Donuts

We made our donuts this morning, and they were a huge success!!



We made powdered sugar, cinnamon & sugar and frosting with sprinkles. They were delicious. Briana and Sydney loved them. Sydney told me they tasted better than the restaurant donuts. And, she wants to have them on her birthday instead of cake. That's a compliment if I've ever heard one!

earrings and monkey bars

Very exciting day today! We changed the girls earrings for the very first time. It's much less traumatic taking them out ourselves vs. ripping them with a pair of headphones. Here's some before and after shots.

Before

After!

Before

After!

And the other exciting news is.....Briana learned how to do the monkey bars today! She did it for the first time at recess. We took the girls back up to the playground after school, and she showed us how she can do it. She went across with no problems! Then she went back the other way. Then she went across again. Then back the other way. Back across, and back the other way. And again and again. For about an hour! I'm so proud of her!

We didn't fall in!

Easter pictures

Our Easter traditions usually include lots of picture taking of everyone in their pretty Easter outfits. We got a few of those shots this year, and we got some real gems. While goofing off at Arlene's house, Mike got this fantastic shot of me.

While at Mamaw and Papaw's house, Mike got this picture of me.

I really liked that chocolate bunny.

But, by far, this next one is the best picture Mike took over both days of Easter. And it's not even of me.

Tootsie roll, anyone?

I need a nap.

What a weekend this is turning out to be! Yesterday, Shannon and I went to Cirque Du Soleil Alegria.

It was awesome. Shannon brought her kids over to my house while we were there, and Mike watched all four kids for us. When we got back, the girls were begging for Savannah to have a sleepover. And today, the girls both have friends over.

We have a full house today. I also went to the grocery store this morning, fed all the kids and their friends lunch, and made two batches of slime.

Sadly, I didn't get a wink of sleep last night due to my newfound insomnia. I am seriously ready to crash. Tomorrow's itenerary: nap!

A little bit of spring

I think spring is here! The kids have been able to play outside the past few days and they LOVE it. They were digging in the garden yesterday, and Briana came in to show me this.

I was shocked to not only see our very first worm, but to see that Briana had put her hood up!

We also discovered that my daffodils are starting to come up. Yay!

Last night, Ellie barked at the back door to go out, so I let her out and sat down to dig in to some of my laundry. After a while, I realized that Ellie hadn't been barking by the back door to come back in like she would normally do. So I went to the back yard to see what she was into. And this is where I found her.

It is our sand box that Mike put a tarp on last fall to keep out the yuckies. And he put all that wood on top so the tarp wouldn't blow away. I don't know how Ellie got herself onto that platform, but she could not get back off. I tried shaking her bag of treats, but no. She would stand up, look around and lay right back down. She was stuck! Mike ended up going out there to rescue her. We had a doggie damsel in distress.

Candy stash

I was in my bedroom this morning putting my makeup on. Sydney came in with a big smile on her face. "Hi Sydney," I said, "what are you so happy about?"
"Well," she says, "look what I found in my room!" She hold out her hand and shows me a miniature peanut butter cup.
"Where did you get that?" I asked her.
"I snuck it home from Mamaw and Papaw's house." She says, matter-of-factly.
"Oh." I replied.
"I kept it in my secret candy stash" she tells me.
"Really. Do you have any more in there that I can have?"
"No. But the next time we go to Mamaw and Papaw's house, I'll sneak some home for you too."
"Thanks, Sydney."
"You're welcome."