The girls had their Easter egg hunt and parties today at school. We had been practicing our egg hunting skills at home so they would be ready for the hunt. Our practice rounds have been with empty eggs so it was very exciting when the girls found eggs that were actually filled. So exciting that they each had to open every egg to see what was inside, then eat it, play with it, show it to me ...

They did great and are ready for Easter! In fact Sydney said, "I'm going to watch the Easter Bunny come to our house in his pink car."

I guess that means you will soon see pictures of William dressed as a bunny riding in a pink car...

March 27 2013

"Ooooo"

*Thanks to Nan for coming and helping me juggle between their two classes!

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 13, 2013

School Party

Besties...

A quick look...

Snow falling in Birmingham today. Here's a quick look at the fun we had outside this afternoon. 

Thursday January 17, 2013

A visit with Santa.

I took the girls to visit Santa this afternoon. Neither were very happy about it, but Brooklyn, as you can see was the least happy. Why do we ask our children to sit on a strange man's lap every year? The only thing that encouraged Sydney to go along with this plan was the prospect of a candy cane afterwards. So, that one 5x7 that I had to buy in order to take my own pictures was $12.99 - worth every penny! 

December 20, 2012 

What a difference a year makes. This is Brooklyn's Santa visit last year. 

December 2011.

15 Month Checkup

Stats...

Length: 32" (92nd Percentile)

Weight: 22 lbs, 12 1/2 ounces (50th Percentile)

Head Circumference: 18 1/4 (60th Percentile)

Brooklyn Jane

December 19 2012

What she's up to?

• Saying lots of words: Mamma, Dadda, tree, lovie, snack, sock, shoe, cheese, Elmo, car, turtle, watch ... (Don't ask William about this - he'll say it doesn't sound like those words, but I know that's what she's saying!)
• Stacking blocks
• Putting things inside containers (lots of times it's her lovie)
• More Ear infections
• Loves her Dad!
• Pushing books away that she does not want to read
• Going to Moms Morning Out two days a week
• Climbing
• Napping once a day

Looking back, I was 35 weeks pregnant with Brooklyn when Sydney was 15 months old (this same age). Seems a little crazy now, but we couldn't be happier. Brooklyn is happy happy - even with ears infected, the girl is happy. We are loving this age and loving Brooklyn. 

Thanksgiving.

Thankful for my family. Love these guys. 

November 22, 2012

Scottsboro Al

A Quick Weekend Excursion

A few weeks ago (well, maybe more than a few - but someone's a little behind on blogging), William and I met Nathan and Laura for a quick camping trip. 

Nathan and Laura are paddling the Alabama Scenic River Trail (hopefully wrapping that up by Christmas), so William and I met them on the river. We loaded our canoe and their boats on our car and drove to the nearest town for them to replenish supplies and wash clothes. We were stocked with the essentials for two people who have been camping for weeks: Jack's biscuits, coffee, Diet Coke, Doritos, beer and fresh fruits & veggies.

Our campsite.

Besties. 

Bon Voyage friends. Tell the Gulf of Mexico hello for us. 

Keep up with Nate & Laura's trip: www.livinggratitude.blogspot.com 

More Halloween...

We are continuing to celebrate Halloween On Broadway. Sydney decided she wanted a cat pumpkin this year so, she and William did a little pumpkin carving after Brooklyn was in bed last night. 

Tuesday October 31, 2012

William and Sydney

Admiring their work

The final product

And more celebrating today with Halloween parties at school...

Besties. 

 Party food!

Brooklyn seeing me arrive for her party... 

More party food (cupcakes)!

Happy Halloween Friends. 

Spoiler Alert...

We hosted our Mama & Me Halloween party this morning at our house. All of the kids came dressed in their costumes (a dry run, I suppose) and looked fantastic. All of the moms brought festive food, which was delicious. And, as always, fun parties always come with a little bit of chaos (at least for me)...

Has anyone seen Sydney?
Is this Brooklyn's cup?
Who's silver gloves are these?
Can you hold Brooklyn while I change Sydney's diaper? 
Can we count this food as lunch? 

Here is Sydney joyfully sporting her giraffe costume.  I was quite sure two months ago when she chose to be a giraffe, she would change her mind. But, no - here she is still all smiles with her choice. 

Tuesday, October 30 2012

And here is Brooklyn in her pumpkin costume. A little grumpy having been awakened from her nap a tad early and thrust into a pumpkin costume and a house full of kids. 

Nothing a donut can't fix, right? 

Lots of fun with good friends!

And here is the best attempt at a group picture. Notice that there are several children missing and parts of costumes are missing. We should have tried this at the beginning of the party instead of the end!

A complete success - thanks to all for coming!