Cute new dresses

The girls have been anxiously awaiting the dresses Aunt Mercy had promised them and they finally came today! They are beautiful knit dresses - Aunt Mercy has way more patience than I do. They wanted to show her the pictures right away, so I'll be replacing them later when they are dressed up for church so check back. Thanks!! (I got a new picture of Katie, but Lizzy looked better here since she was busy throwing a fit Sunday)

A very green day

On St. Patrick's day, I made some green cupcakes and then we headed to the park to make it green by picking up trash. Normally, a fairly easy undertaking, but adding in 30 mph wind made it kind of tricky. But we had lots of fun with friends, picked up a little trash, and enjoyed some treats.

Booth Sale

And finally, the last thing we did over spring break was our Daisy booth sale (along with a couple of older girls to help us out). We sold 52 boxes of cookies, bringing Katie's total to about 175 boxes. And thankfully, that ends the 2011 Girl Scout cookie season!!!!

Spring Break Sleepover

For spring break, we met Katie's Austin friend half way to her house and kidnapped her for two days. Then we decided if we were going to have one girl over, we might as well 15. The girls had so much fun with all of their friends. They watched movies, had pizza, baked cookies and painted their nails. I was worried it would be kind of crazy, but they girls were all so well behaved and sweet. It was actually surprisingly quiet. At least til they went out on the swing set at 8 the next morning to make sure the neighbors were awake.

Dallas Zoo

We had lots of fun at the Dallas Zoo the week before spring break. And we got a membership, so hopefully we'll have many more chances to go this year.

King of the Hill

Cutie pie

Can you hear me now?

Riding the camel

The Giraffes

It's been awhile since I've updated the blog. We've been so crazy busy lately it's gone to the bottom of the list. A couple of weeks ago, Theo took the day off so we could beat the rush and get to the zoo before spring break. Here's a sneak peek and I'll post more soon

Tractor driving

We got our driveway expanded recently by some family and friends (thanks!) and the girls got to drive the tractor.

Hannah's Tree

This morning our girl scout troop planted a tree at the Allen Library in memory of Hannah. In spite of the cold, we were very glad to be able to participate and to visit with her family again. What a sweet remembrance of a sweet little girl.

Daisy Service Project

Last week at Girl Scouts, my Daisy troop participated in a service project. They filled 60 bags of food for the homeless. We got an assembly line going and had lots of fun. And thanks to the boys who helped while they waited on their sisters.