A Sure Sign of Summer

The ice cream truck has been driving down our street on a very regular basis. Kate gets so excited when she hears the music but unfortunately he always passes our house right during the middle of dinner. The worst part for Kate is that we sit in our dining room for dinner and we have a big window that looks right out onto the street so she has to watch him pass by night after night. Well, last night her luck changed! We hadn't sat down to eat yet and so Kate and daddy frantically ran down the street, chasing his truck to stop him (with me bringing up the rear with the money!). She was so excited to finish up with dinner and enjoy her Bomb Pop and even though Maggie had no idea what she was in store for, she loved her popsicle too! Summer is obviously right around the corner!

A Face Only a Mommy Could Love

Maggie enjoyed her Senor Tequila dinner which mostly consisted of the cheese dip that she scraped completely dry. Needless to say, she didn't make a peep at dinner!

Spring Has Sprung (finally!)

We love to see the tulips come up at Woodward and just have to get some pictures taken with them each year...happy spring!

Sweet and Sassy

Each time we go visit Mimi and PopPop, the girls' special treat is to get a service at Sweet and Sassy. Maggie needed another haircut and Kate opted for a pedicure.

Maggie didn't fuss a bit this time and even let Miss Sam blow dry and curl her hair and Kate loved having her legs rubbed, which she said "tickled" and she chose blue for her polish. They were all gussied up and ready for Easter!

She doesn't look it, but she loved her sparkly

hair and fancy curls!

Getting "tickled"

Waiting for her toes to dry

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone had a happy Easter and a great weekend! Lots of pictures follow to show our Easter fun...

Easter egg hunt at church...this is the best

we could do to get all 4 in a picture together.

Too much sugar by this point!

Easter egg dying

The finished product

Ready for a day of school which includes egg

hunts and Easter parties

Picnic lunch at Mimi and PopPop's

Round 2 of egg dying

Showing off her new flip flops and

headband from the Easter bunny

So excited for her new Minnie cup

Maggie is an expert egg hunter

Breakfast on Easter morning consisted of M&Ms

and jellybeans!

Spring Break

We're home and sort of back to normal, although with two weeks of being with grandparents, we're really having to "detox" the girls from getting everything they want and not being told "no." But we'll take the consequences of that anytime if it means Florida sun and a few kid-free days!

We started the week before the official Spring Break in Palm Beach with Glammy and Papaw. Apparently we lucked out because all we heard on the elevators was that it was the first nice weather week they had had all season. We enjoyed spending time outside in the beautiful sunshine, playing on the beach (not Mags!), and swimming in the pool. Plus, Glammy and Papaw's condo is so great and it was awesome to wake up to ocean waves each morning!

Glammy and Mags on the beach

Maggie HATED the sand

Brushing up on our swimming

Maggie spent alot of time

on this stair

Papaw with his girls

Nanny came over to tell

us good-bye

We flew home on the 13th and were home long enough to do laundry and repack to head to Mimi and PopPop's for the week. Ryan stayed home to catch up on work so the girls and I drove down on Monday and I drove home alone on Wednesday. The plan was that Ryan and I were going to be driving back and forth to OKC for March Madness (for those of you who were unaware...Kansas was the top seed #1 but sadly lost in the second round...and that's enough about that!). We ditched our original plan and had a few days to ourselves to just enjoy being in our quiet house. We did have to endure a spring snowstorm on Saturday, but it was the perfect excuse to stay in and be lazy. From what I've heard, the girls had fun playing with Kamryn and Elizabeth and even made a trip to the Dallas Aquarium. What I've heard from Kate about the aquarium is that there was a "granddaddy crocodile" and "lots of sharks."

The 4 grandkids...Mags isn't too fond

of Elizabeth...Kate is!

Kate and her beloved baby Elizabeth

Cheesing it up with Kamryn

Kamryn and Kate enjoying

PopPop's famous "coffee-milk"

Both girls head back to school tomorrow and are excited to see their teachers and friends. I'm just excited that the weather is warming up and we're, hopefully, beyond our really cold winter!

What We've Been Up To

We've been busy with school, rooting for the Jayhawks, enjoying the nice weather, and playing with our friends these last few weeks. Most importantly though, we're getting ready to go to Florida tomorrow to play with Glammy and Papaw. We'll take lots of pictures and share our fun with you when we get home next weekend. Have a good week!

Cooking week at school...on the menu:

cookies and smoothies

Rock Chalk!

The Jayhawk girls with Miss Heather, our

Cowboy sitter. And Miss Heather was so nice

not to brag about their win over us...boo!

Enjoying a nice day on her princess scooter

Maggie loves to slide

On our way to get donuts before school

While the daddies enjoyed Happy Hour, we had

our own version...Clark, Charlie, Caroline,Kate,

and Maggie. Our happy hour involved The

Backyardigans!