The Balzer Family Bio: Girls and Drama...

The drama just keeps growing at the Balzer house. How quickly we go from this....

...and these sweet smiling faces....

...to this....and then in just seconds...

this! Something tells me we will have no shortage of drama and emotions over the next 18 years.

Sadie Beth is on a huge dress up kick. We need to increase our dress up clothes because she would play dress up all day long.

My sweet Ainsley. She likes to feel big.

One big difference between my girls is how they play. Ainsley entertains herself SO well. She plays and plays, explores, and just finds all sorts of ways to have fun. Sadie Beth really would just prefer to sit and talk with you. I'm constantly telling her, "Please go PLAY!" God made them each so different and special. I can't wait to see what He does through them.

She's working pretty seriously on some teeth, and Ainsley's favorite thing to chew on is spoons of all sort. Give her a spoon and she is as happy as a clam.

Sadie Beth likes to dress Ainsley up too!

Ainsley's classic sleepy pose - two left fingers in the mouth and right hand in the hair...even if she's eating. This makes for a messy girl. And don't try to pull the fingers out; she will just be one mad girl. So, we eat with fingers. Food goes down easier that way maybe?

Noah's Ark playdate! These kiddos LOVE being together. Sadie Beth loves playing with her friends Henry, Lilly, and Callie, and they play sooo well together.

We've done all sorts of things this summer - Noah's Ark, the zoo, splash park, parks all over, library story times, and more. I'm so thankful to have such great friends. It's such a blessing to be able to hang out with them - it makes outings so much easier when there are 2 adults...even if that means 5+ kids rather than my two!

Here they are eating their lunch at the "big kid" seats. We eat lunch together all the time, and the kids are all so sweet about sharing their food (most of the time). It's really funny to watch them eat and pass their food around.

Ainsley let me put headbands in her hair for about a month. Then she figured out they were removable. So much for headbands....

I love watching my girls' relationship grow.

Ainsley wants to do everything Sadie Beth does already. Sadie Beth loves "helping" and sometimes gets a little carried away - which usually results in Ainsley getting exasperated about being squeezed too tightly, knocked over, or having a toy taken away from her.