Another Tooth for the Tooth Fairy!

Janea had a loose tooth and wanted it to come out so I thought I'd help her with it....

JUST JOKING PEOPLE!!!!

She was actually making fun of my "rooster look" when I clipped my bangs up so I threatened to show her "The Wrath of Mommy"!

#5 came out with a little bit of help from Daddy...it's the one on the bottom.

Jen's comments and thoughts about another space in the mouth....
If you don't know it already, Janea is a very vain little girl. She loves to dress in what she considers awesome clothes, loves the compliments she receives, in fact she wrote a story about her "Fabulous clothes" last year. Even though we know losing a tooth is a normal process in every kids life I don't know how she'll deal with it; especially when we get our family pictures done in a few weeks! I think she'll be very self conscious when she sees them.

Hopefully the top one will break the skin soon so that she won't have a snaggle mouth for too long...at least it'll fit in with the Halloween theme this year LMAO!!! She's going to be a witch - perfect!

Festival in the Park!

This past weekend we stumbled upon a local event that is practically in our own backyard! Unbeknownst to us, this has been an annual event since 1964! I read about it in the paper and because it highlighted art I decided we would venture out for some fun! You can read more about it here: http://www.festivalinthepark.org/
We got there when it opened at 10am and the day was just perfect. It started out as a breezy, cool, clear morning but it warmed up nicely. It was just great to be out in less than 80 degree/non-humid weather and we were happy with that alone.
Then, I stumbled upon the ultimate treasure!!! I found an artist that did Japanese art and I am trying to commission him to do a few pieces for us. I've been trying to find the "perfect" art for our bedroom and I think this could be it - simple and completely perfect! I could have went home satisfied right then and there but I'm glad we stayed!
We had a blast stuffing our faces with chicken on a stick, funnel cake, fresh lemonade, the best kettle corn ever and greasy french fried chips! The girls rode rides and enjoyed the sites. By 2pm the park was so crowed and everyone was exhausted. We had so much fun that we plan to go every year!

Below are some pictures....

Bubbles!

Face painting!

More face painting!

Look, Jada is a Princess!

Roller coaster YAY!

Big, huge Slide!

This is GREAT!

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!

Look at Jada go!

Janea is struggling...Jada took off!

Jada is the WINNER!

YES! We love this ride!

We still love this ride....we think...

It's NOT fun anymore! STOP THE RIDE!

Jen & Jada switched places. Jen had so much fun!

Jen survived the Flying Dragon!

My poor exhausted girls!

Ooops! We forgot sunscreen and got sunburned! Poor Jula!

Can I just spend my life with you

I never knew such a day could come
And I never knew such a love could be inside of one
And I never knew what my life was for but now that you're here I know for sure
I never knew till I looked in your eyes
I was incomplete till the day you walked into my life
And I never knew that my heart could feel so precious and pure, one love so real

Can I just see you every morning when I open my eyes
Can I just feel your heart beating beside me every night
Can we just feel this way together till the end of all time
Can I just spend my life with you

Now baby the days and the weeks and the years will roll by
But nothing will change the love inside of you and I
And baby I'll never find any words that could explain
Just how much my heart, my life, my soul you've changed

Can you run to these open arms when no one else understands
Can we tell God and the whole world I'm your woman, and you're my man
Can't you just feel how much I love you with one touch of my hand
Can I just spend my life with you

Can I just see you every morning when I open my eyes
Can I just feel your heart beating beside me every night
Can we just feel this way together till the end of all time
Can I just spend my life with you

This was our wedding song and I wanted to post the lyrics because it is exactly my feelings for Julian. He is one amazing man and I am just so lucky to have him in my life! Thank you baby for 9 wonderful years. Today, I celebrate you because without you there would be no me. You complete me.

Our little Picasso!

Jula never ceases to amaze us. With 2 older sisters she hasn't really been into the typical baby toys; she plays with everything they have instead.

Lately she's been fixated on the Magna Doodle. The other morning she brought it into the kitchen, put it on the floor, layed down beside it and started drawing. I was stunned! Of course I had to take pictures because she was just so stinkin' cute!

I scream. You scream.

We ALL scream for ICE CREAM!

These days NO one is allowed to eat ice cream unless Jula can have some too so we put a little into a cone and let her have at it. Words cannot do it justice so I'll let the pictures tell the story!

STOP taking pictures Daddy!

I cleaned it up Mommy!

Even 6yr olds get messy faces when eating Ice Cream!

Jada likes to have it in a bowl instead of cone.
She does NOT know what she's missing!

Movie Night!

We decided to have a family movie night this past Saturday but all the girls couldn't stay awake for it: Jada has been fighting a cold and was exhausted, Jula wouldn't last 5 minutes, so Janea had Mom & Dad all to herself!!! I popped some popcorn on the stove (mom's speciality) and we watched Nim's Island. It was cute and definitely kid friendly.

Julian tested out the timer on the camera and got a picture of us all with our hands in the popcorn!! LOL!

Bows!

Jula was excited when we got a small package yesterday. I opened it and she saw her new bows and couldn't wait to wear them!!! I do have to say that they look just darling on her. I ordered a pink one (of course) and a few from the Halloween collection that I can't wait to put in her hair. Fall - hurry up and get to NC!!!

I also have to plug the lady behind the bows! Here's her blog and you can check out the Bow Slide show! http://2girlsandlotsofbows.blogspot.com/ She's just starting out but is doing a FABULOUS job. I love accessories for my girls!!! (Amber, get to making some head wraps girl!)

She was happier when Mommy agreed to take a picture with her!

Shoes SHOES shoes!

Jula takes after Mommy with her LOVE of shoes! She loves to steal everyone's shoes and wears them all around the house.
So I found these cute little flip flops that she can wear around the house. She LOVES them and won't stop wearing them. She's getting better at keeping them on her feet and is just so proud of herself!

Here's a pic of her wearing Mommy's heels (at least someone gets to wear them these days!)!

And then there was 1...

Jada had her 1st day of PreK last week and tomorrow starts her 1st official day of school! Here's a pic of her in front of her very own cubby! She's so excited to be in school!

Guess who's excited to be the ONLY ONE left at home?! Jula won't know what to do with herself! Here's a few pictures of her being silly! So happy to have ALL of the attention!

STEP by STEP

I still can't believe NKOTB is back! I rushed out a few weeks ago to get their greatest hits CD and I put my family through the torture of reliving my teenage years! HAHAHA! I loved hearing those songs again and it brought back so many memories (too bad I couldn't play it over and over and over again like I used to; it was pretty painful but I loved it!!!!!!).

Today they released their new album and I'm so excited! I bought the deluxe edition for the 4 extra songs and I am loading it to my ipod now! WHOOT!

So...who was your favorite?

NKOTB FOREVER!