Little Girls on the Prairie

We went to a local “Living History Museum” with some of our good friends, and there was so much for the girls to do!  We went to a barn with a bunch of baby animals (and Mom was in heaven) and the girls got to ride pretend horses.As you can see by K’s reluctance to pet the baby miniature horse, petting a real animal would probably have been out of the question.  She would not touch the sweet, fuzzy baby.

Besides all of the neat interactive things, it was even fun for the girls to just be able to spend some time outside.  In the next picture, notice the small pile of rocks between the girls.  They played with those for a long time.

New experience of walking on (unused) railroad tracks.

We saw the tethered hot air balloon that gives rides regularly.  It was so beautiful there, and just nice for the girls to have a big open place to run.

The younger girls got tuckered out after lunch.

Our beautiful friends!

The Very Merry Month of May

Just a few random pictures of the girls clowning for the camera and some of our normal, typical, daily life which consists mostly of playing My Little Pony.

Box of Rocks

The sensory boxes I made this past February got a new dimension added to them—water!  This wasn’t an inside game, of course, as I typically hate anything that might make a mess—even a clean mess like water.  I set up a spot outside on the deck and set up an umbrella to shade our “southern exposure is great except if you don’t have a single shade tree in your yard” backyard.  Also notice the beautifully stained deck that hubby did earlier this spring!

If I Ran the Zoo

K’s class took a field trip to the local zoo, and younger siblings were fortunate enough to be able to attend as well.  It was N’s first time at the zoo; K. had been once before, when I was pregnant with N.

There were fun animals to look at, and we hung out mostly with K’s closest friend from class.

Aren’t they just the cutest gals?

Sharing is Caring

“Hey, N, what’cha reading?”

“Can I have a turn reading it?”

N: “No.”

Father-Daughter Plaid

II came across the plaid shirts that my grandma made for my dad and me that we wore for one of my most favorite pictures ever:

And had no choice but to dress my own little family up in them.  Matching happiness!

Of course, the little N wanted a turn too.  It’s one of the phrases she says these days: “Mah uhrn…mah uhrn!”

(They’re both looking away from me and toward the television)

I is for Independence

I have run out of clever and moderately related letter-themed titles, so fortunately this is the last painful attempt to be clever for the month of April.

K. has become much more independent in the things she is able to do.  For one, and the topic of this post, she is a quite competent bubble-blower.  She also is quite the fashionista, as you can see by her dance leotard and bling-y sunglasses.

It is in pictures like these that I see glimmers of what she might look like when she’s a teenager/young adult, and I ask her father to polish off his shotgun to deter any would-be suitors.

Love this girl!

H is for Horse

N. and I went to the museum again with our friends.  One of the things we did (N’s first time!") was to ride the carousel.  She had a lot of fun, and was confident enough that I was able to sit on a horse next to her rather than hold her.  I should have picked a different row for myself, as my horse didn’t go up and down, but since that was my only disappointment for the week I figure things are pretty good.

Wheeee?

And then I took a picture of her pretending to be an Indy car driver, but she totally turned to the side and posed, making a weird, sarcastic face!  It was even funnier in person and not the norm for a two-year-old.

G is for Gestures

Stretching it a little with the title, but for the Easter Egg hunt at church, my friend and I usually lead a few songs with motions.  Her daughter (a third grader this year) has helped lead for the last couple of years, and this year both of my girls joined in too!  I was such a proud Mama—I think they have less stage fright than I would have had at their respective ages.