Summer nights

It has been so nice first thing in the morning and evenings here that we have been trying to get out for walks or playtime as much as possible. Tonight, after dinner, we pulled Jolee's old pink car down from the attic for Rory and as you can see now Jolee is the one pushing it instead of driving it. She had so much fun pushing her sister up and down our block for almost an hour tonight. They are just so cute and have so much fun together. I can only hope that it continues!

Busy Sunday

This past Sunday was a busy day but a great one. We started the day off with Joe's god daughter's baptism in Sarasota. It was so beautiful since they do the baptism in the garden of the Chapel. Jolee especially loved one blessing they do where they drop flower petals on the baby's head. The first pic is of Jolee "blessing" herself. She then proceeded to bless everyone else she could get to! So cute.

After the Baptism we headed down to to Gam and Nonno's to play and have dinner. Jolee and Rory had a great time playing in the mini ball pit.

go bulls!

Tonight is the start of the Bulls season and although they got off to a rough start we have been having a fun night. Go Bulls!

Looking too cute in her pigtails


Cutest Bulls fan


Jolee's Jersey was just a bit big on Rory

Newest family pic

Dinner at the Andrews house

This was a typical dinner at our house, but just so cute at the same time so I decided to take a few pics . Rory and Jolee were both really enjoying their carrots and Jolee was just being a ham as usual!

Dress up monkey,sickie girl and the pacifier addict

All those terms describe Rory in the past few weeks...
Jolee loves to dress up Rory in anything she can get her into. This tutu seems to be Rory's favorite as she is pretty willing when she sees it. Jolee is just so happy to have someone other than me to play dress up with , and so am I . Not that I don't love playing dress up every 10 minutes of the day, but when I answer the door to the UPS man and he addresses me as your highness, I suddenly remember that I have forgotten to take my tiara off. Luckily , I think he's used to it by now :) So needless to say, I am happy that Rory has taken to her sister dressing her up so I have a bit of a break.

I mentioned earlier in one of my blogs that we have all taken turns being sick this month and unfortunately, Rory did not escape it. She was so sad looking and like Jolee, she just wants to be held all the time while sick. I took this picture one night after she fell asleep on the couch with me. We ended up sleeping there most of the night together as she just breathes better when someone is there to prop her up. Poor thing, and poor Mommy, but it was so cute!

And last but not least is my pacifier addict! Rory loves her Pacies and the more the better as you can see.

how do I look ?

Jolee posing like the princess she is

sick , sleepy monkey

I might be willing to share

but I might be able to get both in my mouth

not quite fitting

ugh.. I guess not, let me think on it

A ballerina is born

Jolee had been wanting to start Ballet for quite some time now, but she couldn't start until she was 3. I tried to have her start right after her birthday, but it was the end of everyone's dance season so that didn't work. Well the day has finally come and Jolee could not be happier. The pictures below are from just before her first class last thursday and she would not stop prancing around the house long enough for me to take a picture.
She has now been to 2 classes as of today and LOVES it. She has learned a lot of stretching, how to run on her tippy toes, and today they did a crab walk as well. She is doing really good and loves her teacher Ms. Denise. So far Ms. Denise says that Jolee listens well, follows directions and takes turns very nicely. I wish I could say that :)
I can only see a little bit through the window in the door so I haven't taken pictures at class. Hopefully soon I will be able to take some more of her.
I love and hate how grown up she looks in her Ballet "uniform" .
She has already told me that she is going to sing and dance as her job when she grown up. I can only hope all her dreams come true !

bad hair day

Rory's mohawk is back.. sorta. Her hair is getting so long that she is getting crazy bed head. And then Jolee just wanted to get in on the fun :)