The count down is really on now.

The next time we have Pancake Saturday, it will be in our new house.

We are all set to close at the end of the week!

I thought I'd be a little bit sad to pack away the spatula and the special pancake mixing bowl (even if it is only for a week or so), but as it turns out, I am way too excited to shed any tears.  While this house has been great for our family, I am thrilled to get to move back to my old stomping grounds.

We've also been very busy with birthday parties over the last few weekends (including Grace's, which I will hopefully post soon).

Yesterday afternoon we headed over to DAC Kids Pirates Cove for Reid's 4th Birthday Bash.  I had never been there before and was a little surprised to walk in and find all sorts of slides and bounce houses...encased in a giant sand pit.

The girls loved and had no qualms about pouring sand all over Corey's and my head.

Last weekend, we attended Handley's 4th Birthday Party at Champion Kids and not one of the pictures I took turned out.  I clearly did something wrong!

And speaking of Handley, her very talented mommy made the adorable shirts that Grace and Bonnie are wearing in the above party pics!

Fun while it lasted.

While we were very sad to say goodbye to Uncle Dave, Aunt Stacy and the girls, we sure had had a lot of fun with them while they were here.

Hopefully the next time we are all in a picture together the backdrop will be Lake Tahoe!

Days 2 and 3 with the Losins

In keeping with my promise to post more pictures of our time with my brother and his family...here they are...get comfortable!

One of these days I will get a "hugging" picture with faces...

We managed to squeeze in all kinds of fun while they were here.  We spent a lot of time at Redneck Riviera in Gramps and Mimi's backyard, and all four girls loved splashing around in the princess pool and running through Mr. Wiggles while the grown-ups enjoyed a little happy hour.

We also went to the Aquarium...

The week most definitely went by way too fast!

22 months old on the 22nd

She might be a handful, but our Bonnie is absolutely hilarious.  And she is just as sweet as she is funny.

Things are pretty much the same in Bonnie's world, except she has added just a couple of things to her list of tricks over the last month.

Grace is really into knock-knock jokes right now, so of course, little sister has to copy.  Bonnie's favorite one is the one about the interrupting cow.  You know the one that goes:

"Knock, knock."

"Who's there?"

"Interrupting cow."

"Interrupting co..........."

"MOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

Yep.  She can fully execute that one.  If I can ever get her to do it on video I'll definitely post it.

She can say pretty much anything now and is becoming fiercely independent; however, she is still a total daddy's girl.

We spent today at the Botanical Gardens, or the "Mechanical Gardens" as Grace says, with the Pattersons trying not to think about the fact that my baby will be 2 years old in just 2 very short months.

It was an absolute blast.  We were all having so much fun that I never even thought about what time it was until I looked at my phone and it said 1:15pm.  What?!

That is a field trip I definitely want to do again.

Calls her bathing suit her "bee-bee soups."

**Charlie was a little camera shy today.