Fun in May

The other day it was just beautiful out so Lilly and I hung outside for hours while Macey was at school and Mike at work. Above is Lilly showing off on her new scooter! She has been trying to get on Macey's big scooter for some time now, and rather than having her break a bone trying, we decided to get her one her size! She does pretty well on it actually.

Easter Fun

Looking for eggs....

Can you see the evidence on Lilly's face - she snuck a chocolate before breakfast!

After the Easter egg hunt....

This year Easter happened to be my weekend to work. While I did end up getting Easter day off, we did still celebrate by ourselves. The girls had fun looking for their baskets. It didn't take Lilly long to find hers, with the help of Macey, but it took Macey a while to find hers since she didn't think it would be in the dryer again, like last year - oops! Anyway, we did have a little Easter egg hunt for the girls, and that was a lot of fun to watch. Since it was going to be such a nice day, we packed up and did a little bit of four wheeling. We went from Amery to Turtle Lake so it we didn't put on a whole lot of miles, but we also had Lilly with so it was perfect!

Sorry, the pictures are a little out of order!

Shrine Circus

Lilly with her Dora blow-up. She has been carrying that thing around the house since we got home!

Had to include at least one picture of the elephants.

This is the girls with their helium balloons...shortly before Lilly let hers go!

Mike and the girls waiting for the circus to begin.

The girls and I....love Lilly's evil little smile!

The long awaited day finally arrived to head to the Shrine Circus. We headed out at about 8:30 a.m. for the 10:00 show. We settled into our seats but not before getting the girls cotton candy and glow sticks! Lilly's eyes were like huge saucers as the lights dimmed and the stunts began! She was not liking the clowns all that much, but did shake hands with some character that Mike and I couldn't quite figure out (looked like a chocolate square?!). Macey loved all of the animals, especially the pigs and elephants. During break time we got the girls each a helium balloon, which shortly thereafter we realized was a huge mistake for Lilly! Guess where hers ended up? Yep, way up high, to the ceiling, so of course there were tears! It was a very fun time had by all and a very good show.

Macey's New Bedroom

Above is one of the closets...

And the other....

So we finally switched Macey from her old room into the spare bedroom upstairs. We got her a new comforter set, but I'm not very happy with the colors! The comforter background is actually blue, and it was not blue on the website, it was white. As you can see in the photos, the walls are also blue...but not the same blue, so it doesn't look the best, but it's going to have to do for the next few years!!! The main reason for the switch of rooms is closet space. These closets are HUGE! We even fit one of her book shelves in there! So anyway, now I want to find a few valances and we should be set. Macey loves her new bed, though is still getting used to being in a different room at night.

March 2-7

You can't really tell in this picture too much, but Macey fixed Lilly's hair in a ponytail and put a headband on her...It didn't last long though! Lilly hates having "pretties" in her hair nowadays.

Lilly getting ready to go furniture shopping with us...She insisted on wearing her shades and bringing her purse along!

Here is Lilly's new Dora swimsuit.

I've been very bad about updating the blog lately! So here we go, lots of stuff to post on...hmmm...where to start??!

Macey is in Girl Scouts again this year, so we had the cookie sale last month. Her goal was 130 boxes this year...all for a little stuffed elephant! She sold lots of cookies to family and then to some of Mike's coworkers, as well as my coworkers and did it - 130 boxes! So last week we had the fun of sorting through those and now have to finish delivering. Macey is doing great in school. We just did student-led conferences at her school and that was a lot of fun! She very professionally showed me her portfolio and it was so fun to see all the hard work she has been doing. She's in the process of entering a story she wrote into a contest so we're excited about that!

Lilly is quite the character, as always! Her latest phrase is "What the heck!" She's not saying it in a negative way, just when she's questioning something. Not quite sure where that one came from, guessing her sister possibly? Yesterday I took the girls to Shopko in North Branch while Mike picked up Macey's new mattress, and this was the first time that I almost had to walk out of the store due to Lilly being naughty! We have never had that before - usually she's fairly good about not getting stuff, but not this time! She wanted EVERYTHING in the store and wasn't taking no for an answer! Anyway, I did get her a Dora the Explorer swimsuit (pictured above) because she needed one and it was just so cute, and that did the trick. I hope my little girl isn't going to be doing this every time we hit the stores because we got many looks from people during her fits! Anyway, Lilly has not taken off the suit since yesterday! But, this is actually a good thing because usually she runs around in just her undies while at home! She's still loving daycare and playing with her buddy Oscar.

We are in the process of switching Macey into the playroom upstairs since it has much more closet space than her room, and what a project that has been! We actually ordered her a new bedroom set so that Lilly can have her old set, so we have been trying to go through her millions of clothes and trying to weed through all the junk she has accumulated throughout the last 8 1/2 years in her bedroom! We're waiting for her new comforter set and will post pictures of the room then.

That's it for now!

Girls in February

"The Grasshopper and the Ants"

Lilly was sooooo excited to go to the school to watch her Sissy do the skit! She had to pick out her outfit, and this is what we got! I'm sure everyone remembers Rainbow Bright, right?!!! That's what I think of every time I see this picture!

Here is Macey's group for her skit....classmates Lindsey and Mattie.

Macey's third grade class put in a skit for the other third graders and parents a few weeks ago. Hers was called "The Grasshopper and the Ants," and she was the grasshopper. She was a little nervous during practice but did an awesome job! She got really into her part as the grasshopper and didn't appear nervous at all. Next year there is a big fourth grade play that she will have the opportunity to be in, so she's very excited about that already. Now she is begging for acting classes!!