Amelia turns 3

We celebrated Amelia's 3rd birthday again at home this weekend. She loves mermaids, so I made a mermaid cake. I was quite pleased with the way that it truned out and so was she. She is so different from Ella in her interests in toys. She loves to play with and dress up Barbies. She recieved two new barbies, a horse for Barbie to ride and lots of new Barbie clothes! This will keep her entertained for hours! She also loves playing anything princess and dressing up. I love my girly girl!

Amelia's mermaid cake

Amelia loves her new pony baby! Thanks Lili!

Take a deep breath and blow out those candles!

Smores

What kind of trip to Meme and Papa's would it be if there wasn't a fire with smores? We had fun roasting the marshmallows and making hobo cherry pies. It was the perfect evening for it too. Mmmmmm...wish I could have just one more!

Amelia is the chocolate fanatic. After she had her smores, she grabed a bar of chocolate and shoved two pieces in her mouth and was about to down a third when I intervened. I think that she swallowed them whole they were gone so fast!

Higgins Lake:part 3

We always love to go tubing and only one day was calm enough to go. Ella had been tubing last year, so she was eager to go. Amelia was not...even though she is the more rough and daring child in some ways, she wasn't ready this year.

The girls had fun on these two boats this year.

The Dragonfly

I had to post this funny sequence of pictures. I was taking pics of the girls playing in the sand, when I noticed a dragon fly on Amelia's shoulder. Being the great mom that I am, I moved in a little closer and was amazed that it was still there. I took a couple pictures and then told Amelia that she had a dragonly on her shoulder. I think her face says it all!

Higgins Lake:part 2

On Tuesday, we took a boat trip to the State Park and had grilled hot dogs! They were the best! The girls had a great time playing in the sand and on the slides and swings.

Amelia loves her meme!

Drew was right at home driving the boat!

Fun in the water!

Higgins Lake Trip:part 1

This past week we took a trip up to Northern Michigan to visit my parents. We had a blast hanging out with them on Higgins Lake. Here are a few pictures of our first few days there.

The first sunny morning that we were there. The beautiful lake is in the background.

Ella has always loved going on Grizzly rides. (the Grizzly is the 4-wheeler) This year Amelia finally got enough courage to go on the Grizzly and she loved it. This is a great picture of Papa and the girls on the Grizzly.

My parents also got a new pontoon boat this year. We were able to get out on the lake 4 days. It was so nice! The weather cooperated for the most part. It was cool and sunny most days, in the mid-high 70's, and a bit windy at times, but we had so much fun!

Amelia fell asleep on Meme...the funny part about this picture is that she had just dozed off to sleep and then grabbed a fishy, with her eyes still closed, put it in her mouth and chewed it a few times and fell asleep again! It was crackin' us up!

Ella graduates preschool

Where has the time gone? Ella graduated Preschool this week and is ready to go to the BIG school in July. She has two wonderufl teachers, Ms. Christy and Ms. Jo, and had so much fun this year at school. We are looking forward to a fun and busy summer with Ella at home. She and Amelia are taking swim lessons at MTSU, Ella is participating in t-ball for the first time, we have trips planned to visit family and a trip to the cabin in there too! Fun times ahead!

Ella with her friends Reese and Hannah