what a BIG boy

I'm not sure when this happened, but Carter is no longer a baby.  He's turned into a little boy!  And he thinks he is a BIG boy!

butterfly fairies

During Aunt Beth's last week at work, I took Grace to Sweet & Sassy for a final hoo-rah!  She has really only been there for her first haircut, but we've stopped by a few times to see Aunt Beth and get a glitter star or tattoo.  Anyway, Grace and Lily had a butterfly fairy make over and they were EXCITED!

They had their nails painted.

They got their hair braided.

They had their faces painted.

They put their wings on and...

...danced

...sang

...flew

...giggled

I'm so glad we took the time to do this.  They had so much fun and this will be such a special memory!  Thanks, Aunt Beth for a wonderful experience!

sweet butterfly fairies!!!

Mother's Day 2012

Happy Mother's Day!  I hope you all had a happy day loving your mommas and babies!

I am so glad that I get to be their momma!  Love them so much!!!

But, come on, how could you not love this?!?

After church, we ate at our favorite mexican place and celebrated Mother's Day with Grandma.

Later, we were going to celebrate with Mimi.  But...this girl woke up from her nap with a fever.  We didn't want to spread any germs so, we stayed home...

...and rested and played!  In the words of Carter, we played "ashes"!

HaPPY DaY!

butterflies

Our caterpillars...

...are now butterflies!  We enjoyed watching them for a few days.  Carter loved climbing up in a chair and "oohing" at the butterflies.

The time finally came to set them free!

And off they flew!

a sleepover and some strawberries

Friday night, Lily slept over.  These girls were super excited!  They started the night out here watching a Barbie movie, but ended the night in separate rooms.  They still aren't ready for a real sleepover!

Everyone was awake and ready to play before 7:00!  Ugh!  By around 10, they had made such a mess in the house that they went outside so they would have room to walk around. (I bruised my heel from stepping on so many toys!)  They may of also been made to go outside and stay out for a little while.  Some of us need some quiet and Carter needed a nap!

After a failed attempt at Carter's morning nap, we loaded up and went to lunch.

Then we headed to the strawberry field to pick our own strawberries.

The girls started picking right away!

Carter liked smelling the strawberry blossoms!

The girls made quite the competition out of picking strawberries.  Lily got the most...Grace found the biggest...Lily found the reddest...Grace picked the cutest...

Carter found a lot of "balls"

We had a ton of fun!

And, now, we have a ton of yummy strawberries!

This fun afternoon ended with EVERYONE taking a good long nap!!!