Weekend Wrap-up...

...sunshine...finally! 

It was a beautiful weekend and we soaked up every minute of it in the sunshine!  {and now my lobster-like arms are proof!}  Of course the laundry once again took a back seat to this...

{aahhh...happy feet!}

{Emily giving me a little sass for taking her picture!}

{silly faces}

{ready...aim...}

{...gotcha!}

{All smiles for sunshine, swimming...}

{...and super-spiky hair!}

Alex and Emily literally swam from noon to night...

{basking in the sunset...}

Sunday we had an impromptu pool party with our neighbors and a few friends...and the kids {and mom!} had a great time hanging out and visiting...while Dan baked in the heat working so hard in the yard...he is so dedicated!  We appreciate it so much!  It's a never-ending job and he deserves lots of praise for keeping up with it!

And Saturday night Emily had a surprise for all of us...

She has a new smile!  She lost her first tooth!  She said she didn't even know it was loose...and all of a sudden that night she told me she thought her tooth was loose...and it was pretty much about to fall out!  And she pulled it right out!  She was just as surprised as I was!  {Luckily the Tooth Fairy came through on such super-short notice...whew!}

Sunday morning she has never been as excited to go to church and show off her new smile! 

I was so excited for her...but a little sad...because now the next tooth is loose...and it all changes from here on...she's not such a little girl any more...sniff sniff...  She and Alex are just growing up so fast.

It was a great weekend...and just seven more days of school now...so ready for summer!

Happy Monday!

"Not Me!" Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and so many others have not been doing this week!

{sigh} Another Monday...I cannot keep up with the passing days...seriously people, please STOP the clock! Why...because Alex did not lose his very first little baby tooth ever! {sniff, sniff...sob...another milestone checked off...such a big boy!}
He's such a sweetheart...I mean not a cutie pie!
He did not work on that tooth all day Sunday until he could not go to sleep. Finally at almost 9:30, Alex did not let Dan pull it out! He was not so extremely thrilled, excited, beaming from ear to ear that he finally gets to have his name posted on the Who's Lost a Tooth? board at school...with just 3 days left! And that the Tooth Fairy is finally coming to our house! {Mrs. Tooth Fairy thought $5 was an awesome amount for a first tooth, Mr. Tooth Fairy thought $2 was good...Mrs. Tooth Fairy compromised...Alex will maybe not wake up to $3 under his pillow!}



I did not walk into the room and find Dan watching iCarly when Alex and Emily were not even in the room...I did not sit down and join him...we did not even chuckle at it once...not us!

Emily did not randomly tell Dan, "I did not hit your car with my bike!" Dan asked, "You didn't?" Emily, "No, I didn't." {Thanks, Emily for telling us what you did not do...or did you...}

I did not finally get some of my act together and switch out Alex's and Emily's winter clothes for summer clothes. {Yay!} They will not look so much better now in tank tops, instead of turtlenecks in the 80-degree weather we've been having! {No need to thank me, kids...you're welcome!}
Happy Monday!