The Big "3"!

Just so everyone will say, "Awww, I can't believe he is already three!".

Because that's what I walked around saying all day Monday & Tuesday.
"Three, that can't be right, He's not three years old. He can't be..."

Catelin and I made a birthday cake. Alex requested a blue cake. The best we could do was a 'Funfetti' cake with blue sprinkles in and on the cake.

After requesting "blue" for everything from cake and ice cream, to napkins; when we got to the store he spied the "Cars" decorations and only wanted THAT! So much for my blue and Thomas Train theme.

Loving Mack.

Ooohhh, what's in there, look Catie!

In all of the pictures, except the first one, he has icing on his lips. We hadn't even cut the cake yet!

By the way, Funfetti cake with cream cheese icing and sprinkles is waaay gooood!

Soooo, funny...

Catelin taught Alex a joke.


Catelin: What.
Alex: What?
Catelin: Chicken Butt!!!!

Laugh like a maniac & run around the house screaming: "chicken butt", "what?", "chicken butt!", "chicken butt!".

He can't say his name, but by-gosh he can say 'chicken butt'.

His Speech Therapist is going to be so proud.

Spring Fun

Taking turns and sharing with Cousin Ella!

Well, sort of....

Big Guys, and Little Guys!

Something has changed on blogger and I can't move my pictures around anymore. This is very annoying and time consuming. I need to know what pictures I want to use, then download them in order from last to first. Then, write the text. Not even kidding...

Nothing in my life, is even close to being that organized!

I've gotta talk to someone...

Wrapping up May

Well, it's official, May is over and it is Summer Vacation.

Ummm, yeah ??

Catelin passed third grade with flying colors.

Thursday was Honors Day, when each child is recognized, by their teacher, for their hard work during the school year.

Catelin was on the A-B honor roll every semester, had perfect attendance, earned the Presidential Physical Fitness Award and received a medal for earning over 100 points in the Accelerated Reader Program. Only the kids who earned over 100 points received a medal. She had 110.7 points

Yeah, Catelin!!!!!!!!

Catelin with her teacher, Mrs. Blackburn. (She wouldn't let me take a picture of her wearing her medal!)



Alexander got a haircut this week:

BEFORE

AFTER This was Alex after his haircut. Stunned.

This was Alex after I told him not to worry, it WILL grow back. And then Mommy will take you to the "girly-place" again.

What Limb?

At 7:00 pm last Thursday the kids and I were hanging out in the backyard. Alex was playing tractors in the dirt and Catelin was turning cartwheels.

Suddenly, Catelin remembered Friday was "puzzle day" at school. Everyone was supposed to bring a puzzle.

Of course, we do not even own one puzzle! Tears began, whining continued, etc, etc... 'she'll be the only one without a puzzle, she won't get to play, life ruined, etc...'

After a few minutes the guilt got to me. There wasn't really any reason we couldn't go back out, I just didn't want to.

We pulled Alex out of the dirt and we piled into the car and went looking for Dollar Tree or someplace to get a puzzle.

("NOT a baby one and it can't be more than 300 pieces, and I want it to have a dog....")

About 7:40 we cruised back home, crisis averted. The day would not be ruined, we had a 300 piece dog puzzle.

Mark asks from the back deck, "When did this happen?"

Me: "What happen?"

Mark: "That Limb, that fell."

Me: "Huh, WHAT limb??"

THIS LIMB!

In the 30-ish minutes that we were gone the top broke off one of the trees. And it fell down into the backyard.

RIGHT WHERE ALEX HAD BEEN PLAYING IN THE DIRT!!!

If you look closely you can see 2 green John Deere tractors in the leaves.

The view from the deck.

Hmmmmmmm........

Hoppy Easter!!

It was a beautiful day today! Happy Easter and Happy Spring to everyone.

Mad hula hoop skilz...

The easter egg hunt...

sometimes you need a little help.

True to form; Alex spent more time worrying about the plastic grass falling out of his basket!

Happy kiddos!

Still Kickin' Down Here!

Well, we are moved in to the new house!

The carpets are no longer perfectly clean, the kitchen vinyl has black scuff marks, the microwave needs cleaned, sink is full of dirty dishes and there are dirty hand prints along the wall in the stairs.
Almost every door in the house has a childproof doorknob lock. "We're hooomme..."

It is nice to have so much space for everyone to spread out with their stuff.
As I sit in our bedroom, there are NO TOYS scattered on the floor. Rule #1 in the New House: No toys in Mommy and Daddy's room!

Rule #2 is: TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES! And yes, it is usually yelled after the stupid orange, wet, sticky, clay/dirt is tracked across the beige carpet. This is a rule I would love to strictly impose, but it is very hard for all of us to remember!

I can't imagine why they even sell carpets in GA that are any colors other than dark brown, red or orange. Maybe black.... except what would the green pollen look like tracked in on black carpet?

Skip the black carpeting idea...

The backyard fence is finished, Alexander and Abbey (puppy) are very happy. It looks great.
We have furniture coming this week for the family room downstairs and hopefully the satellite will be hooked up by next week. The kids are missing their 'electronic nanny'.
Catelin may be in Disney-Withdrawal. I'm pretty sure that is a real diagnosis.

I say we are moved in, and we are fully functioning, but there are still many-many-many boxes to be gone through. Therefore, we still can't get a car in the garage. And there has been no decorating at all.
How can you decorate without furniture or curtains? So, it's really out of my hands at this point..... uh, huh... **nodding head**

I cannot even contemplate all the boxes that are in Mom's garage. We'll have to fetch those this summer.
"I can't think about that right now... If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow."
Name that movie!

I will try to get some new pictures of the kids up this week.
We'll talk to you all soon.