Dr. Suess Day!

Today at Anniston's preschool was a celebration of Dr. Suess. It was his birthday today. So you were supposed to bring your favorite book and I thought dress up if you wanted. Well, apparently Anniston was the only one dressed up. But she didn't care. She told us she was the only one that looked like the cat in the hat and that she was so special today! I'm so proud of her!!
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The teachers "oohed and aahed" over her when she walked in the doors this morning, so her head immediately grew! This is our rendition of a super-girly cat in the hat (minus the hat because we don't have any black tall striped hats! So her hair is supposed to be tied up to look like cat ears!!).

(I wish I knew how to photoshop the Sam's Club ginormous diaper box out of this picture! haha)

Squeaky Shoes!

Treyson wears alot of the squeaky shoes. There are so many brands, and he's had different kinds. But these squeaky shoes are WIDE, and he has very wide feet. We are not crazy about the squeakers, so we always take them out and throw them away. They get really annoying, really fast. So I bought Treyson a new pair of black squeaky shoes on Friday, and Jerry wanted me to put them on him with the squeakers still in to see what Treyson would do. Treyson thought it was hilarious, and was running and dancing all over the place. Enjoy!

Good Morning to Donuts

Friday morning after workout class, I stopped and bought donuts.....doesn't make sense does it? Dadoo and the kids were very happy to wake up to fresh donuts. I took a couple of pics of the kids as they were playing in our bed. Have a great weekend!

Birthday Present

Jerry surprised me in a really big way for my birthday. He gave me a Nicholas Sparks book, and tucked inside it were some papers. Those papers were the information for a trip he planned for us to take! He is taking me to Niagara Falls!! I'm so excited to go do this with him! Mom and I went to Toronto for my 21st birthday, and we took a trip to see the Falls for a day and it was amazing. We had a fantastic time. I am so ready to enjoy this with Jerry too! We'll be staying in this hotel overlooking the falls (this is on the Canadian side--the better view by far...sorry America!) He had planned it for the end of March, but we're going to wait until June because it's too cold up in Canada in March (especially since we'll be up close to the falls doing the tours).Then, we're going to eat dinner in this restaurant which revolves and also overlooks the falls. We might do "Maid of the Mist" (I did this with my Mom, and it was incredible) Or we might do the hike under the falls: Maybe a helicopter? (although I'm sure it's rather pricey)
Jerry, you sure got me on this one. I can't wait to travel here with you! We are going to have such a great time. I love you so much!

Mommy's Birthday!

Well, since somebody (ahem) won't blog in this household, I'll have to just toot my own horn about how fabulous I am for my own birthday...haha!

I had a great birthday on Wednesday! I was bound and determined that this would be a great birthday since it's my last one that begins with a "2". First, my alarm went off at 4:30 and off I went to go to my "Body Pump" class. I was thinking that I'd just keep it mum about my birthday so that the instructor wouldn't embarass me. Well, I was doing pretty good until my card got scanned, and then computer announced (very loudly I might add), "Happy Birthday". And then about 3 or 4 workers in the gym shouted out to me Happy Birthday as well.

I got home and all of the lights were still out (about 6:25), but I could smell something yummy. I rounded the corner to head to my room and Jerry and Anniston were in the kitchen with the lights out with a candle lit in the middle of a stack of pancakes and started to sing "Happy Birthday" song to me as soon as they saw me. I made my wish, then Anniston and I sat on our bed to eat like princesses.

Afterwards I got ready for work, and Anniston got ready for school.

Treyson even got up early to spend extra time with me.

And then he saw that we had leftover pancakes, and he wanted in on that action!

I went to work Monday. At lunch time, Jerry rolled in (unannounced) to take me out to eat. We chose Mexican....yummmmmmm! I love surprise lunch dates!

After work we went to the Ash Wednesday service at our church which is always a very powerful, moving service. We went to Dairy Queen afterwards to get my favorite, a dipped cone (except I get it in a cup).

Once we got home, we watched the olympics for a little while with Anniston, put her to sleep, and then watched the movie, Couples Retreat. It was cute, and I'd been wanting to see it for awhile. Let's just say that I HAVE to go to Bora Bora soon. We watched the credits and it was filmed at the St. Regis in Bora Bora....I don't care if I'm there, but I just want an over-the-water bungalow....oh my goodness--AMAZING!

Now if that doesn't look amazing, i don't know what will please you!

Thank you Anniston, Treyson, and Jerry for an amazing birthday! I look forward to Saturday evening's celebration with MaMa and PaPa as well!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a great Valentine's Day weekend at our house. On Friday, Anniston had her Valentine's party at her school. We got "Princess and the Frog" valentines to give to her classmates and tucked Smarties inside. Mommy wrote the names of her Anniston's friends, and Anniston wrote her name on all of the Valentine's...that was a total of 15 times! We are so proud of her. Here's one of her Valentine's she did (we have some work to do on our "S"...those are tricky, according to Anniston!) :At her party, they had Ice cream sundaes and made a valentine's headband. Here's a picture of Anniston with one of her best buddies, Baylor:

Mommy and Anniston:

That evening, Aunt Courtney stayed with us at our house. She was in town for a bridal shower. Anniston and Treyson both went NUTS when she walked in the door. Anniston put on quite a little performance for her after Treyson went to bed.

Saturday morning, Mommy and the kiddos gave Dadoo his Valentine's present. A big cookie cake from the Cookie Company (Dadoo's favorite). I didn't take a picture before, and now there's only a small part left, so you'll just have to imagine. Dadoo then gave Anniston and Mommy their Valentine's present:

Dadoo has gotten Mommy roses every Valentine's Day for 15 years (and he's arranged them himself almost all of those years except for when I was living in Little Rock), and this year he gave Anniston a rose too. Anniston told him it's because we are both his princesses, and I think she's right. I already feel sorry for the man that she meets in the future. Dadoo's setting a very high standard for her!!
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Saturday evening, Mrs. Amber kept the kids for us and Jerry and I went out to celebrate Valentine's day. He took me to Carrabas Italian restaurant for dinner, and then we went to see "When in Rome" afterwards. It was so nice to be able to escape to have a nice dinner and chat (mostly about the kids) over a bottle, yes, bottle of wine (we don't do this very often!!).

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Sunday morning Anniston sang at church. She was SO excited to perform for all of her family that came to watch her. Thank you Aunt Robin, Uncle Mike, Meredith, Ryan, Nanny, PawPaw R, Aunt Courtney, MeMaMa, MaMa, and PaPa for coming to watch Anniston sing. She is still talking about all of you being there to watch her!

After church, we all headed to Monte Ne Chicken to enjoy their southern family style dinner. It was so tasty, and we were all stuffed. Then we came back to our house and the grandparents had Valentine's for the kids. They opened their gifts, and then we tried to get some pictures. However, it was already an hour or two past our normal naptime, and Treyson was NOT happy!! Dadoo then made his traditional Valentine's Day dinner later that evening. Steaks and grilled lobster tails....yummmmmy! We went to bed stuffed, stuffed, stuffed!
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Happy Valentine's Day to everybody!

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Thank you to my wonderful husband for making this an amazing Valentine's Day weekend for me, and to my two littlest Valentines who I can't imagine living without!! I love you all! Love,Mommy

Girls Date Day

Anniston, MaMa, and I went to go see "The Runaway Bunny" and "Goodnight Moon" at the Walton Arts Center last Saturday. It was really amazing. They used puppets for all of the acting, and the sets were amazing too. I think Anniston really enjoyed herself. Children were encouraged to wear their pajamas for the performance....not Anniston--she decided that she'd much rather wear a beautiful dress instead.

After the play we went to Olive Garden for lunch. We had a great meal, and as we were leaving Anniston said she needed to go to the bathroom. So MaMa stayed out in the waiting area while we went in. Anniston gets up onto the potty and asks to hold my hands (she does this at public restrooms because we don't let her hang on to the edge of the potty like we do at home). So I crouch down and hold her hands. She goes potty, and then announces that she has some "boo-boos". So, I tell her ok, go ahead. She starts grunting really loud (like loud enough for everybody to hear). I thought that if she only did it once, no big deal. Well, she kept on and kept on. So I said, "Anniston, you don't have to make that loud noise when you go boo-boos." So her face turned beet red as she was quiet, and then she loudly announced that "Boo-boos just don't come out if I'm quiet Mommy" and she began to grunt again. Then, when she was done, she let out this exhausted breath of air and said, "There, I'm done now Mommy".

It was hilarious, and I'm sure that the other 2 ladies in the stalls and 1 waiting in line were quite entertained.

Thanks MaMa for reminding me to tell that story. How is it that I've got 2 posts about "boo-boos" in 2 days? That's just my life!......and I love it!!