Simple Pleasures

Anna Cate's favorite past time right now is pretending to be Cinderella while she cleans the floor. I kid you not, the child is perfectly happy with some paper towels and a spray bottle. This keeps her busy for as long as 45 minutes and Caroline is just as content to sit and watch Anna Cate, which gives me a chance to get supper on the table!

And please note the green ribbon she has tied around her waist. This is the "sash" that she insists on wearing while she cleans...just like Cinderella. ;)

Busy Bees

We have been busy little bees the past several weeks! It seems we've had an outing or a play date almost everyday recently.

Zoo Trip with Reece and Mason

Sharing a snack with Mason at the zoo. (I think this was the first of four snack breaks we took during the hour and a half that we were there.) ;)

Anna Cate, Reece, and Mason examining a salamander. And no, this was not a zoo exhibit, just a random salamander they found during our second snack break.

Picnic in the Park with Benson

These two were precious together. Benson introduced Anna Cate to the waterfall that is at the park and it is all she has talked about since. She keeps asking her daddy if he will take her to the "waterplall at the park."

Looking for rocks to throw in the creek.

Benson also shared one of his toy cars with Anna Cate and taught her how to race them down the slide. She had a blast being introduced to all of these boyish past times. Maybe one day Benson can come to our house and Anna Cate can show him how to bake some cookies in her little oven. ;)

Sweet Caroline

It is pure bliss when daddy comes home from work. The house immediately becomes filled with the sounds of squeals, giggles, and the sound of little feet (first running to the door to greet him, and then almost immediately running away before he can get her. )

Go tigers!

This was seriously the best picture from about 15 that I took last Thursday morning as we were rushing out of the door to story time at the library. The girls were wearing their matching Clemson dresses (thank you Miep!) because the Tigers had a game that night. :)

The Story of "Jomah" According to Anna Cate

Please just ignore me repeating everything she is saying. I did that to try and interperet because otherwise, you might not understand a word she is saying! :)

Sweet as Sugar

I'm afraid Will is going to come home one day to find

I've eaten her all up!

Here are some pics of the girls from this week for those who have been requesting more photos!

We usually have a dance party in the evenings after supper. Anna Cate loves to pull something out of her dress up box to wear while dancing and this particular night she also brought Caroline a tutu to wear so she could also join in the fun!

A Little R&R at the IOP

Will and I took the girls to the beach last weekend for our first official vacation with just the four of us. Will headed back to work on Sunday and I had planned to come back with him, but we were having so much fun that we decided to stay through the week.

Some of the Bunco girls came down with all of their kiddos on Monday. With 6 adults and 8 children (ages 8 weeks to 3 years), we had a house full! It was so much fun for Anna Cate to have some playmates on the beach and I really enjoyed some fun girl time!

Caroline with her buddy Sarah Kate chillin out by the pool.

Anna Cate is getting braver in the water. She started sticking her head in the water and jumping off of the side of the pool to us this week.

Anna Cate doesn't like the waves in the ocean, but their is a tidal pool on the beach that she loves playing in. The pool had tons of star fish and although she was a little timid of them at first, she finally found the courage to pick one up.

Then Will surprised us by coming back down on Thursday evening for another weekend at the beach.

Another attempt to get a decent family picture. It was too windy and Anna Cate wouldn't sit still long enough to get a good picture.

For those of you who have heard us call Caroline "Fluffy" (or as Anna Cate says, "Pluffy") this is a fantastic example of why. Any time we take her outside, the wind blow her hair straight up on her head and it stays that way until we wash it. Poor little thing!