Spring Scrimmage

DJ texted me around 8:00 this morning asking me to bring the girls to the football scrimmage today. I didn't plan on going, although I knew we should go, and I could tell he wanted us there, so we ate breakfast, got dressed, lathered up on sunscreen and headed out the door.MC was very happy this morning. She enjoyed sitting in the stroller and playing with some of her toys. Right now, her favorite toys are baby dolls. I think because they're "little people" like she is, but she just lights up at dolls and loves to chew on their hands and feet!

DJ took G on to the field for the first time. She was so excited to go down there, and she hung out with him for about 10 minutes before she decided it was too boring for her!
I also kept MC entertained with snacks! This girl loves to eat!

G had tons of fun roaming the bleachers. She climbed all the way to the top and back to the bottom. As we were getting dressed, I decided it would be a fun day letting her pick out her clothes. I told her we were going to football and asked her what she wanted to wear. She replied with, "My cheerleading outfit, because it's my favorite football clothes that I have." So, that's what she wore!She didn't want me to take her picture again, but I managed to sneak one in! She was eating her Ring Pop (yes, they still make them!) I think she looks so tall in this picture!
After watching the scrimmage, we went in to DJ's office while he finished his film work, and then we all went to lunch!

Such a fun Saturday!

RVS & The Zoo

It rained every day last week, leaving us all stuck in the house. By Friday afternoon, we were ready to get out and do something fun! There was a RV and Boat show in town, so we decided to go. My husband would buy both of them if we were millionaires, but we aren't. So, we just had fun looking.

G would go in, and say that everything was "her size", and then say, "let's go see the neighbor's!" She had so much fun trying out the beds, pretending in the kitchen's, and climbing, then jumping off the steps.

We also ran into a Jesus loving clown.
He made G a huge pink flower! MC thought the clown was pretty neat too, and just stared and smiled at him.

Here's G on one of the beds,
On Saturday, we decided to go to the zoo. The weather was beautiful and I think there were people from miles away visiting the animals. It was so crowded!
G thought this water ball was pretty neat. Next, we went into the elephant exhibit.
I was pretty impressed that the zoo had 3 elephants. Where, I grew up, our zoo only had one!

G and I even went on a camel ride!
We looked at giraffes and zebra's. It was so nice to have DJ home with us all week, and thanks to the rain, he couldn't sneak off to play golf!
MC did great! She just looked at everything. She loved riding in the stroller, but would get kind of fussy if we stopped. She stayed awake the entire time, which made for a cranky baby that evening!
Our zoo also had a neat Rainforest exhibit. Lots of trees hanging overhead, fish, & birds.
I was so glad that we were finally able to get out and have some family fun over spring break! Sad to see that it's over, and back to work & school we go!

St. Patty's Weekend

I really did try to narrow down these photos, but we had such a fabulous weekend, it was so hard! We sent the girls to daycare on Friday, and I worked a half day. DJ was off, as the start of his Spring Break. I was suppose to have a dentist appointment that afternoon, but I cancelled it, because I wasn't feeling well. I came home and slept 3 hours and had DJ go get the girls. I then slept another hour while they were eating dinner! Thankfully, I felt better Saturday morning for our St. Patrick's day fun!We made a trap to catch a leprechaun. G made a 4-leaf clover to 'trick' him and we put a pot of 'gold' (popcorn) to help lure him to the trap!

Then, we went outside and enjoyed the sunshine while DJ used his new smoker to smoke brisket!
We took MC outside, because she had been feeling better (although, she now has another cold.)
I think she was happy to enjoy some sunshine and get some natural Vitamin D.
G just played and played. The neighbor behind our house came over, and she played with their 20 month old, and then she explored our wide open back yards. She said she was "queen of the mountain."
And, she played with Bailey.
The girls flew around in the air.

G ran over and had to have her turn.

Then, we got out her trike, while MC took a nap. She rode it about two houses down, decided she was done, and drug it back to the house.

When she's riding and she feels like she's done, she always expects that one of us will take it back for her, but I always tell her that she wanted it, so she has to take care of her toys and put them back where they belong.

Then, we went inside to check on our leprechaun trap.
She was really excited, but then I think G became really scared to think there would be a real leprechaun in there.
But, we didn't catch him! He left goodies for the girls instead. G got a green slinky, a princess cup and "gold" candy (caramel hershey kisses). We let her open one, and it was so cute, because she kissed it before she ate it. She told us that you had to kiss it, since it was called a hershey kiss.
MC received a cup and green puffs.

We had our neighbors over to eat, and MC was screaming during dinner, so I didn't get any pictures. But, we had fruit salad, mac-n-cheese, garlic mashed potatoes, and brisket.

I typically don't like brisket, but it was mouth watering. G even asked for seconds!
After dinner was cleaned up, I put MC to bed and we went outside to start a fire in the fire pit and make smores!
DJ helped G roast her marshmallows.
And of course the neighbor kids joined in with us!
G loved her smores and after we each had one, we ate burnt marshmallows!

On Sunday, we got up and went to church. We almost didn't go, because MC was running a slight fever and was fussing. I decided that we would take her with us into the service since she didn't feel good, especially because the last time we visited that church, she cried the entire time she was in the nursery! MC loves her momma for sure!

G did great in her class, and MC did very well in the service. I was so thankful that this church actually allows kids under 5 in their service. We have actually visited two churches here, that do not allow or prefer kids under 5 in the sanctuary, and I just think that's a shame.
It was warm, so we broke out one of her spring dresses, and i'm glad she was able to still wear it, since it's a 6 month size.
G wore a dress that I purchased at Rhea Lana's consignment sale for a steal. It's a cute navy dress, and it was too long, so I know it'll last her through early fall as well!

After church, we went to eat at Red Robin's.

G played outside some more and met our new neighbor across the street (they're only 2 months apart!) while MC and I took a nap!

It was such a wonderful weekend, and I was so glad that it wasn't going to end, because DJ's off for spring break all week and I'm off most of the week as well!

Easter decorations

I have been itching to get my Easter decorations out and was so glad to find some time this weekend to decorate!On the buffet in our kitchen, I placed my Easter cake stand, pewter deviled egg platter, an Easter candle hurricane, and my bunny salt & pepper shakes.
I also made a "spring" banner using lime green paper, and purple bunnies- I distressed the bunnies.
On the shelf above, I placed another deviled egg platter with a decorative pot of grass.
In the hallway, I added some spring flowers to a white pitcher and added two wooden bunnies.
I kept my butcher block table fun, and made a center piece in the hurricane of plastic eggs, and a cream candle. I also added a fun bunny figurine and pink bunny bucket.

I also placed our Resurrection eggs there, so I wouldn't forget for us to use them to teach G the meaning of Easter!

G goes to Gee's

My mom and I were on the phone Thursday morning and she mentioned she was off for the next 8 days! I jokingly told her that she was more than welcome to take G for the weekend. She told me that she'd think about it and would call me later that day and let me know. She had to run it by grandpa, because this weekend was my parents 18 year anniversary!

I was excited when they agreed and G was too! We decided to both drive halfway and I'd hand her off to them on Friday, and then we would do the same thing on Sunday.

We were able to leave early enough to meet and eat lunch at Cracker Barrel.
My parents had my niece with them, and she's gotten so big! I haven't seen her in a few weeks, and I think she grew a foot! She's only 6 weeks older than MC, but she just looked so big, and my mom said, she weighs 22 lbs! MC is still at 16 lbs!

Both babies had fun eating their lunch and talking to each other! And, G had to get in on the action too!
MC and A had fun gabbing to each other, and I'm beginning to see more of my brother in Miss A.
G was so excited that she was going to get to go to Gee's house for the weekend. I think they hung out at their house Friday night, since they were all in the car for four hours, but on Saturday, my mom and G went to my grandma's house.

They ate lunch their, and my grandma tried to give G a Coke Zero. (G is 4 years old and has had 1 sip of pepsi one time, and we do not give her coke, sprite, or any other carbonated beverage. For the record, my grandmother thinks we're silly for that.) My mother tried to tell my grandma, that G would be just fine with milk or water, but my grandmother insisted. They agreed, to give G the choice, and I'm so proud to report that G chose milk and told my grandma that coke is gross! It just made me laugh so hard to hear that!

After lunch my mom and G went to Hobby Lobby and Wal-Mart, where they bought a Barbie movie. Then, they roasted hot dogs and made smores in the chimnea for dinner Saturday night!

My parents took G to church Sunday morning, where she reported that she learned about being kind to others. And, then they took off to meet us half way again.
My mom also took advantage of getting in some snuggles with MC while we were eating on Friday, and we even enjoyed dessert at Cracker Barrel again on Sunday! I think we ended up staying and chatting for over an hour and it was just so good to hear about the weekend!

My parents headed to Mt. Magazine for the evening to celebrate their 18 year anniversary!

Since G was gone for the weekend, DJ, MC and I went out to eat at Las Cabos Friday night. I was honestly too tired to enjoy dinner, because MC would not let me put her down once we got home!

Saturday morning MC and I met the coaches wives for breakfast at Mimi's Cafe and said good-bye to two of the ladies on our staff. Then, MC and I headed to watch football practice with my friend and her little boy. It was so good to catch up with her and we both agreed we needed to do it more often!

DJ and I ran a few errands with MC that afternoon and went out for a late lunch. We came home and he worked in the yard while I cleaned the house and did laundry.

We finished cleaning Sunday morning and then drove to pick up G!

The weekend went by entirely too fast and i'm looking forward to spring break next week!

Stay Home Day

I somehow convinced G to stay home from school on Monday. I think that last week, she was a little jealous that MC and I stayed home together, so I told her if she would stay home with me that we would go to the park and have a fun girls day.

However, on Friday, she told me that she didn't want to stay home that she wanted to go to school. I love that she loves school, her teacher, and her friends, and I hope that it stays that way. But, she's also just in preschool, and goes 5 days a week, so I knew it wouldn't hurt her if she stayed home with me.

On Monday morning, she didn't ask about school, until well after breakfast. She was a little disappointed at first, once she found out that it wasn't a stay home day for everyone, but once I told her our plans for the day, she was ok.

We spent the morning cleaning up the house, and then we got dressed. When MC woke up from her nap, we went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch.
MC's school is celebrating Lutheran school week, and if we ate at CFA, their school would get a portion. We shared chicken nuggets, fries, and a fruit bowl.
Poor MC had to watch us eat our delicious chicken!

I let G play on their play area for a while and then we grabbed her a balloon an deposited our receipt so her school could get credit.

We were on our way to the park, but when we drove by Bass Pro, I thought it would be fun for us to go in and look at the fish.
G also test drove four wheelers.
And tried out boats.

We finally got to the park and I was able to feed MC while G played.
After G played on the big playground for a while, we took MC over to the smaller one with baby swings. G was excited to push MC in the swing, but her excitement didn't last long. After a minute or two, G ran off again to play.
This was the first time MC got to 'play' at the park, and I think she had fun!

After the park, we ran home and let Bailey out, and then went to Target. G had a toy from her birthday party that we needed to return and she received a gift card from her aunt and uncle. She ended up picking out a La La Loopsy ferris wheel and two of their dolls.

Can someone help me out by telling me what La La Loopsy actually is? Is it a t.v. show or just the toys? They're super cute, but I have no idea where the toys are coming from.

Anyway, we had a great day. The weather was fantastic, G was well behaved, MC was happy. I told DJ that it made me want to stay home every day with the girls!