Yard Sale, Day 1

Today the girls and I set up a yard sale at our house along with Nana and Pee Paw. It was a successful first day. We are cleaning out some toys in hopes of the girls getting enough money for something they really want. Financial lessons start young :)

Yard Sale Fairies :) LOVE this picture.

RIP Swimmy :(

We had to work through some sad news first thing this morning: Our beloved Swimmy wasn't swimming any more. Leyna took it really hard. She cried and cried and I held her and cried for sweet broken heart. Cora checked on him several times and continually asked why he wasn't swimming, and when he wouldn't be dead any more. In fact, she asked those questions for the entire rest of the day. I tried to explain repeatedly that he was sick so he died, but he went to heaven and now his fins and eyes were beautiful again and he wouldn't be sick any more. Leyna got it, Cora not so much. "But when will he come back alive again?" was her question of the day. Thankfully Leyna ended the day with a positive outlook telling me that some day she would have a puppy ad she wouldn't even remember that she used to have a pet fish. I'm sorry but that is just funny. Way to look on the bright side Leyna! I wish I could move on from tragedy that fast!
In other news, I spent the day prepping for our yard sale tomorrow and was shocked that the girls didn't talk me out of any of the toys I was putting tags on. Yes! Tonight it was just us girls so we had a special candlelit dinner and then went for not one but three long walks afterward. Phew! Gosh I love my energetic little sweethearts.

The only picture I took today. Cora was mad because she wanted mac n cheese (but in the end she ate her salad and 4 noodles - SCORE!)

Wordless Wednesday

Workin' Hard

This morning I got the girls dressed and woke them up at little after 6:00. Yes, in that order. Our CSA farm has been short handed so I volunteered us to help. We arrived at 7:00 a little sleepy but ready to work. We spent about the first hour picking tomatoes and the second hour picking green beans.

Ready to pick (Kind of. Poor Cora!)

The girls weren't quite as gung-ho as I had hoped but the more I called them my "little helpers" and challenged them to find green beans as long as their arms the better they did. When our work was done we headed home for baths and rest and then went back out at 3:00 to help fill boxes for the people who pick up on Tuesdays. Cora fell asleep on the way there and slept through the entire job - that's one way to get out of it! Leyna was my star helper. The other ladies found out she can count to 200 (!!!) so they let her fill small bags with cherry tomatoes and carrots and then she divvied up peppers, green beans, wax beans, squash, carrots and tomatoes between all of the boxes. She loved it and I was so proud of what a hard worker and good listener she was. In the end they let her pick out some veggies to take home, and also rewarded her and her sleeping sister with a bag of cookies each. Hard work pays off!
Next it was home to clean up again and head out to meet our little friends Max and LP for dinner. Afterward we headed out for some ice cream from the candy store. The kids were so good and had a ball.

Cuteness Overload!

After ice cream the girls each got one piece of candy which was a red gummy slice of watermelon. I am convinced that Leyna has some sort of red dye allergy - it makes her INSANE. I'm talking crazy-out-of-her-mind. Well, I forgot about it tonight and let her have that piece of candy. It was just the girls and I on the way home and we were singing and dancing to church songs and Leyna started moving her body all around, crossing her eyes, and making silly faces. Then she yelled "I'm doing the red dye dance!!!" I about died laughing. That girl is something else :)

Waitressing and Jumping

This  morning Pee Paw watched the girls while I got a much overdo haircut. We hung out for a while when I got back and the girls spent most of that time playing waitress. They brought Pee Paw peanut butter & tomato sandwiches, corn on the cob, and toast. They were on the ball!

Afterward we met Conner, Scott, Anna, Reagan, and Reed at a bounce gym. The kids had an absolute ball bouncing for 2 hours. Cora was so proud of herself that she was tall enough and strong enough to accomplish all of the obstacles this time!

Oh, and did you ever know that it's possible to sleep on your tippy toes?...