Aglet

Cara asks, "Do you guys know what the tip of a shoelace is called?"

Christina and I look at eachother, smiling. We both are a little confused.

"The tip," Christina responds.

"No, an aglet," Cara answers.

"A what?" Christina and I ask in unison.

"The tip of a shoelace is called an aglet," Cara explains matter of factly.

And my child is officially ready for Jeopardy.

Menchies

Thank you for providing endless summer smiles!

conversations at the pool...

"Mom?" asks Cara.

"Yes" I reply.

"When I get bigger. And I get married. And I have a house. I'm gonna have big boobies like you."

Ok.

so long overdue, i'm embarrased.

Cara's Recital

dancing queen

My Aunt Julie always helps to motivate me in making updates. I know I have been reallllly bad about it as of late. My summer goal is to update a couple of times a month. To recap on some big events, I recently traveled to Denver in May to visit this little guy...

Christina and I flew out to visit the Sherer's in the mile high city. It was an awesome little vacay. I am so incredibly happy for the life they have built out there. Val gets to be a stay at home mom, which I know first hand has so many rewards. Cali has adapted nicely, made new friends, and appears to enjoy her new town. Mike is doing well with work and loving the new addition to their family. And Lucas doesn't say much, but he seemed really content with life. Great visit!

Cara just recently had her first ballet recital. It was such a proud momma moment for me. Of course I felt she was the best in her row. I remember growing up, my Mom would always say "you were the best in your row". Mind you, it was choral concerts of unison voices and I most likely couldn't even be heard nor was I probably even in key. BUT, being a mom myself now, I understand what my mom meant. Cara was the best to ME!

Summer is rolling into GA. We probably started having the summer weather in late April. Our pool has opened which has provided so much use to my little water babies. And as an added bonus, they sleep so well afterwards. We've already had a lake day this season, which was a blast. Sam has finally mustered up the courage to get on the jet ski (without crying) and she loved it. I took her for some spins, just me and her, and she had a smile the whole time. I look forward to a summer filled with making new memories.

This is my moo moo wearing her "guy shirt". She named it that herself.

My girls loving life!

This final picture I snapped, I just absolutely love. It reminds me of how incredibly blessed I am! I feel like I can see God shining through here and I am so grateful for all of His blessings!

the lost photos

Most of the time, when I stumble upon a good kodak moment, I am armed only with my phone and the pretty pathetic camera that comes with it. But I take the shots anyways so that I can quickly message them out and let people get a glimpse into my life with two toddlers. Since I'm a terrible blog updater I thought I'd go through my last few months of mobile pictures and fill in some of the blanks of how we spend our time.

First few photos are a throwback to Christmas '11. At this point I had discovered Pinterest (one of the best things to ever happen to me) and wanted to share two things I made.





The next thing I want to share is something that made me laugh. Both of my two children have reached a stage of independence. Cara sooner than Sam, but now they are both full blown children that want to be adults. They talk on pretend cell phones, they pretend cooking in a kitchen, they even have a BMW convertible they take for a spin in the neighborhood. Sam has just started to really show interest in wanting to dress herself. Cara's been doing this for a while and most the time it results in crazy mismatched colors and some kind of twirling skirt. Upon reviewing my mobile pictures I found two separate occasions where I took a picture of Sam and Cara after they had picked out their outfit for the day. Of course, I snapped these because they induced a nice little chuckle but who would have known how similar two siblings could be. Check it out!



Lol, they literally both went for the same random color scheme! I love it! My fashion forward divas!


Here's a little segment I like to call interests:









I wanna touch on the bowling day. I snapped a picture of our scores, and since you can't really make out the names I'll address the scores in order for you:



Chris would be the first bowler with the 91, I was below him with the 105, Cara the 74 and Sam the 85. What I'd like to remember was a) i beat Chris and b) Sam was only points from beating Chris.

This is a random picture from something I came across on VDay this year:



And finally, these are my two wonderful, charismatic, hilarious, creative, goofball children. Enjoy!