Spring parties

We had a busy few months with birthday parties.  The girls loved it, and Ainsley was constantly asking who had a birthday the next weekend.  Lily enjoyed all the cake and ice cream!!!  We started out the weekend after Ainsley's party with Hannah's 3rd birthday party.  She had an absolutely adorable tea party. It was so much fun to see all the girls dressed up for the party.

Callie had real tea cups and little tea pots for each of the girls.  She didn't leave any detail out of it.  It was perfect!

A few weeks later we went back to Josh and Callie's to celebrate Madilynn's 5th birthday with a Frozen party.  Ainsley thought it was pretty cool that Madie was having a Frozen party, too!

Madie got a singing Elsa doll, and Lily didn't want to put it down.  Here's a short video of her singing with it!

The girls had a blast with Madie and Hannah's karaoke machine.  I'm glad it was staying at their house and not coming home with me!   Here's Ainsley's rendition of "Happy Birthday".  Of course, there was some "Let It Go" also.    Lily had fun with it, too.

A few weeks later, was Amelia and Grayson's birthday party.  It looked like the carnival came to town in their backyard.  They had two bounce houses, plus all their other fun toys.  It was a beautiful afternoon, and a perfect day for a party. 

Snow much fun

We had a pretty good snowfall in February and the girls couldn't wait to get outside.  The girls really hadn't been able to go outside and play in the snow this winter, and Lily didn't know what to think at first.

 

Ainsley loved it right away and had an easier time walking around in it.

It didn't take Lily too long to realize snow was pretty fun.  She tried eating it off of her mittens, and thought it was fun to throw it at sissy!

Joel made a big snow pile for them to play on, and Ainsley loved being Queen of the Castle!  Of course, the squirrels needed more food, which led to the girls running up and down the hill in the backyard until they couldn't run any more.

After all the running, they needed to take a break.  I don't know which one drug the first chair out, but they sat and rested in their lawn chairs for quite a few minutes before getting up and playing some more!!!

Valentine Cuties

Ainsley's starting to understand holidays, and really enjoyed Valentine's Day.  She had a Valentine's Day party at school and got to exchange Valentines with her friends.  She still (in May) won't let me throw away her Valentine cards she got from her school friends.  Both girls loved getting Valentine cards in the mail.  

I tried taking a few pictures for Valentines Day cards, but it's nearly impossible with these two girls.  I managed to get a few cute ones!  

Ainsley is 4!

Ainsley turned four on Feb. 1st.  She'd been looking forward to her birthday for months.  Like every other little girl this year, she had a Frozen themed birthday party.

She wanted a Minnie Mouse watch, and Paw Patrol toys.  She got both, plus lots more!

New farming boots!!!

SO excited for her Minnie watch

We played "Pin the Nose on Olaf", and I was pretty happy with my free-hand drawing of Olaf!

I made Ainsley an Elsa barbie cake, which she thought was pretty cool.  It turned out pretty good!

It's been so much fun to watch her grow over the last year.  She can be the sweetest little girl one minute, and then have the biggest diva attitude the next.  She is an amazing big sister, and loves her family.  I feel like the luckiest Mommy in the world when she tells me "Mommy, you're the best in the whole wide world."  She loves going to school, and her friends and teachers.  She gets excited every Friday, because she knows she has dance the next morning.  If you ask her what her favorite color is, she'll tell you it's purple AND pink.  She loves to ride her bike and read books.  She would eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with cheese puffs every day for lunch if you let her.  She still loves her milk and has to play with Mommy's hair while drinking it.

She is such a smart little girl and loves learning.  Here's a video of her from back in December adding numbers.  I hope she continues her love of numbers in the years to come.

100 days of school....100 snowflakes on her shirt!

After celebrating her birthday at school!

 A few days after her birthday, Ainsley fell out in the entry way to the garage and hit her mouth on the corner of the step.  It was right before school and by the way she screamed after hitting her mouth, I could tell something was wrong.  I ran over to her and she was holding her mouth.  As soon as I looked at her, I could see exactly where she hit.  One of her top front teeth was pushed back some and she was in some pretty good pain.  I called the dentist, and they told me to bring her in.  After looking at her, the dentist told me it was going to take time to tell what would happen.  He was hopeful that there wasn't permanent damage done, but said over the next few months the tooth could turn brown.  If it caused nerve damage, he may have to pull it.  There is also a possibility she did damage to her permanent tooth, but we won't know that either until it comes in.  Of course, I think it's very noticeable, and think it's turned a little brown around the top of the tooth, but she hasn't been in pain from it, so hopefully she didn't do too much damage to it.

Doughnuts after seeing the dentist to check on her tooth

Sorting her Barbies into piles based on whether they have a butt crack or not!

It wasn't even a week after her birthday before Ainsley started asking when her next birthday was.  She can't wait to turn 5, and then 6, and then 7, etc. etc. etc.  I keep telling her I don't want her to grow up, and she tells me she doesn't want me to cry when she grows up.  Time really does need to slow down, but it's already been three months since her birthday, and I don't know where they've gone.  I'm hoping time will start to slow down soon, because I feel like I'm going to blink and she'll be sixteen!