Saturday March 10

I made some yummy cupcakes today for some new neighbors moving in and also for my Sunbeam class tomorrow.

While Porter took his nap, the girls decided they wanted to set up for a party.

Gotta have a party if you are gonna have cupcakes, right?

Well, Elsie was the 'hostess' so Cassi dressed her up for the part.

Elsie was very happy about Cassi's choice in outfits, but she wouldn't let Cassi do her hair like she wanted to.

It's probably best that way :)

Anyway, they were excited to start the party when the cupcakes arrived.

The all approved of the cupcakes, so once Port woke up (and had a cupcake of his own) we headed to the neighbors on the 4-wheeler.

Still didn't get to meet the parents, but the oldest daughter was there and the little boy.

The have kids similar ages to ours, so that should be fun.

Their girls will walk home with our girls.

It was so beautiful outside, so we decided to get to work.

Yesterday, dad and I started pruning the apple trees.

We got a lot done...but there is just so much to do!

We have no idea what we are doing, so lets hope the trees survive :)

Anyway....there were a lot of branches that needed to be piled up into a burn pile.

Madi and Cassi (mostly Madi) made a big....really big....pile, while I kept pruning.

The little ones kept busy running around and kinda helping out :)

That Elsie can sure get around.

That was one of our worries out here.

The ground is so un-even, everywhere.

But I think it has really helped her to feel how her body moves and know what she needs to do to stay steady.

She still falls a lot, but usually hops back up and goes at it again.

Not much keeps her down.

Unless she is tired and hungry at the same time....which is exactly what happened as soon as we got inside the house.

Major meltdown :(

But once she got some food in her and a nice bubble bath, she was ready.....and really happy...to get into bed!

I would say that today was a pretty productive day.

After dinner the girls cleaned up the kitchen while I bathed the little ones.

So at least the house isn't super messy...

Maybe we can take it easy, relax and enjoy the day tomorrow :)