Spring!

Well, it's finally happened. The girls have driven me to drink! 

I'm a coffee drinker. I don't like coffee. Never have. But with the schedule I'm keeping these days, it turns out it's necessary if I want to actually function in a humanly fashion. So, Michael has been making me these lovely mochas in the morning. It's really mostly chocolate soy milk, with a shot of espresso mixed in, and then some chocolate syrup, because did I mention I don't like coffee? 

I do like chocolate though!

 An occasional coffee & chocolate ice cream delight is nice too! 

I think I can get used to being a coffee drinker.

Even though we're not getting much sleep and we're perfecting the art of time-outs,  we can't complain about these girls. They're lively and joy-filled and they keep us on our toes. 

Now that it seems as though Spring has sprung, we're spending more time outside, which involves more trips to the beach. Yesterday we got out our beach shelter, mostly to practice setting it up, as we'll be using it on our travels this summer. It's certainly nice to have a shady spot for our fair-skinned beach explorers. 

What Saturday is complete without a trip to the Farmer's Market? And what trip to the Farmer's Market is complete without a treat? 

Holden was tearing into her chocolate chip cookie before I even finished paying for it. 

And we sat right down so she could begin the meticulous task of eating all the chocolate chips out of the cookie. Not an easy accomplishment, trust me.

Miss Smiley Iona sportin' a new look! She's not quite ready for pig tails, yet.

P.S. Check out our new Spring Family Photo! :) 

We almost got everyone looking at the camera. Almost.