Happy Birthday Madelyn

Ella's absolute best friend in the whole world, Madelyn, celebrated her 4th birthday today. Her mom did the most precious girls birthday party I've ever seen. It was in tea party fashion and the girls got to make their own hats, had feather boas, white gloves, necklaces and rings to wear. They were so cute. They ate off of little plates and sipped tea out of tiny tea cups. It was so cute! Right after Ella said she wanted to have the same party next year!

Ella all dolled up! The girls were SOOO cute!

Loving Lincoln

The Wedemeyer girls (Mommy included) love Lincoln. I mean how can you not when you see what a doll he is! He is the precious little boy of some of our great friends and we were lucky enough to have him come over for a little Camp Wedemeyer today while Marcy was at work. The girls had so much fun with him! Ella loved "taking care of the little kids" as she spent most of her time calling out "Okay, boys and girls, time for reading...time for lunch...etc" Though Lincoln has been promised to Audrey since he is only 6 months older than her, he has taken a strong liking to Ella and was more interested in holding her hand than Audrey's. Audrey was not happy about that! We headed to the park for a little playtime, where people assumed they were all mine since they look quite a bit alike. One lady even came up and told me "Don't worry sweetie--it will get better in a few years." This was after Ella had run off to one end of the park to swing, Lincoln was scaling a rock wall that was five times his size and I wasn't quite sure which tunnel slide Audrey was hiding in. We had a so much fun and can't wait until he comes to play with us again!

Ella pulling the kids off to the park.

" Come back Lincoln!!! You will hold my hand!"

Sweet happy girl.

Lincoln pulling his ladies away in their chariot.

Ella reading to her students.

Friendship

As a little child, friendships are so easy. You don't worry about the petty disagreements and though you may fight over a toy, within a few minutes, you are giggling and hugging each other. I have been blessed with some wonderful friends and we've all gotten to share, laugh, and cry over this journey of motherhood we are on. It just so happens that our kids all fall within the same ages, so we have tons of play dates, outings, and kid (and mommy) fun! Ella always talks about her friends and every one is always classified as a "best friend." She told me last week, "Mommy I have so many best friends, I don't even know some of their names!" This is some friend fun we've had over the past week that I had to share.

Audrey and BFF Harper playing the piano.

Ella, Madelyn, Harper and Audrey having lunch.

Audrey and BFF Mallory playing at the park

Ella with BFF's Jake and Hayden climbing the big rock on the playground. She was so proud of herself for not being afraid to climb up and down it by herself this time. The boys were great coaches!

Ella meeting up with her school friends, Erin, Kyla and Hudson for some reunion time!

Skate Date

This week, Marcy and I decided to take Lincoln and Audrey to Stroller Skate to let them experience their first chaperoned date. Thunderbird Skate Center in Plano opens up the rink each Thursday morning for moms to bring their strollers and skate around (under the lights of the disco ball) with the kiddos while listening to some tunes that were popular back in the day. It was actually a little work out and we had both worked up a sweat after our hour plus cruising around the rink. We had a blast with them and definitely hope to do it again.

Here's a picture of the group

Lincoln checking his lady out...

And... the happy couple

Audrey would NOT keep her shoes or socks on. She spent most of the time trying to chew on her feet. I told her this was not proper date etiquette, but Lincoln didn't seem to mind too much.

Spring Break

Though Spring Break isn't really that big of a deal for us right now, we did have a week without Mothers Day Out, soccer practice or dance. We had LOTS of free time and absolutely the most gorgeous weather. We took advantage of the chance to visit with friends and get outside and enjoy the sunshine.

Monday, we had Will and Lauren over. Who knows what these little giggle monsters were laughing about, but it must have been something funny!

Tuesday, we met our friends Jake, Hayden and Mallory at the park.

We met Audrey's beau Lincoln at the park on Thursday...isn't he handsome? :)

We had several other fun park outings and enjoyed have a week where we could just do whatever we wanted and start working on our summer tans!

Sydney and Soren Come to Visit

One of my dearest friends Whitney that I've known for close to 20 years (wow-I'm getting old) came to Texas for a visit. She lives in California and that is really her home I guess, but I still hope one day she might decide to head back to the Lone Star state! Whitney and I met in high school, headed to different colleges (her to Baylor and me to Aggieland), had lots of fun post college together in Dallas, and then she left for new adventures where she met her husband. They have two precious kiddos that fall right in between my girls. Ella is the oldest, then Sydney a year younger, then Audrey a year younger, and Soren a little less than a year after that. We only got to visit a short time, but I love the fact that despite the distance between us geographically, it feels like we live right around the corner from each other! I have been blessed with a few friends in my life that to me are more like family and Whitney is definitely one of those to me.