April I Phone Pics

He loves to play beauty parlor with his sister.

Love my diva in her big sunglasses

The height chart in our closet. 

Doesn't Shawn look thrilled that his son is walking around in Mommy's shoes?

Found some Emily selfies on my phone.

Playing beauty parlor. 

Emily and her school BFF, Serena, at a birthday party.

A daddy/son outing at Lowe's.

Too loud!

Someone loves wearing boots!

My little troublemaker.

What, you don't wear wings and a tiara when you go outside??

More beauty parlor. . .told you he likes to play it.  :)

Dueling vaccums.

So tired!

Helping Daddy water the plants.

Sponge Rollers

About a year ago I went to my parents house and cleaned out a bunch of my old stuff.  Among all the treasures I found a few things that I thought Em might love.  . . my sponge rollers and my crimper (remember those)!  We haven't tested out the crimper yet, but I finally convinced her to let me put the sponge rollers in her hair.  I didn't go crazy, just about 5 this time.  I figured we'd work up to more.  :)  I rolled her hair after her bath on Saturday night and I didn't have high expectations that she would keep them in all night, but she did.  When I took them out Sunday morning she looked was a Curly Sue.

A Texas Tradition: Bluebonnet Pics

Every spring I look forward to taking pictures of the kids in the bluebonnets.  It's one of those Texas traditions you can't pass up.  The bluebonnets only come out for a limited time each spring.  I was so afraid I missed them this year, as the place we normally go had none.  We checked 2 weekends in a row and each time we didn't see any.  I was so disappointed thinking that it just wasn't meant to be.  I ended up asking a few friends if they had seen any and was told about some in Grapevine.  We just happened to have plans in Grapevine Sunday morning, so I made Shawn take a detour to see if there were still any bluebonnets out there.  We were in luck!  We found a field that had a ton.  I was so excited.  The kids were too.  All they wanted to do was run around in them, which doesn't really make for the best pictures.  I was able to get Em to pose for some, but Evan was pretty much a lost cause.  So most of his pictures ended up being action shots.

The only year I didn't take pictures of the kids was Em's very first spring.  Once I thought about doing it, it was too late.  But every year since then, we have taken them.  I love looking back to see how much the kids have grown.  We'll see how many more years the kids will agree to taking bluebonnet pictures for me.  :)