Cousins - Visitng June 2012

Auntie Lia and Uncle Adrian took them out for ice cream!

Yes that water is FREEZING COLD but it didn't stop the kids!

Bethany wore her face paint for days and wouldn't wash it off because she loved her unicorn so much!

This was our practice PRINCESS CASTLE Cake for the girls upcoming Princes Party.  I'm really glad that I ended up doing this because of all the circumstances surrounding their birthday we where unable to make this big time consuming cake, but I dont' think they minded so much.... because Kiera showed up at the party!!

Face Painting

I got to do a mini face painting class the other day with Belinda from Fabulous Faces in Adelaide. It was so much fun and something I've wanted to do for a long time and everything magically lined up and I got the opportunity!! As of right now this is just something fun for me to do with my children and I have no plans to become employed as a Face Painter. It's also heaps harder to do than it looks. Mastering control of the brush is the secret to making it look good and that comes from good ol'practice. Here's a few photos from my first child session on my daughters and my nieces.

Cheeky Monkey Play Cafe

We went to the new play cafe in Gawler this past monday with the cousins. The girls had a lot of fun, but was not happy when grandma called it quits after two hours. Luckily we are going to another play cafe on Saturday so I was able to appease her with a promise that we'll stay as long as she wants to. I hope I haven't set myself up for 6+ of noise squealing lol.

Happy Birthday Jade!

Jade is 2 years old today! All of our little girls are growing up! (wow...that means in only 5 months Lilah will be 2... where has the time gone!?) The kids had a great time eating tons of candy and drinking coke. Emmy won the big prize at the end of "pass the parcel" and got to take a few swings at the fairy pinata. It was a bit sadistic telling the kids to beat the fairy!! lol Both of the girls did a great job at gathering up candy at the end. They had a jumping castle, trampoline and swing set to play on so they were completely wore out and fell asleep in the car the minute we left the drive way. Besides a few tears from Emmy getting two skinned knees and Lilah thinking I had left her when she couldn't find me they did really good. No whining, crying or temper tantrum throwing. Why can't they be that perfect always?!?!? lol I made Jade a pretty Name Applique Pillow and a Barbie DVD with 6 Barbie Movies & a Barbie coloring pack. Happy Birthday cutie pie!

This picture is so funny. Notice how all the guys have lined up their chairs as far away from the women as they could get + the dog!!!!

No Nut Allergies!

We took Lilah the other week to meet with her Allergen Specialist that we have been waiting 6 months to see. Emmy spent the day with Auntie Lia because the appointment was suppose to last a long time and it was in the city so I really needed to have only one child to concentrate on and to really make the most of our doctor visit.

The doctor laid out a check list in front of us and told us to tick off each thing we'd like to have her tested for. We picked all the nuts, shell fish, tuna, and egg. She took us into another room and pulled out all these little bottles that looked like essential oils and started numbering Lilah's back with a marker and dropping drops of oil on her. Next she pulled out a pile of needles that looked like diabetic blood testing needles and I was so worried of how Lilah was going to handle being pricked all over her back 15 times! After the first one I realized I had nothing to worry about because the needle was so fine that she didn't even feel it. She just sat on my lap and let the doctor do her thing....great! We then waited 15 minutes to read the results. I was so happy when all the nuts were read as NEGATIVE results!!! Meaning NO NUT ALLERGIES!! Egg tested positive but she doesn't have an anaphalactic response to egg so we need to keep her from having it but if by chance she does have some then we need to take immediate action but it's not life threatening. Such good news!

Lia brought Emmy home later on that day and she had such a busy day playing with her cousins they were all asleep by the time they made it to Gawler. Check them out.....

Sleeping in order of age too! Bethany 3 1/2, Emmy 2 1/2, and Jade 23 months.

Cousins At Grandma's House

Aww isn't this sweet!

I think Grandma Jan really liked this!

It's a rare photo when all four are in the picture....even more rare if they are all looking and smiling..... who am I kidding...that doesn't happen! lol

Emmy & Bethany playing Barbie and the Three Musketeers

It was a real lovefest! But they have a love hate relationship.... later in the day Lilah got a couple love bites on the face. Don't feel too sorry for Lilah.... she's got some sharp nails and likes to pinch...not to mention a biting habit of her own. She got grandma on the chest that day, and loves to bite her dad. She rarely bites me anymore because she knows that mommy gets very mad!

This is a nice way to end our pictorial!

Fairy Dancing Girl

Today was our 2nd Fairy Dancing Class. We have so much fun when we are there and it's so cute to watch them! I got some great pictures today! I still haven't got a good shot of Emmy all dressed up in her dance outfit. She can be a little disgruntle in the morning hahha and isn't in the mood for me to take her picture. I think I'm going to have to dress her up in it just to snap a few photo's.

Bethany before class. I tried to get Emmy to stand with her for a picture, but she ran off. That's a pretty pose Bethany!

The girls following their Fairy Dance Instructor. How cute is that dance room!?!?
Jade & Lilah hanging out with us mom's while their big sisters have class. They are getting so big now! Lilah is 3 weeks from being a year old and Jade is 7 months older than Lilah and 5 months younger than Emmy.

We watch the girls from the waiting room on a large flat screen TV. They show the girls in real time. This allows the instructor to have more influence over the class but all of us mommy's can still keep an eye on our cuties!

More and more dancing....

Looking cute girls!

Puppy Love

We dropped by Jess & Emil's house before heading to the beach on Sunday to see their new baby puppies. They are only a couple of weeks old and in the cute shaky walking stage. The girls were all so gentle with them...except Lilah did give one good pull up on one of the puppies ears. (Sorry puppy!) It'll be so much fun when I can get the girls a kitten or a bunny! I have to stop thinking about it because I'm already getting too excited!!