First Day of School!

It seems ridiculously early, but Molly just finished her first week of school. I'm pretty bummed since we're going to be missing out on going to CO because of school, but hopefully next year we can go in June or July. 

Yay for our little 1st grader! So far so good! She likes her teacher and seems to be settling in. Drop off and especially pick up are crazy town, so I'm having to get used to that. Maybe it will get better? I hope? 

Maggie also had her first week as a Respectful Rabbit.  Just ask her, she'll tell you all about it.  I love hearing her say "respectful rabbit"- think Elmer Fudd.

First Day as a Gator!

First day as a "wespectful wabbit"

Ready for fun!

Little lefty showing off her ambidextrous skills.

We had some bandits raiding our house. We've now taken care of the problem.

Molly giving me her "evil" look while dressed in her "evil" clothes. Future goth girl?

Today we went to Kate's back to school party at the water park! The girls had a ton of fun going down as many slides as possible and showing off their mermaid swimming in the lazy river. I was even a good sport and went down 4 slides even though I'm a baby and they freak me out.

Maggie getting crazy with soda. 

Maggie is almost 4! Only a few more weeks left as a crazy little 3 year old!  What are we going to do?!?!

Summer vacation 2015

Our summer trip is almost over, (we'll be home Sunday), so I thought I should post some pictures before there are so many I don't want to deal with it.  

Before we left for Flagstaff, the girls took swim lessons. They both did really well! Molly is a fairly reliable swimmer now and loves to jump off the diving board.  Maggie really impressed me this year though. Her teacher said she's passed preschool level and is ready for level one.  That means she could already be in the 6 year old class if she wasn't too young. Way to go girls!

Enjoying an ice cream after graduating to duck level.

Molly on her last day of class. So glamorous in her "high heels".

They created a club after loosing all TV/tablet privileges and some toys for a week. I wasn't invited. At least I'm still smiling!

They had slumber party in their "clubhouse"- back room off the kitchen. Maggie has a hard time with boundaries when she's sleeping.

We got to Flagstaff on Saturday and have really been enjoying the nice weather. The first few days were rainy and awesome. There's a lake about a mile from Granny's house that we walked to.

Future Gator at the lake!

Found a little bench of questionable integrity. They didn't seem to mind.

Granny has a bird! The girls love Jewel even when she gets a little nibblely. 

No pooping! No pooping!

Little fuss budget hanging out on the Praire.

Half naked and cheered up.

She kept saying "nobody better see me naked!".

We lost a day to intestinal distress. Poor thing.

Back in business, they found a new clubhouse in the aspen trees.

We all had to attend club meetings that appeared to follow the 6 year old equivalent of Parliamentary procedure. We voted several times.

We took a little hike around Laws Springs. Lots of petroglyphs. Pretty cool!

Getting the eggs from granny's chickens!

Today, Molly and Grannny went for a trail ride.  Molly's first! I kind of wish I had gone looks like she had a fun time!

Granny said she was a natural.  

Guess we need a horse!  Not! Hahaha.

Dive!

We've been going to the pool as a often as we can and the girls are definitely getting better at swimming. Molly has, for better or worse, never had any fear of the water. Here she is demonstrating her "flip" which is actually a pretty decent first attempt at a dive. I think I was at least 10 before I attempted anything like this. Crazy kid.

Maggie's been getting better too and can swim underwater about 5 or 6 feet at a time. We're hitting swim lessons hard this year, so hopefully they'll be good to go by September.

Where the hell do I fit in here?

Rock climbing at the library.

The other day the girls shut the door to our room while Jonny and I were getting ready in the morning. We didn't think much about it, they're always running around and slamming doors. Jonny tried to leave the room first and he started laughing and called me over. They had barricaded us in our room with cushions and pillows.

Here's what they were secretly up to. 

Maggie's no good with secrets, but she's really good with Nutella.

Our last (free) watermelon of the year. Why is broccoli season so long here and watermelon season so short? Not fair.

Doing more things without Gran's approval.

4th of July! They wore various 4th of Julyish clothes throughout the day.

This is what they ended with. We had watched the casino fireworks from our balcony on the 3rd, so we had our own little parking lot show on the 4th. Thankfully the box of fireworks that Jonny came home with were much tamer than the box had led me to believe. Growing up, sparklers were illegal and we were not the type who would cross the river to get them in CA. So pretty much everything looks nuclear to me. The girls thought it was great and Gran even watched too.

Apple Picking

I suppose 110 degree days aren't exactly what you might imagine for apple picking, but Yuma weather makes growing stuff a little different. Since it's Yuma, the apples are hit and miss. Last year they were pretty mealy and we just threw them away. This year I thought that's what we'd do again, but my mom picked a few and and made an apple crisp with them and it was pretty good, so I thought I would attempt to use them.

Molly was sad that we had picked them without her, so Jonny put her on his shoulders and let her get the ones up high.

Then Maggie was sad, so I had to put her on my shoulders and let her pick a few more.

They got new matching nightgowns and were pretty pleased.

We spent some time in Carlsbad last weekend. They HAD to go on the train at the mall-then they just sat there stone faced the whole time. I guess it was disappointing.

The Ruby's car was WAY more fun. Even if it didn't go anywhere.

We hung out with my cousin Allison and her family at the aquatic center there. 

Happy baby Remi, Gael, and the girls. They had a lot of fun playing together! Thanks to Allison and Pablo for a good time and a great dinner!

M&M's melt in your mouth, not in your hands! Hershey bars just melt in your hands. Children are filthy slobs.

We also went on an unplanned walk to the beach. I didn't remember to take any pictures because as I get older and as my children get more adventurous-I think I hate the ocean and I'd say all natural bodies of water even more. Honestly even pools freak me out, although I do feel a little more in control of that.Maybe when  they're better swimmers I'll feel better about it.