She's THREE!

Birthday morning breakfast was chocolate croissants and a present from Daddy & Brother: a whoopee cushion, fake poop, stickers, magnet, & a ring. I think the present was mostly for her...

Then we had a birthday princess tea party to celebrate, complete with real teacups, princess crowns and Aunt Emmy to do make-up! But...

 Phoe was a little overwhelmed at the party - this pretty much sums up how she felt:

 ... until she got to open presents. Then things went a lot better!

 

 Happy birthday, Sweet Phoe!!!!

Looks Vaguely Familiar...

Well, at least she took the polish outside and attempted to hit her nails, unlike this little one. Granted, she is almost a year older, but I think it has more to do with her love for all things pretty and girlie.

Easter Fun

Egg hunt on easter morning:



Easter baskets: found!


Celebrating Easter Sunday with Trey & Phoebe's friend, Madison:

Making a joyful noise!


A deep theological discussion...


Happy Easter... HE IS RISEN!!!!

An Important Announcement

Oh My!

Sweetness

Squeaky Clean

Someone decided to take a sponge bath with a diaper wipe in the dog's water dish. Yum.

The Queen Phoe is Two!

We were pretty surprised that she knew what to do with that candle...



Who do you think was more excited about presents?


Happy Birthday, baby girl!!!

"I like children....

.... fried." - W.C. Fields
(One of Grandpa Van's favorite quotes.)




Looks like I caught him. Ha!

A Girl After Her Poppie's Heart

And full of mischief!

And shall I mention that I found her with these at 8:30 a.m.?

Gross!

Charming

Today I tried to take some photos for our Christmas card. The first shot gave me hope...


Then this...


I'm calling Sears tomorrow. (Reminds me of another recent photo shoot!)

Birthday Girl!

I can't believe we were here a year ago...


Happy First Birthday, my sweet, feisty, hilarious baby girl! We adore you!

It's Saturday!

Jay and Trey went for a bike ride this morning, and left the girls to hang out at home. (We'll go with next time, when Phoebe has a helmet.) Trey was excited to go - he brought breakfast, "atorgade," and his Bible to read on the way.


I found this little one at the door, pining to go with. Next time, Phoe!
("Kilroy was here"!!)

So Phoebe is in bed now, and I was reading in the den, and heard lots of skittering on the back porch. I found this little guy in Trey's truck, peeking at me out of the back window! Couldn't grab my camera in time for a good shot. :(


Happy Saturday!!!!

Our Little Pistol

Happy Mother's Day

I decided I wanted to enjoy Mother's Day outside, so we walked along the river. It was beautiful!

There was a little Parkour:

A little daredevil riding:

A little more daredevil riding:

And then this. For the rest of the afternoon/evening. Bedtime was an hour early - none too soon. And an extra glass of wine for me.

Happy (belated) Mother's Day to all you moms!