ZOO

We went to the zoo Monday. Astrid and Sigrid had a blast. Ingrid somewhat enjoyed herself. Her daddy took her to the Mall for about an hour before we came home. She was happy.

FUN IN THE SUN

It is becoming HOT!! The girls are spending more time inside. Eric hooked up the sprinkler for them yesterday afternoon and they had a blast. Summer is almost gone and back to school we will go.

Sad to see them go

Well our company is gone. It is bittersweet. We are glad to have our house back to ourselves but wish we could have had them here with us longer. The girls had a blast with their little grandma Merle. She is a blessing to us and I know the girls are a blessing to her.

Astrid the animal lover

Astrid loves horses. One of her first words was "hep" which was her word for horse. Her other first word was "Ga" for grandpa. She has a good Gigi who is paying the little girl up the lane to teach her how to care and ride her pony Marshmellow .

Ingrid's New Trick

Look MOM no training wheels. Ingrid is really growing up.....she starts kindergarten in the fall and has so far spent the summer tackling some new tricks....she has learned to tie her shoes, ride a bike without training wheels, and is learning beginning reading. GO INGRID!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!!

Happy Birthday to my Daddy!!! He is the best dad and pop I know. He sure loves his girls and we love him back. He ranks top on my list and I hope he has a great day and a great 58th year. I love you Daddy!!!

SNAKE

Eric walks down to the lake every morning and afternoon. When he and Astrid walked down there 2 days ago....a water moccasin was curled up in the path waiting for them. Eric killed it with a stick and brought it home to show the other girls.

Happy Birthday MOM/GIGI!!!!!

Church

The girls and I got up Sunday morning and dressed for church. When we got to church we noticed who the guest preacher was going to be.....we got back in the truck and headed for the hills. We had a blast. Astrid caught all sorts of tadpoles. I think she had one at every stage of its formation. Sigrid's first trip creek swimming and she loved it. She was in awe of all the waterfalls. Ingrid took a tumble down one of the waterfalls and had to be rescued before she washed away. She then wanted her picture taken beside it. I think she thought it was fun once the scare was over. Before we made it to the highway two of the girls were out cold. Astrid stayed awake and kept me company on the ride home.

39 and Holding

Eric is 39 today. His grandpa Howard is here from St. Paul, Minnesota and his Aunt Maggie is here from Martha's Vineyard. This is Eric and Maggie.

I hope he has a great day. Ingrid made him a red velvet cake last night and we are grilling porkchops today.

I love you Eric!!!!

Watchout World Here I Come

Ingrid graduated yesterday. The teachers centered Abby Grace and Ingrid right up front. Abby's mom and I think they were strategically placed cause these girls were singing their hearts out. I am so proud of her and we can't wait to go to big girl school in August.

Astrid's last day of first grade is today. She was the top girl reader for her class. Her two little friends....Nathan and Kyle were the top boys. They are twins. Their mom is Tawainese and they are sweet boys. Today they got to have a pizza party and play games. Astrid also was on the all A honor roll for the entire year. She is such a good girl. Just like Ingrid...maybe Sigrid will turn out good.....she is pretty rotten. I guess that is the way it is with the baby. I know Sigie is smart...she can sing all the songs Ingrid sang for graduation.

New Clothes

I ordered the girls new tie dyed outfits. As you can see Ingrid had to have a skirt. They got them in the mail on Wednesday. They were very proud. Gigi wanted to see the picture of Sigrid in her house I scrubbed last weekend so here it is. It is Mother's day weekend so I think I will lay off the scrubbing. Next week is Ingrid, Sigrid, and my last week at school. Astrid says she has 12 more days.

Our Day

This is what we have been doing this weekend. Sigrid got her first haircut. Eric was mad but i want her hair to shape up and thicken up. It looks much better. The girls played on their swingset today after Eric mowed and weedeated. Also they filled up the little pool. Somehow I got two of the same pictures on here instead of the one of Sigie in her little house. I bleached and scrubbed the playschool house for Sigrid to have to play in. She was very appreciative.

Nutcrakcer

Ingrid auditioned for the Nutcracker a couple of weeks ago. Last night she found out she made the ballet team. She gets to play the part of an angel.

BUSY!!!!

We have been busy lately. Astrid had a skating party a couple of weekends ago. The picture shows some of the kids doing the limbo. Astrid had just knocked the pole down. Today Ingrid and I spent the day at dance rehearsals. Her big recital is tomorrow at 3:00. The pictutures show her jazz routine. She is the best in her class of course. She really gets up there and gives it her all. She tried out for the Nutcracker last week. We will know the 5th is she made it or not. Astrid had her last soccer game for the year last Saturday. Sigrid is just rotten. She has a very dirty mouth....I don't know where she learned those words.....not me of course. She has learned to sing some songs and does a good job of it. She sings "I had a little Turtle" , R-E-D, B-L-U-E, and her ABC's. Well I need to get to bed.

I am definetely related to Helen

These pictures show my dirty floor, my freshly mopped floor, and then my floor cleaned with a spray bottle of bleach and a toothbrush. I shall be able to go to bed and rest easy now....knowing my floors are as clean as they can be.....

Astrid had a Golden Birthday!!

Astrid had a wonderful birthday. Ingrid made her birthday cake. Astrid got a camera, bug vaccuum, clothes, shoes, a leather horse and more. Her Daddy took her to eat at New China (her favorite) She will have a skating party next weekend with her school friends. This weekend being Easter, we decided to wait til next weekend. The girls looked pretty today for Easter. It was somewhat cold but not like yesterday. Ingrid did an excellent job singing at church today....she sang He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.

Eric weed eated and mowed on Saturday for the first time this year. The yard looks so pretty. Gigi and I dug up 6 maples, 3 dogwoods, and a pin oak today. We planted 3 maples, 3 dogwoods, and the pin oak at my house. The other 3 maples she planted at her garden. We had set out on an adventure looking for rocks but we found trees instead.