Process of making a little girl into a Princess!!

Em was invited to a party at the "Fairy Godmother" store. There they let them dress up and they get their hair, make up, and nails done. Then all the girls line up and do a fashion show on the stage. It is a little girls dream. Em was excited to get all the services done on her. Here are some pictures of the process.

Princess Em before beauty treatments. Isn't she just beautiful!

Em's turn in the chair. They comb their hair with gel.

Braiding

This is a tub full of glitter they sprinkle in their hair.

let the sprinkling begin!


Finished product.

On to make up

And nails

All beautiful!

Princess Em really liked the umbrella.


Princess C (birthday girl) and Princess Em.

Children's Museum

A group of mom's decided to take a trip to one of the children up the road about 1.5 hours away. We left in the morning, had lunch there and stayed till about 3:30pm. The kids had a BLAST!! There were about 17 rooms in the children museum part and they also had a local museum attached to it. The girls had soooo much fun!! We are trying to figure out when we can go back now that school has started.

Beware there are a ton of pictures below:

Kids ready to get in the car.

Our group, it's amazing what 4 ladies can produce!

Em as an Indian.

Pull El, Pull!

Baby B on the wagon

Em posing in front of the covered wagon. She loves Little House on the Prairie, so this was right up her alley.

Kids typing

Baby B sitting in a chair he climbed in.

El taking a rest, she was getting tired.

El and Lu Lu playing the drums.

Em in front of a long horn cow, her favorite.

Mona El.

Mona Em.

Tea Party time.

Tea Party room.

Indian room.

1 little, 2 little, 3 little, Indians!

Kids on the wagon with cousin A.

Cousin A the driver and Em and El are Laura and Mary Ingalls.

Baby B playing in the little town.

Em planting her veggies in her garden.

Em taking a rest in her "house".

Grocery Shopping

Kroger had a Saturday where they doubled coupons up to $1. So I sat down with my coupons and a list from the computer and got my stuff together. I had to wait till later in the day to go since I had sleepover with some girls from my Sunday School class at my home. The kids and Daddy B slept at Daddy B's parents that evening. When they came home that Saturday we headed to the store. The girls were doing really well and I was wondering why they were so quiet. Not getting out of the car, not touching anything on the isles at eye level. I credited it to my super parenting ablilty! HA! Until I walked away from the basket to get some yogurt, when I returned this is what I found..........

This is the best way to get some shopping done. There was no complaining and I got what I went for. So much for the super parenting!

Cousin Camp

Every year my in-laws take all the cousins for a week. This year they took them in July and they had 8 kids and 5 werre under 6 yrs old. They had a blast and enjoyed swimming in the pool, playing at the splash pad, and going to the Blue Bell Creamery. The creamery has become a tradition. We also eat at the airport, which is really neat and decorated as a 50's diner. My kids really enjoy spending time with their cousins, the ones they see everyday and the ones they see only on special occasions.

Here are some pictures from Cousin Camp.

Princess El in her towel.

Em playing at the pool.

Em at the splash pad.

El with her Blue Bell hat on.

The Gang

All the cousins who live in town. It was so hot that the kids were ready to get off.
Favorite part of the tour, FREE ICE CREAM!!
El, Baby B and Em.

Baby B sitting in a chair, he was so proud on himself.

Baby B

Where have I been?

You may be asking that question. I have been addicted to facebook and haven't taken the time to post. Wow, I have a lot of catching up to do, so here it goes.

We took the girls to the rodeo for their bithdays. Always a hit with them, they just love the horses. We got there early and they got to ride the pony and pet some animals. There was even a kangaroo in the mix. I was suprised to see it, it even jumped over a little boy to get out of the way of the kids. It's fur was so soft and neat to touch. The highlight of the night for the girls was barrel racing, by far their favorite thing to watch.

Here are some pictures of the night.

The girls looking over the stall to see the horse.

Waiting to ride the ponies.

Petting the Kangaroo.

Em riding.

El riding.