a good Friday indeed!

Daddy had Friday off from work. hooray!

we enjoyed a lazy morning

a picnic lunch at the park

a walk down the Kingfisher Trail
it continues to astonish me how they change from being babies to little "persons" over night!
my big helper-i'm discovering that 9x out of 10, she's really just trying to "help" lulu when it seems like she's driving her nuts. Now to work on lulu's overreacting! :)
the girls played, the parents spotted!

and believe it or not, she DID enjoy this slide! she would get to the end, gasp, and start laughing in a panicked voice!

my little Holman and my big Holman
the day ended off with swimming at grandma's

chinese takeout

a movie with my hubby

It would have been so much simpler...but a much shorter series!

I love the books. I love the movies in all their teenage-angst-ridden-craziness. But this is still funny!

Enjoy from www.howitshouldhaveended.com

satin roses

Amy and I got together to make hair pieces for our girls' summer ensembles.

This was by far our favorite! So cute, so unique and SOOOOOO easy!!

thanks to the ever crafty idea room for another fun idea!! we will definitely be making these again!

ps-hopefully "the idea room" stamped across the photo gives enough credit-these aren't ours. but I swear ours are just as cute! :)

while Daddy was at class tonight...

look what Lulu did!!!

finally!!!

And the second person in the pool this season...

...was Miss M herself!!

It may have been 67 degrees but the pool was a warm bathtub at 91 degrees and she gladly went for a swim with uncle Sam.

the best part of all, she picked up right where we left off! She jumped in her inner tube and jumped off the baby step and into the deep end! She was so brave!
She had a blast but Lulu wanted nothing to do with it!

This is more Lulu's speed. 'nuff said.
The two princesses on their thrones! M told me this morning that Dad is the king of the princesses so we need to call him the king!

PS

We just found out yesterday that the girls are losing their insurance because we made a whopping $200 too much last year. Now ask me how happy I am that things are to change in health care???

opinions

Every once in a while I get political. Mostly not. Definitely mostly not on the blog.

In fact, I criticized a politician once here on the blog and later voted for him. So, an opinion stated here is just that. An opinion that can change.

But I'd rather write it here than as a Facebook status. :)

Here are some things I know.

I do not understand the new healthcare legislation. I'm looking forward the President's PR campaign to help us understand it better. I also wish that the PR campaign had come BEFORE the vote.

HOWEVER, I am jumping up and down that I will now be able to get health insurance!!!!

(here's the boring stuff you can skip if you want)

I have been on both sides of the fence, and have seen both sides of being insured. I grew up very well insured, not even knowing what a copay was. I worked in health care in Minnesota and was always disappointed that my uninsured kiddos who needed speech just as much as my insured kiddos would be charged MORE for my services. It was an upside-down, backward policy!

My first pregnancy with M was very expensive, with lots of excellent but probably excessive pre-natal care. She cost me a whopping $20 out of my pocket. Our insurance has since continually deteriorated. We're STILL paying for Lulu to be born! And now that my husband is a temp, I'm self-employed, and my husband is in school, we have crappy insurance. We pay premiums we cannot afford for marginal coverage.

So, while I may not understand all the costs and consequences, for now I will continue to jump up and down!

My three year old nephew can now get health insurance. He has always been denied as well. And so I am jumping up and down that he and I won't be denied anymore!!!!!!!