Curlers!

The Girls LOVE having their hair curled but it takes forever to do and then about 10 minutes it it is gone so I don't like to do it. So, I bought some foam curlers and Saturday night I put their hair up for them to sleep on. They were pretty excited to get it done and I was pretty curious as to how their hair would look the next day...especially since it had been years since I had used those curlers.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

So, I used several different sizes of curlers, which made parts of their hair go crazy and some parts of their hair go Super curly. :) It was great. They both loved their hair how it was, but I think that next time I'll stick with one size curler and not wrap them quite so tight.

Bailey and Erin are both gettting big fast, I loved their hair all curly. Super cute. At church they got a lot of compliments. At church they were nicknamed: Shirley Temple, Annie, and Fancy Nancy. My Beautiful Babes!

City of Rocks

This weekend we went on a camping trip with a bunch of our neighbors to City of Rocks (in Idaho). There was 8 families that went and we had a great time. The area was beautiful and full of rocks and cliffs and things for the kids to climb on. The girls had a blast with their friends. We didn't sleep well, but that is to be expected while camping I guess. I couldn't sleep because of all the animals I kept hearing--there were tons of racoons and I could hear around our tent and one actually hit the tent (or tripped on the pole or something) and I just about jumped out of my sleeping bag when it happened. In the middle of the night I had to go to the bathroom (the only disadvantage of the place we were at was that the bathrooms were really far away), so I was going to go visit the bushes, but I was scared to leave the tent. lol I know it sounds funny but there were so many little critters and I didn't want a racoon attacking me! I also could hear a deer munching on some plants right outside our tent too-such a disturbing noise to hear its teeth chomping away. Less than a minute after I turned off my flashlight and got back in the tent the raccoons were back! I am silly I know but sounds are amplified while camping and I felt surrounded! :)

There were fun holes to climb in on the rocks too-we saw this one on our hike today.

If you look closely you'll see Erin and Bailey on the top of this huge rock. I am taking this picture from our campsite, they had so much fun exploring.

The girls love making their smores too. And for those of you who like peanut butter, try adding it to your smores--DELICIOUS! Peanut Butter is now going to be a staple when we go camping.

Poor Bailey!! About an hour after we got there she fell into a cactus-there were lots around. She came back to camp screaming and she easily had a hundred or so little teeny cactus spines in her hand/wrist. They kept breaking off at the skin so some were really tricky to get out. We managed to get most out and put some gel on it to stop the pain. I also found some in her pants too. Then while we were hiking around today she fell backwards into another cactus. Luckily there were only a couple in her side, and they were bigger spines so easy to pull out. She seemed to attract those plants, poor girl! But she perked up a little later and didn't let it spoil her good time.

First Day of School and a Funny...

Well, it is here--the start of the school year. It was a quick summer but the girls were very excited to start back to school. It was a rough year for me though because Bailey started 1st grade!! I'm okay with her being gone all day but not having her home for lunch is what made me sad, they are both growing up too fast and I'm not ready! :) Bailey started yesterday and Erin's first day was today, and both did really well. A new year of homework, schedules, and school activities.

For those of you who read my previous post about Erin catching grasshoppers and putting them in jars, this is kind of the next edition to that. Erin has been catching grasshoppers and just holding them in her hands for 10-15 minutes or so. Well, yesterday she had one in her hand and it bit her! I didn't know they could bite but apparently they can. So today after school she decided it was time for some revenge on all the grasshoppers in our yard (since we have TONS). She armed herself with the fly swatter and the plastic baseball bat and out she went hunting grasshoppers! She actually managed to kill 4 or 5 of them, which surprised me. It was hilarious to watch her go on her little rampage.

My kind of pet...

We have some new 'pets' at our house this week. Erin caught a grasshopper with a lot of rolly-pollys (potato bugs) in a jar and the grasshopper is now her pet. She named it Lily and that last few days it has come with us as we run errands and when she is playing outside she is carrying it around with her. Then yesterday Bailey went out and caught one in a jar-well she isn't as daring as Erin with bugs so I actually caught it for her, where as Erin just picked it up and put it in her jar. :) Yesterday we lost Lily for a little bit and we were searching everywhere in and out for the jar, luckily she was found in Bailey's dollhouse. I don't mind this kind of pet, the only rule: Do NOT open the jar in the house. Lol Wouldn't that be great, grasshoppers jumping in the house. Very low maintenance kind of pet, and easy to replace when it dies!

Erin's family birthday party!

Erin, enjoying some of her presents.

Erin helping me decorate the cupcakes....I almost ran out of sprinkles! lol

We did Erin's family birthday party on Saturday when my sister came to get her kids and my mom came up too. She had a week of birthdays it seemed. :) Her cake at her party with the friends was a Bolt Cake and for the family party I made cupcakes. I can't believe she is getting so big! She is such a joy to have in our family.

Cache County Rodeo!

Yeehaw!! Last week we took my sister's 3 youngest kids and the girls to the Cache County Rodeo. We all had a blast-especially Bailey I think. We did have a bit of a scare though...as the last bull rider was bucked off the bull came charging for the fence where we were sitting and Erin was standing by the fence! She jumped back so fast into my niece's lap! It was a bit freaky but also so funny at the same time. Luckily the cowboys got to the bull before it hit the fence.

Erin is 4!!

Happy Birthday to Erin last week! I can't believe that she is 4 already! How time flies. She was so excited for her birthday, she has been talking about it since about March, and now she is onto next year's already! :)