Date night: For Bryan and Girls!

So Chic Fil A (CFA) had Daddy date night.  It began with the me helping the girls get dressed up with lip gloss and eye shadow with high-heals and dress of their choice.  Then on to the mall where a limo picked them up at one side of Belks and then drove around the mall to drop them off at the other side of Belks. Then up the escalator greated by cows (galore from the sound of it).  Each girl got a flower and stuffed cow upon arrival.  Dinner was served just like at a restaurant.  Craft table with a paper flower.  Leaving they were given a "gift bag" that bryan says had Belk coupons.  I bet the girls will tell me it help treasure and they were excited.  Then Bryan finished off the night by going to Starbucks where the girls get hot chocolate milk. 
For those interested keep your eyes peeled as Bryan says it will happen again in October. (I got to do a 1.5 hr much needed shopping trip and got home before 10pm...very nice!)

Boston - Wedding!

Below is the start of the Rehearsal dinner. The girls were so good.

Above a cute couple and below ditto :)

Essie getting her hair done by now her best friend though a the time she wasn't so sure, Briann.

Aunt Fran joined us, what a treat!

My cutie Adeline with curls galore!

Here the girls are admiring the leporad print shoes Sandy has on!  You can still see the curls in Essie's hair.  They were gone by wedding time.  Though she enjoyed them while she had them. 

We rode a trolly to the wedding and again to the reception. My diva's loved it!

Beautiful couple!

What a lady!
We forgot to take our camera in at the reception.  We are waiting for the professional pictures to come out. Essie fell asleep on the trolly to the reception and those series of pictures, but don't worry she woke up for the party.  She and Adeline danced the night away. They were so well behaved and had a ton of fun.  The McDonald family (esp Jerry and Jean) were so sweet and welcomed us right in.  We all slept well that night.  The next morning we made a dash for the airport and got home with a direct flight.  We found in Orlando we love Sweet Tomatoes.  We had it after Disney and once we returned home by request of Adeline.  It is a salad bar.  That girl is after my heart for sure! 

Boston - in Boston

Our Boston Adventure started with lunch downtown at the Prudential Center. Then off for a Duck Tour of Boston. So excited.

Adeline got to drive the boat even. 

Essie took a much needed nap after many days of no nap and late nights she was tuckered.  Well worth the ticket price :) An angel!

My other angel.  What a great pic bryan!

This is in the lobby of the Boston Children's Museum.  It was about 2.5 stories high and a web of fun.  Adeline at the top was shouting, "We need this at our house so the Tilley's can play.  This is the most fun EVER!"  She pretty much has never said that before or again to date.

Bryan' having fun above and below... below you would get the golf ball to go where you put the magnetic things... it was right up his alley!  The girls love it too.  The girls loved just about all of it!

Then after The McDonald family's wonderful advice we took off for the Swan Boats.  These have been a part of the Boston Experience for over 130 yrs.

This is also a McDonald suggestion and Boston must do right there with the Swans, the Brass statues of "Make Way for the Ducklings".  Apparently this is a pretty popular book if you are from up north.  All on the duck tour, other than us, had read it.  So we plan to get this from our library soon!

Essie says the duck was eating her fingers!

Just hanging around in Boston!  These girls love to hang in trees.  Wonder where they get that from, a hem... Bryan!

More Graduation - Class of 2011 (on to Kindergarten)

For some reason I didn't think we had any pics of Adeline graduating on our camera. Bryan did so good! God helped with the lighting though:

Disney - to Boston!

So our epic adventure to Boston all started right at Disney.  Go figure right!  My sweet fam in front of the castle.  Did you know that you can fast pass to the 3 princess below?  Well, now you know :) The princesses were so sweet.  They loved their dresses that Meme made them. Many at Disney loved their dresses.  We even ran into Uncle Frank and all his family - what a sweet surprise.  We hadn't seen The Kanaru Family in some time. 

Essie was standing on a little rock and loved that she was so brave and adventuresome.

I think this is Adeline and Bryan on Thunder Mountain.  Essie and I are right in front of them.  Yes... she was just 40 inches so she could ride this and Splash Mountain. Adeline rode Mt. Everest the day prior at Animal Kingdom (it goes backwards).  She was so brave she rode it 3 times!  Love it!

Our Family photo :)

We did lots of swimming. At the Disney Pop Century, the airport Hyatt... lots of fun was had!

Flowers 2011

Rumor has it the flowers weren't as pretty as years in the past. I have to say they were pretty close. I thank God he had a beautiful day set aside for us as this was the only day we could go. So I packed up like 4 outfits, tea party essentials, baby dolls, chairs, drinks, snacks, and camera of course. I planned for us to be there a while. Over 300 pictures is what I think the final count ended up being. At times I can't imagine not documenting all the fun we have and other times I decide for us to have fun and I will skip documenting. Well today was all about documenting and we had fun. Though of course there were times I thought they were done. But a piece of gum or princess gummies and we were back at it. Plus they were just so cute I couldn't not take more pictures.

Adeline was patiently waiting for me and I just snapped one. It was a very bright day!

A very nice person also there to take pictures of the beautiful field offered to take one of me and the girls. It turned out wonderful. I should have worn pink though!

Adeline might be why folks thought the number of flowers were down this year. She picked and picked just like her great grandmother Rossie would have I do believe. She said after the third of fourth time I told her to not pick too many, " They are just too beautiful. I just can't stop picking them." Loved it! How could I stop that.

Sisters by God and friends for life. These two just naturally get along. I am soooo blessed. I hope we can continue to foster the friendship. I pray for this regularly. They are as beautiful in their character as they are on the outside. They were giving kisses to each other, hugs, did ring around the rosie even. When we left the house we had their baby dolls dressed similarly to the above Easter dresses. Well they wanted their babies hair done. Granted it is plastic hair. So I hot glued a ribbon hair band on the babies. It was cute and the girls LOVED it. Though in relaying these events to others later on I have had some reactions when folks think that I hot glued the ribbon to Adeline and Essie. Love it!

Now to get some printed and hung in the house... hopefully by Christmas :)