Age Matters

Amelia who is five was trying to explain to Mikayla who is four why she could flip on the monkey bars better. This was the conversation I overheard that made me laugh out loud!

Mikayla: I can't do it!

Amelia: The reason why I can do it is because you are only four and I'm a whole hand up.

The Happiest Place on Earth

We spent a wonderful family week at Disney World. It was one of the funnest times I've eer had in my life!

The girls loved having dinner at Cinderella's Castle. It was funny though, because they were more into Minnie Mouse, Jo Jo and High School Musical than the princesses this time. The kids were so happy and went strong all day long...and night!

Both girls got hair wraps at Downtown Disney. We also went to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and MGM. I think MGM was our favorite, but Magic Kingdom has more characters and more rides!

The girls loved the rides and Mikayla was now tall enough to ride everything that Amelia could, so it made it exciting. But they loved the shows just as much.

We had never been to Animal Kindgom and it was so much fun! We went on a crazy river ride and an "African" Safari that was truly amazing. We also loved the Lion King show.

This is the only ride that I had to pass on...but I got good pictures and video. Seriously, my kids are crazy and Dave totally eggs it on. They were spinning so fast, I was sick watching them!

Anyway, I just wanted to share a little about our week. We had such a good time. It was so nice to be with the family.

P.S. WHO WON AMERICAN IDOL LAST NIGHT??????????? My DVR stopped recording it to record Lost, and I missed it!

Last Night

Candace and I had so much fun last night at the GWEN STEFANI concert. Seriously, that was a great little night out for Mother's Day weekend. She is so good and her songs are so fun. The dancing was great to watch too and we had great seats. It was fun to see all the moms and dads there with their teenage daughters....that will totally be me, but another thing I learned is to not take kids that are too young. I saw kids there that were from six to ten, and the music is too loud and the crowds are too big and I think they are too young to really enjoy it...some of them even looked a little scared. HOWEVER, I can't wait until my girls are totally in love with a band and I can take them there because it's just so much fun!

Ahhhhh, relief.

Jessi's empty trash can post reminded me of what I love to find around my house:

An already made bed with clean sheets.

The dishwasher not ready to be emptied when I need to put dirty dishes in.

Coins sitting on the counter to add to my kids' piggybanks. (Hey, last year we saved $181 that I just rolled for spending money for Disney World next week.)

Tuesday nights when I remember that tomorrow is pizza day and I don't have to make three lunches.

Scrapbooks caught up (oh, when will that happen again???)

Laundry put away.

Clean kids. Tonight I found Mikayla scrubbing the bottom of her black feet with a wet paper towel announcing, "See I don't need a bath, I'm cleaning my feet."

No fingerprints on the glass.

"Mom's Tea"

Mikayla was so shy during her "Mom's Tea" that her teacher had to hold her and walk down the runway with her. I am having a hard time understanding my sassy girl that suddenly becomes shy when she sees a lot of adults.

This is the only picture we have of Amelia's "Mom's Tea" the next day. BUT, I have good news...there was a contest of who put their mom's lipstick on their mom the best, and Amelia won...she is my fashion diva.

And here is her story from bedtime tonight as best as I can remember:

"There once was a little girl named Chaunette and she is my best friend. She gets up every morning and cooks waffles and strawberries and blueberries for me. She takes me to school and teaches the littler kids while I'm there and fixes me a lunch with a note that tells me she loves me. Then she takes me home and fixes me a snack and plays with me and I play with my friends and then she fixes me dinner and I love her."

Okay, if we can leave the fact that food is mentioned as my number one duty around here, her story made me happy. Man, I love my kids. I LOVE MY KIDS.

And on another note...In a fifteen minute converation with my mom this afternoon, the kids had destroyed six different rooms and the backyard. They really do have a two minute attention span. Yes, I know, a five year old should be able to focus on something for longer, but mine doesn't. She likes to be different; I like to blame it on D.

On another note, Mikayla's sweet little friend from school who has Leukemia is a reminder to us all, that health is a blessing. Tonight I brought them dinner and to my surprise, the mom wanted us to come in because sweet Kristen wanted to play with Mikayla. Well, after about ten minutes, Amelia turns around and has a good three feet of toilet paper hanging out the back of her pants from when she had to wipe her own bottom while I was on the phone with my mom an hour or two before. Then after I had let Kristen's mom know that my kids were not sick (which they aren't at all) Mikayla let's out the biggest sneeze and then starts coughing (Georgia alleries as all of my local friends understand). Anyway, it was easy to keep it all in perspective. God is in control of everything. He loves us, and He loves these children and the little things just don't matter so much.

Thank you

Here is a big THANK YOU to Aunt Chellie, Uncle Damien, Cousin Ryker, Cousin Jaxon, and new Baby Girl to arrive shortly, Aunt Chelie & Uncle Michael, Nana & Granddad and Grandma & Grandpa for helping us earn money for our preschool.

Mikayla was a little afraid of the big crowd there to cheer her on. Her teacher patiently walked all the laps with her holding her hand.

Amelia rode for so long that she was the last one off her bike (really). She even missed her time in the jumpy thing and only got about two minutes in there. I really appreciate all of your support. It was fun to tell the kids that their family was helping them and was proud of them.