Who would have thought?

Upon taking the girls in for their anual eye check-up, we find out they both needed glasses. Renny had been complaining that her eyes we starting to feel as though they had "plastic over them," that was her way she was describing, her eyes getting blurry. So we set up an appointment for a check up for them to look at both girls eyes and we weren't surprised to hear that Renny needed glasses but when we were told Bell needed some also it was a surprise only because she never complained about her eyes at all. So now we have two beautiful girls with glasses.

They think that the glasses make them look older so they like that aspect and have been in the mirror a lot lately especially Renny...which is unusual for her, not unusual for Bell- she's constantly adoring herslef, LOL!!

Now we only have to learn to keep your fingers off of the lenses.

Children are AMAZING

When we as parents actually take the time out to PARENT our children they CAN become the BEST they can be. I found this video on a blog I stumble upon called "Kwana Writes," it was just inspiring and it brought me Joy....Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy. Watch.

Getting Prepared

Manicures, pedicures, haircuts and braids, this is all in preparation for school. The girls love the excitement they feel when they are getting ready for a night on the town with mom and dad. Dad and mom like to take Renny and Bell out to dinner the night before their first day of school to celebrate the fact that they will begin a new grade level and to remind them of what we expect from them this year.

The girls are learning how to conduct themselves when we go to higher end restaurants compared to how they can act at McDonald's (with the play place being available for them to have a hyper good time). We tend to get compliments on our children's behavior in the nicer restaurants, from patron's sitting at tables next to us. This makes mom and Dad feel really good, because through the stangers noticing the girls being on their best behavior that helps us to be thankful that all our hard work is paying off.

My little ladies in training....oh..did I say ladies? They will always be my babies.

Dancing

Tea Party for Two

Back to School Shopping

Our Visit to Disneyland

We went to Disneyland when we first arrived here in Southern California but the girls we much smaller and could not get on many of the rides with Mom and Dad (mainly dad, cause mom doesn't ride much), the girls enjoyed it much more. Bell is daring and loves to ride everything and Renny is cautious one minute and corageous another it just depends on how she's feeling, whether she will ride or not. But the girls enjoyed the day, even with all the long lines some were up to an hour wait. And they vow to come back again and again.

Tea Party Prep Pt. 2 -Painted Rocks

To give the table setting a bit more color (the girls just can't get enough when it comes to candy and color). We love painting and we had fun getting our hands covered in the paints. We started off with brushes but our creativity seemed to blossom when we started to use our hands. "Candy Colored Rocks," for added visual appeal. Actual party pics soon to come.


bell say's; hey friends I wanted to say, I LOVE doing art.

Sending emails to our cousins.

The computer is a great learning tool especially when you monitor your child's use of it very closely.

The girls have increased thier reading and writing skills through the use of the computer they love to read their emails they recieve from their cousins, aunts and grandparents.

We went to our friends Birthday party and had mega fun

Renny and Bell had planned to wear their tutu's to the party and thought it would be nice to give their friend a tutu that they made (with the help of mom), along with their birthday gift. So they picked out the color combo and got busy cuting and tying the colorful strips of tool, to an elastic band which holds the tu-tu securely around the waste. There is a video at the bottom of this post for a better explaination of the process of making CUTE little tutu's that girly-girls just love to play in. But on the video she uses just ribbon instead of elastic....We may try that next time.

Swimming

Preparing for our Tea Party Part 1

We needed some goodies to make the Tea Party a Colorful and fun expirience, so we were inspirated by our favorite CUPCAKE BLOG to create some beautiful goodies of our own. Click the link and maybe you will be inspired to do the same. School will be starting back soon for us and we want to end our summer vacation with a fun little Tea Party for two.