"I WEAR MY SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT..."

I put the girls to bed tonight and about 10 minutes later Kaylee starts yelling that she is thirsty. I got some water, walked into the bedroom, turned on the little lamp, and this is what I saw:

And of course Big Sister had to have her picture taken also.

ZOO DAY

Sydney is ready to go!

Brooke is ready to go!!!

I took this from really far away. Kaylee didn't know that we were also going to the zoo.

Kaylee discovering Mom and Brooke are at the zoo also. She made this face and ran off.

Feeding the ducks:

Sydney trying to escape:

Kaylee decided to claim us at this point (about 10 minutes later). She said, "Miss Julie, my mom is here!!!"

Kaylee's class checking out the turtles:

Cheese!!!

Kaylee was really worried about the huge turtle in this aquarium. "Miss Julie, look, he is stuck!"

We bought crackers to feed the animals. We fed the ducks and the turtles, but Brooke couldn't restrain herself. While we were in the aquarium section, she decided to partake of the crackers (don't worry...they are edible... just regular rye crackers). She wasn't real sure it was ok to eat the animals' crackers: this is her guilty face:

This is Ali. She is from Mexico and is learning to speak better English. She is a sweetie.

Brooke always fanoogles her way into the class. She fit right in (notice she is still munching on the crackers):

Kaylee was off to eat lunch and Brooke wanted to go with her, but I finally talked her into finishing our zoo trip.

This monkey cracks me up. He always comes up to the window and smashes his nose against it and watches everything we do. He was really checking out Brooke's cracker and Sydney's bottle.

And finally, our favorite: feeding the giraffes. Luckily, we had some crackers that Brooke hadn't devoured yet. We emptied our cracker package and finished up our zoo trip with a quick look at the zebras.

This one is for Mammy. Too bad there is a chain link fence behind him and a sidewalk under him. Almost looks real (I mean really "out in the wild" real).

SYDNEY KATE: PHOTOSHOOT

Sydney had a photoshoot today in one of my favorite dresses. Here she is....

KAYLEE IS FOUR!!!

Well, technically she is still 3 but we had her party today and as soon as she blew out her candles she said, "Now I'm four!" We had a fun day with all our friends and family. We appreciate everyone taking the time to celebrate Kaylee's fourth birthday!! Thank you!! It was a blessing!! Here are a few pics from the day:

FINALLY...WE ONLY HAVE TO BUY ONE SET OF DIAPERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3 YEARS!!*

I can't believe it...Brooke is finally potty trained!!!! We have been working on it for 10 days and she has not had any accidents for the past 3 days...kinda. She is still working on #2 and she tinkled today in her panties because she hit her head and immediately started screaming...and...well...I guess she can't cry and hold tee tee in at the same time. But, I have a friend that can't laugh and hold tee tee in at the same time and she is 28 years old. So, we are going to say it is official: Brooke is a big girl. She even wore her big girl panties to church today and did great!!!! Yeah!!!

*Yes, I exaggerated a little on the title. I think we had a few months before Sydney was born that we only bought Brooke diapers.

CALIFORNIA TRIP PREVIEW

We went to California for my sister's wedding and a mini mini vacation last week. We had fun and the girls were great!!! Here is a preview of our trip (there will be more to come):

OATMEAL BUBBLES

Sorry it has been so long. Poor Sydney has the chicken pox so we have been taking lots of oatmeal baths (it is supposed to help with the itching). She loves it. This video isn't very good quality because I took it with my cell phone, but she is blowing bubbles in the oatmeal water. She is doing ok with the chicken pox but she has a cold that seems to bother her more than the chicken pox. Anyway, she is a trooper...still happy and smiley most of the time!!!