First Half of February: Girls, Girls, Girls

I took Wrenzy to the dentist for the first time. With Ever, I took her to our regular dentist, she wouldn't open her mouth, and they gave us a referral to the pediatric dentist. I expected to do the same thing with Wren, but she actually let the big-person dentist and hygienist do the whole exam and cleaning. She was amazing.

Tiny joined her in the chair and was very good, so the hygienist allowed it.

Leela and Ever, matching in pink, had a play date, and we busted out the fancy tea set that was bequeathed to us by a ward member.

I took the girls to the park one day after school and realized I need to do that more often. Dinner just always causes problems.

Leela joined a Girl Scout troop in Carlsbad in the fall. Ever went door-to-door with her to sell cookies and even helped at a cookie booth without being a member. She was really into cookie selling and wanted to join, so I signed her up. I felt like a really great mom when I managed (in the nick of time) to get her uniform and iron on the initial patches before her first official meeting.

Cookie selling is better when you're in the outfit.

I took Ever on a date, and Jim took Wren. Naturally Ever and I hit Baskin Robbins.

Getting Ever (and others) ready in the morning and getting out the door has been HARD. I need to remember to blog about that later. Except for early-start Wednesday, it's just BASE in the morning (Before and After School Enrichment), so she doesn't have to be on time. The only problem is that the back gate by the BASE building closes at 8:15 (as does the front gate). If I don't get her there in time, I have to park by the front of the school, get everybody out, check in at the office, and walk with the crew across campus to BASE. It's a time-suck. Also sometimes I don't have everyone clothed or shoed. One morning, Ever offered to carry Tiny, who was just in footie jammies. Tiny is not always super accepting of her sisters' advances, but she was into it that day. Man, were they cute!

I took the littles out for a walk on Valentine's Day. They had to take turns on the vehicle, so that's always a little difficult.

They ate outside after we got home. Tiny does exaggerated mouth movements sometimes - like her o's are serious o's. I caught a bit of that:

After naps, Wrenzy ate a rose petal, and then we made festive cookies. I was a pretty fun mom that day.

We had Pizza Hut for dinner, but the candles and rose petals made it fancy.

Cookies for dessert, along with the fancy chocolate-covered strawberries Jim traditionally gets for me (and now for the girls).

Then the girls got to watch a show. Only one was fully clothed.

The tent from Coco lives on, although it's on its last legs.

Saturday I took all the girls up the street for a picnic by the tennis courts. Ever and Wren rode bikes. Quite the tough gang:

Jim got home from a meeting while we were there, so he joined us for some Duck, Duck, Goose on the grass on the other side of the street. Then there was fighting over the trike, and he ended up driving one or both of the littles home. Back at the ranch were harmony and reading: