September 1 Already!

This was after school on the way home.  Please notice the Alpha Pig Tat.

Libby is eyeing Daddy's lime popsicle

Love the background at our house.  We have a lot going on in our carport.  Pink car, swing, the high chair because we had Mexican for dinner and Libby makes a mess with her tacos, so I had to take it outside and clean it off with the waterhose.

Yum

I loved this, Margaret held Matt's hand for quite some time while we walked. She is SO SWEET.

Aquarium

We took these pix with our camera phone because we accidentally left the battery at home for our camera!  Too bad, but you get the general idea!

on the way - she was really excited!

Curious George, Princess Presto, Libby, a hungry Margaret, and a very happy Libby!

Saying "Hi" to George

She loved Princess Presto the most!

WYATT, of SuperWhy!

The Stingrays and Daddy holding a very non afraid Libby

Depo the Aquarium Fish

Libby laughing, Love this profile of her little face by the water tank with the grouper

Matt took this with the camera panoramic shot. 

When Lib starts laying on the ground, it's time to go.

Fell asleep in Matt's arms walking to the car.  The sign of a great day.

Best Part of My Day

Tuesday, August 31 - going outside after dinner with the girls (Daddy was still at work) and playing with our neighborhood families.  There were five children running around between three houses and we were pushing the wagons, racing down the "hill" and laughing.  Margaret so badly wants to be included in the craziness!  Libby is a natural athlete - she was keeping up with the two older children!! 
Margaret does her belly laugh and just watches every single thing her big sissy does.

So far, this morning, my favorite part was Libby telling me that Margaret is "HER baby sissy, not mine"

Hearts.

Summer Fun

Going to school! 

Playing on the bed again

Helping mom make pizza, or "top a top" as Lib calls it

At the Children's Museum

Painting at the Children's Museum

Watering the flowers for Mom and Dad!  This is a big favorite thing to do

At the pool one day

Best part of my Day

On Twitter, a lot of people I follow include one tweet per day that is their "favorite part of today" - so I've decided to keep a journal of my favorite part of my days so my girls can read one day and know how the simplest little pleasures made their mom happy.

I won't always post on the blog, but if it's something I want to share, I will definitely do so.
Saturday:
Watching Libby stick her hands in the stingray pool at the aquarium and giggle when she saw Princess Presto, Wyatt, and Curious George.
Holding Margaret in the baby bjorn while we walked around the aquarium and she slept the whole time, but when she woke up, she noticed the big whales and smiled.

Saturday Night:
Rocking both of my daughters simultaneously in the rocking chair while they both listened to me hum "You are my Sunshine and Jesus Loves Me" and quickly fell asleep after a long day.

Sunday:
Chasing Libby in the front yard with Margaret while Matt watched in the grass and we were just a family. 

I think my Favorite Parts of the day will really make me slow down and take the time to realize that the memories are being made every single moment of every single day. 

The Aquarium

Saturday we took the girls to the Aquarium.  It was their first time - and we have annual passes so we can now go whenever we want.  We encourage all of our SSI friends to come on up and go with us!  It was really fun - although, Libby would have been just as happy sitting at home talking about the aquarium, I just don't think she really "got" it, yet, and we do think it was overload for M's little mind.  Ha, but we did have a great time. I was so excited to go!  Super Why and Curious George were both there, so Libby LOVED having her pic taken with the characters.  She wasn't scared a bit which did surprise me a little bit!  She held their hands and shook Princess Presto's hand and said "Nice to meet you" - no joke!

Libby's new thing is to lay on the ground whenever she's done with something. For example, I was holding her hand and she just got tired so she stopped and laid down on the ground.  Didn't kick or cry, just stopped and laid down.  It is so funny. Once she did that a few times, we figured it was time to leave.  We stayed for about three hours she fell asleep in Matt's arms on the way to the car. 

Can't wait to go for our second visit.

Highlights - Libby loved the sting rays. She was not scared for one second and put her hands in the water with Matt, adorable!
Margaret falls asleep immediately upon getting in the Baby Bjorn.  It's instant.

The Girls

Libby being Libby on her bed one afternoon, this really captures her sweet playful personality.

 Love this picture, it's blown up in her room in a huge 18x23 frame.  LOVE IT.

Our family when Margaret was three weeks old.

Daddy + his girls.

Putting her brush back on her dresser

There she is!  All ready to go!

Showing off her barrettes

Getting ready for the party, not wanting me to brush her hair

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! 

Sisters hugging after a party we went to for Matt's work.  They had matching fancy pants on under their dresses!

Laughing so loud, love her belly laughs!  She gets so tickled when she makes noises so we all end up laughing more!

Hey Mommy

A little slobber never hurt anyone, we think she's teething.

This is how Margaret watches Libby - very curious and also a little perplexed

Laughing at mommy

Sticking out that tongue, always!

As always, click the image to enlarge.