More food...

Scarlet can now use the highchair.  She loves to be up high and she really enjoys getting to eat with us at dinner.

Big girl sitting in a big girl chair

She's really enjoying her first taste of carrots

One of my favorite pictures of Scarlet.  She is so happy!  I am so blessed to have such happy, healthy girls

Soccer

Lorelai is loving soccer.  She is clearly the MVP (and this is not a biased Mom talking).  She has scored many goals so we are now trying to work on her passing skills.  She gets tunnel vision when she has the ball and goes straight for the goal.  I'm happy she's got some aggressiveness in her.  One of the other parents asked me, "So, she has older brothers at home?".  Uhhhh NOPE!  Just competitive like her Momma. 

Sister love and laughs...

The girls really enjoy their little sister.  Lorelai is always trying to make Scarlet laugh or show her things.  It's really sweet to watch.  Lorelai will say, "Look Mom!  She's smiling at me!  She loves me!"

New playground...

Ok, I CAVED!  Joe has been wanting to buy the girls a playset for a long time now.  I've been against it because when we move we'll have to disassemble and reassemble it.  He finally talked me into it.  Now to put the darn thing together.  Good thing Papa Joe and Maddie are here to help.  I was in charge of directions and fetching pieces and hardware (there were only like 1,000 pieces to choose from....and the instruction manual was only 92 pages long....How hard could this be?!).  It took 13.5 hours to complete which is pretty on par with what the directions estimated.  Papa Joe helped assemble and Maddie was on baby duty.  It would have easily taken twice as long without their help.  Maddie was amazing to entertain the kids and change diapers all day, feed lunches, etc.  It's done and it's beautiful but I am dreading taking it down when we have to move. 

Laying everything out...feeling overwhelmed

One hour in...look at all we accomplished!  Woohoo!  Only 88 more pages to go in the instructions...

Hour two...

Finished product!  My favorite part is the look-out tower.  You can see so far away!  The girls call to their friends when they see them playing in their yards

Don't even ask about the slide.  Biggest pain in the butt ever!  Good thing I have a strong husband who muscled it together.

All three, swinging merrily!

Dead tired...

Lorelai doesn't really nap that often anymore...but the other two do.  And BOY do they nap!  Maybe it's the fresh, spring air, but these girls are DEAD tired.

She jumped and jumped until she was out of steam

By the way, she had a big red mark on her forehead from resting her head on that toy

Ok, Evelyn.  It's been three hours.  Time to get get up from nap or I know you won't go to bed tonight!

My little chef...

Lorelai always loves to help, especially in the kitchen.  Here, she's helping Maddie make a salad for dinner.

First solids!

Scarlet is a great sleeper.  She sleeps 11-12hours a night!  I couldn't ask for anything better.  So when she she had a few nights waking up at 2am, starving for food, I knew it was time to introduce some solids.  Oatmeal time!  She loved it.  I love this sweet baby.  So far everything with her has been easy peasy!  (Although, I think I remember saying the same thing about Evelyn at this age....)

"Yummy!"

Science Center

Back to the Science Center we go!  The kids had a blast!

Not sure that's right...but it makes me laugh every time she uses the magnifying glass

Little Sherlock Holmes

"I can hear the ocean!"

Daddy and the girls...building roller coasters...

April wrap-up...

Leftover pictures from April 2016

She is getting so good at staying in the lines

Yup, this picture sums up their personalities.  Lorelai the cute performer, Evelyn the wild one, and Scarlet the quiet observer

Playing in Papa Joe's camper.  Next stop, DisneyWorld!

Evelyn has a big heart for her little sister...

Really starting to reach for things!

Morning tantrum.  I don't even know why.  She just decided she didn't want breakfast

Scarlet is blessed with wonderful big sisters

Another sweet big sister moment.  Evelyn wants to color and Scarlet wants to play.  So Evelyn would swing her feet in front of Scarlet while she colored so Scarlet could grab them. 

The girls pick out their own outfits now.  Mom has little say...

Sweet baby

Off to Steak n' Shake for a special treat after her game