My Waterloo Days and Cooking with Dad

Last week we went up to Grandma and Grandpa's to pick up the Roll Over Protection Bar for the bunkbeds. Luckily it was also My Waterloo Days which is always a good time. Here we are at the parade. If you click on the link, you will see that the girls and I are superstars, at least famous in the greater Waterloo, IA area.

Helen really loved playing with all the new toys at Grandma and Grandpa's. This is where we found her when we told her it was time to go back home to Nebraska.

Jane was happy to see the Grandma had a good supply of necklaces for her to accessorize with. We also loved the Billy Goat Gruff bridge in the backyard.

Here are Ryan and Helen making cookies. Helen is just waiting patiently to eat the m&m's on the counter. She is really good at making sure we all get one when making cookies.

Meandering through May

I went through my fabric in anticipation of our move this month and I found some fabric that I thought would make a fabulous play dress. When I gave it to Helen it was immediately renamed a "Cinderella dress' in honor of her current favorite book-on-tape.

Here is Helen on her third birthday with her "Razzamataz" flavored birthday cake. To be honest, Helen makes birthday cake requests and then I just make a ice cream cake doctored up. My dad made a great raspberry/strawberry/blueberry sauce that razzamatazzed this cake right up.

Jane has enough hair to put pig-tails in and it sure looks much better than the flowing mullet she had down her shoulders.

Here are the girls having fun together. It sure is a lot of fun with the girls around.

As you can see from this picture I am getting much better at my coloring. I hope that by the time I am done being the mother of small children that I will figure out how to draw a decent looking horse. (That is not what I am coloring, just stating a general wish).