Molly's New Dance

Molly has been doing this dance lately, and it is so funny. She's always making us laugh. I think she knows how cute she is when she does it because she does it all the time now and just grins at us. She likes to catch herself doing it in the mirror, too. Crazy girl! Molly's little buddy Cole decided to rock out with Molly also. We love Cole because Molly can't get enough of him... and he actually puts up with it!!

Todd's Two Cents!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just to all of you women who's husbands love football and love to watch it. The season is right around the corner! I know Aubrey can't wait.

Sweet friends

I've been blessed with a new visiting teaching companion, Sister Todd. She has been so wonderful to me and my family. She took Ella out to ice cream for her birthday, which she is still talking about. She also watched the girls on Saturday for me and I think Ella has found a new best friend! When I dropped her off, Ella was literally pushing me out of Sister Todd's house and into my car so she could get busy having fun. When I came to pick them up Ella told me all about how they planted in the garden, and made pictures, and played with stuffed animals, and then when I told her it was time to go she said- "But Mommy! I haven't had fun yet!" Sister Todd took lots of pictures for me, and I thought they definitely deserved a post!

All Grown Up

For the last couple of months, Ella has been talking a lot about getting her ears pierced. I decided I would let her do it when she was ready and could make the decision herself. So after a lot of crying and begging, I finally took her to the mall. She was such a big girl, she sat there still as can be and barely even flinched when they did it. She has been so excited, and she looks really cute. But I have been a little sad about it... it was such a big girl thing to do. What happened to my baby?

Happy Birthday!

These last few weeks princesses have taken a backseat to Hello Kitty. After two years, I can't say I mind the distraction.

She picked out this hair styling Ariel on her birthday. Its a little weird to see her tucking a giant head into bed at night, but I thought it was cute when I caught them snuggling on the couch!

I think Molly enjoyed the cake more then her sister...

Her big present this year was her new big girl bike. She has been asking for weeks if she could go to the toy store to ride this bike around the store. After a few times of that we decided she probably was ready to pass the trike off to Molly.

Sisterly love!

You have grown up so much this year and we are so proud of you! You are such a sweet sister and wonderful daughter. You keep us all smiling! Happy birthday little girl. We love you!

Dancing Queen

A Very Merry Unbirthday

Last week my parents were in town for a few days on their way back from Trinidad. For the past few years we've just happened to have the family together during Ella's birthday. This year, we decided to keep the tradition alive, even though we were a couple weeks shy of her actual birthday. It was a great day, even if it did wear us all out. And nobody was happier then the birthday girl.

We took a trip to the Park of Roses. All of the roses were fully in bloom. It was beautiful!

Molly has had this phobia of all living animals for awhile now, so I was a little concerned at how she would handle the zoo. She surprised us all, she loved it! She is still terrified of dogs though. Go figure.

We even got Molly into the petting zoo. It was an unbirthday miracle. This was the only time she got anywhere near any of the animals, though.

Grandmom and Molly in front of a huge, inflatable frog...

The birthday girl at Graeters.

My parents had gone six long months without good mexican food...

All tuckered out after a long, busy day.

They recently got new rides at the zoo. Ella and Molly both loved them. When Ella would go on the 'big girl rides' Molly would stand outside the gate reaching her little arms through and saying "More".

Eeewww....