I love you...a bushel and a peck...

I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep
About you

This was our song of the summer...we sang it all the time and I would tickle the girls at the end...so we normally sang it four times in a row so that each girl would get tickled! I loved it...I can still hear Greta's four year old voice singing it missing a few words here and there.

So...summer is over. My last day was today and boy did Greta want to make it memorable! We did EVERYTHING. First we had a tea party, complete with pretzels, Ritz Crackers, M&M's and of course Pink Lemonade "tea." Then played Pretty Pretty Princess, then made slime-turquise colored...all three girls favorite! Then we watched Jungle Book 2. Of course had chicken nuggets for lunch (can't tell you how many times i have made those the last three months). All in all it was a great day. Both girls were in good moods which made it easy to enjoy.
(I will post pictures of our day later, left my camera cord at home)

It was hard and sad to say goodbye...we have had so much fun this summer and made so many memories. I definitely look forward to seeing them soon...*hint*hint (come to San Diego! :)


Now I am already back at school and gearing up for the next job. All my boxes of tricks and fun are packed up for the summer and the boxes of school stuff will (soon be) unpacked. Can not believe that summer is over. It was fun while it lasted.

Mamma Mia

Yesterday was oh so much fun. We made our own homemade pizzas for lunch! The girls absolutely loved making everything from scratch and getting to knead their own dough and put their own toppings on their pizzas and then eat their creations in the end. It was very fun! They all took turns adding the flour and mixing the dough and everything else that making a pizza from scratch entails. It was messy and slimy and nasty, but it was fun! And the pizza...DELICIOUS! I'm considering making it again tomorrow...we'll see.




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Today was my last day with all of the girls. We just hung out, watched tv, made slime, and did what we do best...be silly! It was so weird and sad that it was it for the summer, the big girls go back to school in the morning. But I get to spend tomorrow with the little ones.


There's a cute story behind this one... :)

She was staring at herself in the mirror laughing at herself...I got a laugh out of it!

These two were just sitting so quietly watching tv oblivious to what I was doing...so I put whipped cream on their noses...they weren't really sure what to do!

Little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice!

Well...they were definitely made of sugar last Thursday all thanks to me. We made cinnamon rolls in the morning and vanishing rolls for after lunch. So basically our diets consisted of: butter, bread, sugar, cinnamon and marshmallows! They were both yummy treats!








Today we played with water balloons for a bit. The girls made up a few games to play with them and we all ended up having to change our clothes by the time we were done. I think I have filled up close to 50 water balloons in the last 24 hours. Needless to say my left pointer finger is a little sore from tying all of them. After water balloons, the girls decided they wanted their nails painted. This is was the result of them choosing their own color(s):






It's sad to think that this is the last week with my girlies before summer is over. Half of them will start back to school on Thursday and then I am back a week from Tuesday. Regardless of how many days are left, I guarantee that they are all going to be fun days full of fun stuff. I am excited for tomorrow most of all! Can't reveal what we are doing cause the girls have discovered my blog and will read it and then there will be no surprise for them, but since it is the last week everyday is going to be fun! :)
Gotta make the most of the few, SILLY, SLIMY, SUNNY DAYS OF SUMMER that we have left!

Winter in August

Today was the day that the girls have been waiting for since before I even got home for the summer! Last year it was Winter in July, but due to my missions trip and all of the things that they had going on, we had to bump it to August this year. So 97 degrees outside and in our shorts and t-shirts it was snow day! We made gingerbread houses and decorated them with gum drops and "Mike a Mike's" as Greta called them. We made snowmen from marshmallows and then played with SNOW!! It is so fun to see the girls creativity in decorating their houses and it was fun getting covered in frosting and saving collapsed houses! It was a full sticky day and another day that I left with a sugar rush, but I suppose that is partly my fault!







The snow was pretty much a MESS...but it was oh so fun! The girls were SHOCKED at how much just a little powder and water made and thought it felt so weird when I made it in their hands. They spent a long time digging and creating mountains and tossing it at each other and making basically just a mess...but that's alright, it was clean by the time mom got home!







After playing in the snow the girls asked if I would take their pictures. They loved it!! Giggling and picking new "poses"








So we had winter in August during one of the hottest weeks of the summer so far. The girls were excited and we had fun. Now I just have to figure out what to do with all of the leftover marshmallows!