Funny Little Sullivan

To know Sullivan is to love her.  Honestly and truly.  She has such heart and spirit in all that she does.  It is contagious.

This video of her singing, "Five Little Ducks" makes me laugh.  She starts off in what we all would agree is a "normal" child voice, but by the end she brings the volume back up to a typical Sullivan level - LOUD! 

(Sorry for the poor quality - it was taken with my phone and didn't turn out as well as I had hoped.)

So passionate and so engaged in what she is doing!  To be three years old again....!

Sweet Girls...

"Sometimes... the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

- A. A. Milne

Quinn and Sullivan - Thanks for filling my heart with so much love!  

I love you more than you will ever, ever know.

Memorial Day Gardening

We planted flowers on Memorial Day a couple of weeks back.  The girls were super excited to pick out flowers from the greenhouse and bring them home.  They each had their own pot this year and were allowed to pick out flowers all by themselves.  No swaying or persuading from us.  Quinn took her time taking in all her choices.  She strolled through the greenhouse a couple of times before gravitating toward the pink and purple flowers (surprise!).  Sullivan really had no method to her madness.  I take that back - her method consisted of picking out flowers as quickly as she could.  In and out - any flowers would do!  Funny the difference in the two of them!

Quinn enjoyed clowning around before getting down and dirty.

We spent the afternoon planting flowers in the hot, humid weather.  We were delighted that Livy, our neighbor, wanted to join in on the fun!  She was such a good help.

The final products?!  They turned out very vibrant and very beautiful. 

Note the colors - pretty pinks and purples for Quinn.

A wide variety of colors and flowers for Sullivan.

And finally, I would be remiss if I didn't include this following picture.  Ryan was playing photographer and was very proud of his Memorial Day patriotic picture. :)

Too Hot in the Kitchen

The girls were playing restaurant this past week.  One would take my order, while the other made my order "fresh" in the kitchen.  They do this often and it is always a blast listening to them work together.

I got up to do a load of laundry or do something and walked past them.  Apparently it got to hot in the kitchen, because when I looked at Sullivan, this is what I saw:

My free spirited, go-with-the-flow daughter decided to take not only her pants off, but her underwear too.  I just hate when your underwear gets in the way of great cooking!  Not sure that our restaurant would pass health inspection!

Everyday amazes me with these girls. They make the best of friends and the best restaurant co-workers!  One can predict who runs the show!  And who chooses to listen (sometimes!) and argue with the decisions (often!).  They are a hoot!

All Too Familiar...

Anyone that knows Sullivan Grace, knows this look:

 It is her signature I-am-mad-and-I-am-going-to-let-the-world-know-it face!! As frustrating as this attitude can be, it makes me smile!  

Story Hour

Anyone up for a good story?!  How about you, Judson?!

Auntie, Uncle and the boys stopped by this past weekend to visit us.  Sullivan and Quinn instantly took to reading them stories.  For whatever reason, Sullivan felt as if Judson couldn't see the pages.  Note the close up shot (above)!

I am not certain who enjoyed it more, the boys or the girls.  But I thought it was incredibly sweet to see how quickly they took to entertaining the boys - especially with books.

Here is the latest pictures of the boys.

Crew (on the left) and Judson (on the right):

Splish,Splash!!

We have been a busy little family this past week. Between Duff's surgery (she is recovery SO well), gymnastics,and every day life, the girls also started swimming lessons. These swim lessons meet every day for two weeks. The girls are doing an amazing job and loving every minute of their lessons. They are not in the same class, but take lessons at the same time.

By day 2 of the lessons, Quinn was going under water without her nose plugged. That is a HUGE accomplishment for her!! You can tell that she is more confident and less afraid of the water. Sullivan is enjoying them too. I don't know that she loves the water and the lessons as much as Quinn. She is out there for social hour. :)   She loves watching the other swimmers, hanging out with the other kids in her class, and checking out all of the parents there watching their kids. But she doesn't hesitate to get in the water, she follows her teacher's directions and is enjoying herself. You can't ask for more than that.

Quinn: In the water with her teacher.
Sullivan: Standing at the edge of the pool
in the background.

With one more week left this week, I can't wait to see what skills they learn this week!!!