Crazy, red haired, hello kitty lovin girls

They kinda have crazy hair every morning, unless Chris baths them the night before which they'll wake up with it all nice an neat. He takes the time to comb their hair. This particular morning though they wanted to show me what "big girls" they are and undress. They know how to get each button undone. Trista last week took her entire outfit, went up stairs and put everything on herself. I was so surprised and proud of her. They are both sleeping thru the night without diapers!!! We have our accidents but hey DONT WE ALL!;) Trista has been without a night time diaper for a long time, over a year but Sadie was just being a little lazy and took her longer. They also, as you will see in the picture, they love taking pictures. Trista took the one of Sadie and I together. Not bad. I told her to make sure she could see our faces in the square. They are so fun to watch grow, change, discover new things, say new things, REMEMBER new things. At this age you literally have to tell them one time and they will remember it. Bahahahah! I just laughed reading that last sentence. Unless of course you are asking them to finishing eating, pick up their toys, get in the car, put your shoes on and so on and so on!!:) We sure do love our crazy haired little monkeys.

We are big, we're bold & we're bossy. We are 3yrs and 4 months

TRISTA
SADIE

SADIE
I was showing a house to a friend the other day in the pouring rain. After getting back in the car i said this to the girls.
ME: "Girls, its raining cats and dogs"
Trista:after thinking for a few seconds looks out the window and says "I dont see any cats and dogs
oh and we are officially DONE WITH DIAPERS!!!!!!YAY!!

Silly Rabbit

I'm sucha bad mom. I didn't get a Easter basket for the girls. I had good intentions of doing it and then thought....if I wait till Sunday night then they'll be half price....or by waiting till half price there wont be any kinds of baskets. I did get them a few little goodies. I know I cant get away with it next year.
Thanks Mimi and papa Tom for their little Easter goodie packages. YOU SAVED THE DAY!!!
They loved all it.
The Easter egg hunt was quite a disappointment. Not for them but for me. Note to self...don't egg hunt with 6 and 7 year old. THEY TOOK ALL THE EGGS. Poor Sadie and Trista only got 5 eggs each while the other kids got 20. I guess part of it was their fault too. They just stood there watching all the kids while they ran like crazy. That's what the girls were fascinated with.
It was nice. Our friend/client of mine hosted it and it was nice to meet new faces.

Here are a few photos' Chris captured while at the egg hunt.

Fall....Winter....SUMMER! Its small but I aint no green thumb either

I think we completely skipped spring. Its blazin hot outside already. This past weekend was a labor of love. The girls took several trips with me, three to be exact, to the nursery to get top soil and some stuff called HOLY COW...its full of castings and rich fertilizer- for our first, on my own, garden. I am so proud of my back breaking, 2 days of shoveling dirt garden! Chris and Glen built the above ground part out of landscape logs (i call em Lincoln logs:) Thank you, hun!
I planted squash,zucchini,onions, peppers, cucumbers, red leaf lettuce, tomatoes(2 kinds), strawberries, basil and cilantro. And I bought broccoli but the instructions say to keep in 50- 70' temp...SERIOUSLY?! So, not sure what I'm gonna do about about that other than set it over my AC vent....IN THE HOUSE! So I got a little carried away and didn't read the label on that one.
I'm excited though. I did cheat! I just bought them already started. The lady at the nursery said I missed the month to grow them from seeds (January evidently)

It may be a small garden but then again I am no green thumb so I am starting out small.
The girls are loving being outside although I am not too thrilled cause I'm pouring sweat by 10am. They were covered from head to toe the other day with dirt and right before I left for Lacrosse they were playing in the bomb fire ash...Chris was thrilled about that when he came home:)
They have bruises, cuts and scrapes, black feet and dirt from behind their ears to under their nails. I love how they love to get dirty. They are really enjoying their play house (thanks Juju) and picnic table--we eat lunch out there almost everyday...they remind me. And in June we head to the water park in Indiana..we are excited!
I'll let you know how the garden goes, three days in and I've managed to kill the lettuce. We might just starve this summer!

E. Lucile Carlson May 15, 1931 - March 19, 2012

We all knew her as Nana. Chris describes her as a babushka, better known as a Russian grandmother, although I don't think he she has any Russian in her.
I've known Nana for 18 years. When I started dating Chris my junior year in high school that is when I met Nana.
When I think of Nana I think of...
A guttural laugh, head thrown back with a loud holler
Every hair in place and amazingly how it looked exactly the same for the 18 years I knew her
Advice
Natural remedies
Strong hands
Mary Kay
A good listener
A talker
but most of all what I respect about Nana is that she was REAL. What you saw is what you got. She told you exactly like it was. I like that in a person. She didn't sugar coat anything.
We went over Saturday for the service and as soon as we go there the girls asked where Nana was. Nana seemed to know just what to get the girls. One christmas she got them rocking horses, this last year she got them colorful dolls and big book reading pillows! I wish she could have been around longer for the girls to know her.
You will be missed, Nana.