Where's Ash-wee?

The twinkies keep wondering about their cousin Ashley, especially at the pool.  "She went for an airplane ride - all the way back home."  I explain in my mama sweetest voice.

"Home in New Ork?"  Yes, back home in New Ork.  "Weewee?"  Really.

Something must be really interesting over there.

We miss you Mash!

Ashley Time

Here's some of the things we did with cousin Ashley.

We decorated cupcakes.

We went for a walk at Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

We went swimming at the clubhouse pool.

 We found a tiny turtle on the driveway taking refuge behind the shade of my front tire.
After rescuing him (her?) Smash made a tiny tupperware wetland for it then named it "Dribble"

My my, Ashley... what big. beautiful. brown eyes you have!

She kept him for only one day before she released him back to nature.

We played with wooden train tracks.

Most of all, we had lots of fun together, and took tons of ridiculous pictures. 

Summer Daze

 Another super hot day in Villa San Remo, and these three ducklings got the big pool - all to themselves.

Ashley Crashley

My niece fell off the monkey bars at school and broke her arm a few weeks ago.  I signed her plastic green cast + took this pic.  It's so hi-tech compared to the thick plaster ones.  She said it doesn't hurt anymore, but Didi told me she cried for 2 days straight. 

Feel better soon Ashley!

Random Pics from Beth (2006)

At a year and a half old, I went away for a week, the first time away from the twinkies since they were born! When I returned, Wawa Beth + Chris elected to graduate the twinkies out of cribs and into their new 'big girl' beds... availing the rest of the house to their double-duty disposal (and consequently leaving the mama to cower in the kitchen, dispensing food as needed) That same week, earth-moving equipment arrived to our estate to dig a 300' long trench behind our house. Here's are the twinkies on the back hoe, digging up our property, and staying hydrated. Nothing was quite the same since!
This one (left) was taken in the Spring of 2006. My older sis, Didi and the twinkies.

The photo below was taken at Ashley's graduation from nursery school and to kindergarten, Spring 2006. This question was posited to our young nursery school grad "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Ashley firmly exclaimed loud and proud, "I wanna be a princess!"