Bella entertained herself on Friday afternoon with a bowl of bubbles, some rocks and shells. She spent a good 30 minutes on the front porch in the sunshine - it had to be at least 65 degrees right there!
We had to break out the shorts and the flip flops! We're definitely ready for some heat!
Peyton collects shells! The first grade of her school (all 3 classes) had a Collection Fair. The kids had to decide what they wanted to share, write about it, illustrate their writing and then set up their collection in the gym and answer questions from the other grades.
Peyton did great! She picked out this fabric from the fabric store all by herself because it looked like sand. Then set everything up by herself.
She kept shooing me away and wanted me to leave. I was a little bummed she didn't want me to stay until the bitter end, however, a little independence is a good thing.Considering a year ago she wouldn't have even attempted to sing along - I think we're doing pretty well! It's amazing how much more confidence she has now that she can communicate - maybe a little too much sometimes, but we are still very thankful! This is also old. Blogger finally has allowed me to upload video again - not sure why. This was from the Valentines Day Party at Bella's school.
This was from several weekends ago. I took all the cousins (excluding Gia - that was more than I was capable of in this environment) to the pottery paint studio. It was such a kick to see what each of them chose and how they painted it!
We had a nice weekend celebrating Chris's Birthday! We started with breakfast at home - we made Ebelskiver Pancakes - super yum! Then to the park and out to lunch at one of our favorite restraunts...
We had some time at home in the afternoon just hanging out and then Chris got to try out his new BBQ that the girls and I got him for his birthday! It worked so much better than our old one! Considering it took me about 3 hours to put it together - it better have!
Then we had a fire in the fire pit that we gave Chris for his birthday last year and roasted marshmallows!
The girls finished the evening with some play time on the floor of their new playhouse - it was a great day! Happy Birthday Daddy!
The days can get pretty long for Bella without Peyton around. She never says that she misses Peyton, however, I can always tell by the way she won't leave Peyton alone when she gets home that she has.
To try and break up the day we had a picnic lunch at the harbor last week.
And then got the car washed - where Bella got to ride in the front!
Chris got up early on Valentines Day and brought home red, white and pink chocolate bars as well as Valentines Barbies for the girls!
This was a very tall slide at a school park we went to last weekend. The girls loved it!