we've been busy, busy, busy

With this crazy early Spring, we have been staying busy around here. Much of our activity is normal stuff- made more fun by the lack of coats and addition of sandals. Matt has already mowed the grass twice and we've had the bikes out and had to wash a lot less socks.

I've been meaning to do a better job of taking picture of my toothless Abby because I know this time of no-teeth-on-top is going to pass quickly and I'll wish I had more pictures of it. So, here we go....

My friend, Nicole, had a baby two weeks ago and we got to take a meal over last week. Baby Sophia is gorgeous. She is the same size the girls were when they were born, and I fell in love with her. -as did the girls!

Here is some of our bike riding practice. Lily and I practiced one day while Abby was at school and Lily got really good! Here is her progress:

Abby's new goal is to get across the monkey rings on our playset. Very hard. But, she's determined. She'll get there, I'm sure.

Last week at gymnastics, her class worked on the equipment that was closest to the parent's seating area. I was so excited because then I could take video! This is her on the bars. The second bar exercise she does was to hold a position for a certain number of counts. She said it was "easy."

And, last but not least, we made caramel corn this weekend. I pulled out our air popper, which the girls loved. I had a post planned with the recipe for you, but the second time I made it last night, for some reason, it burned. Not sure why. Sooo, maybe I'll share after a successful batch (because it really is awesome)!

iPhone Photo Dump

Here are some randoms from my iPhone....

With the insane weather, we've gotten outside some recently. (not as much as we should) Here are the girls trying to manuever their bikes down the driveway to the sidewalk.

We went out to breakfast on Saturday. The girls shared their crayons and colored while waiting on our food.

Lily and I joined Abby at school for lunch.

A different day at Abby's school- I volunteered and Matt picked us up since my car was being worked on. This is us waiting to be picked up. For those of you who only see Lily when she grabs my leg and buries her face when you say hi to her... this is the real Lily:

My new Silpat

I have a new baking toy that I must tell you about. A Silpat Pan Liner. You know, like Martha uses? At least that is what I always think of. I got it for Christmas, but didn't use it until last month.

Let me tell you, there is a reason Martha uses them.

They are magic.

For real.

The cookies slide off of them like butter. (or should I say butta'?) And cook more evenly.

They aren't cheap, this one was from Williams Sonoma (I LOVE that store!), and cost $25 if you are interested. But, seriously, now I want another one, so I can have one tray in and one tray waiting to go in. Privileged people problems, I know.

Wrestling Rules

I have a hair appointment this morning which means its just the girls and Daddy for a bit... which usually means some wrestling time.

Abby wrote out some rules:

Easter Egg Bunting

Lily declared this "Boootiful." I agree. So cute.

(plus, I didn't feel like too much of a thief taking the paint samples)