A little late

So, my intention was to put these up last weekend so you could see what we were up to LAST weekend but here we are a week later and I am just now getting to posting them. Well, at least I'm putting them up!

Ella has been quite the little cook these days. She really enjoys helping us out in the kitchen - whether it's helping Daddy cook or helping Mommy unload the dishwasher. She is always ready to help. I am pretty sure that her favorite thing to do is to stir. Doesn't matter what it is - she'll stir it! I had to take a picture of her helping Chris make a dip the other weekend. I thought she was too cute in her underwear and Dora hat!

Since last weekend it was the first weekend after Memorial Day weekend, our pool was officially open and we decided to open it up last weekend. This was Maddie's first time in the pool. She had a great time, although I think she was a little cold. I think Ella had the most fun. She probably enjoyed having someone else in the pool besides Cooper.

If you look close enough, you can see Maddie's one tooth on the bottom. Okay, I'm probably the only one that can see it but I'm telling you it's there.

We've been blogged

A friend of mine recently came over to our house to take some pictures of the girls. If you live in Atlanta or Jacksonville, FL and need some pictures taken - please give her a call! She's great and we love the pictures! Thanks again, Jenny!!

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West coast cuties

We just got back from our trip out to California. We had a great time and I have a lot to write about but that will have to wait a little bit since we have a lot of unpacking to do. So, these pictures will have to hold you over until I have a little bit more time to sit down and write about everything.

The girls in La Jolla.

At the zoo.

Ella's favorite thing in the world to do is go to a slide park - that is Ella's word for playground. We went to three in San Diego. I think her face in this picture really captures how much fun she has playing at the playground.

And look what our little Maddie Bear learned to do on our trip!

Everyday moments

I think that I often get so caught up in planning what the next move is going to be in the day, that I don't take a minute to enjoy the moment that I'm currently in. Being a mom, means that you always have to be "on" and thinking one step ahead. I am sure that many of you moms know exactly what I am talking about. I admit, I can be a bit neurotic when it comes to planning and this often results in total chaos in the household. It's during these moments, I am very grateful for my wonderful husband who makes me step back, catch my breath, and makes me refocus. Chris has been home with us for the past two weeks and let me say that it has been great! I think we are all getting so use to having him around that it is going to be a huge shock to us all when he does have to start traveling again for work. But in the meantime, we enjoy the time that we have now and cherish the everyday moments we have with the girls.

I love these pictures of Chris making dinner and Maddie hanging out in the kitchen. This is us pretty much every night.

BFF

I think these pictures say it all!

Daddy...lunch time

I hear Ella say this phrase all the time now. She has really gotten into serving us lunch lately. So much so that I think we eat lunch about 8 times a day now. Actually, Daddy has been eating a lot more lunches than Mommy. It's pretty cute because she will set up a little picnic or as she calls it a "picmic" for us. She will get a blanket and spread it out on the carpet and set up all of her food. This can take awhile because Maddie likes to crash the picnic by taking a couple of the condiments, usually the mustard. When it's finally ready to go, Ella will call us over for some fine dining. We usually eat the same things at Cafe Ella....corney shark, moussaka duck, garlic sea turtle and sometimes there is a special of lemon pepper duck. I know, I am sure your mouth is beginning to water. We wash it all down with some lemonade. We also have an oven/microwave (the coffee table) which Daddy provide the sound effects for.

I need to get a picture of our picnics but for now, here's one of the girls from today. We moved our picnic location to our new kitchen table.

So, if you are ever wondering what we are doing during the day...chances are that we're having lunch....again!

Pizza man

As many of you may or may not know, Chris worked at Pizza Hut one summer while he was in college. Looking back, I'm sure he would tell you that job launched into the career that he has now. We've all had those kind of jobs - gotta start somewhere. Anyway, back to the pizza. So, Chris hated working there and prides himself on the fact that he hasn't had pizza from Pizza Hut since he quit that job. However, he has never lost the valuable pizza making skills that he learned that one summer. He is now passing on his knowledge to his daughters.