First day of Gymnastics

Lily gets to go to gymnastics just like her big sister now on Tuesday mornings when Scarlett is doing Preschool Playdate with our neighbors.  Lily was soooo excited to see coach Stacy and actually go INTO the same room that Scarlett always does!
It was too cute to watch her do all the little exercises.  In fact, when we walked in she ran straight over to Coach Stacy and sat down right next to her and started stretching her little legs (she always watches Scarlett do this and mimics her in the parent watching room so she knows just what to do!!)
Here are a couple pics  I snapped on my Iphone... I forgot to bring my real camera to capture her first day... sigh... but these are better than nothin'!

 

 

At the end she got stamps on her hands since she did such a great job! Yay Lily!  This was so great because she showed them to everyone all day long (even after there was only a smudge or two left over! lol)

Guess What?!! Baby #3 is on the way!! YAY!

And I am VERY VERY EXCITED!!!  (Can't you tell?!)  I have two little girls who are pretty ecstatic too... and of course the hubby is pretty stoked .  ;-)

Birthday Party for Two Princesses

Last week I manage to tackle putting together a PRINCESS party for both of my girls.  We decided to do a joint birthday party this year because even though their birthdays are in two different months they both LOVE princesses and they both would want a princess party anyway! Plus it will save me from being overwhelmed with trying to throw Scarlett's party in December amidst the holiday chaos! :)

Thank goodness it wasn't raining because we had about 27 kiddos come to the party as well as their parents- and we did lots of activities outside.

I set up a table outside for a craft activity when the kiddos arrived.. Scarlett wanted to make hers before everyone got there. She is decorating her royal princess crown.

Boys and Girls got to chose a hat or crown and then decorate them outside with stickers and glitter.

 

I was able to convince my sisters of a FABULOUS gift for the girls birthday:

 

Dressing up as Scarlett and Lily's FAVORITE princesses!

My sisters were very kind  to do this for them! :) Thank you girls!

On the left is the beautiful Cinderella and on the right is the fabulous Ariel (little mermaid)!

Scarlett and Lily were in LOVE!! Scarlett later told me this was her favorite part of the whole party!

Awww.....

 

My husband drove the tractor princess carriage and gave all the royalty rides around the backyard.  

What FUN!

 

Then it was princess PINATA time!! Whoo hoo!  Everyone got a few turns to break open the pinata and they were LOVING it I tell ya! :) It was so cute to watch some of the littler ones hitting the pinata.  Then- out came the candy! Yum! Yum!

 

CANDY!

  

Princess Cinderella read a story called Polite as a Princess to all the lords and ladies... 

and then...

 

Time to sing Happy Birthday to my two princesses (here they are blowing out the candles!)

 

I made strawberry cupcakes and regular white cupcakes with sprinkles as well.

 

More tractor rides with Daddy!

 

Ariel helped with the game "pass Cinderella's glass slipper". We played UNDER the SEA music and when it stopped whomever had the glass slipper got a little bean bag fish from Ariel for a prize!  (Note: They were sitting on a parachute... afterwards we played parachute with all the kids- that is always a favorite!)

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When our ROYAL guests were leaving Scarlett and Lily handed them a thank you bag with little gifts fitting of their age.  There were glow in the dark swords, bubbles, bouncy balls, princess crayons, rings, necklaces, princess chapstick, etc. in the designated bags.  

 

Gosh I love my two princesses! :)  I hope they had as much fun as it seemed they did- lots of smiles, giggles, and excitement all day long.  Hugs and Kisses to my Scarlett and Lily!  xoxoxo

My Dante is gone...

Dante, our silver/gray miniature schnauzer passed away last night.  He was not very old at all and this all came on very suddenly.  He was only about to turn 6 years old.   My buddy Dante has never even been sick before, this all came on so quickly and we just weren't expecting it.  About 2 weeks ago, he just stopped eating one day and after 24 hours of him throwing up, we took him to our vet.  They did blood tests and checked him out.  The vet said she believed he may have pancreatitis, which supposedly is very common in schnauzers and yorkshire terriers.  We have 2 schnauzers and our parents have 2 as well- I had never heard of this!!  Anyway, they sent us home with medication and we were supposed to try and get him to eat.  Dante literally did not eat for 2 full weeks- he was in the vet office for a few nights and got IVs which was great but he wouldn't eat for them either, and then they sent him home hoping he would eat soon. He seemed a little perkier this past weekend and would even bark out the fence in the back and wander around in the backyard with Chaucer, our other schnauzer.  We even got him to nibble on a little chicken at one point, but not much.  I don't think my husband and I realized that it was as serious as it was. We were planning to take him back to the vet but after yesterday it was too late.  Last night, I noticed little Lily was sitting in Dante's kennel petting him (and he NEVER sits still for long if Lily wants to pet him).  She was so excited that he was being still.... I went over and got her out and he was just not moving. It was so scary... and sad... he was glassy eyed and breathing very shallow.  My husband took him to an emergency pet clinic and after a couple hours of trying to get him stabilized, he was not going to make it.  I never thought I would be so upset... I wished I could have been there too.  I wish I could have held him and told him I loved him one more time.  I just can't believe he is gone.  Dante was the best little guy ever! He was so smart and listened to commands amazingly well- he could roll over, sit, shake, speak... he was so very smart. He had the most soulful eyes... and my husband and I just loved his big fuzzy ears and his natural tail that was never clipped.... Today, Scarlett asked about him and her daddy told her what happened. She told me she felt sad and hoped she would see him in heaven someday. She thought it was funny that Dante might have wings and she said he probably loves flying around chasing squirrels- I thought that was pretty funny and cute!  I printed a picture out of him and her together and she has been carrying it around all day.  But she seems to be okay with whole situation... I am glad that she is because I still am not feeling okay at all.  :(  Hopefully, just getting it out there in this quick blog will make it better... but with it being such a rainy, gloomy day- I am feeling just like the weather, very gloomy.