~This Girl Loves to Eat! ~

Annie loves to eat these days. Who would have thought that my pickiest eater would end up being my best eater! She is a "big" 22lbs. She is in this chair about 6 times a day. If your eating it she wants it, just ask Lettie. My kitchen floor is always dirty thanks to her! She likes to kick up her feet while she eats. My favorite is when she lays her head down on the table to eat. She finally has 2 teeth to help a girl out. Some of her favorites right now are bananas, chicken, green beans, yogurt, and of course pancakes for breakfast! Shocking right, if you know what my girls eat for breakfast it's expected around this place. She is so close to walking. She is taking steps out to the middle of the room and then she stops once she realizes what she is doing. She is 14 months now. Both Ry and Ella were walking by 13 months but she has a mind of her own. It would be nice though so she wouldn't be so dirty. She thinks she needs to crawl on the side walk and that just doesn’t work for me! I think by the next week or so she will finally be walking. I can't wait! She is such a tease. It is so cute to see them walking around. We are working on growing out her crazy hair which just like the other girls it comes in mainly on the top. Don't judge her crazy do, soon it will be beautiful!

~ FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ~

Rylee started second grade on July 25th and little Ms. Ella just started kindergarten on August 2nd. It's hard to believe that 2 of my 3 kids are in school! They both LOVE going to school and we have been taking turns on who's day it is to curl their hair! Yes that it's right, they both want it done and I am not spending 30 minutes in the morning curling hair, although it does look cute. Ella is one of the biggest kids in her class and looks so old compared to the other kids. But in the picture below she looks like a little nugget to me, she still looks so little. I think of her as being so old, this picture is a needed reminder that she is still a little girl. ( no matter how whiny and hard she is ) Ella has been worried she will sleep in and miss school. She has informed me that I can pinch her if I need to wake her up... But not too hard. This is not a problem she wakes up just fine. On her first day of school she didn't want to take off her pack back when we got home  and wanting to go next door to tell her best friend Braylon about her first day of school. She loves her teacher. She doesn't have any friends in her class  right now so we have been talking about this alot and how to make friends. She has usually had Rylee to do this for her. Hopefully she can make some friends.

Rylee has been obsessed with what she will wear each day. She does have a reputation to up hold.... She was voted best dressed in her first grade class. That may have been a little too much pressure for a girl to handle! She loves getting dressed up for school and loves to go. A little less boy talk this year which is nice, maybe that was a phase? I hope... She really likes her teacher and is already learning so much. Can't wait to see what this year has in store for us!

Rylee's first day



Ella's first day



First day of school together for both of them



Love Ella's Pose!

The girls started dance again and had their recital the first part of June. They did really good this year and seem to be a little more into dance than previous years. They each had a little solo part in the recital that was so fun to watch. ( fun because they are Langes and not exactly dancers ) They are getting big so fast!

~  The Carnival Spectacular ~

This post is long over due but I was having issues with the pictures crashing my computer.

On Sat June 2nd we had a combined carnival party for Annie and Rylee. The kids all had so much fun and it turned out to be better than I had expected. It come with a much bigger price tag and a lot more labor of love than expected too but it was all worth it!  After a few months of planing and thanks to Aunt Lettie's creative genius, it was as pretty, as it was fun. It took about 8 hrs to set everything up but only an hour to take  it all down! We lucked out because it started to rain a couple of times as we were setting up and during the party but all my begging and pleading kept the weather at bay. We have not had success trying to have outdoor parties in June. We had face painting, a balloon dart game, a fishing game, a bouncy house, potato sack races, a balloon guy, a photo station, cotton candy, popcorn, and a candy station, just to name a few of the attractions. This was the party of all parties but sadly I don't think we will ever do anything on this scale again! So if you came we hope you enjoyed! 24 kids was a little much. We will be taking a year off from parties to "recover". Here are just a few of my favorite pics. from that crazy day!

The invite that started it all......

These are cupcakes, made to look like snow cones...

Annies Cake made with love by Brian.....



The food table



Hula hoop contest.... I didn't win....

The photographer, thank you!

Birthday girls!

Lettie takes a tumble.....