this is what a great weekend looks like...

the first thing i noticed when these monsters came back from a weekend with Granny and Papa at the lake, was that somebody grew... and somebody shrunk..

{or they were just wearing eachothers dresses}

"no time to worry about that mom, we were too busy catching frogs..."

 crazy hair, grubby feet, dirty finger nails chocolate mik stained dresses...

i don't know about you, but that is all an indication of a serious good time!

when i noticed the dresses i said,"let me see those tags!"

{while getting a close up of that beautiful hair}

and i found this...

whoops... backwards too

you couldn't wipe the grins off the faces of these filthy happy children...

who would want to! 

and summer is just beginning, there will be many more days of dirt and sun and backwards outfits!

i can't wait!

Happy Mothers Day Granny and Yaya!

 we love you so much! best in the whole world!

LOVE,

 Cora...

and

Eva...

its my birthday....

 ...and i can eat playdough cake if i want to!

 doesn't that just look delicious!

 i woke up in the morning to some crazy kids yelling at me to stay upstairs... because it was a surprize!

"5 more minutes mommie"

about 45 mins later i came down to see this

 ...a streamer surprize...

 ...a breakfast surprize...

 ..a cake surprize {can you see the high heeled boot?}...

 and some fancy presents!

 don't forget nutty kids..

..and a handsome husband...

they got me this..

 SOOOOO excited!

such a fun morning... with such a sweet family! i am so blessed!

long overdue...

i am still not sure why he was wearing my beads in the first place... but they really go well with the fuzzy pink heart blankey... don't you think?

my little Martians...

 as Official members of the New Boston Braves Eva and Cora ran their very first marathon

The Martian Marathon...

stretch it out..

 Arms too...

getting ready with the other thousand or so kids...

She's a serious Athlete " i only walked 10 times!"" she told me...

Thats Cora's Game face... she means business.

i promise Eva ran too, she was just way futher ahead...

a martian medal! woo hoo!

{by "marathon" i actually mean one mile... they were supposed to run during the month and keep track of how many miles to add up to a marathon... it sort of happened}

She's an Actress...

 here she is!!! Co-starring as Witch #2 in her very first off-broadway performance!

and then stealing the show in a supporting role as the Rhino...

 she kept the mask on her face to stay "in character"

 sissy liked the show too...

She's a "Cooker Girl"...

Cora's latest pastime has been working on her culinary skills...

she trains with the best chefs at the Foodnetwork Culinary Institute

...located right in our very own living room...

sometimes even Bobby Flay is her instructor...

Mmmmmm... Tortilla, Carrot, Pretzel, Noodle goodness...