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Molly graduated from preschool on Wednesday. They had a nice ceremony including a review of some of the stuff the kids learned this year. This video includes some of the highlights.

Note that this video is about 6 minutes long and may take a while to load on a slower Internet connection. Also, please excuse my shoddy video work, as it was difficult to get shots amongst all the parents/grandparents/siblings competing to see.

Last weekend, we flew down to Alabama to meet our new nephew/cousin JJ. Molly and Leah got to meet the pilots thanks to the very nice Southwest flight crew, which the girls were very excited about.

As soon as we met JJ, Molly wanted to hold him.

The girls could not get enough of their new cousin!

Beginning that aunt/nephew bonding…

Sunday morning, many family members were present for JJ's service of Christian dedication.

Sweet snuggles with JJ.

A dapper little guy modeling the jon jon I made for his dedication.

Chad even got to hold JJ occasionally when Leah took a break :)

We also took a trip to the Birmingham Zoo while we were in town. Here are G'Mom and Grampa with all 4 of their grandkids. And an elephant.

The zoo also had a little splash pad, so the girls donned swimwear and had some fun. As always, Molly didn't want to get too wet. The jets didn't stay on all the time, so Molly figured out she could fill her bucket by setting it down when the jets were off and waiting for them to come on and fill it. She seems pleased with her scheme.

There are a lot more pictures from our trip here on Flickr.

My Mother's Day celebration was a tad early this year. First, I headed into Molly's preschool class yesterday for the Mother's Day celebration. This included a performance of "In the Meadow" with Molly the Duck (hence the duck hat).

I then came home to a celebration with both my girls. Leah knew exactly what I wanted for Mother's Day…a double boiler!

And the best part - big hugs for Mom.

In Molly's mind, a sunny day = water table play. However, the wind yesterday would have made that one cold activity. So, Chad took the girls outside for some fun with bubbles instead.

Leah preferred the automated nature of the bubble gun. Look at that face! She's gonna get you now!

Two little bubble girls.

Spring has definitely sprung. Saturday we headed out to the tennis court as a family for a little fun, then headed to Rita's after lunch for some cold treats. Leah's enjoying her black cherry italian ice.

Molly wanted Daddy to take her picture as well, so she started acting silly to attract the camera. It worked.

Leah then began to act silly like Molly. Nice silly face, Leah.

After finishing her strawberry italian ice, Molly decided to share what was left of Leah's. It looks like this shocked Leah.

I made a birthday dress for Molly's friend, Keira. Molly was a good sport and modeled this front tie dress several times for me to take measurements and pictures.

Molly has loved wearing skirts lately, so I made her a new one. Here's one sassy little girl in her sassy pleated skirt. (Note: I added 2 inches in length since the pattern was a bit short.)

Who can resist posing in a new skirt?!

Yesterday was a beautiful day, so we spent a bunch of time in the yard. Of course, the girls went to their favorite activity - the water table.

Pouring...intently.

Leah's still improving in the potty training arena, so we have a prize box for when she successfully executes number 2. While playing outside, she had her first success in days and and got this fun tiger squeeze toy. It was perfect timing, as it was great for squirting water at the water table.

Molly's on the run, moving fast. Leah is trying to keep up, but just can't. So, she has to resort to yelling, "Sttoooooppppppppp!"

We almost hit 90 degrees on Monday, so Molly and Leah put on their swimsuits and headed outside for some fun. First up, playing with water at the water table.

Another fun water game is washing Mommy's car. Leah made sure this spot was very, very clean.

Hose it down.

Then pick another spot to wash with the fun sponge.

Easter morning, Molly and Leah awoke to baskets full of fun.

As usual, Leah had to run over to Chad with each thing in her basket to exclaim what she found. I'm guessing this is "Look Dad, jellybeans!"

The girls got to hunt for eggs again (thanks to Aunt Caroline and Charles) at Grams and Pop's house after Easter lunch.

After hunting for eggs, the girls broke out their bubble wands from their Easter baskets and had lots of fun as usual.

Once the bubbles have been created, it's important to go after them.

The bubbles need to fly higher than that to escape Molly.

After hunting for eggs, it's also important to check out your haul. These eggs were great as they had toys and stickers instead of more candy.

Leah immediately wanted to put stickers on herself. Mickey and Donald for her hands, then Goofy for her forehead.

Molly attended an Easter Egg Hunt with many of her playgroup friends. Here they all are posing with Mr. Bunny. (Leah was not there due to potty training, but had she actually been there, she would have been clinging to my leg! Big costumed people = not Leah's friend!)

Molly hunted eggs with all the 5-8 year olds and had a fun time running around looking for the eggs.

There were even eggs growing on trees. Molly like to call these "special" eggs because they were decorated too.

Molly, Keira, and Riley had just as much fun opening all their eggs and taking inventory of all the treats!