Wedding: Munchkin-Free Zone

I had someone ask me on the wedding blog if Sarah & Eric's reception is adults only. I know this is touchy, but unfortunately the answer is yes. The Fellowship Hall of our church will not be set up to accommodate small children, and there will be lit candles, string lights, fountains that can be toppled, among other non-child-proof dangers... This is excepting the wedding party, immediate family and little, non-mobile babies, of course. (So Elijah had better be there!!!) We are very sorry for this inconvenience!!!! Now you have an excuse to get a sitter and enjoy a nice evening out anyway. Thanks for your understanding.

P.S. If you still have not received an invitation or announcement, again I apologize. I am working diligently with the lady I ordered them through, and we are frantically working on it!!! If you have received yours, please don't forget to RSVP! Send back the little reply card or else you can do it on the website here.

Blink

This post from Bring the Rain is an emotional one, but so beautiful I had to share. Angie Smith has a writing style that makes me cry every time... yet without feeling sad. She is the perfect picture of what true peace is like. It doesn't mean you are always sitting around with a serene look on your face, unaffected by the world. It's an inner peace you have even when everything around you seems bent on tearing your heart out. It's real life, and I love her perspective.

Mommy and Selah

Daddy snapped these while we were partying at a Gemini concert!

Pool Pics with Daddy

Daddy finally got to go swimming! Poor Daddy works such long, busy days that this is only his second time in the pool. At least someone else could help supervise so I could finally snap a couple pictures!!

Also, this was the first time Elianna asked to go under water. I made sure she understood how to hold her breath, then dropped her under! She was a little scared, but liked it enough to try it again. Selah kept begging to "go un-dah" as well, but she has outgrown the instinct to hold her breath and comes up sputtering and gagging. So she'll just have to wait. She still likes to get thrown around, though, as you can see.

Hooray for Resale!!!

I have to confess, I love resale shops. Not the dirty, smelly ones, of course, but the cool ones. I think it is the thrill of the unpredictability, almost like a treasure hunt. (Only it's designer shoes and cool toys instead of gold and jewels.) Some people may think it's icky to shop there, but I honestly think even if money weren't an issue I would love those stores. I have found one I particularly like, since it's where all the rich people dump their stuff, and they have a particularly large shoe section. I managed to drag Chad there yesterday. (Chad is not as big of a fan, since he gets stressed out chasing the girls around the toy section.) This time, I struck gold in the toy department! Here are my finds, all under $2:

2 brand new 24 piece Pooh puzzles
1 Leap Frog USA floor puzzle with special decoder to read facts about each state (a little old for them, but cool enough to put up for later)
1 brand new Animals Complete Learning Set - I spent almost $20 on this for my nephew for Christmas, and here it was under $3!!!
Hasbro Whac-a-Mole - the girls have been loudly banging this all morning, so I'm beginning to doubt the wisdom of this purchase
Finders Keepers - a really fun game similar to I Spy
Cranium Cariboo Treasure Hunt - This has been Elianna's favorite so far, and one of the best ways to get her to practice her numbers and letters!!!

The big find for Mommy were two pairs of Candies jeans (so Sarah, no more laughing at my Kohl's jeans) for the whopping price of $3. Daddy found some brand new shorts (American Eagle, of course) and I got a stack of jeans for Elianna at $1 a piece. So, if my Mum-in-law reads this, THANKS for the coupons! We definitely got our money's worth as we hauled four garbage bags of booty back to the trunk. Now I have to get rid of stuff at home we don't need to make room!!!!!

Little fishies

My girls are loving the pool, but it is too hard to get pics when I am out with them! (I am paranoid enough keeping track of two fearless girls in a four foot pool.) They have these flotational bathing suits, which are simply ingenius. Elianna paddles all around in hers, while Selah still needs help staying right side up. Her bottom is too buoyant! They both love the water and ask to swim in it EVERY day. I am just hoping to get a bit of color before Sarah's wedding...

In praise of baldness

Selah has decided she doesn't like hair. Not her own, necessarily, but anyone else's. If she wants to snuggle you, she pulls back and says, "Move hair." You then have to pull your hair back away from your shoulder. She'll lean forward and inspect your shoulder for a second, then snuggle in. Any other time, if your hair brushes against her face, she pulls back and gives you a disapproving look until you "Move hair."

Q is for...

Elianna is really doing well on her phonics, and lately she will randomly point out the first sound in a word. For example, "Mom, can I have some puh-puh-puh potatoes?" One day, she asked what "onion" started with and I said, "O. O says ah, ah, onion." (Not sure how to spell the short o sound, but you get my point.) So, she pulls a capital Q out of her letter box and says, "Look Mom, it's O for Onion!" I told her, "No, honey, that's a Q. See the little line on it?" She looked at it for a second, then said, "Look, mom, it's a Q for Q-Q-Cucumber!"

Grandma's Blog

For those of you who have expressed your impatience at my lack of blogging lately (yes, that includes you, Aunt Lil), you can check out my Mum-in-law's blog for recent adventures and pics!

Wedding Website

We are working on the wedding website again! Well, at least I just posted a blog entry... and you can RSVP there are well! (Thanks Jake and Elizabeth! You're the first ones!) The closer we get to the wedding, the less time I have to blog. (Pity, too, since I have some cute pictures I've been meaning to add...) Anyway, here's the link again - sign the guestbook, ask a question, whatever! Also, you can subscribe to e-mail updates in the "What's New" section on the home page, right under their picture.

Eric and Sarah's Wedding