Ten Things

This weekend Brian's mom took the girls for the weekend so Brian and I could spend some time together since his birthday was last week. For the most part we really enjoyed ourselves, but there is something weird about the quiet of being in your own house with no kids. It is TOO quiet!


This week's list......10 things that I missed that make make me thankful my girls are home


1. The 1 Million questions the girls ask in a day. I have come to realize that the reason they ask so many questions of me is that they honestly think I know EVERYTHING! Isn't that flattering?


2. I missed hearing their tiny feet walking (walking, running, skipping, hopping) across the floor.


3. Their toys, their choice of toys always makes me laugh. I found this on the floor this morning (armless and legless thanks to Sophie) and Molly said I couldn't throw it away because she NEEDED it.

By the way, I am not sure what that random part is next to the girl.....but it doesn't look good!

4. I missed hugs, tiny arms = sweet hugs.

5. I did actually miss telling the girls "no" 100 times a day. I think I would pick fights with Brian just to be able to tell him "no"....hehehehehe

6. My favorite time of the day is the morning when I get to go wake the girls up in the morning on the mornings I wake up before them. Their sweet smiles when they see me for the first time.

7. Tiny voices, they are the sweetest sound over the baby monitor. Thank goodness for Video Recorders so I won't ever have to forget what those sweet voices sound like.

8. I really love their morning/nap breath. There is something about that smell that is just so sweet to me.

9. I missed their sweetness to each other:

10. The reason I missed them the most is that I missed being a Mommy. Even though I struggle with potty training and roll my eyes at whining, I love my job and I love my girls!

Going to the zoo

I should have looked back at my titles to see how many times I have used that heading, but I am sure it has been many times. We love to go to the zoo. If we lived in Memphis I am sure we would go every weekend. Here are some recent pictures of our trip with my family. It was a wonderful day, the weather was perfect and the kids were even better!

Still enjoying the stroller.....maybe one day we will be able to go without using one.

The penguins were putting on quite a show for us.

Joy and Jake enjoying the penguins.

Do you hear what I hear?

Catch that train!

Here we are riding a big cow.....with its guts hanging out....crazy!

I am a good egg, I just don't want you to take my picture!

See, mama, I am a good egg too!

We enjoyed a great lunch at Aunt Joy's house after the zoo.

These boots are made for walking....

We went to a birthday party for Hannah Jordan and the girls were absolutely fascinated with her rain coat, boots, and umbrella. Grandma found them a rain coat which they fell in love with and the other day she found some ladybug boots to match their jacket.

We went to Grandma's house Wednesday and Grandma let the girls take their boots home. Of course we had to wear them home! We took a bath at before leaving so we wore our pj's and boots home....it was a sight to behold. Of course yesterday as soon as they go up they wanted to wear their boots again. Most of the day their ensemble was this: Boots, panties, shirts and scraggly hair.


After Brian got home the girls went out with him while I packed for the girls to go to Meme. The girls helped Brian take the trash to the curb and I got these cute pictures of the girls outside "helping" Brian.

Actually helping Daddy take the trash to the curb

We are starting to try and dress ourselves and we are having some difficulties understanding inside out and if our tags are where they are supposed to be.

Oh, I love my sister.

Wow, is that a dead frog, I think I need to touch it!

Good Friends, Good Food, Good Time!

What a beautiful day it was on Saturday. We had some friends over to celebrate summer. It is nice to have Christian friends, good friends that enjoy just sitting visiting. Toby, Chad, and Michael helped Brian hang rehang the girls tire swings and now they go SO high.

Here are some pictures from our night with our friends. The girls especially enjoyed playing with Hannah.

Toby pushing, and pushing, and pushing

Brian taking John Mark for a ride.....he really enjoyed riding.

Baby Hallee was loved on by everyone.

Brian got to take his turn swinging and swinging.

Toby giving rides.

The girls putting on a show.

Look at these moms getting a break.....yeah!

Enjoying the beautiful weather! We couldn't have asked for a better day!

Oh, My Funny Molly

*******This is my third attempt at this post*************

You know how you have those moments when your kids do something funny and you think, wow, sure wish I had a camera for that. And then sometimes when you see that funny thing happening your next thought is.....yeah, a post in the blog! Well, it just so happened that my camera was within reaching distance when I found Molly doing this:

Yes, that is a pink flute in her panties

Molly has been struggling with pooping in the potty and she earned her poo poo prize today and she was so excited! However, she couldn't find a place to keep it since she didn't want to wear her clothes today, so I guess her panties seemed as good a place as any.

Sarah to Molly - You had that where? No, I don't want to play it.

Stay.......and Sarah won't get you

Aren't we cute with our pigtails?

Ten Things

1. I am thankful that my girls are not afraid to try new things or things outside their comfort level.

2. The girls got to ride horses tonight and had a GREAT time.

3. No accidents today, yeah!! That right there is something to be thankful for. The had 3 days this weekend with no accidents....yeah!

4. Molly did break her toe 6 weeks ago. We had an xray taken and were told it wasn't broken, but took her to Dr. Lee Woodruff, who is awesome, and he said it was broken, but it is looking good. Poor thing, but I am thankful she is healing.

5. My sweetie has made it his mission to make sure I have a cold Diet DP every morning since I bragged on him for putting one in the fridge for me last week....sweetheart!

6. My girls are so friendly to people they meet and it makes me thankful that they are so friendly!

7. Molly got up from her nap today kind of sleepy and groggy, but climbed into my lap and said, "I love you, mommy, give me your sugars". Isn't that the sweetest?

8. Sarah in the car today was singing one my favorite Veggietale songs about God Made Me Special, and one of the lines talks about having curly hair and some people don't. Sarah and I talked earlier today about how special she is to have curly hair and she told me she didn't like it. Then while she was singing her song in the car this morning she recognized the lyrics and said, "wow, I have curly hair too, I am special".

9. My foot is feeling wonderful, thanks Dr. Lee, he really is the best.

10. After spending the weekend away from Brian he was so glad to have us home and we were so glad to be home. Being away makes your appreciate what you have and makes you thankful.

Come Fly With Me

This post is 2 parts, the first part.....flying kites. This weekend the girls and I went to Memphis and tried to fly kites at Shelby Farms (that of course wasn't the only thing we did).

Unfortunately we couldn't put the kite together, however, the girls had a wonderful time watching everyone else flying their kites. Brian stopped at Wal-Mart on the way home from work today and brought the girls kites. Oh, that was FUN!!! There aren't many people that can fly a kite in their back yard, we did tonight. Molly loved holding it and then when she bored with that, she went to pick up the kites that fell down. Sarah just wanted to play in the dirt and let the kites fly away and then laugh as we ran after them. I forgot my camera to take pictures, but maybe we will get a chance later in the week.

Part 2 - These pictures are weeks old, sorry that I have been lazy in my posting. These are pictures of the girls and their Christmas present from Aunt Joy. They love it, but what is not to love. I want to eventually turn our backyard into a playground!!

Sarah bringing me a flower, isn't she sweet!

Molly really trying to convince me to let her wear her hat outside. They love those cheap hats!