Memorial Day Part II

I had a few pictures on my phone that I finally put on the computer, and this was one of my favorites. It is taken at the Memorial Day parade that we attended. This was before the girls got out of control and Caroline binged on pizza flavored Combos and we took them home early. Aaahhhh memories ...

How we spend our weekends

We now spend our weekends turning this:

Our gardens when we bought the house

into this:

Taken this afternoon

It took a ton of work, sweat, and a few dollars spent at Home Depot, but it was worth it.

Friday Afternoon

It has been very hot lately, and while we did get rid of the above ground pool at the house, we still have our trusty blue baby pool. The ladies happily played in the pool for an hour while I did some gardening.

We then came inside and enjoyed the AC and a picnic dinner while watching Madagascar. It was a fantastic way to start the summer!

Last Day of School

Although the girls will continue to go to child care while I am in faculty meetings, Lucy had her official last day of school on Thursday.

Here are the girls just before we left for school on Thursday:

It's hard to believe how quickly this year has gone. It's even more difficult to think about the fact that in a year and three months Caroline will be starting school and wearing that same uniform. Time flies. How did I get to be the mother of a 3 year old and 5 year old?

Memorial Day

On Memorial Day we headed to a local parade. We got there too early, and it was very crowded so the girls weren't able to run around. The girls were troopers for the most part. When they got too restless we fed them Combos and let them play on our iPhones (A+ parenting right there).

She crushed this bag of Combos.

This guy loves parades. And Combos.

The horses were definitely a highlight.

And I found it funny that the street cleaner
had to follow the horses. Ya know,
because poop is funny.

Face Plant

Man. This morning was tough. It started out okay. I am in the process of grading exams but decided to treat myself to a haircut this morning (something that happens about 3 times a year). I dropped Lucy off without incident. I pulled into Caroline's school's parking lot. I got the bags and I unbuckled Caroline from her car seat. She got out of the seat and went to step down onto the pavement ... when her foot caught on the car and she faceplanted right onto the pavement.

When I say "faceplant" I mean her skull hit the pavement, and I heard it. And it was LOUD.

She cut up her chin and lip, and she had a GIANT welt on her head. It was not a good way to start the day.

As usual, Caroline's teachers were awesome and sent me this picture of my girl smiling in spite of her head wound:

It actually looks much better in this picture
than it did early this morning.

The day ended well, but man, did it have to take a golf ball sized lump on her head to make it happen?

Ice Cream

I absolutely love our local grocery store. It is a small chain with only 3 or 4 locations. They have limited products, but their dairy, bakery, produce, and meats are amazing. They have a petting zoo in the summer, a great lawn and garden center, lots of free samples, animatronic singing displays, and a cow named Clover that walks around the store greeting kids. Also, you get free ice cream when you spend $100. It's the best.

The other night Steve was away and I was looking for a way to kill some time after dinner. We headed to the grocery store and went to their outdoor frozen yogurt stand. As much as I might love the store, the girls might have me beat: