comfy cozy

Cousins

This is how they watch movies. Love it.

Splish Splash

It was a rough weekend..

Just ask Carleigh

(Don't worry Mom, we rinsed it first..)

Johnny Appleseed Day

Today was Johnny Appleseed Day at Autumn's school. I was given the job of photographer. FUN! Here is a pic of the class this morning before they got started on all of the apple activities.

Her Favorite Outdoor Activity



She loves to push her babies around in the stroller.

Don't mind her mismatched clothes.



Cheer!

ITS TIME FOR TIGER JAM

LETS PUMP IT UP

CLAP YOUR HANDS AND

CHEER FOR US

GOOOO TIGERS


LETS GO TIGERS!

Autumn started cheer today. She loved it, and kept up pretty well. We are excited to see how she does next week!

Is it tomorrow yet?

I keep getting behind on this thing. I should wait until Carleigh is a little older to commit, it sure is hard to edit and load the pictures these days. But, here we are. Back to the butterfly pictures. Grammy and Papa got Autumn a Butterfly Garden. It was an amazing thing to experience. A net enclosure, and two cans of "callerpittars" came to the house in a box. We pulled them out and there were five teeny tiny little ones in each can. First, you just watch them grow and grow, then they make their way to the top of the cans and cocoon themselves in. Once they are Chrysalids, you move them into the net enclosure and wait.. We waited, and waited. It took forever, but one by one they all hatched in a day! Autumn was beyond excited. She sat by the enclosure and watched, and waited, and waited. She never saw one actually "hatch", but we did feed them with paper towels soaked in sugar water. After 3 days we had to let them go, as we were headed to Big Bear for a four day weekend. Watch the wonderous moment unfold:

I don't think the butterflies land on just anyone. I think they were making up for our trip to the Wild Animal Park's butterfly exhibit, when not one landed on her because she was "Really yucky". Poor thing had a complex. Not anymore.

Thanks Grammy and Papa.

Painted Lady

Best. Gift. Ever.

More pics and the story tomorrow.

This Little Piggy...

This pig's death was not a suicide. Carleigh.......

Apple-icious

Summer is finally here. And, whats more refreshing than an apple on a hot summer day?

I have a new favorite place for pictures.

Balboa Park is awesome!

I met Tony and Kelly there this Saturday and we had fun just wandering around finding fun places.

I think they will be happy with the results.

Pasta Head

She really gets into her food, really..

We have a schoolager now!

This is where my big girl will spend her mornings this year

We made our way there, she was so excited

There was quite the "herd" heading into school

We had to get a picture with the school sign

She left our sides and headed over to line up without even being asked, when did she get so big?

Here she is with her teacher, Mrs. Lumsden

And, one last peek before they started talking to the whole group about the line up procedures

Bye bye Autumn! Have a good time at school!!

Mommy will miss you

She had a great time, even earned a "Respect Check", if she gets 10 total she earns a prize. She said the very best part was painting, and eating lunch (snack) with her friends.

My Favorite Weather

We sat and enjoyed an afternoon thunderstorm and lightning show the other day. I loved every second of it.

Thinking of her Sunshine

Autumn loves to cut. I gave her some index cards, and it was no surprise that she immediately began cutting them. She brought me this one, with the edges cut, and I asked her if it was a windmill, she said "No Mom" (DUH) "Its a sunflower for Grammy". I thought that was super sweet. She asked for another piece of paper to glue it onto and this is what she came up with.

I drew the line out and told her how to spell Grammy, even helped her with the 'G' but the rest was all her idea and work. Hope you like it Grammy.

Sleeping In

Life at five, don't you miss it?

Swingin'

My new favorite picture of Carleigh J.

All Grown Up

Or so you'd think in this picture.

Shawnie rented a big ol' lens and did some shots of Auty. I love this one. She looks so pretty, just a little too old. We can wait for the teen years, although I have a feeling they will be upon us in no time. Eek!

Just because...

Too cute not too post.

There's never a perfect time for a family portrait.

Well.. Shawn and I both want to lose weight, Carleigh was almost walking, Autumn was tired, and we were ALL grumpy. But, we decided to just sit and pose so Stacey could try out a spot, and look what we got!

There's never going to be a perfect time to take a family portrait, but you never know how much time there is left, so take all the pictures you can and seal those memories. We will never forget, or regret taking so many photos when our girls are older.

Special thanks to our photographer, Stacey. Smooch.

My American Girls

We had an amazing 4th of July with our family in Simi. Grammy pulled together another awesome picnic day at the park, full of fun for the kids and relaxation for the bigger kids.

Thanks Momma!

Family Portrait

We stole this idea from Stacey, over at Posin' Roses. It was too cute not to do ourselves.

Its our family self portrait.

Swimmin'

She will learn to swim this summer.

Look at those rolls...

I love that naked toosh, and those little baby rollies.

Gonna Be A Princess

At least, thats what Sissy keeps telling me.

Big Kid

Yesterday, Autumn got her first invitation to "Come out and play" with the neighborhood kids. She had so much fun. She ran out there, grabbed her helmet and bike and joined right in.

I thought it was super cute when they all formed a little circle and followed each other around. Autumn was the leader for a little while. She kept stopping and saying "Red Light", thats when her leadership privileges were revoked.

Oh, and she has a new trick she likes to show off.

She learned how to stand up while riding. Thanks Sydney. :)

Rockin' Out

Its like a sneak peek into the teen years.

Comfy

Berry Sweet

My sweet little berry is 11 months old today!

Face Paint is Fun

Until you get all sweaty and eat an ice cream...

Ewe.