Naomi's first haircut

Naomi's first haircut was not planned. In fact it was just getting nice and long and we were really enjoying how pretty she looked with it. BUT she had other plans. Apparently the story goes that she was watching Rosen cut out some shapes out of paper and then take a little snip off the end of a piece of her hair. Well, needless to say Naomi tried to imitate her except she took about 6-8 INCHES off of a LARGE chunk of her hair. (I still don't know where she got the scissors from)
There was only one thing to do. . . . finish the job. I very calmly explained to her that because she had cut so much of her hair off the only way to fix it would be to make the rest match. She very seriously consented while her sister Rosen started running around the house WAILING over the fact that Naomi would have to get a haircut and lose her "princess hair" and that it was all her fault for first cutting her (Rosen's) hair. Now I was impressed with the level of care Rosen was displaying for her sister's well-being and for taking responsibility for the part she played but this was really over the top. I spent more time consoling ROSEN over the fact that Naomi would have to get a haircut than I did Naomi. In fact, Naomi even seemed to be a little excited about the prospect. After all was said and done, I think she looks pretty darn cute in this new shorter style. We may even have to keep it! :)

Pizza Hut Field Trip

Rosen's preschool had a field trip to Pizza Hut today. 

They opened the store early just for us! 

We were each given a pizza crust in a pan and allowed

 to pick from an assortment of toppings to make our own pizza masterpieces. 

(From left to right): Naomi's, Mom's, Rosen's

 A good time (and lunch!) was had by all.

P.S. - Thank you uncle Justin for watching our little guy while we feasted on pizza!

Valentine Cards

My grandmother (my mom's mom) whom we affectionately call Granny is so good about sending the kids St. Valentine's Day cards. Here you can see them with their cards 

(Liam was not cooperating so Rosen is holding his as well). 

Thank you so much Granny! They loved them!

Princess Time!

 Our old neighbors have a daughter named Charli that is right in between the ages of our girls and so they've formed a fast friendship together over the last couple years.

 (We've been having play-dates since they were babies)

For her 4th birthday Charli had a "princess party".

 As you can see, all the girls are dressed accordingly. 

Our girls had a ball (no pun intended) at the birthday party.

Rosen with the birthday girl.

Family History

This is a old postcard of my great-grandparents on their wedding day. 

Their names are Jesse & Mary Elizabeth Sulgrove. 

They are my dad's mom's parents. 

I just saw it for the first time recently and I just love looking at it. I wonder what their life was like and if I get any of my personality quirks from them. 

I know that they went on to have 8 children. First my grandmother and then 7 boys! My grandmother practically helped raise them (being the only girl and the oldest) and since she had 7 kids herself says that she's raised 14 kids in her life. (2 girls and 12 boys!) She is now 91. 

I actually have a recipe of his (Jesse) that my grandma gave me at my bridal shower. It is for a breakfast hash that he liked to make on the weekends. I think my grandma must have been Daddy's girl because she has such fond memories of him. She also told me that her mother (Mary Elizabeth - which happens to also me my mom's name - how ironic) liked to read and my grandmother thought that it was terrible that a woman would sit down to read before her chores were done. :) Been there! (reading that is) 

How fun to learn about our ancestors. I hope to remember as many details about those that have gone before us as possible so we can keep their memories alive and tell the future generations about where they've come from. :)

Cookies with Aunt Ashley

And the winner.... for the best Aunt in the entire world goes to. . . . . Aunt Ashley! (applause)

This Christmas Aunt Ashy brought over bags of cookie mixes, cutters, frostings and sprinkles galore to have a christmas cookie blitz!

 Here you can see the gingerbread cookies

 Adorable cookie makers

 The three most beautiful, creative, amazing girls in my life.

 Stiring things up

 Cookie Decor 101

 Wow! What a spread! They look beautiful girls! And delicious too!

Thank you Aunt Ashley!

Building the Braid Castle - Windows Part 2

 Here is what the two windows Nathan boarded up looked like this last week. Beautiful, I know. :) 

My He-Man of a husband enjoys demo-work. 

(He works as a ninja part-time on the weekends)

"Hi - YAA!"

"What's up now?"

Installing the window in Liam's room

From the exterior (without trim)

One of the windows in the Master

THE Master. :) Looks great Sweetie!
. . . Oh yeah, and the windows look good too. ;)