Weekend WrapUp: Girls Only Edition

This weekend was amazing. I probably haven't said that about a weekend in way too long. We definitely needed a weekend where everyone was having tons of fun, our to-do's list were accomplished, and we all got along! 

Friday morning, DJ took the big girls to school (since he didn't have to be at work until later in the morning), so I snapped a few pics of them before I headed out the door to take Adalyn to daycare.

Friday was yellow day for Megan. The night before she told me that she did NOT want to wear yellow, so I was happily surprised when she came down in a yellow dress.

And, since it was September 11th, I used it as an excuse to dress Adalyn in one more patriotic dress before we had to pack it away with her summer clothes.

I attempted to get a picture of all three girls, but Adalyn was not happy that her big sisters were spoiling her modeling moment.

And, Miss Gretchen in her "Paris" dress. This girl is Paris obsessed.

I shared last week that Megan's teacher sends daily recaps with pictures, and I loved getting the one above of Megan. I'm not at all surprised that she was playing with babies and in the kitchen. 

DJ and the team headed to New Mexico Friday afternoon, so once I rounded up the girls we headed home for some sleepover fun! I had promised both Megan and Gretchen that they could each have a friend over on the first away game of the season. 

Once the big girls arrived, Adalyn wanted nothing to do with them and only wanted to hang out with her momma! I'll take it!

We made pizzas and each girl was able to make their own. 

Adalyn added tons and tons of pepperoni.

Megan was pretty serious about her pizza making.

And then the big girls had their turn.

After we ate pizza, we headed outside to play.

Again, Addy was content just hanging back and sitting with me. 

We played on the chalkboard, went down the slide, and enjoyed the cool weather!

After some play time, Addy went to bed, and we broke out ice cream and yummy candy toppings!

All the girls were anxiously waiting for the ice cream! I put a few oreos in a bag, and they each took turns crushing them up.

Gretchen's little friend is new to our school this year, and I'm so glad they have hit it off! These girls are becoming fast friends!

I had my hands full with these silly girls!

I let each girl choose their ice cream flavor and then they had sprinkles, m&m's, crushed oreos, and marshmallows for toppings.

Gretchen took full advantage of the candy situation!

After ice cream, we gathered up all of the blankets and made a huge pallet on the living room floor. We all agreed to watch Home.

I was really hoping the girls would crash at some point during the movie, but they did not. But, they were all really good and layed pretty still while watching their movie. 

The movie ended after 10, and the big girls went up to Gretchen's room and the little girls fell asleep within minutes.

They were up around 7 the next morning, so we broke out an arts & crafts activity while I made pancakes. 

I picked up foam door hangers and stickers and let the girls have at it while I made breakfast. 

A little while later, I realized that we had let our dog out and forgot to let her back in! I sort of panicked, and thankfully, one of our neighbors called letting us know that they had our dog. Once I got the girls settled with breakfast, I headed a few houses down to pick up Bailey.

This is the first time she's ran off in our new neighborhood, but we had just let time get away, and I'm so glad that we didn't loose her! Bailey's has been in our family for 10 years now.

After our friends left, I spent the rest of the morning picking up around the house, and I found Megan like this:

The girl was tired!

She made me some art work once she woke up, and then we woke up Adalyn and headed to our friend's house to take them dinner and see their new baby boy!  We stayed for around an hour and then headed home in time to catch the TU game on t.v. 

I let the girls have a smorgasbord picnic for dinner.

We love spending Saturday nights cheering on our favorite team, and it's even better when we can do that at home in our pj's!

Addy stayed up until halftime, and then I tucked her in to bed. She was worn out from cheering "Go Tulsa" during the game!

Gretchen finally admitted that she was tired, and she went to bed at the start of the 3rd quarter. 

Megan hung in their with me until the end of the 3rd quarter, and I explained the "good guys" and "bad guys" and she asked why there were police mans on the field. She was talking about the officials!

TU pulled out our 2nd win of the season, and I headed to bed a happy girl! 

DJ finally made it home at 6 am Sunday morning, and I woke up a few hours later so the girls and I could head to church. 

Adalyn was a stowaway in my tub while I got ready. 

We let DJ sleep and left for church. Thankfully, we made it home before he had to leave again.

Megan talked the entire way home about anything and everything! 

The girls saw DJ for about 15 minutes before he headed back to the office. We had lunch, Addy went down for a nap, I did tons and tons of laundry, and then we headed to football for the team dinner Sunday night. 

We're looking forward to another busy week and another weekend of football ahead!

Hope you had a great weekend too! 

Sleepover, Sickness, & Looms

We're in our last week of summer, and it's a crazy, busy one! Today, my two goals include completing the three back to school orders that I have looming over my head, and to take my honey pie's to the swimming pool for an hour or two. 

As busy as I am sewing away, I'm also trying to squeeze in a bit of fun with the girls! 

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Addy Pearl is getting entirely too big! She's walking everywhere, and she found sunglasses in Megan's room and walked out with them around her neck. She's learning the function of objects that I didn't think she'd know quiet yet, and I'm reminded at how fast they grow.

I let Gretchen have a sleepover on Friday night! We haven't seen A&J (twin sisters) since last fall, life just got in the way, but the girls still talk about each other, and I was so glad that we could finally get them together! 

They came over Friday evening, had pizza, and then we watched The Lego Movie. Meggie felt like a big girl too getting to stay up and hang out with her big sister and her friends!

The girls all slept in their sleeping bags (even though Gretchen complained that the floor was entirely too hard) and finally went to sleep around 10:30. They were up at 6 AM the next morning!

We had doughnuts for breakfast and I let the girls play for a bit and then we did a few arts and crafts projects before the girls went home.

The rest of Saturday was spent hanging around the house in the afternoon, visiting with our neighbors, and playing outside before bedtime.

DJ was home on Sunday morning, and since he had to cut the grass, we planned on staying home from church. It was a good thing, because Megan woke up not feeling well, and ended up sleeping until 9:30. Adalyn slept until 10, which is unlike her too!

Despite her appearing happy in this picture, she was anything but! She was fussy and clingy and not herself, so we had a very lazy Sunday. 

Monday morning was pretty lazy as well, as the little girls were still trying to recover. Gretchen had her 6 year well child check up Monday afternoon, and our neighbor came over to watch the little girls. Before the dr. appointment, we stopped by the fabric store and I finally broke down and bought Gretchen the loom that she has been begging for since January!

We spent Monday evening trying to figure it out, and after three you-tube videos, the last of which included teenage girls filming with their cell phone and one of their bedroom floors, I finally figured it out! Thank you teenage girls.

Isn't my bracelet stylin'!

After I put Adalyn to bed on Monday night, I walked out and these two were sitting side by side on the couch watching t.v. before bedtime.

I woke up feeling puny on Tuesday morning, so Adalyn and I curled up on the couch and put on a Disney movie or two.

And, Gretchen spent some time working on her loom bracelets. She's honestly played with it a ton, and I'm thinking I could have bought it sooner to keep her occupied!

Thankfully, by the end of the day, we were all feeling pretty back to normal and hopefully today will be enjoyable for all of us!

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Campfire Cones ~Recipe

We made Campfire Cones at the sleepover on Friday night. I started by setting everything out and cutting and crushing some of the candy.

I purchased the cheap waffle style cones from Target, as well as mini marshmallows, oreos, strawberries, M&M's, caramel chips, chocolate chips, hershey chocolate syrup, and peanut butter cups. 

The girls were given one cone and were able to fill the cone with whatever they wanted. The cones did not hold as much as I thought, so we probably did need this much candy.

After the cone was filled, I wrapped it in foil and wrote the girls name on the foil. I layed them on a cookie sheet, and baked them in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Once I unwrapped them, I realized I could have left them in at least 5-7 more minutes, just so everything would be a bit more gooey. However, it worked out that it wasn't too big of a mess since the girls ate these in my living room!

The original pin said that they baked these over a campfire, but it's February, and we're not camping, so the oven worked perfectly!

I mixed all of the candies together in a large bag and later this week, we'll make Monster Cookies!

G's Sleepover

Friday night, G had two friends over from school to spend the night. I can't believe that at five years old, she has hosted her second sleepover at our house, and has spent the night at a friends house herself!    To be honest, I was really looking forward to having her friends over. I loved having friends spend the night when I was a child, and I have fond memories of sleepovers- staying up all night, talking, giggling. I think it's also a fun part of being a mom to girls. I know we'll have many girls in our house over the next 18 years, and I hope that my girls enjoy this part of their childhood. 

A & J are sisters (twins) that G goes to school with. A is in G's class, and G spent the night with the girls this fall. I wanted to have both girls over. Their parents brought them over around 5:00 on Friday night, and we actually found out that their dad played football at ULL, and that our college teams were in the same division. Meaning, DJ would have broke down film on ULL while their dad was playing. After their parents left, I set to work making dinner. G chose to have mac & cheese and pigs in a blanket. I also served cottage cheese. 

The girls ate it all, except J who exclaimed that she only eats yellow mac & cheese..... mine was a white b/c it was whole grain macaroni and it was made from scratch. I laughed at her honesty!

MC loved hanging out with the big girls!

After we cleaned up the kitchen from dinner, we got the girls in their pj's and made pallets on the floor for movie time! I bought Peter Pan, which I had planned on buying for the girls' Easter baskets.

Then, we made Campfire Cones. I found the idea on Pinterest, and i'll post a 'how-to' tomorrow. 

I let each girl fill their own cone; even MC. It was too close to MCs bedtime, so I ate her cone :) The perks of being a mommy!

I settled the girls down to watch their movie, and baked the campfire cones. The girls enjoyed them once they were finished baking.

After the movie was over, we took the girls sleeping bags upstairs to the play room and let them watch Sofia the First. It took another 45 minutes to settle the girls and get them to bed after Sofia was over. And, I should say, it was mostly getting G settled. A & J were tired and kept telling us that G was keeping them awake!

The girls were awake at 5:30 am, and thankfully, they stayed upstairs until 7.

We had Krispy Kreme doughnuts for breakfast and the girls played more until their mom picked them up around 10.

I was exhausted trying to get them to sleep and them getting up earlier than we usually do on a Saturday, but managed to get a two hour nap in later that morning!

It was such a fun weekend and G and the girls had so much fun!