How We Spent Memorial Day

She calls these her strawberry shoes!

Cambrey talking to the geese

Breakfast at IHOP

Manuel attacking

Homemade cookie dough fudge swirl ice cream

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I love rain storms! The smell, the sound, the feel of the rain and wind, the sight of the intense clouds and beautiful RAINBOW!

We love rainbows! When Paisley turned three she had a rainbow birthday party. So, I have a playlist full of songs about rainbows and I love to play it on days like this.

The girls were so excited that they were dancing on the porch. It reminded me of a time about 1985 when my older sister and I put on our white church shoes, swim suits, white gloves and took our umbrellas out in the driveway and danced in the rain.

Rainstorms are invigorating, romantic and sometimes they seem magical. When I was a teenager, I would open up the kitchen window, pop the screen out and then crank up the volume on my cassette player to my tape playlist of Roxette "It Must Have Been Love" The Eurythmics "Here Comes the Rain" and Belinda Carlisle "Circle in the Sand" and "Summer Rain". Yep, those were my rain songs.

I have so many memories about rainstorms, they could fill a book!

DAILY QUESTION: 

What is your favorite rain memory?

First Hair Cut - Chop Chop

Lil' Cam Cam had her very first haircut. Can you believe it? After two and a half years I finally snipped the locks!

You see, she still has her fine baby hair that doesn't grow at all. So I was afraid to cut anything off, because there's nothing there to cut. I finally realized her wispy uneven mullet hair needed to be evened out so it could come in thicker. 

Her older sister tries to model her hair after Rapunzel so I told Cambrey she now had Tinkerbell hair! That made her happy because she loves Tinkerbell. Poor girl may never get long hair, but she looks so darn cute with her new haircut. It fits her personality.

Now of course, we couldn't just end with the haircut. We had to follow up with makeup and pedicures!

DAILY QUESTION:

Do you have a little one with baby fine hair? What are your tips and trick for helping it grow? 

Gabe Turns Seven

My oldest is growing up. This morning at 8:00 am he turned seven. I can't believe how fast the time goes by.

We got up early to set up all of his presents and to make him a pancake breakfast! He was so happy, I think he's going to have a great day today!

Tonight we are taking him to dinner at Chic-fil-A and then we'll be off to do service in the ward garden for family home evening.

Gabe is such a sweet boy and I love him so, so, much! Here are some fun facts about him:

• Favorite number is 7 (mine too)
• Favorite color is yellow
• Hates action figures, super heros and cars (not a typical boy)
• Wants to take golf lessons really bad
• Plays soccer (is the goal keeper)
• Loves to write poems, songs and stories
• Makes books
• Takes piano lessons
• Loves to learn perform magic tricks
• Loves to watch Scooby Doo as well as Tom and Jerry
• Went on the white roller coaster at Lagoon the first time last week
• Likes sushi (we trained our kids well)
• Loves to make up dances and perform them to music
• Loves to go to church and wear suits and ties
• Still loves Winnie the Pooh but doesn't want any of his friends to know
• Just learned how to tie his shoes last night
• Favorite songs is Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

New clothes we gave him for his birthday

Hat from Oma

The Perfect Day

Friday was a perfect day! Not to mention it was overcast with a rain storm on the way (I love rain storms).

I took the girls to the D.I to look for a Scooby Doo Mystery Machine for a cake topper for my son's birthday cake- I happened to spot one at first glance in the toy section and it was the only one! It was only fifty cents. Yay!

So, then I let the girls each pick two toys. The small ones are 3 for a dollar. Cambrey picked a purse and a princess backpack and Paisley picked a Care Bear car with the Care Bear inside and a purple pony. They were so excited and it was actually fun to see their eyes light up as they scanned the shelves for things I could easily afford. 

 Later that day we went to the Cherry Berry in Layton. My friend's husband wrote this really cute children's book. We went to the book signing on Friday and the kids got free frozen yogurt with the purchase of our book.

It's such a cute book and perfect for father's day gift! I'm so glad I went and got one - my kids love it!

Here's the facebook link

So, after the book signing my son and husband went to the father and son's cam out. Gabe packed this cute little book which is perfect because they talk about camping in it. Unfortunately a big rain storm came and rained them out - they ended up coming home.

When they got home they were soggy and smelled like a camp fire. They put their sleeping bags in the basement and had a little camp out down there. It was cute.

Ann and husband/author Kurt Browning

Meanwhile my daughters and I went to a lovely wedding reception at a new reception center east of where I live. I didn't have to make dinner which was nice and they had a candy buffet that the girls went crazy over



. They thought we were in a real castle and they were on the hunt for princesses. It was so funny.


DAILY QUESTION:

What would a perfect day be like for you? When was the last time you had one?

This is What Happens When You Eat Nutella

I had to be very specific in the title of this post because she's standing next to a toilet and I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about what is all over her face.

My youngest loves to lick the toppings off of her toast and then leave the toast behind. She does this with sandwiches too. Picks them apart, eating one ingredient at a time and then leaving the bread behind. I think it must be a personality thing. During this moment it was peanut butter and Nutella. 

Let me just say, I almost didn't want to wash it off of her nose because she looked so stinkin' adorable. This little moment made my day :)


DAILY QUESTION: 

 Do you have kids that pick apart their sandwiches? What does that mean?