My Princesses

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Bree loves to dress up. Her favorite is to become a princess. Well on one visit to Gma/Gpa Olson's house, both she and Kyla dressed up. Kyla has really not shown much interest at home for dressing up but apparently she was in the mood this time. They are surveying their kingdom and Kyla even looks as though she is decreeing something from the throne in the picture on the bottom right. If nothing else, these two do have rule over something, our hearts.

Memorial Day "Baby Soiree"

We had the 2nd annual Memorial Day "Baby Soiree" (Baby Party) in our backyard this year. Next year we are going to have to change the name, maybe "Toddler Soiree". Anyway, everyone seemed to have a great time. We had 8 adults and 8 toddlers.

Milwaukee Zoo Trip

We went to the Zoo on May 19-20. The kids had a great time even though the temperature barley reached into the 50's. I think we are paying for it now though with colds running through the family. The kids really didn't get very sick though so it was a blessing. Bree really enjoyed the night in the hotel pool too. It was the first time she was in a pool and loved it. They had their life vests on most of the time but we took them off near the end to see what they would do. Kyla is a real fish and already has the motions down. Bree did well too. The zoo was exciting. Seeing all the animals close up, the ones that weren't hiding from the cold, was very impressive. The train was one of the most important things that Bree wanted to see/ride. The family shots above are on the train ride. They also had fun at the petting zoo. Grandpa also had a good time as shown in the pictures. The drive went pretty well. Portable DVD players are wonderful. This is probably going to become an annual event.

Weekend Fun

We had a great time this weekend. Jeremiah and Miranda came up for the weekend and the kids loved playing together. There was lots of hugging action going on. Then Owen came over on Sunday and we had a nice playdate. We spent time outside because once again it was beautiful weather. I am uploading quite a few pictures this time because I just couldn't decide which ones to choose.

A Picnic ...

We had a picnic today for lunch in the nice weather. The kids enjoyed eating outside on their picnic table. This is going to be the 3rd weekend in a row of beautiful 65+ weather in April/May. How many times does that actually happen in the UP?

Kyla's News

Here is a picture of Kyla on our deck having a little supper. Her hair is finally long enough to have a slight ponytail in but the dry static cling hair was practically crawling out on its own.

We finally received a good report on her growth. Over the past 6 weeks she has grown in height and weight. She is not only growing but she is growing enough to be going up the percentiles on the growth charts. She is now back on the charts and climbing. Hopefully she will grow like a little weed this summer and actually fit into her 2T jeans. :)

Cutest Cubbie

Here is the picture of the cutest Cubbie. She just completed her first year in the Cubbie Club at AWANA. She graduated with perfect attendence for the year which wore her mother out. :) She was excellent at memorizing her verses and loved her Red Team Leader Dr. John. She is already asking about next year.