A Million Weird Pictures of American Girl Dolls

 So on Christmas Eve I deduced that Erik had gotten me the MaryEllen AG doll for Christmas.  I really am obsessed with this doll.  She is seriously adorable!  But, I decided to leave it unopened.  Mostly because Anna doesn't even have her own AG doll, so I felt weird about opening one up in front of her, and also I just felt ridiculous getting an expensive DOLL!  So it has sat under our bed for the last few months, until a couple of weeks ago.  I just needed some cheering up, and I knew what would do it.  So I told Anna that I had a present that I was going to open and she was more than happy to join in!
 Yay! Mary Ellen!

 Posing with Samantha!  
 We took a million pictures with our dolls :)
 Soon after opening Mary Ellen, Anna's friend Charlotte came over to play.




 Taking Mary Ellen to school pick up.
 The next morning our AG fever was still going strong!


 Almost as often as I find silly selfies of Anna, I find them of Chase too :)
 Anna had kindergarten orientation!  It wasn't one with her specific teacher or class (teachers won't be assigned until July), but it was a general assembly type where the kindergarten team, principal, aides, etc talk with the parents.  The soon-to-be-kindergarteners were ushered in groups to various parts of the school where they colored and listened to stories.  I was nervous Anna wouldn't want to go, but she hopped up when it was time and waved good bye!  Hopefully this is a sign of how kindergarten will go!  It will be hard enough for me!


 It's pretty rare for me to take all of the kids to Target these days, but that afternoon I did.  We finished off our trip with icees for the kids and a steam non fat hazelnut milk for me :)
 Blue tongue!
 I love following runners on instagram!  It give me motivation to get out and exercise in the morning. I follow this girl that is so fast!  She just ran the Boston Marathon and was faster than I ever could imagine!
 Jackson had his flag football clinic, where he met his team and coach and practiced some stuff.  It seems like a great group of kids!
 haha not sure what was going on here!
 Anna often has me take videos and pictures of her on the trampoline and I love how the setting sun was just right to see her little jumping shadow on the fence!


I've been obsessed with Hamilton inspired jewelry on Etsy.  I was debating between this one (it quotes my favorite song (it's so hard to pick a favorite, but I literally cannot contain how much I love Jonathon Groff's interpretation of King George), and a more general "Hamilton" necklace.  I went with the necklace.  I love it!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

One Weekend, Three Living Arraignments

Image
So I don't have too much time to blog, but thought I would do a quick update of our moving weekend.  First of all I wanted to post this pic of Wyatt trying to drink the rain that came last week.  It was the first time it's really rained here since we came to Arizona, and it was so weird.  Hot, muggy, rain.  All packed up and ready to go.  Friday was our last night in the apt (hallelujah!) One last goodbye To avoid having to pay into the new month, Saturday and Sunday night we stayed in a hotel (it was a lot cheaper surprisingly).  Wyatt was having lots of fun jumping on the bed. So Monday morning, as I was showering, I felt like the conditioner was making my hair feel really weird.  Well, that's because I dumped a bottle of lotion on my hair . . . FYI, that doesn't work well. Monday we finally moved in!  I took these pictures after a full day of unpacking and cleaning if you can believe it.  They look really bad, but they give you a tas...
Read more

21 Weeks

Image
OK, so I guess the consensus of the man giving me the flowers is creepy to everyone.  I think it's one of those times you had to have been there, because he really didn't seem creepy.  In any event the flowers still look pretty in the kitchen :) Wyatt just cracks me up these days.  I think this is just the funnest age when their personality really shows its true colors.  While we were playing in the backyard I tried to get a video of him using his "worker man voice"  It is the most hilarious thing.  He loves to do things to get me (and especially Erik) to laugh. While I was taking pictures of the boys, I decided I might as well get a shot of the baby tucked away (well not so tucked apparently) at 21 weeks.  I really am feeling so good these days, as long as I get some sleep.  Now that we are back on a normal schedule that's a lot easier to do! Jackson has reached to a new stage as well of keeping himself entertained (without the TV)...
Read more

Pictures, Pictures

Image
Anna loves being by the fire.  It's actually the only time she doesn't fuss if she's set down.  This girl likes to be held! Our little Sumo wrestler A little dream smile :) We finally found some good bunk beds on Craig's List.  Jackson LOVES sleeping on the top.  I'm still keeping Wyatt in his crib, because he does so well in it.  I see no point in rocking the boat when I have a newborn to give me sleep troubles already.  We'll put Wyatt in bunk bed sometime this summer. Sweet girl.  This is one of my favorite outfits that I ordered for her, because it has my favorite color: yellow :) Jackson always wants to hold her.  Last night we had this sweet conversation: Jackson: "Mom, when are you going to wake up tomorrow morning?" (I've been able to sleep in while my parents have been here) Me: "I don't know Jackson it depends on how much Anna gets up during the night." Jackson: "Oh, I hope she doesn't need to nurse tonight...
Read more