My Faith and Joy… and Boys!

I’m having some technical difficulties with the blog, so please bear with me!  I’ll post as soon as  can.  I can’t wait to show you all pictures of the girls’ last day of “preschool.”  They looked so grown-up!

The girls recently requested that they “make” a doll.  Since sewing is a bit past my skill level, I settled on paper dolls.  With the girls’ close supervision over both my shoulders, I found a printable template online that involved a suitably fancy dress.  We printed them out, and set to work cutting out the intricate dolls and dresses.  The girls were a little frustrated that the dresses kept slipping off their dolls (those silly little fold-over tabs!), so I got out the big gun: scotch tape.  Soon enough, the ball gowns were stuck on tight, and the girls pranced all over the house with their little princesses.  I believe one was named Ariel Rapunzel, and the other named Ariel Cinderella (it probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone that the girls have requested that we name the new baby “Eric” after Prince Eric of The Little Mermaid.  Jim and I told them we’d consider their suggestion…after all, it’s better than them requesting we name the child “The Beast”!).

We took our first boat ride of the season on Saturday.  After some initial jitters, the girls were thrilled to feel the wind in their hair. 

And even though he didn’t have much hair to wave in the wind, Jimmy had smiles to go around!

I love having the kids help me with the chores, but I’m looking forward to the day when their efforts don’t result in twice as much mess!