Double Birthday Party

This weekend we had a birthday party for both Lily and Juliet, whose birthdays are just two weeks apart. Grammy and Nana were able to visit us for the weekend to celebrate and the Emricks also came for the day. Having all the little girls together made it really fun!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Lily's Third Birthday

Lily turned three on Sunday! She has grown up so much in the past year - she became a big sister, learned to use the potty, and now she wants to go off to school. She says mama doesn't need to come, she'll drive herself (in her pink little tykes car). Today we signed her up for preschool in the fall, where she'll go three mornings a week. For her birthday, I made her a giant pinkalicious cupcake and she got a real digital camera. I'll have to post some of the pictures she's taken...they're hilarious!

Peter Pan Day

Lily's favorite movie right now is Peter Pan and she is very much into Tinker Bell and fairy dust (she has expressed a deep regret that she can't fly). So she was very excited to get to go to Peter Pan Day at the Botanical Conservatory in Ft. Wayne. She got to dress up, meet all the characters, and play in a pirate ship!

Visit to Fort Wayne

The girls and I spent three weeks in Fort Wayne while our kitchen was being renovated and we got to spend a lot of time with the grandparents. There was a blizzard while we were there, so we got our fill of snow! Our kitchen is still not finished but it will be soon and we'll post pictures.

First trip to the circus

Sledding with cousin Alistair

Playmates

Lily and Juliet have become great playmates! The baby follows her big sister around, copying her, and Lily is happy to play along and make up stories about what they are pretending.

Juliet is now pulling up on furniture to stand and is also getting into all kinds of trouble (such as climbing inside of cabinets - Lily thinks it's hilarious). Baby loves to play peek-a-boo and to show us that she is "so big".

Our big girl Lily in recent weeks decided to start using the potty and is now wearing panties all of the time except when she is sleeping. Unfortunately, she hasn't been sleeping well since being potty trained and we hope it isn't the end of naps for good!