Maddie's First Haircut

I finally did it.  Maddie's been needing a trim of those whispy baby hair ends for a while now, but I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it yet.  I'm glad I waited for it to get a bit longer before we got it trimmed. 

before

before, notice the lolipop bribe

I had them take 2 inches off the back, and just a trim on the sides, eventually they'll all be evened up, but that would have been too much hair for one sitting for me.

after: the curls are coming back!

Eme got hers cut too.

Eme's birthday at school

Since Eme's birthday was on a Sunday, she brought treats in on Monday for her class.  I had to run to the store at 6 am because I realized at 8 pm Sunday night, that I was out of oil.  Meh, what's 15 minutes less sleep, I'm up by 6:15 anyway.

princess-ified brownies

 Oooh, birthday hugs and presents and cards! What a lucky girl.

Happy Birthday Eme!

sharing with Maddie too.

The Birthday Girl Turns 5!

Eme requested scrambled eggs, bacon, and orange rolls for her birthday breakfast: this girl knows how to EAT!  While the kids were waiting for breakfast, the boys gave Eme their gift: a Strawberry Shortcake figure: Raspberry Torte (she's been wanting that one).

Mmm, birthday breakfast!

  Since Eme's birthday fell on a Sunday, we decided to give her a new holiday dress (Maddie is wearing Eme's from 2 years ago).  She loved it, especially since we made her a necklace and flower barrette to match.

before church, looking fabulous

After church, it was time for more gifts: Pretty Pretty Princess (I always wanted that game but never got it), Tinkerbell and Silvermist, and the new Tinkerbell movie (her first fairy movie).  It made for a pretty quiet afternoon, she and Maddie watched the movie and played dress-up (Davin did too).

 Eme told me she wanted a princess cake, and I've always wanted to do a doll cake, so we made a princess doll cake.  I love how she turned out.  I'll be making another one again, so easy!

Eme requested that she wear pink w/ pearls.  Done and done.

 Maddie got really excited for Eme's gifts too!  Thankfully, Nana got the 5 pack of dress up shoes, no fighting here.

 Nana thinks she lost her mind the week before Eme's birthday, and here's the proof.  Last year, she had the great idea of making Eme some dress up clothes.  We spent a morning at JoAnn's picking out patterns and fabric (she even bought the patterns to make matching doll dresses).  But then September got in the way (like it always does), and they just didn't happen.  This year, Nana (while watching other grandkids) decided to cut out some fabric, and then she compelled herself to finish one of the dresses.  Fabulous job Nana!

Eme got a Cinderella doll to match her dress!

Maddie claimed the second dress-up dress as her own.  Who's going to argue with a 2 1/2 year old?

mmm, cake.  Chocolate w/ chocolate filling.

our two princesses! love them.

So, How'd you spend your Sunday?

In preparation for our ward's primary program, I allowed this to go on in our front room:

Okay, so it had nothing to do with the primary program, and everything to do with keeping Davin from driving his truck off of the dining room table.  They re-discovered their RC trucks from 2 Christmases ago, and had lots of fun ramming into things all weekend long.

And our primary program went really well.

First Day of School, Part 2

Here's our brief photo journey of Eme's first day of school:

wake up!

Off you go!



New school clothes!





(Maddie cried for Eme after we dropped her off, so sweet, and so sad too)

Home Again!

Maddie really missed her sister.

A whole lot going on

So, I've promised myself that I'll get Eme's first day of preschool pics up this weekend. I'm running a bit behind because I'm totally swamped with life right now-I'm sure that my superwoman of a sister could handle it better, but I'm just barely staying above the fray.

First of all, for two of the days Eme is in school, I get to watch an 8 week old baby-it's a good baby fix for me, and Maddie loves "her" baby. He's a good baby for us, he comes over, falls asleep, poops, and then falls back asleep. It will get more involved as he gets older and less sleepy, I'm sure.

Secondly, we started potty training Maddie last Friday. Woo Hoo!!! So after 10 years, my diaper days are OVER! (There was a one year reprieve between Aidan and Davin-they're 3 1/2 years apart) It has been an awsome experience, with only one bad day since we began. She is so excited to be a big girl, and I am so excited that we have a lot of tile and a spot bot for the occational accident (although, we haven't had one in two days!) And I thought that I would miss her cute little diaper bum, but I have to say, I think it's even cuter in panties!

And finally, I've just been so stressed with drs and infections and the whole lot this past little while. I'm still waiting to hear back from my dr (whom I called on Tues and again on Thurs) about what we need to do this time. The good news is I'm not diabetic, nor do I have hight cholesterol, or any other bad thing in my blood. So here's to hearing back from my dr soon, and finally being infection free after 7 very long months.

All of this, of course, on top of school and band and art classes and homework and mountains of laundry and, best of all, my weekly temple night (Thurs at 7 pm). Ah, the life of a mother...