Been a little busy!

Well for some reason my pictures posted before the text and I am too tired to change them so oh well!

It has been a long time. Things have been a little crazy around here! We have had a little bit going on around here. Both the girls have gotten a "new"room. Ella was put in her big girl bed and received all new bedding and accessories. She has done really well in her bed except for getting up really early and coming downstairs and the times we have caught her in bed with Gracie just staring at her waiting for her to get up. I heard her go into Gracie's room one night and so I went up there to get her. I watched at the door where they could not see me. Gracie was reading books to her and being really sweet until Ella starting making some noise. Gracie kept telling her to be quiet and Ella just kept doing it so Gracie told her "when I tell you to stop that means stop!" Ella being the stubborn child that she is kept on so Gracie told her if you don't stop I will spank you with the spanking spoon. Ella stopped long enough for Gracie to continue reading and then started back. Gracie was at her last straw and told her if you didn't stop then she was going to tell Mommie she was out of her bed. Ella said no and I heard Gracie say, " Mommie Ella is out of her bed and in my bed!" really light so only the two of them could here what she had said. Ella thought she had been outed! I stuck my head around the door to see what they were doing and Ella saw me. She got up out of the bed and slammed the door in my face. When I walked in she acted like she was suppose to be in there. Priceless!!!!!!!!

Gracie has also got a new bed and bedding and she is so proud of it showing everyone that comes to the house. Her furniture is being painted as we speak and are excited about seeing the results.

I will have to post pictures of their rooms when I get a chance.

The girls in my family all went to the beach in the middle of last month and we had a blast. The kids all went (gracie, ella, addy, and bailey) and to our surprise none of them wanted to go the actual beach. We asked them several times but they always said NO! The place my dad has is really different from other places at the beach. The pool has a really nice kiddie section and a nice sized area of sand for kids to play in at the pool. Since the pool was extremely cold they spent most of the time playing in the sand. It beat having to haul everything to the actual beach and clean up was so easy. Just throw them in the pool!!! Addy learned to swim a little better and to use a snorkel and Gracie will actually go under water without being scared now! We accomplished a lot in just a few days! My brother came down to spend a night with us and I took some pictures of him on the beach with his kids. They turned out better than I thought especially since my nice camera ran out of battery and I was forced to use the one I carry in my purse. I will post some of these pictures.

So as you can see we have been busy! This is just a few things we have done. Getting ready for Lily is coming along although still slow! Maybe I can convince my Handy Dandy Helper (CASS) to come help me for a few days!!