Meet Rex and Sweetie!

Yesterday my sister Angie invited me to have a girls day with her and Faith. We had a lot of fun. The highlight of the day was when we went into the store Forever 21 Accessories. My sister tried on this headband that had a HUGE purple and black bow! It made my day. It was the funniest thing! Not to mention Faith was acting like a total dork in that store, trying on all of the things, very cute! She even got some gold sparkly eye lashes.... for her dog Carly!

When I say her dog Carly, I mean the build a bear dog that she dressed in this white outfit with gold trim. She got 4 golden boots to put on Carly's feet! She was a very golden dog!

My sister was sweet and told me we can make a build a bear for Drake and Kera. So I got to build Kera a bear, and she got to build Drake a bear. So she asked me what Drake loves. Well he loves dogs! So she picked out this cute scraggly dog. I picked out a bunny, just because it reminded me of Kera. Next we got to pick the sounds. Faith got Carly song... Drake got a dog sound, and Kera got a lullaby. Next we got our hearts and off to stuffing. In the line waiting for our turns Faith asks us what we are going to name them. Hmmm we thought. Angie came up with the name Rex for the dog! VERY cute name. I came up with Sweetie. :) I had a bunny named sweetie once. So after Rex, Carly, and Sweetie were stuffed. We gave them a bath, and brushed their hair... or I mean fur. Off for the fun part! Dressing them. I knew right away I wanted to make sweetie a ballerina. Angie chose the cutest fireman outfit for Rex. And I already mentioned what Faith picked out for Carly. We sat them up and dressed them in the 'dressing room'. The dressing room had a mirror and everything. Why couldn't they have build a bear when I was a kid. It is too much fun! After they were perfect, we got to make their birth certificates!

So thank you Aunt Angie for the fun girls day, and thank you so much for Drake and Kera's build a bear! They love them. Drake loves both!

Another day of...

Gymnastics. Which means another day of point and shoot pictures.

After their bath I got my p&s camera out and took some pictures. Kera just stops and looks right at me and gives me the biggest cheesy grin. Why can't she do this when I have my DSLR out? I don't know. I think it's pretty cute!





We headed out the door super early because both of our cars needed gas! We ended up going WAY too early! We got to the gymnastics place about 40 minutes before it started. So we sat in the van for about 10 minutes and read books.




And Daddy thought it would be fun to teach them how to operate the water fountain. That kept them busy for the remainder of the time until our class started at 9!




Today was a great gymnastics day. We asked if we could be put together and they said that would be no problem. One of the main reasons I wanted to sign up for it is so it could give us something to do as a family. Besides we both missed what the other one was doing, and how they were progressing. So now we get to see all of that. All the stations were different today. Drake and Kera liked most of it! They especially loved the big bouncy trampoline! They even did forward rolls on the balance beam! Kera walks that thing super fast now. Super cute. Drake loves to do forward rolls! They both LOVE the slide!

A sunny day

Finally!!! After almost a week of straight rain, it was more than welcomed. It felt great to get out of the house and enjoy the sun, not to mention the nice cool air. Not too cold, not too hot. Perfect!

Unfortunately, I got in a camera funk! It seems as though I forgot how to take pictures. Or maybe I just never understood how to take quality pictures outdoors. One day I suppose! For now these will have to do :).

While Drake and Kera were taking their nap, I made english muffin pizzas! 24 to be exact, but we ate four so I have 20 in the deep freezer for quick lunches!


After lunch we took out the side walk chalk and colored for a little while.

Every time Drake hears an airplane, he stops in his tracks and looks to the sky!


After coloring we explored the front yard. Drake especially loves sticks, and leaves. Typical boy.





Drake also thought it would be a good idea to explore a mud puddle which he and Kera both thought was hilarious. Me not so much while wearing his expensive stride rite shoes! While I tried to keep Drake out of the mud puddles, Kera ran to the van tried to open it, and said "Bye" while waving to us.



Ah Ha! That got Drakes attention, and off he went to try to get in the van. Sorry bud, it's closed and locked. Two temper tantrums later I said lets go in. They followed me to the gate, and seen their chalk. So they colored some more. I ran inside to get their bouncy ball. After a few minutes they wanted back inside.


Once daddy got home a few minutes after we were indoors, we went to Old Navy, which takes entirely way too much of my money! However, we did get them rain boots so they can splash in all the mud puddles they want :).