Croquet

Last night Charlotte wanted to play croquet, so after dinner Brian got it all set up for her. She was a natural!

Then she figured out she could throw the mallet and had more fun doing that than actually playing the game.

Even Janie wanted to learn to play.

Austin Children's Museum

Jane got invited to a birthday party at the Children's Museum and the kids had a blast playing around. Here are both girls just before going down the slide.



Cha Cha enjoys cooking up some fish in the kitchen there.

The exhibit this time around was "The Big Game" and as you can see, they had some big games. I've never seen connect 4 bigger than the kids playing it.

Sad Excuse for Bloggers

Okay...my sister and I have become sad excuses for bloggers. We've just been having so much fun lately! Starting new schools, learning to swim, playing with cousins, it's been a wonderful summer. We promise to write more when we get a chance!

Love,
Big Sprout and Little Sprout

Pool Time

Charlotte and Jane have really taken to the pool this summer. Everyday Charlotte asks if we can go to Aunt Tara's to go swimming. Jane enjoys a drink in the shallow end and Charlotte spends most her time floating and kicking aroudn with her ring.

Safari Fun in the Sun

We've never been to Africa. But we came close a few weekends ago because we went to a safari park near San Antonio and drove around looking at all kinds of animals.

Now...don't tell anyone, but because the speed limit in the park was 5 miles an hour and we're both short, we got to sit in the front seat. And we had the best time ever, though some of the animals were a little scary.

Cha Cha likes Janie's bed too

Janie loving her new bed

they grow up so fast...

Janie is now 18 months and is pretty much a total daredevil. She will climb up on just about anything so we thought it was time to get her a big girl bed. This weekend we went out and got her a mattress and the bedding. Brian scanned in some of the flowers from the bedding to print out on adhesive paper for the wall decals. Jane loves it and Charlotte tells me that she wants to sleep in here now too.

and a look back to what was before...

red fairy

Yesterday was Charlotte's big dance recital. As you can see from the class below, none of them are really sure about what to do, but Charlotte does like to wave to all the people.

Here is Cha Cha and her red fairy friends Avery & Fallon.



Charlotte loved every minute (all 2 of them) that she was on stage.

Happy Birthday

It was fun to celebrate Brian's birthday with the girls this year. Charlotte picked out his cake - a mermaid barbie fairy cake - and picked out his present - a DVD. We all had a great time, but I think Cha Cha had the most fun since she got to open the presents and got to sneak a taste of the cake.

tiny dancer

Today was parent observation day at dance class. Charlotte and her class gave us a preview of her recital that is coming up in a few weeks. It was pretty entertaining, especailly since none of the kids were doing anything at the same time, nor where they doing what the teacher was doing. Either way, at 3, it was still pretty darn cute!

Happy Mother's Day

For Mother's Day weekend, the girls and I went to Houston while Brian stayed at home to get our hardwood floors installed. Here is Janie and JJ and Charlotte hanging out by the pond (or "the club" as she liked to call it)

A day in the park

These kids are all hair when the wind picks up.