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Today was a baby beach kind of day. I sat under the umbrella, while Pippi explored.

And eventually disrobed.

Is it even possible that we live less than a mile from this perfect afternoon spot?!

Pippi and I are some lucky girls.

I always love positive notes from teachers. When I got this one about Scout being so respectful and good in class, I was pretty pumped. My curiosities rose when she wrote, that he has been “being honest when I catch him doing something wrong”! I didn’t know whether to praise him for the note, or question him on what he was doing wrong. I chose the praise route…and turned my blind eye.

Not bad pictures, for a girl who changed in the car on the way to school.

After a really fun day at Disneyland, my kids ended up with quite the load of swag.

A lot of times this stuff just ends up on the toy drawer, but today — I was happy to see the swag come out and be worn for day two in a row.

The the twins and Grey’s birthday, Britni invited us to Disneyland.

And when I say Disneyland — I mean the first class way to Disneyland.

Including the Disneyland hotel, the autograph book, all of the paraphernalia, the pins…and Bippity Boppity Boo.

I never knew this Disneyland existed.

It started off with rides, food and fun.

The stooges were in full force, and hilarious.

Their Star Wars Ears were classic!

But the ultimate event of the day, was the moment that will be imprinted on Pippi’s brain forever and ever. The moment she became a real life princess.

Here are the girls “before”.

After picking out a princess dress, shoes, jewelry and hair style….the pampering began.

The three girls all sat next to each other for their princess transformations.

They got polish.

Jewelry adornment.

And of course — Magic Dust.

Out came Belle, Sleeping Beauty, and Shanequa.

There was also a Prince Charming in the mix.

And they all rode off into the sunset to meet their prince.

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What a fanstastic day for these two of mine…and to top it off, Micah came to the hotel with the other two, and then we all swam the night away at the Disneyland Hotel pool!

I am the lucky recipient of many of these awesome notes from Navy. She is so sweet, and is always looking to make everyone and anyone feel good…especially me!

HOw sweet is this girl, who went around and asked everyone their favorite word to describe me.

Nonnie - pretty

Navy - nice

Dash - play with us & cuddle with us

Dad - always happy, and my favorite….never mad at dad!

Scout and Pippi…you are dead to me. But not you Navy….you are alive and well and my favorite!

Another Soccer Game

It’s another soccer game today.

It is boiling hot, I didn’t bring shade, and Dash is doing karate and somersaults on the field.

Pippi…you have my sentiments…EXACTLY!

Saturday Morning Chores

Saturdays are becoming like well-oiled machines around here.

I don;t think I do everything right, but after ten long years of managing Saturday Morning Chores, it is all finally panning out.

Hallelujah!

This is what this morning looked like:

Scout gets up the earliest, completes the car, and moves on to his indoor jobs — his room and practicing the piano.

Navy does her jobs amazingly well, and then moves on to help anyone who is whining about their jobs.

Dash has recently proved that he can clean the kitchen, which is very impressive for a five year old boy if you ask me!

Although it sometimes takes coaxing to get him off of his head.

And Pippi has stepped up lately to do her piddly jobs.

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If I could describe this morning in a word, it would be GRATIFYING.

Especially, since this was all finished before 10am. It might be a new record.

Faking Twips

After a really long and active day, we put the twips down in the twins bed. Notice that Goldi is completely out, while Pippi fakes sleep and Sturdy just stares me down.

That basically sums up their personalities.