Happy St. Patricks Day

Cute Little Leprechaun

On Saturday I took Grace to a play date with some of the girls in her class. She had a blast and the mom did a cute little treasure hunt where they found a pot of gold (chocolate) at the end. It was nice to spend some time with my big girl!

That afternoon we headed across the street for the annual St. Patrick's Day party. The girls had lots of fun playing with neighbors.

The girls made leprechaun traps again this year. That sneaky leprechaun came in our house and caused some mischief, but unfortunately we weren't able to catch one.

 Enjoying the beautiful weather...

We had a nice weekend and are looking forward to spending the next two with lots of family!

The Girls

I feel like the girls have been fighting for attention lately, one wants me to play polly pockets and the other wants me to play babies. They seem to both want/need me at the same time and I wish I had more time to give to them. Lily has been challenging (I keep reminding myself that 3 is tough), it hasn't helped that she has had 3 ear infections in the past three months along with her cough on and off. I decided that I needed to set aside some time for each of them this past weekend. Lily came to run errands with me on Saturday and then we went to TCBY. As soon as we got in the car she asked where Grace was, I realized that it had been a while since they have gone anywhere without each other. Lily enjoyed her frozen yogurt and loved the extra attention, so did I! It was a nice simple date, need to do these more often...  

Love this kid! 

Lily loves to wear hats...

I didn't get to take Grace anywhere by herself this weekend, but made sure that I gave her some alone time at home. I usually let her sleep in our bed on Friday, so this Friday we snuggled and I read longer than usual to her. Grace's teachers are really amazing this year. She is learning so much and just loves school. Ms. Wendy read a Junie B. Jones chapter book to the class a few weeks ago and Grace just couldn't stop talking about it. I brought home a whole bunch from my classroom and we have been reading them one by one. This is our special time together each night before she goes to bed. She sure does take after her daddy and LOVES to read!

Brooks and I having fun at Monkey Joe's on Sunday...

After Monkey Joes, we headed to TCBY (again). Lily never even mentioned to Grace that we went there the day before. We enjoyed the time together as a family, but it is so nice to have some one on one time every now and then. 

Princess Tea Party

Papa came for a visit and we had lots of fun spending time with him. He took us out to eat and we went to the The Children's Museum for a tea party with Cinderella. He was really excited (a good sport about going) to see all the princesses.

Papa and the Princesses 

Snow White and the Pink Princess

Excited for the tea party with Kate and Ruthie!

They decorated wands...

Pictures with Cinderella

They loved the story!

Princess Parade

Hopscotch

So much fun!!!

Weekend Fun...

Daddy makes the best forts!

Secret Handshakes with Dad...

Found these cute shirts on sale at Old Navy...

Just in time for a visit with Papa!

Happy Valentine's Day

Sisterly L-O-V-E

Daddy's Girls

 Sweet Grace

Lily Love-bug

The girls are excited about Valentine's Day at school (I will need a little extra patience)! I am looking forward to going to their parties after school and seeing how excited they get about looking at all the little cards from their friends. Hopefully my Valentine and I will get some time to enjoy a glass of wine together - I love you Brooks!

Cute Story: We were putting the girls to bed the other night and Lily asked Brooks to lay with her. As they lay in bed she asked, "Why can't you say no to me daddy?" He asked her what she meant and she explained that he always says yes when she asks him to lay with her (unlike mommy who usually says no because I know Grace needs me to tuck her in bed next). He sure does love his little girls!

Funny Story: Grace has been learning about dental health at school. The other night she said, "When my baby teeth fall out, I will get big teeth and my mouth will grow. Then I can drink wine..."

I picked Lily up right after school on Thursday and she was coughing like crazy. She ended up with a fever that night, so we stayed home and did lots of snuggling on Friday. We watched Mary Poppins (a new favorite), read books and did lots of nebulizer treatments. That night, Grace had a sleepover two houses down for the second time. She had a blast and Lily REALLY enjoyed all the extra attention that night. On Saturday our neighborhood had an oyster roast down at the dock. Luckily Lily was feeling better enough to make it because it was lots of fun!

                                              

 On Sunday we went to the playground and brought along some of the neighborhood girls.
 I took lots of pics with Brooks' phone...

We are looking forward to Valentine's Day and another three day weekend!!

Valentine' Party

Grace's teacher is very smart. She decided to have all the kids in the class decorate their Valentine boxes at home (believe me, kids tend to get even more excited about Valentine's Day than Christmas at school!). I've been wanting to organize a play date with the girls in her class, so we decided to invite them for a Valentine's craft party so they could all decorate their boxes together. Grace was just so excited and couldn't wait for her friends to arrive! We kept it simple and bought some snacks and lots of stickers from the $1 section at Target. They had a blast!

Ready for her Friends

Crafty Girls

The Finished Products

Ready for Valentine's Day!

After crafts, they had a blast playing together in the house and jumping outside. 

They are such a sweet group of girls!

Maddy and Grace

So Sweet!

We are looking forward to many more play dates with school friends in the future...