Things are piling up!

...but hopefully, that'll end soon!

Once this last week of the school year is over, things won't pile up on me nearly as quickly...at least I hope not!

Memorial Day weekend was such a great couple of days for us!

I spent all day Saturday in 'the sweetest place on earth' with the entire 8th grade class at IVMS! I was exhausted and SO ready to get home to my baby, but so thankful for the time I had with my girls!

On Sunday, since I had missed my family party while in Hershey Park, Zig and I took Brooke back to my parents for a continued cook out! We made more homemade ice cream and cleaned up all of the yummy left overs from the party! I do love left overs!

Freddy and Freda rode their 'scooter' to my parents' that evening and asked if Zig and I wanted to take a ride! The picture above was right before we took a spin around the development! SO FUN!

It's probably been close to 12 years since Zig and I have been on a bike together - those days when he had his 'crotch rocket!' The fact that he's dreaming of buying a Harley really soon...well, you can imagine how this short ride was a teaser for him! We had so much fun!

If you've never been on the back of a bike with your lover, I'd suggest doing it very soon! Very romantic!

Brooke beat the heat over the weekend by attempting to leave her bottle behind! I've been stressing about her still drinking her milk from a bottle...I really think she's WAY TOO OLD for bottles, but she will NOT drink milk from a cup! Miraculously, she drank ALL of her milk from a cup for 48 hours straight!

Unfortunately, I must report that she's regressed to the bottle, but at least I have a picture to prove our success! Any tips in the bottle-to-sippy cup department would be MUCH appreciated!!

While Mommy was in Hershey and Daddy was in charge, Brooke learned to drive the sacred Gator at Pap and Nan's!

I'm pretty sure she's the cutest thing I've ever seen!

I mean, really!

...and just when we thought she couldn't get any cuter!

My hair accessory obsession for my little girl has gotten worse! I always loved the big, obnoxious bows on her little bald head, but now that she has hair and long bangs, I love finding clips and fun things to sweep her hair back! Wal-Mart has cute snap clip bows and I've even found some good deals at Gymboree! This little fabric 'puff' was the perfect accent to our sundress for church this morning!

Our new favorite thing! STEPS!

It may not seem monumental to you, but Brooke can now walk UP and DOWN the steps completely unassisted! Like my sister said, this is a pretty important skill! Even though we're always right next to her, she does really well alone! If we try to help she politely says, "Excuse me." She's 'Miss Independent' these days...

See?

I'll be back soon! It's the last week of the school year...
Almost time to celebrate!
Happy week everyone!