Working Mom = Not Enough Posts

Life has been so busy with me going back to work full time. There's so much I haven't written about. Like my little beauty loosing her first tooth on the same night of her church performance! 

Oh, and here's Santa!! 

Sister Love!

Just some of my favorites of my girls from the last month! They fight A LOT - but they absolutely adore each other too! 

Last Day as a Full-Time Mom

The girls had a blast jumping and sliding into the sprinkler last Sunday - my last day as a full-time stay at home mom. As a side note: we need to work on Livi's counting! Enjoy!!

Backyard games.

The girls had a blast playing together in the slightly cooler weather in the backyard tonight. Big changes this upcoming week!!! Mommy is back to work full time!!! Yikes and YAY at the same time. 

MOSI

Izzy and I had a fun day using our Florida Aquarium pass at the Museum of Science and Industry for a free admission. Although I think the Glazer Children's Museum is MUCH better, Izzy had a fun time at MOSI. She was especially enthralled by the dominoes!

Common Grounds Park in Lakeland

We met our good friends at an amazing park in Lakeland last weekend. It was HOT - but the kids had a blast! It was not a normal playground. There were tons of different climbing opportunities, and an amazing zero friction "grass" hill that you could slide down at amazing speeds. As always, the kids amazed me with their curiosity and bravery at jumping in headfirst and trying new things! We will definitely be back - even though it was a pretty long drive!

Writing in cursive

Izzy is enjoying learning cursive at her new school!! She spent an hour doing her "work" at home after school today!! Hopefully, she will continue to love learning!!! She makes us proud!!

Livi makes us proud too! And she makes us laugh - CONSTANTLY! She is seriously hilarious. 

I love Livi's expression in this one! 

Visiting with their GREAT GRANDMOTHER

We don't get to see my Grandmother (Bobbi) nearly as much as we would like. Izzy hadn't seen Bobbi in almost an entire year! Even so,  Izzy talks about Bobbi frequently and asks about her new house (she is in assisted living now). She'll say "Remember when we visited Bobbi at her pretty new house?" Also, she loves to talk about Bobbi when she hold the various blankets and toys Bobbi knitted for us before her stroke. Izzy know EXACTLY who made these treasured items :)

Well, we visited Bobbi a couple days ago, and Izzy was SO THRILLED to show Bobbi how she can read! We had such a nice visit - and I will NOT let it go that long that my girls don't see their Great Grandmother EVER AGAIN!

FroZen Night at Hollywood Studios

Rain wear!

Hugs!

Excited at Disney Junior

Building snowmen

Frozen sing-a-long

Toy Story

Daddy's Birthday

Since Daddy had the lousy luck of working on his birthday this year, we visited him at the station. We brought him some gluten-free brownies and spent some time "driving" the fire trucks. 

My Little Shining Star

When I say that she is a shining star, I don't mean that she is a natural dancer. She actually does have a lot of grace for a 5 year old - but that's not what I'm describing. She is a shining star because she literally BEAMS the entire time she is in dance. I'm not sure why she loves it so much -- but she is hooked. I've never seen her pay SO MUCH ATTENTION to anyone as she does her easy-going dance teachers. She is so focused, and she is so determined to get it right when they come to her individually to see if she has mastered the "move" they are teaching. I couldn't be more proud of my little beaming ballerina.

The Florida Aquarium

Izzy starts school on Monday. So, we took one last trip to the aquarium. 

"Best Birthday Party Ever!"

It was a lot of work and there were a lot of feisty and adorable children in our house, but it was worth all the work when Izzy hugged me and said "this is the best birthday party ever, Mommy!" She is five, and I couldn't be more proud of the little lady she is becoming.