Legs Crossed:

YEP!  She even sleeps with her legs crossed!  Such a little lady.

By the way, she insisted on those socks with those shoes.  I'm just happy that she dresses herself!

A Boy Doll:

Alanna got a Rapunzel doll from us for her birthday.  One day she was wanting to throw a pretend wedding for her Rapunzel and all she had was an Ariel doll to marry her.  She said "Mom, this isn't right.  I just need a boy doll for a wedding."  A couple of days later we were skyping with her great uncle Joe and he asked her what she might want for her birthday.  Alanna said "a boy doll for my wedding!"  He was happy to support that cause and look at the happiness on her face on the day that it came in the mail!!  I'm happy to announce that Rapunzel is married now. =)

Matchy Matchy:

Before we left, one of Alanna's good friends got matching dresses for she and Alanna.  It was the sweetest thing and as you know from previous posts, Alanna LOVES to match people!

 They are just the cutest things!

 Of course, they have matching unicorns too!

And they both love to be silly.  Perfect match!

Monkey Monday:

Friday Funnies:

We had a random and unexpected, but VERY appreciated, rain shower last night.

(THANK YOU GOD!)

Alanna said "Mom, can I go and play in the rain please?"  I thought of one hundred reasons why she shouldn't.  It was 30 minutes before her bedtime.  It was thundering and lightening.  She might get muddy.  She would for sure need a bath.  And on and on and on.

But then I realized that this might be our last time to see rain for a long while.  And the last couple of weeks have been super stressful and this was something fun.  And it's HOT outside, so the rain felt really good.  And sometimes you just have to throw our your worries and just go for it.

"Sure, honey.  Go for it!"  She looked at me like I was crazy and said "Really?  Are you serious?  I thought you would say no!"  We had fun in the rain and she said it was her favorite part of the whole day.

Success.

Band of Three:

Alanna and I were at our sweet friends' house and the kids wanted to create a band and play us a song.  It was great!  Wyatt was on the fiddle, Alanna was on the guitar, and little Shyne was behind Wyatt on the ukulele.  We got about a ten minute concert from them!  I will post the video below as I'm sure you are jealous and want to hear it for yourself!  Be prepared for awesomeness!

Our Snack Garden:

 It's is HOT here in Texas, so our garden doesn't produce a ton of veggies this time of year.  Alanna goes out and checks every morning to see what is ready to be picked but the funny part is, they never make it in!  She instantly eats whatever she picks!  She loves the cherry tomatoes and these sugar snap peas, believe it or not, she eats raw!  She rips them open and eats the peas from inside them.  It's hysterical!  We call it our "snack garden".