Great weekend

Probably should've used this for the side-by-side with Kyra...so pretty

...even when she's crabby. 

Ruby was trying to give her a hug, but Stella had just woken up and wasn't in the mood at all.

We had our friend Lexington over for the weekend.  She is the daughter of a great friend of mine and sorority sister from ISU. The girls had such a wonderful time together!  There was no third wheel in this group at all.  They all did so great.  And now tonight Lexi is gone and we kinda miss her. Stella was a big helper and entertainer.  Ruby really enjoyed the company too.  And Lexington is a very sweet little girl!  We had lots of fun. 

A very clear difference showed itself in moments such as these (below).  We all got our pj's on, got snacks, milk, tent set up, movie on, pillows laid out and....Lexi was all about watching the movie and chilling out.  Meanwhile just after this photo Ruby was over bouncing up and down on a pillow and then crawling on my face and Stella was log rolling on the blankets and pillows.  Hmmm....I've definitely got two live wires and sometimes it takes me being around a mellow child to remember that.

It was another beautiful day here today! See...it was soooo sunny Ruby had to squint!

Our sweet little Ruby Tuesday out ate both of the other girls at any given meal.

The girls did a fun little art project this weekend.  We wanted to make a gift for Lexi's Mom and Dad as they had a trying weekend.  So we started off by painting coffee filters and throwing salt on them for a cool effect.

Ruby got to paint too! 

After the coffee filters dried, the girls ripped them up and we mod-podged them down onto canvases. Once that dried the girls colored all over the surface with paint markers.  They turned out so cool!  I think I see some more of these as gifts in the future. 

One of Stella's finished works.

Fun with TONS of bubbles!