The caterpillars are HERE!!!!!

 They MADE it!!!! After waiting for a week-- literally checking the door hourly and leaving a note EVERY time we left the house-- our much anticipated guests have arrived--

 and they are HUGE!!! The idiot mailman left them in the mailbox--- yes-- the box that arrived is pictured above-- and I feel pretty obvious...

 Emmy is over the moon-- not only because they HUGE-- but mostly because they are alive ;)

 This is how we spend most of our time these days.

 Just observing and LOVING...

 Oh-- and this is how they crawl-- it was even better in real life...

 They also poop!

And to think-- just 2 short years ago-- Emmy's was having her first caterpillar experience!

Neither here nor there...

 I saw this hair on pinterest and loved it-- so I tried it on Emmy-- and loved it more!

This is our nearest library-- and no- I'm not joking-- its a gorgeous estate home that was donated by 2 sons after their mother died- ps, this is the back of it-- seriously-- when we walk in-- the librarian (Miss Betty or Miss Cathy) says "hello Emmy! How are you today?!" I LOVE it here.

undies x2

 There is nothing cuter in the world than little hineys in undieroos...

 Elles apparently agrees- and insists that I put some on her every morning-- I put them over her diapers- obviously.

 Undies bring out the crazy in Miss Ems~ and the pure adorableness in Elles.

Our BEST nature walk yet~

 We saw a turtle-

 We caught a pollywog!

 Who was so cute-- I couldn't stand it!

 Saw gorgeous birds!

 Picked blackberries-- ahhhhhh!

 (which is where our nightly tragedy occurred--  Ems got scratched by the evil blackberry bush)

 Ellie's first picking experience ~

 AND here is her very first ponytail-- are you kidding?  Sooooo cute!

 We also caught a lady bug--

 AND found the world's tiniest clam-- I know-- the tiniest/cutest little night!

 We had to catch 4 little pollywogs- that now live at home with us-- these are Emmy's happy/what the heck faces.

 The night ended with a telling of Peter Rabbit and while eating blackberries and cream (that we picked ourselves) just like Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail.

Don't you love these little cuties-- the faces are pure delight.

Not to be left unattended...

 So today Jason and I spent-- oh, I don't know- 15 minutes looking at residency programs-- on the couch- 3 feet from the outdoor patio, where the girls were playing quietly (this should have been my first red flag)

 I started smelling something nice... like VS Lovespell... and they came in WHITE with lotion that they had painted themselves with- how cute.

They are NOT to be left unsupervised... ever. At least it was lotion and not poop...

Armed Forces Day is a PARTY!

 We have had the best weekend-- Saturday day we went to a library street party-- to kick off their summer reading program-- there were carnival games...

 and there was a firetruck!

 Oh- and a VERY ghetto version of Minnie showed up.... bless her heart-- but Emmy was over the moon and kept asking her "what are you doing HERE?!"

 Then that night there was "Thunder Over Augusta"-- a celebration to honor Armed Forces Day--

 Ellie's new thing is to "fly like a bird"-- she flaps her wings and runs just like Emmy does-- it's so cute.

 There was a dog on the blanket behind us-- let's just say, Emmy didn't need the fireworks...

 There was a Jo Dee Mesina concert, blow up things and the best fireworks show I have seen yet-- all for FREE!

 They also had tanks that you could explore!

It was sooooo fun-- Elles HATED the fireworks at first and cried her eyes out for the first 2 songs-- just about the time she started to like it-- my patrioticness got to me and I cried my eyes out-- finally we all got control of ourselves and LOVED the end-- Emmy had to fly with joy and Elles would burst into applause when one was really bright.

Cutie designer in the making!

 Yes-- it is a day of debuts--

 Her she is-- the world's next top designer~ she made the shirt herself.

 She LOVES it (thanks again Chels for the FUN idea)

Isn't it so cute how much she loves it!