In need of guests

My newly decorated Guest Room would love to have some occupants.

A big THANK YOU to my lovely and talented neighbor, Anna, for pretty much decorating the whole thing. Now all I need is an unlimited budget so I can get her going on the rest of the house!=)

She is in Pre-K

Let it be known that Emma is NOT in Preschool. She is in Pre-K now. I have made the mistake of saying preschool and have been corrected quite quickly by Miss Thing!=)

She was soooooo very excited to start school today.

Here she is on her first day last year...

And just look at her now. She is growing up way too fast for my taste.

As sad as I am to accept the fact that she is growing up, she is just as thrilled as she can be to back with her favorite teachers and friends!

Golf Camp

Tyler completed his first Golf Camp. He told us he "had a blast" each day. Today was the last day and he got to play in a three hole tournament. If you ask me I think he makes an awfully cute golfer!

Emma's REALLY Big Girl Bed

We finally converted Emma's toddler bed in to a full size bed. It took me FOREVER to find bedding but I think what we found is PERFECT---and she loves it!

Summer Fun

We FINALLY have the pea gravel under the play set so the yard is as done as it is going to get for this summer. The kids have been playing on it, swimming LOTS, and just enjoying the fabulous Tucson evenings.

School starts for Emma next Monday and then Tyler starts on August 10th. I will try to get a few more summer posts done before we head Back to School!!!

Bestest Play Date EVER

Our wonderful neighbor and her daughter put together a play date for their little cousins and kindly included Emma. It was just fabulous! Anna is one of the most creative people I know and her daughter is the kindest sweetest girl in the world.

Lily is an animal lover and she is passing that on to Emma. Here she is holding Lily's Bearded Dragon.

Anna and Lily LOVE Cake Boss so they decided to have the girls create their own master pieces. I am totally stealing this idea for Emma's next birthday party! Check out Emma's creation.

Here is another craft they made....a little pocket book made out of a juice container.

Lily even did face painting on the girls!

Lily is the like the Big Sister Emma doesn't have. She is such a good role model for her. I am just so grateful that Emma and I have her and her mom as friends!

Museums

When it is 110 out each day you have to try to find some good indoor activities for the hottest part of the afternoon. Now that swim lessons and most of the camps we signed up for are done we are trying to find some fun things to do. We have seen Kung Fu Panda 2, Mr. Popper's Penguins, and Cars 2. We have gone to the library, spent too many hours running errands, and we have visited some fun places. Two of our favorites have been Tucson's Children's Museum and the International Wildlife Museum.

We did The Children's Museum with our friends, The Vinyards. Here are a few cute pictures from that outing.

We had never been to the International Wildlife Museum so we decided to get the neighborhood kids together and try it out. We have LOTS of boys in our neighborhood so it was an adventure taking them all together. They got to see ALL kinds of wild animals and even humored me from time to time allowing me to get a few pictures.

We can all can tell that we have been spending A LOT of quality time together because the kids are driving both me and each other crazy. The other day they had argued so much that after a lengthy time-out I made them sit down together and use team work with NO FIGHTING to put this puzzle together. Amazingly they did it AND they were actually nice to each other. They look like angels here but we all know looks can be deceiving;)