Yes we got lazy on our blog, again.... yes we're trying to repent..... again. Judge away. It's for posterity....and the grandparents....and selfishly myself so I can do the best I can to remember my babies as they are little.
And so I can remember real life.
Once upon a time we tried potty training Miriam in early April. It was not successful. At all. It was horrible. She didn't care about the cold showers (judge away), she didn't care about the jelly beans (judge away)... she just didn't care. So I gave up. Less than a week later we were watching some of her friends for a little joy school day, and 2 of them were potty trained and I helped them go potty. Miriam asked to go potty as well, and she did. Seriously. We've had minimal accidents since then. She basically potty trained herself because of peer pressure. At 2 years old. Yup.
I love this silly girl
I love these silly sisters and all their shenanigans.
The girls love to check in on our flowers.
And every time a new bud would pop, they had to go check it out...
...and smell it.
Trying to figure out the difference between pennies and nickels and dimes and quarters and paper money. It's tricky stuff.
I love smoothing her hair out before bed...
Sometimes I work and they play and it makes me happy to see them playing independently
Sicko babies are never fun, but I love how many cuddles sickos need.
Summer days sharing popsicles!
The girls and I both love snapchat - it gives us lots of laughs.
Beach trip with friends is always awesome.
Squirt guns in the back yard!!
Picnic dinner and a movie for a girls night!
The De Young art museum has an exhibit every year where floral arrangers make pieces for display as well - I was so excited to go this year! The girls did mostly well - Miriam got bored at the end, and she hates being in her stroller, but Evette loved the flowers and trying to match them to the art piece that inspired it!
Snuggles and selfies!
"Everyone sit down so I can take a picture" "why......"
Friends over for a sleepover!
Miriam taking some pics:
I love how cuddly and soft and warm she is when she sleeps....
Because ripping of the chair cushion and turning it into a slide is soooo much better than nap time.
Moments like this make my heart melt.
Joy school happenings!
Field trip up and down our street to smell all the roses!
Marching with Macaroni Marcarenas Making Music for the letter M at the McQuay house....haha.
Yes - they are real sisters and they do fight. Evette is very emotional and Miriam is a big tease. It can be a volatile situation at times.
My spring garden! Arugula, radishes, onions, potatoes.... delicious!!
Soccer! We started soccer again - one practice a week for about 7 weeks. She loves soccer - it's so fun to see her out there! She works hard
Bike rides cause she's awesome and it's fun. Also, it's tricky to take a picture while riding a bike with a toddler in tow as well....
We went downtown and tried for lottery tickets for WICKED!!!! Lottery tickets = Going 2.5 hours early to the show, putting your name in a bucket, and hoping you get drawn so you can purchase tickets at $25/piece as opposed to $100/piece.
Guess what - we won lottery tickets! I cried.
Yes.
Wicked is one of my most favorite musicals of all time.
Beautiful theater - great seats - it was amazing.
I cried through 80% of the show. It gets me right in the feels. As soon as the opening music starts, the tears start coming. Love me some Elphaba and Glinda.
Swinging with my baby.
This is what springtime looks like.
My snuggle baby.
Doing Disney puzzles with your spouse is a grown-up thing to do, right? Who cares.
Piano practicing girl!
Catching some rays during soccer practice...
Yes - I check on my babies multiple times before I go to bed and I snap pics of them if they are especially cute or funny. Not creepy - it's a mom thing, right?!
After a wet morning we collected all the snails we found and made a snail parade!
"Mom! Take a picture in our cute glasses!!!"
Evette loves being in charge of lunch - sometimes she'll send me out of the kitchen while she and Miriam set the table and scrounge in the fridge for left overs. "I made lunch all by myself!"
I got to sub in Evette's primary class and it was fun to see her and her friends together in class.
Sometimes when there's no school one morning and everyone is bored - you invite all the friends over and hang out all morning long.
Got some of my old dresses in the mail from Mimi. The girls are obsessed and they are the favorite dresses now.
Because who doesn't love bubble wrap!
Snapchat for the win while we're waiting for Evette at preschool pickup!
Once upon a time our bathroom got backed up with massive amounts of sewer water.....this bathroom, our other bathroom, the laundry room sink...... all of it - sewer water. It was horrible. We called an emergency plumber guy and he came and fixed it - apparently, we had roots in our water pipes out to the main pipe in the street, so it all backed up. It was a nightmare for a good day and bit. It was horrible and disgusting and nasty. We went to the store to go to the bathroom and to the gym to shower. It was no bueno.
The husband brought home massive amounts of ice cream so we could cope (judge away).
Massive amounts of laundry, cleaning rags, bleach, and scrubbers later....my bathrooms were livable again. Never again. Apparently, the roots are going to always be an issue, or the landlord could spend a couple thousand to get a new type of pipe.....he did not opt for that choice. Yay for being renters.....So about every 10-11 months, we are going to preemptively get the pipes cleaned out so we won't have this issue in the future.
Rain or shine....or rain for soccer practice. But we're not complaining because drought.
Making necklaces....
Working on her country reports.
Date with dad! Note the fancy "retro" dress.... :)
Sometimes Sean works from home and sometimes, Evette needs to join in on the video calls to voice her opinion on the direction the project should be going.
For our anniversary (7 years!!!!!!!!) Sean signed us up for a cooking class! It was a super fun night. Low stress, learned new things, and delicious food! It was fun. There were two couples per station and we took turns pouring in pre-measured ingredients and stirring. It wasn't super difficult or hands on, but fun nonetheless!
Almost summer!
