My Fancy Girl

First it was, "Mom, can I put on makeup?"  and now it is, "Mom, can I play with your jewelery?"

What?

"What? You have a problem with the way I eat my yogurt?"

Gymnastics

Samantha started gymnastics today at Girls Inc.  We've tried other programs in town and this is by far the best.  It was fun to see girls just a little bit older the Samantha in adjacent classes and how advanced they were.  I am hoping she sticks with it. 

Grandma and Poppy Bring Gifts.....

Over the weekend my parents came to visit and brought up boxes upon boxes of toys for the kids that were mine when I was little. Cabbage Patch Kid dolls, a Speak and Spell, a Puffalump, a Wrinkles dog, a Fisher Price Doctor’s Kit, hundreds of books and other toys - not to mention my high school cheerleading uniforms, sorority memorabilia and a gumball machine. Samantha’s eyes were gigantic and so were mine, wondering where in the heck we were going to put everything! ;)

 It was as if the 80's threw up in our living room!

 Even Lolly got in on the fun (a scarf, knitted by my Mom).

 Those dolls are named Clark and Leon.  I know this because I saved each Cabbage Patch birth certificate.

 Time to make more room on the book shelf

Samantha will have to wait to read these....

Then and Now

I thought it was funny that I crossed my sister's name out of the book that was inscribed to both her and me from my Mom and Dad.  Not sure why I am always telling Sam to share when apparently I didn't like to either....

Poppy Ron, always popular with the kiddos!

Shoes

I never bothered to put shoes on Thatcher, ever.... Poor thing, it is like he has to learn to walk all over again.

Today's Sample at Trader Joe's was......

ICE CREAM!

Hooray :)

A Boy and His Dog

Does this look like a dog that needs some exercise or what?!  She won't even look at the camera, she's too embarrassed.  She is looking more like a Basset Hound these days.  As soon as I put Thatcher in his high chair, Lollipop is circling him like a shark, eating every single crumb that drops to the floor and stretching herself long enough to get her snout on the tray and just like a vacuum, inhales whatever she can.  Not to mention, Thatcher thinks it is funny to feed Lollipop straight to her mouth.  So basically, Lollipop's waist line is not looking so greyhound-esque anymore.

So off to Elings we went......

 It was straight out of a Disney movie at Elings today.  Birds singing, squirrels scurrying around, Thatcher laughing, Lollipop trotting, green green grass, blue blue sky, fluffy white clouds.....

75 Degree weather.....

 Feeling the grass on his little tootsies

 Picking his Mommy a flower, of course ;)

 On doggy doodie patrol....

 Then Lolly and Thatcher met some friends

And Thatcher became the dog whisperer

If you don't live in Santa Barbara, you should :)