Tea Parties and Such

The girls have been dwelling in the world of their imaginations a lot lately. Sadie calls it "pretend life". Last week after we read a book about pioneer girls, this is how I found them. Having pioneer tea party!

Wait...how many pioneer girls had cell phones?! :)

I took a few pictures, then Sadie pointed to Bobo and said "Mama, look at our precious baby." Looks like a monkey to me, but I would never tell a mother that about her baby, so I refrained. :)

And below the table, look who else was invited to the party...Sadie's puppy that goes everywhere with her. She named her Lily this week, with help from Ivey. She has been "puppy" for 6 months - we're glad she has a name now. :)

We had company recently and Shane was going to sleep in our room so company could have his room. I instructed him to "go get the things you'll need for the night and put them in Mama and Daddy's room". I was thinking pajamas, clothes for the next day, etc. Here's what I found when I went in my room later....

The week after spring break, we all had a hard time getting back in the swing of things. Morgan woke the girls up and when I went to tell them breakfast was ready...here they were.

This is one of my favorite desert plants in springtime....they don't stay this way for long, but I enjoy the brief show!

Another thing I enjoy is coming upon things that Shane has invented. He always has a project going. I went to water the yard the other day and found this. I won't let him take it down because I love looking out the window seeing it there.I'm pretty sure he ties better knots than I do! :)

Here's one of my favorite recent pictures. Thought you might all enjoy it too.