying those eggs and dreaming about the day when she can hunt too.

 

Pic of us girls!

 

We are mostly trying to focus our attention on the Resurrection instead of the Easter bunny, but I still wanted a pic of her with this really cute kid dressed up as the Easter bunny. For the next two weeks, any time she got candy she would say, "Easter bunny!"

 

She really got into the action at the kiddie section of the hunt. It was tough to keep to the ten egg limit!

 

Checking out her loot.

 

Chocolate face.

 

She even decided to offer Mary a piece of candy. However, that generosity lasted about a second when she realized she would be able to eat it and quickly put it back in her basket. Oh well, at least her intention was good.