We have had the most amazing weather recently, and we have all loved it. The girls always love to go outside to their playground, so here are a few pictures from those fun times.
Mia is such a little adventure-seeker. She will try anything that Lily does, and she usually succeeds. We haven't found an ounce of fear in this little one yet!
Mia is such a little adventure-seeker. She will try anything that Lily does, and she usually succeeds. We haven't found an ounce of fear in this little one yet! 
They really have so much fun playing together!
Grandpops had some work in Atlanta earlier in the month. We were so glad he was able to come spend an evening with us! We all enjoyed a dinner at Figo, and then we just played at the house for a bit. I couldn't convince the girls to take a "formal" picture with Grandpops, but here they are having fun in a tickling game with him!
Lots of laughs!
Hopefully he will be able to come back soon and bring Grandma Jan with him. Jan sent down the sweetest little matching navy Polo dresses for the girls. They are going to look so adorable in them this summer! She also sent pretty hair bows which you know they loved, but most of all, they were THRILLED with the fun band aides she sent! Jan remembered how much the girls loved the cute Halloween band aides she sent in October, and she found adorable Princess and Sesame Street band aids to send this time. My girls have had more "boo boos" than I can count over the last two weeks; Mia has learned "band aide make it better." It's amazing what makes them happy! Once again, Grandma Jan found a hit for a present!This picture was just too sweet for me not to include it.
On March 5th, Lily's Parent Morning Out class sang at the church's evening service. Here is a picture of Lily and her friend, Sierra, before the show. We hear about Sierra all the time. It is pretty cute to see the friendships Lily is developing with other kids her age.
This is a picture of the whole class onstage with Ms. Mollet directing. Lily is actually all the way over to the right, and you can just barely see her head above Ms. Mollet's shoulder. When we arrived, the kids were sitting in the middle of the auditorium, so Mom and I sat on the left (Ryan stayed home with Mia). When Ms. Mollet told the class to line up, Lily went darting to the front to be the "line leader" (a big to-do with the 4 year old set); she led them up to and across the stage which put her as far away from us as possible! Because of this, I didn't get many good pictures from the performance.
Lily showing off her light during "The Little Light of Mine." They also performed "Jesus Loves Me" and "The B-I-B-L-E" which is one of Lily's favorite songs. This was a cute performance.
This past Thursday was Lily's half-way point in gymnastics, so all the parents (and Bamas!) were invited to watch them to see what they have been working on. I cannot tell you how amazed I am at Lily. The Little Gym has been so good for her over the last year. Her coordination, skills and confidence have shot up as she has gone through these classes. She has so much fun with them too, and it's fun to watch her.Here she is with the noodle as they pretended to ride their horses as cowboys and cowgirls.
Getting ready to roll down the mat. She can do really good forward somersaults now and is working on backwards somersaults, handstands and cartwheels.
Ms. Maria coaching her through a flip on the low bar. She loves the low bar!
You know Mia wasn't going to be left out even though this class is meant for kids two years older than her! The classes are small, and the teachers are always very gracious to let Mia play during events like this. During regular classes, Mia and Bama go for walks, go to the library or playground, etc; she doesn't go in on every class.
Lily showing off her pirouette skills on the beam. She has really good balance!
So there you have some of the pictures taken over the last couple of weeks. In addition to work, here are a few other things that have been going on:-Lily and Mia had Pediatric ENT check-ups, and both came through their hearing tests with flying colors - woo-who!!! Dr. Baktha noted that both tubes are coming loose in their left ears, so they may come out soon; this is normal since tubes are meant to last about 12-18 months (it has been 14 months so far). The real test will come when they come out. Neither girl really ever had ear infections, but we noticed drastic differences in their hearing abilities. Hopefully their ear canals have grown now letting the fluid drain out, so their hearing won't be impacted. Only time will tell on this one.
-We have gone to interviews at two different schools. One of the schools has already accepted both girls into next year's program, and we know Mia will attend there next year. The other school starts at Pre-K (meaning Mia is too young to apply). However, we took Lily there last Friday, and went through a 1.5 hour interview. It went very well. They will call this week to schedule a time to come back though for her to take standardized tests. That's right, this is all for Pre-K! A little crazy to do all this for a 4 year old, but we really like this school, and we can see Lily thriving in it's environment. We should know by the end of the month if she has been accepted, and if she has, we have to decide which one of the schools we want her to attend.
-Ryan is taking a fascinating class at church on Wednesday evenings. However, it is considered a seminary graduate level class, so there is a lot of homework and projects involved. He is managing to get all this done along with working and being with our family. I think he is like Superman to get all this done!
-I participated in a consignment sale last week where I sold a lot of the girls 0-12 month clothes and toys. It was fun to go through everything and remember all the fun times we have had so far with them. It just took some time to get everything into inventory, tags safety pinned onto the clothes, clothes hung up and secured to hangers and delivered to the Cobb Fairgrounds for the sale. Their things sold well though, so yea! Oh yeah, I may have bought a few things for them to grow into now too!
-Lily went with my parents last Friday night to see Molly and McKayla in their schools' talent show. McKayla sang with her whole class, and then Molly performed a dance routine with two of her friends about the changing of the seasons. Mom said Lily absolutely loved it. When everything was over for the evening Lily exclaimed "That was great!" Mom said she sat forward the whole time watching everyone and everything. I know she loves to be around Molly and McKayla, so she was thrilled to be there.
-While Lily was with my parents, Ryan, Liz and I spent an evening with Mia. We took her to Steak and Shake for dinner. I tell you what, that little girl cracks me up! She says the funniest things, makes the cutest faces and is just all around adorable. It made me realize just how much of her thunder Lily steals from her. What a precious little angel!
-In saying her prayers tonight, Lily said "Dear Jesus, when I get older, will you make me a hat seller so I can sell the birthday party hats for Mommy's birthday tomorrow? Thank you. Amen." So thoughtful. Yes, my birthday is tomorrow. When I came home from work on Saturday, Lily said "Guess what I got you for a surprise Mommy? A surprise party!" When I said something about that on the way to church this morning, she became very upset and said "Mommy, you aren't supposed to know about the surprise party! Let's call it...dinner instead!" When I asked her later if she was going to give me a present for my birthday, she said she was going to make me a card and give me one of her toys, whichever one I wanted. Such a sweetie!
-Of course, last but not least, today was Daylight Savings Time, so in addition to feeling like I am way behind schedule and don't have enough time in the day, we actually did lose an hour!
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