First Day Jitters

Today was Alyssa and Allison first day of 2nd grade!!

Johnathon was able to join me in taking them to school. It was a very special morning. 

It was such a wonderful feeling to see them so confident and ready school. Their school is such a blessing and we are so lucky to be a part of such a great community.

Alyssa, my little diva!

Allison, my sweet little rock star!

 They have the sweetest teacher this year and I know there will be many memories made.

The 3rd Birthday Bash

Happy Birthday, Alyssa & Allison!!

The girls woke up this morning around 8:30 and were each given a present...a new bike helmet. They begged to put them on and walk down the stairs...this is what they saw.

Their new bikes.

{courtesy of Grandpa & Grandma Stone}

They were THRILLED!

The looks on their faces were priceless and adorable.

We were planning on letting them open 1 gift at a time throughout the day {daddy's idea}, but caved and let them open them all, right then and there.

Here are the girls posing with the aftermath. It looked as if a pink/purple bomb went off inside our home!! There was no doubt about it, we were celebrating the birthday of two 3 year old little girls! :)

That last picture sums them up perfectly!! Alyssa is a 'what you see is what you get' kind of girl. She is ornery, sassy and very adventurous. Allison on the other hand appears to be the sweeter of the two. Very delicate and quiet...WRONG! Turn your back for even a millisecond and the whole house will be destroyed. She is sneaky. :)

Alyssa was more than ready to ride her bike!!

{Yes, I adjusted the strap to her helmet before she took off.}

Here is their Daddy trying to teach them to push the pedals.

It wasn't long before Allison fell over...even with the training wheels.

She was devastated!

Alyssa did a fantastic job. She was steering AND starting to push the pedals!

Daddy finally talked Allison into getting back on her bike!

Their Disney Princess cakes.

Allison had Sleeping beauty & Alyssa had Cinderella.

I thought they were just going to be cupcakes with lots of icing...nope! They were 3 layer cakes!! Delicious!

We had previously planned on waiting until 6:02 and 6:03 to sing to them and eat cake, but what fun is that?? Again, we caved, like with the presents, and did it around noon! :)

Here they are right before we sang to them. I opted not to take pictures during, instead I wanted to be active in this moment. It's more important that I am there and in the moment than to capture a picture for everyone else. There are just some moments I am selfish about!! :)

Allison was enjoying her cake. She kept enjoying it ALL night long!

Alyssa enjoyed the cake also...more so the icing!

Overall, we had a great day. There were no melt downs and we had a blast. We made lots of memories and the girls enjoyed every second of being spoiled.

Mommy loves you, girls!

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In case you haven't noticed...

My man is a wonderful D.A.D.D.Y!!

He is giving the older girls a bath right now...allowing me time to sneak away and catch up on all of your wonderful blogs.

You girlies sure have been busy...thanks for the good reading material!!

Anywho, tomorrow is the start of another three day weekend!
Be jealous...Puh-lease!! :)

I went through all of Madelynn's clothes last night, tossing most and giving away the rest. I quickly realized that she has outgrown nearly ALL of it. When? How? I didn't even notice she was getting that big.

I grabbed a new outfit for her this morning. I like to buy sale items a few sizes larger and let her grow into them. I thought the outfit was 12 months.

Imagine my shock when I realized it was 18 months!! *sigh*

Then.....I went to dress the twins. You know, simple blue t-shirts and jean shorts. Just out of curiosity, I checked the tag inside of their shorts.

12 months!! haha

What is the world coming to? They are almost 3 years old and there was room to grow in those things...even with diapers on. ugh!

Well, I think I hear my girls yelling for me. They can't seem to go to bed without hugs and kisses from their Momma!! We love you all...

Have a safe & fun weekend!

Johnathon & Allison

S.U.M.M.E.R & Watermelon

Alyssa & Allison couldn't be happier with this weather.

They are able to enjoy all the things that they love...

Watermelon!

Lot's of watermelon!

And more watermelon!

Playing outside...in their pajamas. ;)

Swimming!

They were grabbing just about everything out of the garage to play with.

So please don't ask why there is a fork in this picture. haha

I just can't get enough of their cute little pig tails!!

How lucky am I?

{pretty lucky!}

Now what did we eat for an after nap snack later that day??

You guessed it...

More WATERMELON!

Flashback {2008}

Had to share a picture of my babies from this time last year!

Allison & Alyssa

{2008}

I find it hilarious how they each are always mysteriously missing one sock

...the opposite sock!

This isn't the first or last photo I have taken of them in this situation.