In a Nutshell!

The last month has been JAM packed! So here is one LONG post! 

We stayed at the Grapevine Wolf lodge! It is an indoor water park. The girls had a blast!  Annelise asks to go back at least twice a week. While we were there we visited the Lego land and aquarium, they happened to be down the street. 

Cinco De Mayo!  

We are not of Mexican origin but any holiday that calls for tequila and tacos is a good one to celebrate in my book!!! 

 Annelise made me the little painting, and I love it! I made Juan's favorite, tres leches!

 Got this idea from pintrest. You put glow sticks in the bath tub and the kids go wild!!!  They sell a pack of necklaces in multiple colors at the dollar store!

 Last day of school..... sniff sniff.....

 Jualianna's teacher made her this picture of her holding a kitten. Wow, how she loves it!!! We miss her teacher and class soooo much! 

 Annelise Graduates!  

Her teacher was the best ever as well!!!  I can't say enough about the girl's teachers!!!  

 Going out to celebrate after graduation! 

Dessert at the door? ???  Why yes, I would love some!

 This was a baby shower my playgroup and I put together for my only reader!!! (at least I hope you are reading this, because then I would have NO readers???)

My first stuffed bunny!!! What a pain in the neck it was!!!  It was "good from far but, far from good!"

Ahhh GOOD Mommy friends at a picnic table on a mild summer night... does it get any better!?!?!?!? 

 The Lovely Mommy herself! I think she was embarrassed to be "showered", but hey. . . what are friends for?!?!?!

 Annelise's THIRD dance recital! This year's number was a tap dance, and she did pretty well.

TEA TIME???

 A couple months ago the girls and I went to a library tea party. Well, I showed up in jeans and Marielle had no shoes and a onsie. The girls had on costumes, because it was supposed to be a little kids tea party RIGHT??? WRONG!!!  We were about five minutes late and it was pretty clear we were EXTREMELY late!  ALLL the girls with grandmas and Moms were dressed super fancy, and this was a very elegant thing!  Go figure? The Library????

So I wanted a " do over", and I got it!

Our first REAL tea party!  The Mommies had tea and crumpets as well ( I've always wanted to say that!)

 As usual, good company makes for a good time. . . wait, make that GREAT time!!! Like, so good we will do it again for sure!

Lake season is back!!!  Annelise has a new ski trainer and she LOVES it! 

Julianna HATES IT!!!

If you made it here, then you are a good friend and I love you! Take care!

Dear Julianna,

Dear Julianna,

    You are a very special girl!!!  You have a lot of passion and determination! You and your sister are very best friends and play very well together. You don't eat much this year, so I can't really say what foods you like?  As long as it has loads of sugar in it, you will eat it! You are super enthusiastic!!!  I LOVE that about you! Your teacher says you are one of the best at sharing!  You always make sure Marielle is comfortable. The other day when we were loading up in the car you took off into the house for a blanket for Marielle!!!  You play by yourself very well too. You love to play with strawberry shortcake figures and my little ponies. You make them talk and almost always have them in a very straight line (a little OCD I have to admit). You are taking so well these days, but you swear that you are FOUR when anyone asks (not good for theme parks).  I couldn't be more proud of the young lady you are becoming! Finally potty trained too!!!  I LOVE YOU!!!

                                                Love,
                                                Your Mama

Happy Birthday JULIANNA!!!

Since December Julianna has been asking for a strawberry shortcake birthday party.

Well she got it!

I had so much fun with this party!

I let her invite 3 kids from her class, and I invited three of my gal pals that have boys, who are Julianna's friends for my social benefit ;). It turned out to be 14 kids from 6 invites... yikes!!! (Brothers and Sisters)

Julianna taking a swing at the cutest strawberry pinata!

All the kids loved the fabric covered party hats! The girls got strawberry glasses.

I think the kids liked the mini ice cream cones more then the cake!

They had strawberry ice cream, no less!

Buckets were used to pick up candy from the pinata.

Of course it was pouring down rain and we had to cancel the bounce castle and I had to scramble for last minute games. "Pin the leaf on the strawberry!"

Since it was a "Berry Brunch" I had a yummy assortment of breakfast staples and strawberry OJ and milk!

A waffle bar!!!!!!

The whip wasn't out yet, but believe me it was there! Yogurt parfaits in mini cups were also a big hit!

Strawberry bubbles!!!

Julianna had the best day ever!

We had a great time too, since it was a nice size group of

"berry" good friends and "berry" good food!!!

EASTER!!!

Look who's 40!!!

I knew I wanted to throw Juan a birthday party, but he was NOT having it!!! Surprises are not his thing either so I had to recruit his best friend Rob!

Rob was kind enough to help and flew in just in time to celebrate! We did a "Burgers and Beer"party! It was so perfect for Juan!

The tag on the cupcakes had a priceless picture of a Juan as a preteen!

St Patty's Day!

I have a really fun mommies group that like to do regular girls night outs. Since St patty's day was on Saturday this year, I invited everyone over for a potluck girls night out. The food was sooooooo yummy and the company was great! It was fun to see the green dishes the girls came up with! No dyes either!

All fun healthy green food!