Just Cute

I love overhearing Angel talking and the phrases she uses etc...I try to remember them and write them down in her baby book...the things kids say just make me smile and laugh!
Angel to Papa (when asked to do something): "Papa, I will in just a couple whiles."

Angel to Emma (overheard when they were playing in the sandbox): "Emma, did you go stinky?"
Emma: "No, Gel-Ka, No"
Angel: "Well sum-pin (how she says something) stinks and I think it's you!"
Emma: "Oh."

Angelica to Papa: "Papa, I want to look at my priests."
Papa (kind of perplexed): "I don't know what you mean..."
Angelica (running and grabbing her book of saints we have been reading): "This papa, I want to look at my priest." Really meaning she wanted to find her patron saint!

Angel loves it when I tell her stories about when she was a baby or when I was little and I always usually start with "once upon a time...there was a little baby...." Well the other day I asked her to tell me a story...and she got very excited. So she did and this is how it started:
"Once upon a time, there was a big mama...." Oh gee honey, thanks!!!!

Our Fourth of July

We had a very nice Fourth of July....it was another beautiful day (which we are very blessed and lucky to get around here on the fourth!!) and we spent it with our family. The girls enjoyed some time playing in the sandbox and eating popsicles...then it was off to Marmee and Poppy's house to relax and have some fun! We sat outside for hours just watching the girls play in the pool although they had more fun dumping the Little People in it and then using measuring cups to pour water over all of our feet!! We enjoyed a nice dinner and then mom gave us all an Independence Day - American History quiz....we didn't do too bad!! After baths it was time for the fireworks...thanks to dad and Jason setting them off in the backyard! Angel and Emma loved the sparklers...but after that it was downhill. They did not like the fireworks at all....the noise most of all...so mom and I ended up inside with them looking out the window. Maybe next year.....:) We had some yummy dessert....mom made a yummy lemon angel food cake with lemon dressing and fresh fruit and whip cream....Emma ate up all the strawberries and Angel finished off the raspberries. We headed home tired but thankful for this great country we live in and all the blessings we receive....a special thanks to all the men and women who sacrifice on a daily basis to make sure we are able to continue enjoying and celebrating these freedoms!!

Angel found a fun ball to bounce on...

...so Marmee joined in....

...then Angel got a ride...

...and then made herself comfortable!

Emma felt left out so she went by herself and found her own ball....so funny!

Angel and Emma were a little concerned about what Poppy and Papa were doing with all those fireworks!

Friday Fun

This past Friday it was very nice to have hubby home....the girls loved it. It was a HOT day....91....so in the morning we grabbed some coffees and doughnuts and headed to the park before it got too hot!! After the girls got red and rosy cheeks we headed home to set up the pools to cool off. I enjoyed getting together with a dear friend to catch up and it was a nice break to have!! Hubby figured out that the radiator in the van needs to get fixed (ugh.....tired of car issues!) and that night the girls crashed early after a long day in the sun and we FINALLY watched the movie Fireproof that we have had on our blockbuster rental FOREVER. We enjoyed it and definitely think the message is one that is important for today's culture and times...think everyone should support and see. The LOVE DARE in the movie has been very popular too and we have a friend that did it for her husband during Lent....might have to try one year!! Hope all had a good weekend as well!!