Funny Girls

The girls were just being so funny today while we were out. I had to get some pictures with my phone. We had just been to the post office, as you may be able to tell from their Priority Mail stickers.
Bella was deciding what "face" (happy, REALLY happy, silly, angry, etc) to do, and Lucy was copying her. What actresses!

I can't look at that last one without laughing.

Little Water Park, Big Fun

We recently visited a small water park in Cushing. It was just the right size and had just the right kinds of things for the girls. They had so much fun!
Lucy did have a bit of an issue with this particular frog slide in the toddler pool:
It looks scary, right? Well, Lucy did go down it once, but only because she accidently lost her grip at the top. It really scared her! After that, she would climb up there and think about going down, but couldn't quite convince herself:

She wasn't going to loose her grip ever again!

However, Lucy and Bella both loved going down this huge twisty slide. They were safe in Daddy's arms, and especially since he purposefully slowed them down a lot so Lucy wouldn't be scared.
You know they were going slow when Bella had time to pose for the camera!


And finally, Bella and Daddy got to go down this super fast slide. You may be able to see them behind that huge splash!

Being Bashful

This was from Sunday morning before church. Usually we are rushing out the door with no time to spare, but I managed to sneak out the door first with the girls and my camera this time! :)

I'm not sure of the reason for those bashful smiles. We do get this look a lot from Lucy when she knows she's being cute though.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch...

In June, we attented a family reunion at my Dad's cousin's ranch.
My Grandpa is the oldest of 5. All of his siblings and lots of their families were there, but he wasn't well enough to attend.
When we drove up, Bella and Andrew (Jack had other plans that day) went right up to a horse. Of course I started taking pictures, but couldn't help but think we, the city folks, must look funny out there taking pictures of the horses and tractors!

These are my Grandpa's sweet brothers and sisters, Max, Eloise, Lyle and Jean. They are such wonderful people. Hello horse!
Lucy was a little unsure!

Andrew, the Horse Whisperer...

Trying to decide what is more fun...John Deere or her Barbie Jeep?
Peeking in the stable...
They put Bella to work...not really, but I'm pretty sure she thought she was accomplishing something here!
Cousin Beth took the kiddos for a ride to see the corn fields. Brian was holding Lucy while this thing was moving (thank goodness!), but he hopped off before I could take a picture. They must have gone pretty fast from the look of Andrew's hair! :)

The Joys (Ha!) of Sharing

I happened to catch this little series all on camera. I thought I was going to be taking pictures of both girls happily blowing bubbles with each other. But instead...
Lucy is so happy with her brand new bubbles that she got for her birthday:

However, she is pretty serious about the fact that they are HER bubbles:

This does not make Bella happy:

And she is sure to let Lucy know this:

So, Mommy steps in, and forces Lucy to give Bella a turn:

Now, you guessed it, Lucy is not happy:

But Bella sure is:

The Little Girl Named Potata

On the way home from Bella and Lucy's first day of summer preschool this week, Bella had some funny things to say.

She was excited that her class doesn't have to take naps anymore. They just have a rest time, and they get to read books quietly. She told me that during rest time, she was laughing with her friend about "animals wearing underpants."

I thought this was especially funny because her teacher (a sweet lady that Bella has had before) had just told me that Bella is such a "lady." I kind of laughed at that, and she said, "no, I mean, she really is such a little lady." That was a nice compliment, but I'm guessing her teacher didn't hear her laughing during rest time about animals wearing underpants!
Then I asked her what her friend's name was and she said that her friend's name was "Potata." Hmmmmm. I couldn't help but laugh at that, which frustrated Bella a little bit. She insisted that the girl's name was Potata, and then wondered out loud why her parents would name her that.

After with consulting Lisa, the mom of Bella's best bud and classmate, Britton, we think the "animals wearing underpants" is from a funny book about just that.

However, we were unable to determine Potata's real name...I can hardly wait to look at the class list tomorrow to try to figure that out! :)

***UPDATE: Found out today, Potata = Tatum***

Lucy's Sweet Party

This picture pretty much sums up Lucy's birthday party: Sugar, sugar everywhere!
A few months ago when I came up with Lucy's party theme, I mentioned it to my mom. She offered to make aprons for all of the party guests, and of course I took her up on it! So, after lots of fabrics, lots of fittings with Bella and Lucy, and lots of hours sewing...
Cute, cute, cute aprons, handmade by my talented mom!
Lots of ruffles- too bad we had to leave them off of the boys' aprons!

Bella and Lucy before the (fun) mess began...

We decorated chef hats:
Jake was so excited about wearing his, can't you tell?Then we decorated cupcakes. As you may imagine, just as much of the decorations went into little mouths as did on the cupcakes. For instance, this little one was eating spoonfuls of mini chocolate chips, plus quite a few sprinkles! I think this look says: Mom, you aren't REALLY going to take away these chocolate chips from the BIRTHDAY GIRL, are you?

Sprinkles on Leyton...just because he missed his mouth a couple of times!

Then it was time for the pinata full of candy, of course! Because those kids needed some more sugar.
We pinned the cherry on the cupcake!
Lucy had lots of help unwrapping her gifts! A cookie set! Don't worry, the cookies aren't real. We're health nuts after all.
I'm not sure why Bella looks so sad in this picture...maybe October seems like a long time away? There were several little munchkins running around the backyard and not wanting to get in this group picture. They were a bit hyped up, and I can't imagine why!