Box Tops for Education

Emily is collecting box tops for her school, they have a summer contest going on now. Last year the school raised $3,600 by cutting out these little symbols on food products:

If you have any in your cabinet (that aren't expired), please send them our way!

A Story by Mara

At the beach with Uncle Chris

What a beauty!

Mara Nicole

Uncle Chris is SO silly!

A Tale of Two Fishes

Father's Day Cupcakes

The girls and I made these cupcakes for Father's Day. I got the idea from my favorite blog, cake wrecks. They are little hamburgers (brownies for meat and cupcakes for buns) and fries (cut up sugar cookies). They were fun and super easy to make; let me know if you want the recipe!

Happy Father's Day!

Jason's Birthday Party

( We need to get one of those slides!)

Emily loves the moving boxes

Meet Littlefoot

Littlefoot is a 3 year old female Bearded Dragon. She eats crickets and vegetables and is very sweet!

What is it?

Emily and Mara are studying our new pet. What could it be?

The girls love to ride bikes

This is my favorite part of childhood!

MyEmilyMarie.com is 2 years old today!

Our Daily Bread

Here is our favorite snack, edamame steamed in the microwave. The girls go nuts for it!



This is a typical dinner for us, most of it cooked on the grill. Tonight we had mini bread-less cheeseburgers, grilled squash, zucchini and garlic and some grilled pineapple for dessert. It's not pretty but it tastes great!

Happy Birthday Mia!

The girls had a fabulous time at Mia's birthday party today! You can't go wrong with swimming and Minnie Mouse!

Sharing ice cream

Yes, more swimming pictures!

Double Trouble

Summer project ideas

I saw this project on another blog. I used a star notepad and wrote different ideas for the girls to do this summer, for example: "throw a birthday party for your favorite doll" or "have a picnic in the grass". I put them up around the pantry. When one of the girls say, "I'm bored" then they take down a star and do the project.

Mara practicing with Dad

Swimming underwater with Dad

What should we put in the tank?

The previous tenants left a 55 gallon aquarium. What should we put in it?

• Fish (assuming it holds water) Fresh or salt?
  
• A ball python snake
  
• A turtle habitat
  
• A Bearded Dragon lizard (Click here for info)
  
• A hamster or gerbil
  
• Other

Mara swimming!

Playing in the loft

Self Portraits

Emily and Adrienne are playing with the webcam and photo booth software.

Mara is attacked by the tickle monster

....aka Uncle Chris

My Tip of the Day

When you need to cut up something quick for a couple of hungry kids, use a pizza cutter!

Last day of school!

Today is EMM's last day of school, aka hat day:



Just for reference, here is a picture from her first day of school: