my big girls

I can hardly handle all the change around here lately. My girls are growing up so fast, and as much as I obviously love to see them grow, sometimes I just want time to stand still so they can stay my babies for a little while longer!

Elliott started "real" school just this past week, and of course is loving it so far. When I went to pick her up the first day, she got all sulky and didn't want to go home. She complained multiple times that school was "too short." I take that as a good sign! For some reason, even though it's Pre-K, the fact that it's five days a week and at the public school makes it feel so...official. And all the sudden she seems older. Ahhhh.

Come on, Mom, I'm ready to go!

And then there's baby Zoey. Can I even call her that anymore? I guess she does still resemble a 15-month-old, but Zoey turns a whopping TWO tomorrow! She gets funnier and cuter by the day, but also more and more...what's the word? Obstinate? Maybe psycho? Oh, yes, the terrible two's are upon us!

But our little tyke keeps us quite entertained, jib-jabbering away in complete (often hilarious) sentences, busting out uber-cool dance moves, and taking every opportunity to "run around with a naked butt." She tries (with some success) to use the potty and even to put her shoes on all by herself (that's a tougher one.) She even attempts a sort of Jedi mind trick to sway us into doing her bidding (Example: "Zaza want a bame on the iPad...OK. Mom say OK.")

My sweet, funny little squirt is almost TWO!

Whenever we ask her what she wants for her birthday, her response is always the same: "pink." So, I completed phase one of (soon-to-be) pink cupcake baking tonight (here's the recipe; it took four mixing bowls, some teamwork, and a whole lotta love but I think they're worth it. And regardless, the heavenly process of cupcake baking - and batter eating - definitely beats being in labor two years ago tonight.)

If you could smell my house right now...

Tomorrow comes the pink frosting!! I'm attempting to color it with raspberry sauce, because Zoey is also a big fan of raspberries, plus I didn't want to use food coloring. I hope she enjoys smearing herself in pink tomorrow. It's all the girl asked for, after all!