Best Sonic Ever.

There's this amazing Sonic by my mom's house. I've affectionately dubbed it the BEST SONIC EVER.

Mall Madness.

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Same day we had the movie fail---we headed over to the mall in my mom's town. Eliette hit Claire's for the first time.

Oh my.
Seriously, about a billion pics are to follow because this pacifier princess was in a girly-whirl of Heaven.

 "I wear all the necklaces."

 In this next picture, right behind her---that's her little basket of treasures.

 Pigtail headband for the hair-challenged....

 "Oooooh, Minions! Don't mind if I do...."

 She wanted ALL of the little compacts....

Movie Fail.

Once upon a time, we thought E might be ready to try the movies....and she tried soda too...

 "ooooh, spicy!"

She didn't want to sit still or be quiet, or be in her seat, or be in a lap....she just didn't want to be at the movies.

...it was a learning trip. We learned she wasn't ready.

Tea for THREE!

When Darnin & PawPaw come to visit, it's tea for three.

Eliette's 2nd Birthday

Eliette's 2nd Birthday was a crazy-big party.
Did we go overboard?
Absolutely.

Bounce House, Face Painting, Carriage Rides... It was awesome. It was a GREAT day! 

Mother's Day 2015

We visited Gammy for a bit on Mother's Day, 2015.

Yes, that's a terrible picture of me. I don't care. My Gammy is in it. That makes it better.
:)

Spring Fling & Such....

Once upon a time, Gage and Daddy went camping for the weekend, and Darnin came for a quick visit! Yay!

At the same time, the neighborhood Spring Fling was happening. There were vendors, pony rides, food, bounce houses....fun times.

Eliette first wanted to ride the ponies.

After that, it was onto the little petting zoo...

Then she discovered the bounce house.
Quite possibly her first bounce house experience.... I can't remember. I know this: THIS was the moment she discovered she LOVED the bounce house!

Sweet, happy girl!

...and then it was time to go....

That, of course, didn't happen. Rather, Sister led us down a path straight to the playground....

Darnin couldn't resist, and why would she want to?
They had a blast, and I just stood back and took pictures and watched.

:)

What happened in our day after that?
A little shopping, but not much.... Darnin was reminded that day about how hard it is to shop with a toddler---when the toddler clearly doesn't want to shop!

So----we headed over to a local restaurant for dinner, and had fun with that....

Then we let E run around and play downtown for a bit.... Then we headed to Braum's for dessert....then we headed home.
:)

All the while, I got these camping pics from the guys:

Happy boys....

Back at the Casa de Lainey-Paney, someone was playing the poor-pitiful-me card....

She was tired but knew that lotion, diaper, and jammies were right around the corner.

Oh, it was just a great day.
It ended with me putting the baby to bed, and then staying up late to watch a movie with mom. {Well, I did.... Darnin fell asleep. Guess my toddler wore her out. wink*wink}