Early morning snail and worm hunting

Lately Payton's been into looking for snails. When we are outside she wants to lift up rocks or dig in the dirt and see if we can find any. Now a couple of the neighbor kids come over to help us too if they see us out there digging.

One morning Payton woke me up and asked if we could go out looking before we headed to school. She and I bundled up, still in our pajamas, and headed outside. She didn't want to go back inside until we found THREE snails. Not worms. Snails. Thankfully we did. The whole time I was thinking, "it's cold out here and I'm standing in my front yard in my jammies." Truthfully I loved every second of our snail hunting on that early morning, but I was very thankful we found our snails sooner than later.

A week or two ago, I decided to take the camera outside with me while I was weeding our front beds. Here's a couple of snails we found as well as a worm.

Ick! Payton was excited though and that's what mattered.

The one on the right Payton named "Melissa". :)
Gracie digging for worms too!

Heart..

One of my favorites in life has been watching this friendship and sisterly bond form between my two girls. I always wanted to have a sister. I feel so blessed to have two little girls that hopefully will continue to be close and will be great friends.

I am one lucky momma!

Cheese-y

Gracie's such a Ham!

Thursdays

In April I started watching our friend's Jason and Nika's daughter, Kiley, on Thursdays. She's with us every week for one day, whether it be on a Thursday or an occasional Monday. The girls and I are very excited/happy to have her here. They all play so well together and it's fun watching the three of them grow together. I especially love when Gracie and Kiley have a conversation... I just wish I knew what they were saying.

My silly girls!