Tales of this, bliss, and that...

This was me fifteenish years ago on Christmas morning. I had just come downstairs to discover my Little Tykes Dollhouse from Santa! The following birthdays and Christmases I also recieved the grandparents house and the stable complete with every.single.accessory. My mom and Santa were just that good! :) And today I know of three little girls who absolutely love the set. I can't lie...I'm still in love with it, too. Already loving it! A horse on a tractor...the imagination is endless! Sweet Abby...notice her triplets :) Hours later...literally. My best attempt at pictures was through the house...getting their attention was impossible. Steller Again...at three in the afternoon. (Seven and a half hours later) Even the Zhu Zhu Pets got in on the fun! Poor Baby Row...we literally sat and stared at eachother the whole day!

The girls turned four on July 2nd! FOUR?!?! Really...How did they get to be that old? I ask them everyday if they can stay little. And nearly every day I get a different answer. But really, can someone loan me a time machine? I need one. Desperately. Alright, I'm done sobbing. But I will post pictures from their birthday party a few Saturdays ago. Of course "Drewy" came with to help his favorite girls celebrate. We also saw Mallory, David, Sarah, and Ted...the other half of the sitter family (minus Kari). Love the excitement! Zoe was content putting in as little effort as possible. Getting ready to open the loot. "Thanks for our Zhu Zhu Petties Tephanie" Cousin Morgan...a girl on the move! Mal and Sarah with the birthday girls. The sitters with the special three! Love these little ones with all I have! And a final picture with Drew. They were so over getting their pictures taken at this point. So glad we got to spend your special day with you!

Miss Olivia and I share the same birthday on St. Patty's Day. She was born on my 20th birthday, and she's basically the cutest thing when reading "Humpy Dumpy" and other such nursery rhymes!

Here's a little preview of my trip up to MN with my sister Jenny to visit my sister Holly. We spent part of our time visiting with cousins, Erin and Katy, and their little ones...Sophia, Olivia, Dawson, and Porter. LOVE LOVE LOVE this bunch! :) We all fall DOWN! (What a great sport you are Holly!)

Finally...I've posted an entry (which happens to date back to the first week of June, big oops). Now off to update the other bazillion weeks worth of entries. This happens to be my second attempt at typing this post up..the first attempt has managed to delete itself minutes before the "publish post" button was pressed. With that being said, I will try to recap the happenings during my three day week in the Fox Den! Tuesday Tuesday I was greeted with smiles and hugs as I walked in the door (Oh, so glad to be back). The girls ate their fruity pebbles and we were especially picky when picking out our outfits. And what better way to start the morning than with a little squirt gun fight?! Here we are ready for action! Ninner and Zabba Gotchya Tephanie! Rowan woke up shortly after we got in so I worked on changing him while the girls kept me company. I happend to have my camera nearby, so the girls got silly on me. They seriously crack me up. Stella and Rowan What a poser! Zoey...

So this post dates back to Memorial Day weekend, but I still wanted to post them. The little brother is finding all sorts of odd jobs to keep him busy between baseball this summer. This was one of them. And while the boys worked, I played with the barn kitties!