Millie's First Dance Class

One of Millie's besties is Finley.  Finley goes to dance class.  Millie said she wanted to go to dance class too.  Mommy bought her the fancy outfit and then Millie said she didn't want to go.  She made it VERY clear.  She was back and forth about it all day, and I sorta wanted to strangle her.  I don't care if she goes or not, so I left it up to her.  In the end, we went...and she had the best time.  She was smiling the entire hour.  The thing with Millie is -- she'll probably put up the same fight again next week and then love it when we get there.  It's confusing.  Thank goodness it was so rewarding to watch her enjoy the class!

Zoo Day Photog Practice

Last weekend, we met Papa, Grandma Tricia, and Hillery at the zoo!  The zoo makes me so happy.  Family time makes me so happy.  It was a great day!  I brought my good camera to practice, which I know probably annoys everyone...so thanks for holding your tongue. ;)

Coco, Dan, and Luc met up with us towards the end; hurray!!  You can't really see them, but there are dinosaurs behind them to the right.

Afterwards, we had a cookout in Mohawk Park.  It was so fun to take our time and enjoy the day.

Millie's pretty much in love with her new "big girl bike"

And the cutest pic of the day was taken with an iPhone ;)

Currently

Spring is here!  We've been enjoying the sporadic sunshine when we can.  Now that Millie doesn't nap, we get a little more one-on-one time while Syd naps.  I've enjoyed my time with her.  And popcorn.  We love popcorn.

Syd looks like she's soaking up the sun, but she's actually looking for the airplane she hears...one of her favorite things to do.  She also loves to say "nope" and "ohhhh man".  Milestone note: her other top canine came in.

Beansie survived the winter.  Healthy as a horse.

Buddy too.  Barely.  Millie always says he's "sick and old", and he is...it's starting to show.  He's lost a lot of weight and you can feel his bones.  My poor Buddy.

Break out the spring hoodies!  And accessories...Millie loves necklaces.

Millie has enjoyed playing games lately, like Sneaky Snacky Squirrel and Raccoon Rumpus (her fav).  It's been a fun new activity for us.  We might need to work on her being a good sport when she loses though.

 

Dirty knees, juice boxes, and funny faces...all is right with the world.

Sadly, we've also had a few instances of illness the past couple of months.  One day before I was supposed to leave on a girl trip, Syd gets the croup.  The doctor said her throat looked raw, so she had her first milkshake.

Last weekend, I flew to South Florida to meet my dear friend Ashley for a beach boot camp retreat!

JKK was so thoughtful to book this vacation for me and watch the girls for 4 days while I was away. It certainly wasn't easy with Syd being sick and the weather not being ideal for outdoor play time.  They managed to have some fun and I got cute pics, like these two below, to tide me over.  Buddy got a lot of treats that weekend.

JKK is such a good daddy ;)

The retreat was the perfect mix of exercise and leisure.  It was a great way to get motivated for shorts season and still have plenty of girl time on the beach (with a couple of mojitos).  I'm still sore.

Finally, we get to play on the swing set again!!  How we've missed it...

Big news: Millie has been able to swing by herself (pumping her legs) for months and months now.  Just this week was the first time I've seen her get on a swing and start it all on her own though.  No need for the initial push anymore.  She's completely self-sufficient when it comes to swinging!  Hurray!  You have no idea how much this helps at the playgrounds when I'm not being yelled at to push her on the swing the whole time.

Great (weird) find on the walmart clearance aisle...Millie loves her new unicorn scooter!

First popsicle of the season!  I forgot how messy they were.  Ugh.

It's been Spring Break this week, so no school or Little Gym for the girls.  I did send Millie to Little Gym camp one morning, and she had a great time.  It was a fantasy castle theme, so they got to make their own crowns and play princesses and dragons.  She had a blast.  So glad she's finally old enough to go to stuff like this.

So happy Spring is here...heading to the Tulsa zoo this weekend!

Flower Girl Extraordinaire

Two weeks ago, we travelled to Oklahoma City to be a part of Abby and Miles' wedding weekend extravaganza.  Millie was asked to be one of the flower girls, so we had to bring in reinforcements (a la Coco).  Coco was so sweet to come and watch Syd for us so we could focus all of our energy on bribing Millie to be good and smile for pictures.

Backstage: so fun getting ready with the girls!  Channing was the other flower girl, and she was such a fun, great example for Mills.

Loved every minute spent with these two before the Wedding.  Abby looked beautiful times a million.  Stunning.  And Dina too with her most perfect dress...very Audrey Hepburn.

Blaker was a groomsman!

I started to get a little worried when Millie was stealing my shoes and acting like a wildcat leading up to wedding time.

JKK and I were proud of our Mills...she looked adorable in her dress.  She didn't quite understand that this wasn't her wedding though.  I kept explaining that Abby was getting married to Miles, and she would argue that it was her wedding and it was "Milwie" that was marrying Miles.

The girls! <3  They were all so patient and sweet to Mills, even when she was being sassy and so very 3.

Papa! Mimi! Lacy!  Some of my favorite people.  Mimi looked wonderful in this teal/turquoise color. Lacy's dress was also perfect on her.  Everyone was looking very dashing that evening.

Oliver saved the day!  He had Paw Patrol toys to entertain them while we were waiting for the wedding to begin, and lollipops to keep them quiet during the wedding.  Lacy is a genius.  I made the mistake of not bringing enough food and things to entertain her...so she was so close to meltdown anyway, when she slipped and hit her chin, bringing blood only minutes before she was to walk down the aisle.  It was basically over at this point.  She sobbed the entire way down the aisle asking for mommy.  It was a bit overwhelming.  Somehow she managed not to let go of the basket of flowers and continued walking forward so that Channing could do her job.  

The rest of the wedding went off without a hitch!  Abby was visibly excited and super cute up there marrying this guy, whom we all love.  It was wonderful to witness!  Congratulations, Abby & Miles!

Shortly afterwards, Millie asked to go back to the hotel with Coco and Syd.  I was sad to see her go...I wanted her to get to enjoy the party with us, the dancing and cake cutting.  But the day was just too much for her.  She did her job and was asleep within minutes of getting to the hotel.  

So then we were free to enjoy the night with our family.  Love my pretty mommy.

The reception had so many good times, but the iPhone pics don't do it justice.  I had a few tears listening to Larry give his speech and watching the daddy/daughter dance (could not even handle those song lyrics).  We all loved seeing Papa and Mimi own the dance floor and win the longest married contest.  I miss my family and it was so so fun to see everyone!  It's never long enough to properly catchup, but I'm thankful for these happy times together.

We even had a little photo booth fun...

The next day, we went to the OKC zoo to get in a little more Nana time before she headed back to Colorado.  It was a beautiful day, and dare I say, almost hot.  Not complaining though.  The second we were back in the car and on the way home, Millie was asking when Nana was coming to our house.  Awwww.

Syd was laughing so loud, people were staring ;)  

Such a fun weekend full of family and love!