Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Nature Walkin' Time

While mowing the grass, Sammie found three baby frogs.  You can almost make out the face of one between her hands.  The girls set it down for me to take a picture and it hopped away.   Soon finding another frog became the goal of our evening walk.  We spotted dragonflies, bumblebees, yellow butterflies, snails (last picture) and lovely views of the sky and trees, but alas, no more frogs. :D  We laughed all the way home though and so the Nature Walk was a success!











Saturday, August 2, 2008

New School Clothes Fashion Show (with sweet moments in between)

Today, Adam had to work and so the girls and I took the opportunity to go through all their drawers, give away all their old clothing that was too small and make room for all the new stuff.  :)  They gave me their annual fashion show.  Alex is our sporty girl and Sam our fashion diva! :D  Alex preferring to shop at Steve and Barry's while Sam loves Debs.  This was so much fun.  


























Alex was talking with me while Sammie spent several minutes on each wardrobe change.  We had such fun.  She has the sweetest little face I have ever seen and I had to capture it for my own memories of those moments shared.  I love our girls.  











Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Evening At Our House

The girls and I came up with a special treat we thought to share with every one. :D  Peaches are in at our Farmer's Market and we made the best of it! 
First, peel the peach.  Then slice.  Put the slices in a sauce pan with just a sprinkling of sugar.  Warm thoroughly.  Put Vanilla Ice Cream in bowl and top with peaches!  Viola!  Tremendously yummy. Enjoy. :)




After the sweet, we were off for an evening of exercise.  Our girls have taken to riding one bike over to the park.  Had to get a pic of this. :p  They swing and play while I walk around the track.  It was a great evening.  We all came home tired. 

Saturday, July 19, 2008

An Afternoon at the Beach!

This is our Mother/Daughter weekend. :D  Adam went away for the whole day on his once a year get-a-way from it all.  (I had mine earlier this year at a women's conference.)  
So, today the girls and I have gone to the farmer's market, to the beach for hours, to the mall for biscotti and coffee then we shopped for three hours.  
We ended up at Pizza Hut instead of the home cooked meal (it will keep until Monday night) and then off to a 9:30 pm movie.  Fun, fun.  Here are a few pics of our time at the beach.  
I think I could keep them this age forever!  What fun they are!  









I sent them up to get all of us some ice cream after an hour or so and then I finally got a chance to read for a bit, while they swam.  A great day was had by all!

Friday, July 18, 2008

Making Veggie Soup

The girls and I had such fun together today.   The veggies we got at the farmer's market this morning went into our veggie soup for dinner.  With some homemade kefir rolls on the side...this was soooooo yummy.  It's proof that children will eat anything if they get to help making it.  (The soup contained: tomatoes, leeks, garlic, carrots, potatoes, celery and wax beans.)  We finished the meal with blueberries & sugar covered with milk.  So yummy.