just goofin' around

the girls being silly and posing for the camera

"cheese"

making funny faces

Maggie's self-portrait

Bailey, a 4 month old beagle puppy that we're puppy-sitting this weekend

Bailey found a nice comfy spot to rest

Maggie's first mani-pedi

Ever since I painted my toenails earlier this week, Maggie has been pestering me about painting her nails.  But I didn't want to use my "grown-up" nail polish on her...she is only 3 after all, and she has been known to chew on her nails.  So I found a water based, non-toxic nail polish called "Piggy Paint" that was made just for little fingers and toes.  She was so excited to have colored nails (all different colors, of course), and she has been showing off her "mani-pedi" to everyone she has seen in the past 2 days.

 

weekend fun

Our old plastic kiddie pool has lots of cracks in it, so I decided to try an inflatable one this year.  The girls enjoyed splashing around in it this weekend.

 

 

Maggie decided to "water the garden" (i.e. our yard full of weeds)

We went to our friend Eli's 3rd birthday party on Saturday.  There were a few minor melt-downs, but overall it went very smoothly and was lots of fun.

splashing at the water table...clockwise from left, Emma (Maggie's friend Lukas' little sister), Lilly, Jacob, Maggie, Eli, and Asa (Eli's neighbor)

Maggie having a snack with her BFF, Emerson

Emerson, Maggie, Eli, and Lukas (Eli's BFF)

cupcake time!

playing in the bubble bucket with Emma and Emerson

update

I realized I haven't posted in a couple of weeks, so here's a quick update...preschool is now out for the summer, but Maggie will be going back in a couple of weeks for "preschool summer camp"; Maggie, Lilly, and I went to stay with my folks for a few days while Will started work on a major kitchen renovation (I'll post pictures once the work is done); Maggie had a strange strain of cold that made her miserable, with a high fever for 4 days (we laid on the couch and watched a lot of movies those days); and Mimie and Pappy came for a visit! 

Maggie loves to tickle Lilly

blowing bubbles and looking cute

learning how to find and catch worms from big sis

attacking the camera with dirty hands

some random photos

just being silly

the 4 Musketeers, part I

a brief trip to the arboretum

like everything I put in Lilly's hair, the pigtails lasted about 5 minutes before being pulled out

right after finding a worm...Maggie loves worms, Eli not so much

the 4 Musketeers, part II

Happy Mother's Day

Last week in preschool, Maggie made a couple of things for me for Mother's Day...a butterfly footprint trivet and a glittery paper flower.

  

But my real Mother's Day present came on Friday night in the form of a "girls' night out"...a friend of mine and I went to see the Zac Brown Band while the men-folk stayed home with the rugrats.  It was an awesome show, and it was so good to get out of the house and take off the "mommy hat" for a few hours.  Sorry for the blurry photos...they were taken on my cell phone.

 

springtime activities

It was really hot last week, and our little pool from last year is cracked, so I decided to buy a cheap sprinkler to cool the girls off.

 

Maggie is obsessed with picking mulberries in the backyard...she'll check the tree 2 or 3 times a day for ripe berries.