Are We Ready Yet????

Yesterday Brayden and I were playing around waiting to go pick Gabriella up from Drama Camp and he wanted to sit on the potty the right way. We will see, I am definitely starting him earlier than I did with Gabriella, but also I am not going to rush the kid either.





Here is another other cute picture of my wacky but wonderful kids!

Gabriella Quote

On our way to church on Sunday, Brian got his sunglasses and wiping cloth out of the glass case on the ceiling of my car. Something flew out with the glasses to the back seat and caught Gabriella's attention to spark this interesting conversation.

G-"You got a rubber now!"
A-"A what?"
G- "You didn't have one before?"
A-"Umm...a what?"
G-"You know a thing to clean your glasses a RUB-er!"

Then we realized she was talking about the cloth that you RUB the smudges and fingerprints off of your glasses. For a minute there I thought to myself "thank goodness we are heading to church because we need some saving!".

 

 

Summa', Summa', Summer Time...

Gotta love the summers when you can waste...I mean enjoy a whole day at the pool and be sure to have a good time doing it! We love visiting Mimi & Poppy's pool. Gabriella is a fish and is swimming all by herself, Brayden is very comfortable in the water and with swimmies. It makes for a relaxing day FUN!

On Saturday afternoon, after a day of Reading Readiness Class and yard work we took a break to run around in the sprinklers.

Dance Debut

Gabriella's 1st Ballet Recital was Friday. Wow, the night was amazing. I was one proud Momma! I had seen Gabriella practice, practice and practice and thought it was a very cute dance, but once she was in full makeup and in her costume, I was impressed. When her group, 3 & 4 year olds, went on the stage they were SO adorable. Of course the littlest performers stole the show. Gabriella performed her routine perfectly. I lost it and I cried!






After the performance Gabriella was greeted by her adoring fans and presented her with beautiful flowers. Some of her fans included her favorite Auntie and Uncle all the way from Denver, CO. Thanks Auntie Lou & Uncle Jeff!!!!!

16 Months Old

My little man,  sporting the Pink Polo! You will see in an upcoming post that he will match his sister's ballet costume.

 

 

Landscaping

Pretty sad, but we have been in our house now for five years and we have just gotten to landscaping our backyard. Of course we waited until our yard was fenced in before we did anything permanent. I have not been really the one that enjoys yard work and gardening but since we completed our mini-project I do feel the reward and satisfaction of some hard work. It was a three weekend project that I only had to work two. Brian did the heavy lifting with the rocks while I was out of town on a girl's trip. Go Brian! Thanks Mom for guiding and digging the holes to make sure I didn't kill any of our new or transferred plants!!!!


Helping out!

Taking a break



Before with some clean-up


After