Finally..A Boy Toy!

My poor husband has had to deal with pink and purple toys, princess dress up clothes, pink fingernail polish, the whole estrogen game. Finally his Dad sent an electronic race track home from Mississippi with us. It didn't have any cars with it, and apparently they do not make this kind of track anymore. Thus Steve went E-Bay shopping. After alot of research and thought, he bought 3 cars. The girls were so excited that they helped Daddy put up the track that night. They had a blast for about 2 hours! Boy did I get alot done! I think Josh was equally as excited to not have to play with the pink and purple princess phone (with feathers on it) anymore!

Bubble Time (A thought from Peter)

I saw Peter's post a while ago and I thought that it would be a good idea to indulge in a little bubble making.

First Day

Abby started her first day of school today! I can't believe that she is a kindergartner already! Where did the time go? She had a great day! She played outside, colored a picture of herself and made a new friend (as if that's a shocker!). Her new friend is the girl in the butterfly shirt. We don't know her name yet. I told Abby that she will probably not be wearing that shirt tomorrow and she might want to remember her name. I'm going to take her early to school tomorrow and buy her an account in the cafeteria. She will eat breakfast there on Tuesday and Thursday so that I can get to sonshine school on time. She is so excited about it (mostly because her Memaw works in a cafeteria) that we are going to have to try it out tomorrow instead of next week like I had planned. I'm so glad that she likes school so much and is so eager to go. Even if it did mean a few tears on my part! :(

Days with the Deans

We had the pleasure of taking care of the Dean kids for a couple of days this week, and thought you might like to see some pictures of our days together. I have to tell you about the cute thing Jillian said. She is just so funny lately. I was holding baby Jackson on my lap and talking to him. He was smiling and being cute (as always) and Jillian came over and said "Mommy, I want you to go to the store and get me a baby like that". I told her that you don't get this kind of baby from the store, that God gives you the baby. She said "Oh" and walked away. i believed this to be the end of our conversation so I went back to playing with Jackson and then put him back down on his play mat (by the way, he is the easiest and sweetest baby!). Jillian came back over and sat with me on the couch. She kept looking at Jackson and then she pointed to him and said "Mommy, I think God wants me to have that baby." I explained to her that God had already given that baby to Mr. Jason and Mrs. Laura, she seemed OK with it, but was just sure that the baby was ment for her. As you can see in the pictures, she just loves him! The girls had a great time playing with Addi and Chandler too. They played dress up and Polly Pockets, and Chandler taught everyone how to do cartwheels. Fun times!

Library Day at the Musuem

We had a free Saturday! I couldn't believe it! Steve asked me what I wanted to do and I said take the kids to the musuem in Norman. I told him that it was only $5 for adults and kids under 6 years old were free. Sonds like a good time, right? So I looked up the musuem on the web so that I could see the times and it just turned out to be Library day! What does that mean you ask? It means if you have a library card your whole family can get in FREE! Well, you know how much I like Free Fun Family Entertainment, so we called my parents to see if they wanted to join us and off we went. They had lots of arts and crafts for the kids to do and Sue the T-Rex was still on display, so we got to see her. Jillian was tired and cranky so we got a stroller for her (also for free!). We had a great time. They have library day once a year right before school starts, but I have to say that the musuem alone is enough to warrant the $10 admission for 2 adults!

I taught I saw a putty tat

The innocence of a child can be sweet, fragile and on some occasions rather funny. Yesterday, I had the rare delight of having lunch with my wife and kids. They came up to my work, which was a good thing because I forgot to bring lunch.....Anyhow....On their way into my building there happened to be a dead bird lying on the sidewalk.....Abby gave the bird a weird look and as expected took two steps to the side to avoid it. Jillian, on the other hand, gave it a good look and then looked up at her mom and said, "That bird didn't look both ways before crossing the street."

Mississippi moon won't ya keep on shinin' on me

We had a great time in Mississippi with Steve's parents last week! The girls and I left on Sunday July 30th and came back the following Sunday. 10 hours alone in a car with a 3 and 5 year old is a challenge, but we did really well. Steve figured out how to set up their V-Smile to the DVD player and that kept them entertained for a long time. They did have to give their mom a break from hearing the ding ding noise of the games after a while! Tony took the whole week off while we were there and the girls had a great time riding around on the "wagon" on the back of his riding lawn mower and helping him to make flower beds. They are really good helpers. We also went to a water park while we were there and to Build-A-Bear. The girls thought that was great. They both got a Hello Kitty and some clothes for them. We also did alot of crafting with Memaw Cecily and made necklaces and played dress up. It was so neat to see where they live now (quite a change from Michigan) and to help them move in a little bit! They live in a new addition and it looks alot like the ones you would find in Oklahoma and then there is a wooded area behind them where a farmer lives and the cows come over to the fence every morning to say hi! I also learned that Mississippi folk think that any kind of tea besides sweet tea is just crazy. I asked for my usual Large tea with extra ice (from sonic of course), and they brought me sweet tea. I asked them if they had unsweetened and they said yea with this look of disgust on their face. The carhop came back with my UNsweetened tea with a hand full of sweet and low, just in case I changed my mind I guess. I laughed so hard! All in all it was a great time, and nice to get away on a relaxing vacation with no plans! Now back to shopping for school supplies and getting everyone ready to go back to school! I couldn't get my photos on to my blog for some reason to post, but steve did upload them to our photo gallery if you would like to see some!

My Birthday

I had an AWESOME 30th Birthday! I really thought it was going to be just plain tireing (sp?) because I had an all day choregraphy rehearsal for Sweet Adelines from 10-3. i also knew that I needed to finish packing for our trip to Mississippi (which is where I'm currently at). My mom got me in rehearsal and made me wear this pen that said "Oh no the big 3-0" and then all down the ribbon it said old old old, etc.... Then I called Steve to let him know that I was on my way home. I heard a lot of noise in the background and asked him where he was, and he said my parents house. I knew right then that there must be a party there. As we pulled down the street I saw a bunch of cars that I recognized, and even though mom tried really hard to cover it up, I knew! It was a great surprise! Lots of family and friends, good fellowship, cake, and of course presents! I got some really great things. Thank you Kim for the fiber supplement! You can see pictures of my birthday in our photo album that Steve set up. I don't know how to get pictures from there and put them into the blog from Mississippi, so you will just have to go there and look. I will explain the picture about the ring though. The ring on the bottom is my original engagement ring that Steve proposed with. I have always loved it. When we had been married just 8 months, I lost the diamond out of my wedding set that wrapped around my engagement ring and was soddered to it. The lady at the jewlery store told us that we couldn't unsodder jewlery once it had been soddered so Steve bought me a new ring. Although I like the ring, it just doesn't ahve the same sentiment to me. I found out a while ago that you can unsodder rings so I've been telling Steve that I wanted my engagement ring unsoddered and put with a simple band. That is what I ended up with (with help from Leann, of course). Needless to say, I LOVE it and cannot stop looking at it. I cried when he gave it to me. I have to say it was the best birthday that I can ever remember having! Thank you everyone!