My big girl.  She is spending the night at a friends house who is having a slumber party for her birthday.  I get a phone call from her and of course my first question is “Do I need to come get you?” not knowing what it could be… My response.  “Mommy.  You know how my tooth was loose?”  “Yes.”  “Well it came out!! Can you believe that Mommy?”  Ms. H being oh so smart said the tooth fairy would be much too scared to come get the tooth at a slumber party with 7 girls. So we will wait till tomorrow for the tooth fairy’s arrival! 

Katie already in bed who SHOULD be fast asleep calls for John to come upstairs.  Upon entering the room, “Daddy. So I have to be 7 or 8 to watch the Powerpuff Girls?”  Daddy, “8”.  Katie, “Ok. So I two more years.”  Daddy, “Yes.”  Katie, “Ok.”  

Clearly this was CRITICAL she clarify this before going to sleep.

I have been meaning to post this so Katie can look back and laugh at herself.   On one of her school days she came home and straight off the bus she said she had a bad day and she didn’t want to talk about it.  Since she didn’t look TRULY disturbed I gave her a couple hours before pressing her on it.  When we talked about it she told me that one of the boys in her class called her a boy.  Clearly she looks nothing like a boy and the kid was hispanic so possibly he just got the noun wrong?  I explained this to her and her response was, “But then he was tapping his foot at nap time and wouldn’t sleep.  It was bothering me. And he kept looking at me!”

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Katie was a little bored today while Hannah napped so like her mother she went into business for herself.  My little entrepreneur!  She stayed out there for about 2 1/2 hours.  After about an hour her friend Lainie joined her.  They enjoyed drinking as much as selling the lemonade.  Can you believe she made over $15.  How crazy is that?!

My baby is starting kindergarten this year.  Every Mom’s worst nightmare.  Ok not worst nightmare but the bitter sweetness of your baby turning into a big girl.  She was so excited. She set her alarm clock, woke herself up and got herself dressed.  She was very excited about having a wallet and backpack so she could buy her lunch.  Hannah and I walked her to class.  She was pretty timid not wanting to participate until she saw a familiar face. But after picking her up after the first day she announced she wanted to ride the bus home!  AND walk in by herself.  My big big girl.  So day 2 she rode the bus home.  Here you see her when Penny and I went to meet her at the bus.

Katie, “Mommy.  Do you know what’s the worstest thing about riding a motorcycle?” Mommy, “No, what’s the worst thing about riding motocycles?”  Katie, “Flies smashing in your face.”

Gotta love some pink hair.

It was a wonderful weekend.  Doug and the kids came up to spend the weekend.   It was full of  sun, food and good cousin fun!

I must admit this one is a little out of order.  With wedding season full on I am a little behind on my personal blogging.  This was from May when we went to the Strawberry patch.  Evidently the strawberry in the mouth shot has caught on!  One of my favorites so I don’t complain when they do it.  ;  )

Sometimes your girls just do things that completely melt your heart.  This was one of those days.  Katie, Hannah and I were driving and just talking.  I can’t remember how we got on the topic but we were talking about the new van we bought.  I explained that we bought it for them so they could have their friends ride with us or so we could go to the grocery store without having all the groceries piled all around them and have plenty of space.   The van got really quiet for a couple of minutes then out of no where from the back came Hannah’s voice.  “Mommy.  You always really nice.”  Awe… How can you not just melt with a comment like that…

These are coming a little out of order as we have already gotten back from San Diego but I have yet to finish processing all the pictures.  But on the last day we took a cab to the airport.  As we are walking out of the hotel lobby I tell the girls to walk towards the yellow car, which by the way was an extremely bright yellow, more so than normal.  Anyway, after putting the car seats in and getting all settled we take off. Hannah asks for her window to be put down.  The cab driver obliges her.  She sits quietly for a couple of minutes then announces. “I LOVE THIS CAR!”  Who knew.  She must be my city girl bound for NY some day.

Well it is summer and the height of wedding season for me so of course I have lost all my babysitters.  Most have graduated and found jobs.  We still have Miss Lyall a little bit as she graduates this weekend and has been feverishly applying for a teaching job which are hard to get with the state budget cuts.  Anyway, on the way home from the airport Katie notices a homeless man in the median carrying a sign.  She asks me, “What does that sign say?” I reply, “NEED WORK”.   Then I explain that the man is asking for work because he needs money.  Her reply was, “THAT’S WHAT MISS LYALL SHOULD DO!”  Gotta love her.  It’s so simple! Why didn’t WE think of that?

The girls always love a visit from the cousins.  We made use of the time by going Strawberry picking and swimming!

My little cousins came for a visit this weekend.  Fun to be had by all.  First the neighborhood yard sale, then strawberry picking and lastly the pool opened today!  But the funniest for me was Daniel’s comment.  “We’re so lucky.  We have a rich Aunt!”  me “I’m not rich.  What makes you think I am rich?” Daniel, “Because!  You have a thousand dollars!” me laughing.  “A thousand dollars doesn’t make someone rich.  It takes more like a couple million.”  Daniel, “Well, we’re still lucky.”  Yes we are Daniel.

Katie has always been my conservative, well behaved responsible one.  Hannah still being very young is still in the processes of showing us who she is going to be.  So with that said, Katie is conscious to tell me when ever I am speeding or at least ask “Mommy are you going the speed limit?”  When I was going to pick up Katie from school one day Hannah said something I didn’t quite understand.  She kept on trying though, every time we would leave the neighborhood to pick up Katie.  I finally figured it out.  “GO REALLY FAST!”  ha ha! She does it every time katie is not in the car.  Hmmm….