Rocket Star

For a long time, Anniston has told me that she wants to be a dental hygienist when she grows up so that we can go to work together. Sweet, huh? Well, apparently she changed her mind a couple of weeks ago.

After nap that day, here was our exchange:

A: "Mommy, I don't want to be a dental hygienist anymore."
M: "Ok, so what do you want to be?"
A: "A rocket star"
M: "A rocket star?"
A: "Yes, Mommy a rocket star."
M: "So what does a rocket star do?"
A: "Well, I will sing on stage really loud and use my new microphone. And I will wear pink sparkly dresses too. Don't worry, Mommy. You're invited so you can watch me be a rocket star."
M: "So when are you going to be a rocket star?"
A: "Well, when I finish school I'll be a rocket star. So like, when I'm 45. Ok, Mommy?"
M: "Good deal!"

So here's a preview of our "Rocket star" from Monday. This particular microphone is hilarious. It plays music that you can sing with, it will give you a drumroll, and it will applaud you. So funny!

Silly Little Boy

Treyson has graduated to the big boy highchair at our house (formerly the "big girl" highchair). He is also using his utensils fairly well. He had some yogurt in a bowl and was dipping and feeding himself very well with the spoon. So I went to grab the flip to record this; I get back and apparently the silly bug landed in his belly while I was gone and he was cracking himself up!

Enjoy!

side note: The humongous bruise on his forehead happened Tuesday at the babysitters. My kids have always run full speed. However, both of them have the problem of running straight ahead while looking to the side. Well, the door won at the babysitters. Crazy part is, Mrs. Amber said he didn't even cry. It knocked him down, and he kind of looked around for a minute (probably hacked off at the door), then went about his business.

Our snow days

It was a very snowy week 2 weeks ago. It all started on Sunday night. Jerry woke up Monday (I don't work Monday's), peeked outside, got all ready, then told me he was going to start his car. I managed to grumble an "ok" then fall back asleep. Seemed like seconds later, Jerry was back in the room, walked to the closet, and changed into his jammie pants and t-shirt, then got back into bed. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I don't think I can make it to work." So did we get a fun day at home with the kids? Sort of.

Jerry worked from home. He ate breakfast, snack, lunch, and snack with us (we eat alot). Then he played in the snow with the kids at the end of his work day before the sun went down since they were begging to go outside. Trying to entertain the kids upstairs and in their bedrooms without disturbing Jerry (especially when he was on conference calls) was very interesting. Quite tricky with our blabbering little bubby! He talks non-stop! So once they finally got outside, they built an anorexic snowman....cute, huh? (this was taken a few days later, as you can see by the driveway melting)

Here's a picture of Treyson wandering aimlessly through the snow. The kids just took off and ran through all of the snow and squealed! (can you see how the snow comes halfway up to his knees?)

Then Anniston made snow angels. She was giggling the entire time. I had tripled up EVERYTHING on her, because I knew from the week before that her Dadoo would be throwing her into the snow (and he didn't disappoint this time either). She had a blast, and even though her nose was so bright and red, told me she was not cold and didn't want to come in for dinner.

Haircut (again)

Somebody got a buzz haircut! Treyson has been blessed with Jerry's thick, coarse, wavy hair. It was growing out (again), and Jerry just suggested that we just do a really short haircut. So we pulled out the clippers and buzzed away. He was great! Sat really still, but I think started getting itchy due to all of the hair on his back! I think we'll be investing in a kid-sized cover-up. Anyhow, here was the little guy this evening showing off by rolling around in our bedroom. But at least you can see the short hair.

Driving Mr. Treyson

The title is pretty self explanatory. This video is from the 26 of December. MaMa and PaPa drove up to our house to see all of our new toys. We bundled up to watch the kids drive their new Gator. We figured out that Anniston and Treyson are very content driving in circles, we don't have to chase, and nothing gets crashed (yet).

The Lord's Prayer and Ramblings about our sweet little girl!

So, we have a nightly ritual of kneeling next to Anniston's bedside and saying "God Bless" (we keep this list to a minimum by doing only immediate family--us, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and great-grandparents; otherwise, we could spend 20 minutes just on Jerry's side of the family!!), night-time prayer (...."now I lay me down to sleep...."), and then hugs and kisses.

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I told Jerry last week that as I was growing up we all gathered at our bedsides and said the Lord's Prayer, and that I really wanted to start incorporating that into our routine now that Anniston's a little bit older. So for the past week, Jerry and I will say the prayer together while Anniston listens in. The past 3 nights, Anniston has been trying to say the prayer with us, and she's getting really good at it.

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In sweet little Anniston fashion (seriously, she is such a kind-hearted little girl), she wanted to say her own "Lord's prayer" after trying to say the real "Lord's prayer". The first night, it involved a bear, a witch (from the book "Dora saves the Snow Princess"), and Jesus of course. The second night, it still had a bear, no witch, but it did have part of "Deck the Halls" christmas carol. So for your enjoyment, I snuck in my new Flip Video (yes I got my own for Christmas!!!--thank you MaMa and PaPa!!) so that you could hear Anniston's prayer. No clue about the mouse part....maybe she read the book "If you give a mouse a cookie" today at the babysitter's house??

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There is no picture, just sound. We have the hall light on, but I was trying to hide the Flip Video, so I wasn't able to get it positioned to see her. Had she seen it, she would have gotten really silly with her prayer (although it is a little silly anyway!)

Anniston,

Mommy and Dadoo are SOOOO in love with you. You melt our hearts daily. We love how you randomly walk up to us, squeeze us, and say "Oh, I just love you so much!" We love how you use big girl words "Actually Mommy, it's over there", or "I don't quite think so", or "Probably that's a good choice". You sound SO BIG to us!! You have such a caring heart. You try so hard to love on Treyson. Sometimes he loves it, sometimes not so much! You always try to put your arm around him, and if he's doing something that you know isn't the right choice, you physically try and move him away from whatever it is....such a little Mommy and such a rule follower! You love to tell us that you're getting really big and tall, and when Mommy and Dadoo pretend to act really sad about that, you will say, "Don't worry, I'll always be your baby girl". I just get teary eyed thinking about it. You love to help wake Treyson up in the mornings and sing him the "wake up song" (Good morning to you, good morning to you, good morning sweet Treyson, good morning to you!). When Treyson jabbers at you, you act all grown-up and say, "Oh, yeah Buddy? That's right"....so cute! You love to snuggle with us, especially if the TV is on. Mommy and Dadoo don't let you watch very much TV, so you will walk in and tell Dadoo that football is your favorite show and that you want to snuggle with him and watch your favorite show...Dadoo falls for it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.!!!

You. Are. Precious! We love you more than you will ever know. Love, Mommy and Dadoo

Christmas at Nanny and PawPaw's!

We celebrated Christmas with Jerry's parents last weekend while Mark, Tracey, Kinley, and Will were in town. It was such a fun weekend! The weather was nice enough for us to get to go to Creekmore and ride the train. Mark took the picture. Anniston was with PawPaw in the back, and Will was sitting in Tracey's arms (they were there, we promise!).

Anniston, Kinley, and the candy cane posing before getting on the train!

This is MY christmas present that Jerry decided to model!

Will was really into this little steering wheel that made all sorts of noises and had lots of buttons to push. Isn't he just a doll? The only time I heard him cry was in the car as he got strapped into his carseat. He is just so sweet and easy-going. And smiles at the drop of a hat!

Here was Treyson's big present from Nanny and pawPaw. This is the souped up 2009 model of the Flinstone cars that we had as kids. It came with a hard hat, tool box with tools, and little truck bed to haul things in. Treyson LOVED it!! He was cracking us up because he WILL NOT get into it on the side where the door swings open. No, he actually walks around to the side where the door is molded shut and climbs up and over and into the seat....sometimes his feet land down, sometimes not (he does not like it when his head is stuck between the steering wheel and seat!). We figure he'll learn eventually. But he's a boy, and has to figure it out the hard way!

Kinley and Anniston got matching jammies and even their dolls got the coordinating jammie dresses too! Isn't that cute?

Here they all are checking out their goodies that Santa left them!
Nanny and PawPaw,

Thank you for such a wonderful weekend at your house. As always, the food was wonderful, and the company was even better! It is so much fun watching those girls be so girly together, and we can't wait for Will and Treyson to play together like that next year.....watch out girls!!

Thank you for everything! We love you!