Clothes and a free movie

The picture above (taken Monday afternoon) may cause you to ask a few questions.
* Why does Julia look so sad?
* Why are the girls dressed up?
* Why is Valerie taking their picture by a dumpster?

Let me explain...
We went swimming Monday morning and after their shower (yes, they showered together instead of bathed) the girls wound up putting on pajamas - Julia was in fleece. After they ate and rested/napped I needed to go throw some trash away and pick up our mail. When I told them to go grab some clothes to change into, this is what they chose. Dresses - cute, pretty dresses to be worn for 5 minutes while we dumped our trash. Julia's refusal to smile is just b/c she's going through that "don't take my picture" phase.

Here are my fashionistas on Tuesday as we headed to the Free Movie of the week - Planet 51.



The movie was supposed to start at 10:00. We arrived at 9:45, and checked out 3 different screening rooms before settling on sharing a 2 seater by raising the armrest in between the seats. Audrey wound up going potty twice before the movie started. Of course, this was b/c the movie didn't actually start until 10:28. We also dug into our treats.



Yes, I brought popcorn and drinks from home to the theater. Me pay movie snack prices? HAHAHAHAHA!!

By 10:35 Audrey needed to potty again, by 10:40 she'd finished her snack, and by 10:45 she was standing in my lap waving at people - crying when I made her sit down. Planet 51 did not interest her - at all! When 11:00 rolled in she needed to potty AGAIN and while we were taking our restroom break Julia said she didn't like the movie and wanted to leave.

She did not have to say this twice.

We were walking out of the front doors by 11:07.

End of story? NOPE

Do you want to know what Audrey did around 11:14ish??
She decided that the four trips to the bathroom at the movies wasn't enough and informed me that she had just gone to the bathroom in her car seat.

Grossology 101

My kids could teach the course (although I'm sure all mom's, dad's, babysitters, etc. have their own gross kids stories) and Julia and Audrey have exhibited some of their grossosity today.

A. Julia was told this afternoon to stop licking her armpits. A few minutes (literally about 90 seconds) later she was told to stop eating the skin on her heel.


2. Pretty much at the same time as big sis was eating her foot, Audrey decided to randomly get up and grab a baby wipe. She then pulled her pants down and started wiping her panty area. Ok? so what?? Well, instead of throwing these wipes away she started putting them in my oven mitts! What! 2 wipes went in before she was caught.


D. The girls tried making out with the mannequins at Old Navy today. Ugh! How many other people have touched that fake dog?? **BUT** They also posed for these pics while I was trying on clothes.





Brag spot!
While this subject can get pretty gross if the child isn't successful, I'd like to brag about Audrey's almost full potty chart! We'll be going to church with just panties tomorrow. Her first time out of Mommy & Daddy's care sans diaper was Wednesday, but tomorrow will for a good bit longer time period! Cross your fingers! How many extra dresses should I pack?? :) Please also take note of the potty chart Julia decided to make this morning.

This & That Thursday

* Audrey's getting (a little) more successful with her potty training. This makes me happy! I'm planning on working at the church preschool this fall. She's coming too IF she's potty trained... and SHE WILL BE!!!!

* The girls aren't big into posing for pictures right now. Here's what I got the last time I asked them to take a picture together.


* We're having dinner with friends tonight. I'm just supposed to bring dessert. I wish I had my sister-in-law's cake making/decorating skills, but I don't. (HEY AMY!) I wound up making 3 different easy desserts (marshmallow treats, chocolate covered pretzels, and chocolate peanut butter bars) and I'm hoping that will suffice.

* The girls surprised me over the weekend and willingly pet a little lamb. (sorry the pic is bad) Yes, when the lamb actually looked Audrey's way she cried with fear **BUT** at least she pet it. That's progress for us!


* Matt and I watched Shutter Island the other night. It was just the right amount of scary for me. Enough for me to freak out a few times during the movie, but not so much to keep me up for half the night.


* Julia's really into getting in the swimming pool floatie free. She loves the fact that she can hang out in the shallow end and still touch the ground. She's even started swimming on her own for 6 or 7 kicks, although Jules doesn't use her arms just yet. We also need to work on dog-paddling, but she's doing such a good job! It's so sweet to see the look of pride/confidence on her face when she comes up from the water.

Princess Party @ CFA

Last week we went to Chick-fil-a for their Princess night.

Hair, nails, makeup - OH MY!




Pictured with Audrey below is her princess shoe. The girls didn't want to dress up in their full princess attire, but they did want to wear their high heels!



My girls liked looking at the chick-fil-a cow and the princesses, but neither really wanted to be near them. We waved 'hello' numerous times, and after many requests I finally got the girls to take a picture...


They also had a limo for people to take a ride in, but the line for that was really long so we didn't enjoy that fun. Plus, the girls didn't even take a second glance at it when we walked by - not interested. :)


Ahhh, sloppy kisses are the best!

My Baby!

I've got extra pictures on my camera that I haven't blogged about yet. I was looking through them just now and saw one that really caught my eye. Look at my Audrey!! She looks nothing like a baby! My baby is a now a little girl!!!!

Father's Day pics

I had to grab the camera Sunday for some pictures of Matt and the girls. The photo shoot wasn't great, but I'd prefer "ehhh" pictures to NO pictures!

VBS family night

VBS family night was tonight. Audrey just stood there looking confused, but Julia put on a show. She elbowed her way into center stage, accidentally smacked herself in the face, mugged for the video camera, shouted the last note, galloped before taking her final bow, and capped it off by showing the congregation her panties.