Powder Puff Derby

Emily and Abby's girl scout troop participated in their version of the Pinewood Derby. John was busy helping to make 2 cars with the girls. All their hard work paid off because Emily placed 2nd and Abby 3rd for the Nacogdoches troops and then at finals Emily placed 2nd for all of East Texas in the Brownie division. The girls were very excited about the races and even dressed to match their cars. Abby made a really neat alligator car and Emily's was metallic pink with black butterfly rubon decals. I joked when Claire because a Daisy scout we will sweep the race. John is excited to start planning next years cars with the girls. the pictures are: 1) the girls matching their cars. 2) the finalist for Nac 3)with their Dad 4) Troop 1500 5) the finalist winners

Hula Girl

John's parents went to Hawaii with some

old neighbors. They sent a little gift for each girl. Claire got this fun hula skirt and purse. She thought she was really cool. I thought she looked pretty cute. I can't believe who much of a "big" girl she is becoming. The talks up a storm and doesn't forget a thing you have said to her. She likes to be with her big sisters even though they don't always think that is a great idea. Emily is really good to read to Claire and Abby likes to play with her. Claire looks forward to them coming home from school each day. I can't believe my Claire is 3.

My good idea gone bad....

Claire had an ingrown toe nail that was getting red and infected looking. I had made an appointment for her at the Dr. (who happens to live across the street from us) but the night before the appt. we saw the Dr in the yard and she came over to see why we were coming in the next day. She took a look at Claire's toe and told me what to do and to cancel the appt and only come in if it gets worse. I was told to soak her foot in warm water and let the nail work its way out while the skin is soft. I was trying to think of a way to keep a 3 yr old sitting with her foot soaking without me right there the whole time so I could get the other 3 kids ready for bed. My idea was crayola markers on the mirror. She likes to color and markers won't hurt the mirror, right? I got Claire set up and went to work getting the others ready to for bed. After I was done I went to help Claire and this is what I found!!! I couldn't even be mad because I was the one who gave her the markers. They are usually put way up in my closet because of Claire's other coloring "adventures". John looked on the bright side and said was ready for a Chargers game!!! I guess an unattended 3 yr old with markers is NEVER a good idea. Claire was pretty proud of herself too as you can tell from her BIG smile.

Our new swing set

It took us two years of living here but we finally got our swing set for the girls. John built the main part in the level garage then moved it into place and added the beam with the swings and such. It is about 90% done right now just wanting for the slide, picnic table and canopy. The girls are really excited to have it, especially my two swingers Abby and Claire. Harrison has even got to sit in the fort. John has been working hard on it driven by the task master Claire. Daily she would tell Daddy he can't go to work because he needs to build her swing set. She is looking forward to having it completely done so she can have her playgroup friends over to her house. John had to take a break to work on Powder puff pinewood derby cars for Emily and Abby. We will share those pictures next week after the races this weekend.

The Pool Party

We decided to have a pool party for Abby. The weather is still a bit iffy this time of year but with the number of girls Abby wanted to invite it was the best place to have everyone. The weather was pretty good that day and the sun came all the way out towards the end of the party. All the girls swarmed Abby while she opened her gifts. She received lots of nice fun things. John and Harrison stayed together since they were the only "boys" there and needed to stick together. All went well and I am glad to be done with our family birthday "season" until Harrison's in Sept.

Abby's 7 years old!!!

Abby turned 7 on April 23rd!!! I can't believe it has been that long since she was born. She chose to go to Chili's for dinner and then we came home and opened gifts from the family. Her sisters were excited to play Hannah Montana with her. She is excited to have two new webkins for her collection. She was a bit silly blowing out her candles.

We're in trouble.

Harrison is rapidly meeting milestones lately. He cut his first tooth on Friday April 11th and you can see the second one close behind next to it. On Monday April 14th I put him on the floor to play with his toys and when he got on his belly he started to get up on his hands & knees and rocked. I was so shocked that he is so close to being mobile. I can't believe my baby is pushing 7 months old. Time has really gone by quickly. He is building his muscles to learn how to crawl by doing "push ups". He is probably in better shape than I am. Other than Harrison, things are pretty quiet here so not too many pictures to share. Abby will be turning 7 next week so we will have more things to share then.