Ice cream at DQ

Who doesn't love the neighborhood DQ? Ours is within walking distance and its fun to go down there for a family treat. The girls certainly enjoy their soft serve cones, and Dustin and I always get extra when the girls' ice cream start to drip. We snagged some cute photos of us all enjoying our cones.

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Free photos....not!

So I went and had the girls' pictures taken today at the Target Studio. They finally upgraded to the hand-held digital photography, (Yeah)! and they were giving free photo packets for their studio members plus 50% off their special packet offers-or whatever they call them. i went with the intention of taking cute pictures of my girls, and not having to spend a lot of money on pictures since I would be getting so many of them for free. HA! I have this terrible talent of spending a lot of money when it comes to studio photography. Why? I can't say no to adorable pictures of my daughters. Can you blame me? I could have walked away with four sheets of photos and spent nothing! But no, I spent over $80 on photos that I can't allow myself to not have in my possession. My only justification....But it was all 50% off!

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Peek-a-boo

I was getting Amy out of the car and I said, "Peek-a-boo!" And Amy covered her eyes with her hands, pulled them off and said, "Be Boo" It was just a super cute moment, and it made me smile.

Curlers in her hair

On Saturday night, on spur of the moment, I asked Adelynne if she wanted me to put curlers in her hair so that she would have curly hair for church on Sunday. She excitedly said yes and added, "Lots of curlers like Grandma Belt!" I just love that she remembers that her Grandma Belt would put curlers in her hair! Adelynne sat very patiently for me as I put all of the curlers in her hair. Years of Saturday nights, with my mother doing my hair up in curlers, came flooding back to me. Every Saturday night my mother would put sponge curlers in my hair and also in my sister's hair. I even have a picture of us. (I'll have to scan it in sometime). I wasn't going to expect much from Adelynne the next morning, but to my surprise she had all of her curlers in her hair when she woke up. The curls were so cute! I took lots of pictures because I honestly didn't think the curl was going to last. I thought for sure they'd all be gone by the end of church. But I was pleasantly surprised again. The curls stayed in all day until she took a bath. They relaxed a little throughout the day, but they lasted. I'll definitely be doing this again.  (Can someone please tell me what song it is that has the line "with curlers in her hair."  I'm positive that there is a song with those lyrics, and I can't think of what it is, and it is driving me crazy)!

The result: lots of cute curls!


The finished hair-do:

Someday Amy, someday.

Going out

We were headed out for a walk the other day and I decided to snap some pictures. Amy was doing her own thing, she could have cared less that I was taking any pictures. And every time I take pictures of Adelynne, it takes at least 3 or 4 shots before she actually looks at the camera with her eyes open. AAAAAH! But I think she's cute anyway.

Enchanted

The girls were watching Enchanted last night before going to bed, and Amy was so captivated by the movie that I just had to snap some photos of her expressions. She seems to really be enjoying television more and more. Dustin says that she's a girl after his own heart. Yes, we like to watch movies at our house.

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Determined

We were getting ready to go swimming, and Amy wanted to put the bottom of her swimsuit on herself. So this is Amy, hard at work. If I tried to help her she would start flailing her arms and screaming at me. I thought her level of concentration was pretty cute and worth documenting.

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I know, I know, I happen to be very dyslexic when I say things. I meant to say "two legs in one hole."

Pretty Nails

Last night I painted Adelynne's nails, and then she painted mine.  You can't really see the nails, but thank goodness the nail polish we used comes off very easily.  My nails were back to normal before I went to bed.  Of course it doesn't make Adelynne very happy when the polish comes off.  I may actually have to get real nail polish eventually.  Adelynne has been pretty sick the last couple of days, so this was a nice thing to do to get her mind off of not feeling well.  She was excited to finally have her nails painted just like Minnie's nails. 

Wabash River

Dustin and I are just short of having been here in West Lafayette, Indiana for two years. We have crossed the Wabash River countless times, but we have only crossed the foot bridge on one other occasion. And yesterday was the first time we have ever walked on the banks of the river and actually touched the Wabash. We decided that a little stroll after dinner would be a nice, relaxing way to complete our evening and we thought the girls would enjoy it too. We stopped by the fountain before walking over the bridge. Any fountain is a treat for my girls. We even asked a nice woman passing by to take a picture of all of us. We always seem to be lacking in family photos.

For some reason Adelynne thought we were going to see some dinosaurs.  I don't know if she was thinking about our recent trip to the museum, but it was cute to hear her talk about seeing the dinosaurs anyway.  And don't worry, Amy did not fall into the river, she made it safely home with us.