PERFECT DAY [IT’S A LONG ONE!]

The only down side to today was no face time with Zack, for any of us. The rest of the day was wonderful though! Penelope ate breakfast with me, finished her school work and swam in the bathtub, all before Amelia even woke up!

Amelia, when she finally woke up, got to eat breakfast at the table!! It went well, but I’m not ruling the high chair out of options just yet though. Every time I turned around she would crawl on top of the table, and cry to get down. Ahhh…

Penelope got to swim in the tub with her getting-too-small swimsuit for a long time! Mainly because she had syrup in her hair that needed to be washed out, and secondly because it’s FUN!

I had to fold laundry, so Amelia joined me. She looked through books and made her monkey jump up and down. Needless to say (knowing my aversion to laundry), I spent the whole time taking photo and playing with her. Oops.

“It’s ‘comfty’ cozy in the sun!”

After lunch, Amelia took a nap, and Penelope and I went outside to play! We love being outside!

We snagged a few more rocks for her ever growing collection.

We watched a bird play peek-a-boo with us in a tree.

Penelope got to swing in Amelia’s swing and I in hers.

We discovered beautiful things growing in the yard.

“Oh no! Maple dug a hole!”

Mourned for a bit.

Made the hole bigger. :)

Below are some how-tos of sunscreen application: :

Step one: Remove cap.

Step two: Rub on face thoroughly. Silly faces are encouraged.

Step three: Repeat step two 37 times.

Step four: sit back and relax in the sunshine. (We used spray sunscreen everywhere except her face.)

I could stare at her face all day long. She is such a sweetheart.

After Amelia woke up, we went back outside, swung a bit more and went to see “Mrs. Brenda.”

At the end of our visit, she gave us a fresh jar of strawberry jam! So…

…we made biscuits! It was delicious!

Now we are snuggling up to watch some Brother Bear before bath time!

It has been a great day!

THURSDAY. BETTER THAN EXPECTED.

Future blogger? She can document all of those rocks she’ll be sorting!

Penelope decided to rummage through my Pinterest page this morning. She is really into browsing little girl things, dresses, toys, pretty hair, etc.

I bought this kit for Penelope a month or so ago. When I finally got around to helping her with it, I discovered it uses stain, not paint. So Mama did all of the work. Oh well. She thinks they are the bomb diggity despite not being able to paint them herself. I couldn’t think of where to put them so I fashioned a mobile out of fishing wire and an embroidery hoop. She’s pretty excited about it. :)

Daniel Tiger (A spin-off of sorts of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood) was her while-Amelia-is-napping-activity of choice today. (She is sitting under that mobile.)

This morning was shady and chilly. I took advantage of this rarity, and let the girls swing until the gnats became aware of us. I spotted these colorful beauties while pushing my darlings! Autumn is c r e e p i n g in!!!!

Amelia sat by the door watching Maple watching her for quite sometime after our trip to the swing set.

Neighbors! Our neighbors make this house and the lifestyle we desire complete. Fresh fruits and vegetables from a garden? Yes please! We can’t wait until next spring when we will begin our own garden, but until then we are sure grateful for neighbors who share tips and food!!

(“My Miss Brenda” is also the one who gave us blackberries a while back)

More naps on the porch.

One wall in our dining room. There is usually a third silver platter on the wall, but it requires fresh “stickies.”

I put in a coffee area in the dining room this morning. Zack never knows what he is coming home to. ;)

WE HAVE A NEW OVEN!!!!!!!! I’m going to bake so many pizzas!!!!!!!!!

After swinging the ladies, I had to run back outside to capture those colorful leaves! I think Maple enjoyed to prolonged company.

We still have several hours left of this Thursday. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for us!