Nemo starts with F

We've had quite a weekend. The power pole outside our house was struck by lightning, resulting in a lot of loud noise, fire, and no power. We were very lucky that Tyler was ok since he was in the driveway when it happened. Savvy was delighted with all the flashy firetruck lights, but Ky hid in her room. Now, Ky is "cared!" of everything - especially the dark. The worst part was it made us miss family movie night! Luckily, it has been rescheduled for tonight.

The rest of the weekend was just as busy. Ty hosted a late night lan party for all his friends, and I hit garage sales and double coupons. Between us we still managed to get the Preschool lessons in. I did "D", "F", and "blue." Tyler did "E", "G", and "green." It was a huge success except everytime I said "fish starts with f." Ky would reply "No! Nemo starts with f!" Oh-well, we tried right?

Happy Daddy Day!

In celebration of "Daddy's Day" as Ky calls it, the girls made Ty breakfast in bed. Savvy helped toast the bagel and Ky cut up the banana. They did good work!

I do have to say that my girls are incredibly lucky. They have a wonderful Daddy! He loves to spend time with them and the girls can't wait for him to get home every night. He isn't scared to clean potty chairs, watch Hannah Montana, sit-in at a "cocoa" party, or push a swing for insane lengths of time. I can only hope that someday the girls find a guy just like their Daddy!

Garage Sales

We just found out that Ty's mom is coming to visit the first week of August. The girls are so excited! That also happens to be the week of Ky's birthday, so we decided we will do a joint birthday party so that Grandma can be there. Lucky Savvy gets to celebrate 15 days early this year! Ty and I have been racking our brains for a good theme for the party since the girls are so different. Daddy had the idea for a "Care Bears Birthday" and it was perfect. The girls both love Care Bears. We decided to hit some garage sales to find a few bears to weigh down some balloons for the party, and things got slightly out of hand. They needed every one they saw! Luckily, since they were all "previously loved" 19 bears cost less than two new ones at the store.

Then I found something for myself! I got a Puff-a-Lump for Christmas when I was 7 years old and he has been my buddy ever since. My sister named him Mark and he has been a very loved bear. To this day the girls love to play with him, especially Savvy. Today, a whopping 22 years later I found one in mint condition. Mark's clothes are long gone, his hair is matted, and half his smile is unstitched. I haven't decided what to do with "new Mark" yet, but he will probably belong to Savvy very soon.

We got a few other odds and ends too, including some kids clothes and a baby doll cradle. Overall it was a very successful day out at the garage sales! I can't wait to go again!

It grew!

Something in our first attempt of a garden has officially been a success! We had home grown lettuce salad with dinner tonight. Can you tell Savvy is excited? She loves veggies, especially salad. Hopefully we will have more successes in our future!

playing with food

"Hey Kyrie, eat your corn dog" daddy says.

"but he happy!" Ky replies.

we really do have some of the funniest kids ever.

Bubble starts with B.

The blog has been without an update since our laptop broke last week. Luckily, we are up and running again. While we were gone we learned a lot about circles, the color blue, and the letters B and C. We also went to our first summer movie. My favorite pictures came from "B" day. Bubbles start with B, and the girls LOVE bubbles.

Warning!

I'm sure everyone has been told not to run with scissors. It's a very important rule, one that even my kids have heard a few times. However, I failed to mention the second most important "don't run with a vaccuum" rule. Ky found out the importance of this rule yesterday while she was "cleaning" the front room. Since everytime she remembers about her owie we use half a box of band-aids, I took this picture during naptime. Poor kid.

Red Ants

Today's post was brought to you by the letter A and the color red.

The first day of preschool went pretty well considering we had other things going on the same day. Ky got "A" and "red" right more than 90% of the time. Savvy also did pretty good with occasional prompting. They liked painting the "red ants," but I have learned that I don't like art projects that have to dry. Savvy's just not patient enough to let her creations sit.