This and That

I can't seem to stop eating Ariel's potty treats.  I do this every time I buy  her something new.  Now she is back to chocolate chips.  At least we always have those on hand.

My friend, Shannon, totally believes in this book.
I think I am going to read it and try to follow it. 
I have two not great sleepers. 
(I know it is my fault, I just can't seem to put down a precious sleeping baby).
So with this baby I am going to try something different.,

I have tons of plastic Easter Eggs.  I have only been a mom for 4 years
(and I'm pretty sure I didn't buy plastic eggs when Annabelle was a few months old). 
and for some reason I have way more eggs than I want or need.  It may not look a ton in
the picture, but it really is a lot.  Fortunately I was able to remind myself of this on my
last Dollar Tree trip.

I really love clear protector sheets.  I use them a lot with Annabelle.
We do a lot of activities such as mazes, dot-to-dots, writing number and letters,
and I take pages from those School Zone books and put them the protector sheets. 
By doing this we can reuse the papers over and over!


I found these really cute Easter Egg lights in a box with my Easter stuff.
I really don't have anywhere to hang them, but the girls think they are really neat.

It's A.....

We found out at an early ultrasound that we are having

(Not twins)

Another little princess

We are very excited to be the parents tothree little girlies. 
We have already chosen a name, but I'm not ready
to share it quite yet. 
It does begin with an A and we were able to
correlate it with a princess name.
We only know one person with this name and
she goes to our church.
Any guesses?

Family Night

Our Sunday School class has been doing this parenting book and quite often we come back to family nights, how many activities kids should be involved in, etc...
We do not have a set Family Night every week.  It just doesn't seem necessary for our young family.  We are home together every night playing, relaxing, reading, and just being with each other. 

We did have a Family Night just the other day.  Here is what we did.

First Annabelle was so excited about finally getting the Barbie Fairy Secret movie that she dressed up to celebrate

We started with an afternoon movie

Then we had chicken quesadillas for dinner

Then the girls took tubbies.

Then they had special brownies with cool whip and fairy dust

Then we were fortunate enough to settle in for another Barbie movie

The girls had a great time doing some of our normal things, but saying it is Family or Movie Night just sort of makes it a little bit more special!

**You may be thinking that Barbie movies might be too old for a four year old, but they are actually pretty cute.  Some of them do have scary parts and they all have a bad person, but really I think they are less scary and not as bad of people as Disney movies. 

Ahhh....Warm Clothes

The girls love it when I throw the warm clothes from the dryer on them.  I can stand in the laundry room, call them over, and they will just lay down waiting to be covered in warm clothes.

Splish Splash

James took the girls outside to play in the rain and the puddles.  It was pretty cold today so they didn't stay out long.

Fun in the Van

This afternoon I cleaned out the van and the girls were having so much fun playing in there that we decided to cozy up with a blanket and read stories.

I tried to get a picture of all three of us, but it is
really hard.  My arm is only so long plus Ariel didn't
seem to want to pose with us.

So I decided to take a picture of just Annabelle and me.
I thought I looked pretty good in this one, but Annabelle
felt the need to pull a funny face.

Take 2:

I look goofy and Annabelle has a sweet smile.

Take 3:

Another silly face.  My eyes are both open!

Aren't they adorable sitting there reading!!

Reading Time turned into Play Time

Ariel wanted to "dri" (drive)

My sweety girl.

Sometimes it if fun to do something a little different.  The girls thought it was so fun to spend almost 2 hours playing and reading in the van!

Ballerina Belle

Yesterday was Annabelle's last day of Ballet class.  She enjoyed it so much.  We signed her up for the summer class.