The right idea

Time to decorate for Christmas! The girls were so excited when Russ brought our Christmas decorations upstairs on Sunday afternoon. They both grabbed our "Little People" nativity out of the box. All week they have played with the "Bethlehem Gang" as Anna Claire has named them. I've even seen them being the Von Trapp children singing "So Long Farewell!"

My 2 favorite things have been the shepherds rolling in the minivan traveling to see the new baby and baby Jesus laying in the castle we have. How appropriate! Jesus, the King of kings born in a manger now laying in a castle! I love it!

Oxymoron

Today was Anna Claire's Indian Pow Wow at school. She looked so cute in her Indian outfit. She sang very loudly on all the songs. The oxymoron came from the fact that she had picked her Indian name to be "Quiet Flower." It was written on her headband for all to see. The child singing the loudest was named "Quiet Flower!" Her teacher thought the name was hysterical too!

Money Funny

Tonight our Bible story was about money. Russ asked the girls what was something they could do with their money that is kind.
Anna Claire: We could sell it to people that don't have any!
Lizzie: We could give it to the pilgrims and indians - they don't have any money!

Russ and I tried hard not to laugh at them because they were so sincere but it was funny!!!

Happy Fall!

Sweet "fall" pictures!

The hills are still alive....

Anna Claire and Lizzie's favorite movie is The Sound of Music! The other night Anna Claire came up to me while I was on the phone and started saying ,"Frau Schmidt! Frau Schmidt!" Then I turned and got a look at her and she said, "I'm Fraulein Maria. Can you show me to my room? Oh, those poor dears - ahh! ahh! A frog in my pocket! Mommy, you are suppose to say, 'Your lucky with Fraulein Helga it was a snake.'" Then she ran off singing "I Have Confidence in Me" with her bag and guitar.

I hated to disappoint her since I didn't know my line on short notice!

Also, she came home and told me there was a new girl in her school class. I asked her what her name was and she said, " Maria, but not the Fraulein."

Honesty

Anna Claire's school has parent-teacher conferences with the first report card so today was our day to go meet with her teacher. Last night at supper we told Anna Claire we were meeting with Ms. G and she got very quite then finally said, " Mommy, I had to sit out 2 minutes from recess one day." I said, "That's all right. What happened?" She answered, "One day I talked too loud in my class." You could see relief flood her face as she was finally honest about her actions. Who knows when this happened but she has been carrying around the weight of her actions and now she can finally feel lighter!

Friday

Today was our first cold day this year and Lizzie has been planning this outfit for several weeks. Very "rainbow" and "polka dot"! These two terms are compliments to Lizzie. If you want to get on her good side tell her how "rainbow" she looks!

Anna Claire goes to the library at school on Friday and today she checked out "Football." I inquired how she chose this particular book and she said it was for daddy so he won't have to watch football on Saturday. Instead he can read about it! Then she started "reading" the book which meant she made up what the book said and this is basically how the story went:

"All the boys cheered because they were going to play a football game. They kicked the ball and ran around. Then two of the teams said 'Hey we all want to be winners! So we will both win the game!' 'Yeah' they cheered! And they all lived happily ever after." It is nice when everyone gets to win!

Chicken Little

I checked out the book "Chicken Little" at the libraray to read to my girls. However, I did not remember how the story ended or I would not have checked it out. I was not expecting fox to eat Chicken Little and his friends. Quickly I moved to the next book.

Today is Columbus Day and the girls spent last night with Hunta. Anna Claire told me she would sleep in as long as she wanted since there was no school. Poor Hunta - that meant 6am!

Pick Up Line

This is not a story about my girls but it is HYSTERICAL!!! A friend of mine told me she took her 3 year old son to Gymboree to make some returns. Well her son ran to the little TV and sat down next to an elementary aged girl. After a few minutes he looked at the girl and said, " I can stand up to go peepee."
What a pick up line!

Footies!

Lizzie has been counting the days until we could shop for new footie pajamas! Yesterday was the day and she was so excited! It's not really cold enough for them but it did get down to 50 degrees last night.

Russ made the point that they might be too old for footie pjs but I reminded him of the pair I bought for my brother at Christmas! A 35 year grown man is too old for footie pajamas! Our girls look precious, especially in comparison:)

stuffed up

Over the weekend Anna Claire, Lizzie and I went to a family wedding in Tennessee with my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, Ellie, and Ginnie. The girls were so excited to stay in a hotel!!! Anna Claire got to share a bed with her beloved Ellie so Lizzie and I shared a bed. I told her today she was my BaBa bear and she said, "I can't be your BaBa bear. I'm not all stuffyed up like BaBa. I am full of bones. I'll have to get you a stuffyed up baby."
So cute!

color coordinating

This morning Lizzie thanked me for giving her a cup that matched her skirt! What does this mean for the teenage years????

despite the flu

Lizzie has become the next casualty of the flu! However, despite her misfortune she is still able to dress so well!

A blue-flowered shirt (minus the pants!) with striped pink socks under pink sandals. The crowning conclusion to this outfit is her red sash! She even wore the sash to the doctor today and fortunately for us all she also wore pants to see the doctor.

Doesn't Lizzie's outfit remind you of Cindy Brady and the short dresses she wore on the Brady Bunch?

boy troubles - already...

This has been a LONG week! Anna Claire had her flu vaccine on Saturday and has had a fever off and on since Monday. Finally today I took her to the doctor and he thinks it's the flu even though her test came back negative.
She has missed some school this week and tonight she told Russ:
"I can't quit thinking about John Paul."
Russ said, "Who's John Paul?"
She replied, "He's my friend at school and I just keep thinking about him."
Russ said, "Do you like him?"
She answered, "I do like him and I think about him too much."
Has this already started???

Pray that the rest of us DO NOT get the flu - especially Hunta who has spent LOTS of time with us this week. She has a trip coming up soon! No one wants to be sick on a plane.

2 funnies

1) Today when Russ took Anna Claire to school he was trying to pick some music on his IPOD for them to listen to. He picked a cd that has toned down praise music. After they listened for a minute he said, "Anna Claire, that music is a little too mellow for Monday morning." She said, "Yeah daddy, that music is too yellow."

2) I made sesame chicken (without the sesame seeds) for supper tonight and all 4 of us love it. Russ was in the middle of praying and Lizzie said, "Don't make it a long one tonight. I'm hungry!"

on the job

Today Lizzie and went with Hunta to shop for some clothes for her upcoming trip to Greece. Before we met Hunta I said, "Lizzie, we have to help Hunta. She hates to shop but she needs new clothes." Lizzie said, "Mommy, I am on the job!" And she was too! She helped Hunta pick out colors and went with her in the dressing room and gave her opinion appropriately. So sweet!

Labor Day Weekend

We had a great Labor Day weekend! We went to Callaway Gardens to visit with Russ's sister and the cousins! Phillip and Clayton taught Anna Claire how to play the Wii - Mario Cart. It reminded me of the Cosby Show where Theo teaches Rudy to play checkers and she becomes unbeatable. I overheard her say, "Phillip start the game so I can beat you again." Thankfully, Phillip was very good-natured about the whole thing!

Ginnie and Lizzie played "Little People" together all weekend. We swam in the pool and got to see Hot Air Balloons - they were so beautiful!

We had a great, relaxing weekend!

4K

Lizzie is starting 4k! And this is an adorable picture of her with her school bag however it is the wrong dress! If you remember Anna Claire wore a "caterpillar" dress on her first day of school. Lizzie has a matching dress in her closet too but since it is not pink and/or purple it was not picked for the first day of school.

My girl's are very different and had this been Anna Claire I would have made her wear it and she would have been upset for 5 minutes then would move on with life. However, Lizzie is not quite that easy! Had I made her wear the "caterpillar" dress she would be miserable ALL day and she would have made everyone else miserable. Clothes are so important to Lizzie and they are not a battle I choose to fight with her very often. Consequently, she wears the craziest sock-clothes combinations daily. I'm not sure how all this will play out in high school but I'll keep praying about those days. But on the bright side Lizzie will see to it that I am well-dressed as I get older!

Cookies

My sister is a fabulous cook and sometimes it is lost on me because I prefer plain, bland food. Yesterday I got to walk in her shoes and feel how she fells when I say the food she makes is too flavorful. She made me cookies for my birthday and I LOVE her cookies! She gave me white chocolate chip/macadamia nut and these amazing peanut butter/chocolate chip cookies. I offered one to Lizzie after lunch and she turned it down for Keebler Fudge Strips! I was disgusted that she would pass up the opportunity of something so wonderful for something so much less. Then I thought: this must be how Paula fills when I prefer chicken nuggets and tater tots instead of one of her wonderful creations.
The story ends well because there will be more cookies for me!!!

Happy Birthday!

This is birthday weekend at our house! My birthday is today and Lizzie's is tomorrow! Crazy times!!! Lizzie's party was today and 8 of her friends came over to celebrate. We made ice cream cone necklaces, played pin the scoop on the cone, decorated cookies, and had a book exchange. (Indulge me as a I get on my soap box: I think it is mostly silly to bring gifts to birthday parties with our friends. We all have LOTS of toys already! So I do a book exchange where every kid brings a book and every kid goes home with a different book.

After all that fun the Ice Cream truck came to our house and everyone got to pick out their own ice cream treat. A fun party!

Movie Star

How can anyone be asleep wearing so many accessories???

Fashion Show

Saturday Anna Claire announced a fashion show was coming to our playroom and I needed to come! Dutifully I obliged and saw something I wasn't expecting: stuffed animals in pretty panties... A great look for any body type!

Corrections

Anna Claire is LOVING school! She is very tired at night but she seems to really like being in big school. You would assume she is my child that would tell me EVERY detail of her day but getting information out of her is like pulling teeth. For instance, "Who are your friends at school?" Her reply, "Everyone in my class, mom!"
Yesterday I asked her if she liked playing in P.E. She said, "We do not play in PE." I said "That's right! You exercise." Then in total disgust of my ignorance she said, "It's not exercise it is PE that we do in there." I'm guessing we haven't explained that PE stands for Physical Exercise.

Another funny, this one from Lizzie. My friend kept Lizzie last week while I worked for a couple of hours and they watched The Sound of Music together. Lizzie called the Abbey where the nuns live a "Nun Castle." So funny!!!

The 1st day of school...

Anna Claire has been looking forward to the 1st day of kindergarten for a long time and it finally arrived today!

At 645 she came out of her room and said, "Your kindergartner is ready for school!" And when we were loading up to leave she said, "Look out kindergarten! Here I come!"

Her only moment of fear came as we pulled up to the school and she said, "Mommy! I don't remember how to get to my class!" I reassured her that there would be people to help her and that seem to do the trick. When we got to the school she jumped up and told the lady that got her out of the car she weighed 40 pounds and had a booster.

I proudly watched her walk into school! She turned around to look at me then headed bravely off

to her first day of "all-day-long" school.

Mom, Lizzie and I picked her up this afternoon and she had a fabulous time! They hunted a gingerbread man all over the school and finally found him waiting on their desks.
Mom asked her how her day went and she said, "I have had such a long day, I can't even talk about it."
Lizzie missed her sister today! Lizzie's preschool won't start for a couple of more weeks. You will not find a picture of Lizzie with Anna Claire on the 1st day of school because she refused to be in a picture with "sister."

Here comes the bride ...

It was announced today that Anna Claire would be having a wedding! And I was invited! She was getting married in Istanburg. I asked who she was marrying and she said, "What are you talking about mommy??" The groom seemed completely unnecessary. Then she ran through the house yelling, "I'm marrying my father!"

Since she promised a roller coaster at the reception I decided to go to the ceremony. First she hid behind her curtains then she came out in a grand sweeping entrance. Since she had NO idea what came next she started to sing. First she sang "My Favorite Things" which transitioned nicely in to "How Do you Solve a Problem Like Emma Chase?"

Next was the reception where you had to ride the roller coaster to have a piece of cake. Since Lizzie does not like being told what to do she decided not to have wedding cake and left. Then I was told I could only watch the bride ride the roller coaster. Unfortunately the coaster broke and I had to climb a ladder to get her down. All in all it was a great wedding!

Please notice her wedding gown! She was very insistent that it didn't "drag the ground" like Maria's.

When Russ got home she told him they were now married!

Painting Bricks

Tonight I spent about 35 minutes filling up water balloons. Then it only took about 3 minutes to pop them all. The girls were deflated, no pun intended, when all the water balloons were gone so I thought quickly and ran to get a bucket of water and 2 paint brushes - we can't have the natives getting restless! I remembered in VBS that we let the preschoolers "paint bricks" with water. The girls LOVED it - especially my industrious first born! I highly recommend this activity to all mom's with little kids.

This morning the girl's stayed with Hunta, my mom, while I went to work. Mom said they were on her big swing laughing and Anna Claire said, "Hunta, you have jingle bells in your mouth!" My mom said, "Jingle Bells?" Turns out it was the fillings in mom's teeth! Hysterical!!

the blessing

Today at lunch Lizzie sang the prayer and this is how it went:
"God our Father, God our Father
We thank you, we thank you (so far so good...)
How are you today sir
Very well I thank you
run away, run away"

Then she started laughing and said,"Oh no, not again!"

It is confusing when the tune is the same! So funny!

theology

This morning I was brushing Anna Claire's hair and I said, "Anna Claire, you have such a beautiful hair color. God gave you such pretty-colored hair." She replied: "But it's not green! I wanted Him to give me green hair!"
Lizzie's newest word this week: exhuasperated. I make her very exhausperated sometimes!

spanish

We are having more technical difficulties with our phone line and internet. Hopefully it will be fixed soon! 

Today we dropped Anna Claire off with my mother-in-law for the rest of the week. She was SO excited and Lizzie thought she was excited about having 3 days at home without "sister" but quickly changed her mind when we drove away. It even made me a little sad! I  told Russ I may cry the first day of kindergarten after all! 

Anyways, we met them a Chick Fil A and Lizzie told me that chicken fingers was Spanish for chicken nuggets! So funny! Also her favorite foods are: pizza, hot dogs, chicken fingers and chicken nuggets. So healthy!

Pudding anyone?

I think Lizzie got more pudding on her face and clothes than in her mouth!

Music to my ears...

The time has finally arrived! My girls sat down and watched the Sound of Music yesterday - not in its entirety at one time! What a great movie for them to enjoy. I remember watching it as a little girl and wanting to be Gretel. Of course I was delighted when Anna Claire said both she and Lizzie wanted to be the 5 year old girl. Even at the pool today Lizzie got down on the steps and sang "the sun has gone to bed and so must I." Then she laid her little head down and pretended Lisel came to pick her up - my heart melted!

My moment was soon ruined when Anna Claire said, "That's not what Rachel did." I thought - who's Rachel??? Then I said, " Her name is Gretel!" Since then they call themselves "Retel." We will be working on that...

I'm still elated because it's finally time for "Mary Poppins" and "Meet Me in St. Louis" and any other wonderful old movie I can find! Especially musicals!!!

you might be a redneck if...

... your family meets annually at an event called MeatFest!

Another MeatFest has come and gone and it was so fun!!! "What is MeatFest?" you might be asking ... several years ago my brother-in-law started calling his visits to my grandmother and aunt's house MeatFest because of all the meat they would cook for 4-5 people. We made it an annual event for the whole family 2 years ago. Everyone would come and get together midway through the year. However - it keeps escalating - each year gets bigger and bigger. Last year mom made monogrammed t-shirts for everyone. This year it went to a whole new level: 2 grills, 3 smokers (one homemade), matching t-shirts, 2 inflatable water slides, 1 inflatable pool, tractor rides, hay climbing in the barn, tree climbing, and a new play structure built by my uncle. There was SOOO much meat: hamburgers, hot dogs, Boston butt, ribs, pork chops... and lots of vegetables and desserts! Next year we're hoping for a zip line from my aunt's house down to the creek - then we'll start charging admission.

It's great fun and the weather was absolutely wonderful!

Bryson City, NC

I am so happy to

have Internet again...

We drove up last Saturday to meet my brother and his family in North Carolina. We had such a fun visit! Sunday we drove to Clingmon's Dome and climbed to the top - fortunately it was so thick with clouds I was not scared to go to the top. I don't heights!
Sunday afternoon we rented inter tubes to float down Deep Creek. My brother wanted us to get in above the small waterfall so we could ride down it. Anna Claire and I got in our inter tube and set off for the waterfalls - unfortunately we ended upside down in the middle! It was scary and I knew Anna Claire the Drama Queen would not deal well with this turn of events! I didn't blame her for screaming because it was scary but I hated to ruin every other person's trip down the creek! We got back in the water BELOW the waterfall and rode down to where we parked our car. We did not fall out anymore but Anna Claire screamed and screamed and screamed!!! She said, "Get me out of here!" and " I want to ride with Daddy or Uncle Bubbie" (that's my brother) then she yelled, "I just want to ride with a boy!!!" So did I! We survived but she may have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from the whole ordeal. I'm afraid one day when she's on a youth trip and the youth minister wants to take them tubing Anna Claire will freak out! Poor Girl!

Monday was better! We went on a real train ride through the Smokey Mountains! Everyone had a great time.

Tuesday we drove home through Atlanta and stopped by the American Girl Store. Anna Claire got a Molly McIntire doll and she was SOOOO excited!

It was a great trip!

technical difficulties

I apologize for the lack of posts lately! We had some bad storms last week and have had no internet or phone service since Monday!  Hopefully it will come back soon!  I have many funny stories and pictures from our trip to North Carolina and MeatFest 2009!!!

Lizzie

In the past Lizzie has refused to wear pigtails so today when she asked for them I was delighted. There is not much cuter to me than a little girl with pigtails in her hair!

She looked absolutely adorable and I wanted a picture to remember. The picture is an excellent description of Lizzie's personality - instead of a smile she stuck out her tongue!!!

Today I called her "the Grumpy who Stole Lizzie!"

Lake fun

We went with some friends to their lake house Thursday night and had a great time! The girls thought the lake was wonderful. Lizzie's favorite part was "tinkling in the lake." We paddled a canoe, rode a four wheeler, fished and swam. A great start to our long weekend!

party pacts & the estrogen sea

Tonight Lizzie went to her first birthday party without Anna Claire. She was invited to a party at Chuck E. Cheese. We have intentionally NEVER taken our girls to Chuck E. Cheese. I think parents should make a pact to not have birthday parties at Chuck E. Cheese. Of course Lizzie now wants to go there with Anna Claire!
While we were at the party Russ took Anna Claire to the park to practice riding her bike without training wheels. After she rode her bike Russ got out the football. He said they threw 2 passes and Anna Claire said, "OK Daddy let's pretend this football is an easter egg. I'll hide it then we can find it." Poor Russ! He just wanted to toss the pigskin but got trapped in the estrogen sea. And since he is the best daddy in the world he went and looked for the hidden easter egg!

so gross...

YES! That is a worm on Anna Claire's face!!! We went to my grandmother's last weekend and found an earthworm - I think her name was Gracie. Gracie was originally twice this long. She met her demise when Lizzie threw her on the ground because she was "icky!" Then she somehow lost half of her body. Anna Claire was blissfully unaware of her passing and they continued to play as old friends do. Luckily enough my sister had her camera to catch it all on film.

Scared of the dark...

Tonight Lizzie was telling me how she is afraid of the dark. We talked about our memory verse right now, "When I am afraid I will trust in You" Psalm 56:3. She said,"When God comes down to my room I won't be scared but I can't get Him in here." My heart knew exactly how she felt! Wanting to see God and to be certain of His presence but then again what is faith? "...being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1

Scribble-Scrabble Poop

This morning Anna Claire went to a Sunday School party and ran around outside in the unbearable heat for 2 hours and ate a hot dog, cupcake, chips ... Afterwards she told me her stomach was hurting so I took her to the bathroom at a restaurant and she she asked me what her messy poop was called and I told her "diarrhea."
In the meantime another person came into the stall next to us and Anna Claire said, "Hey mommy, do you see that girl's sandals. Look at them mommy because you'd think they're cute." Then when the lady started to use the bathroom Anna Claire said,"Goodness gracious she really had the tinkle BAD!!!"
Finally Anna Claire finished in the bathroom and she ran through the restaurant yelling, "Daddy, I had smelly scribble-scrabble poop!!!"
The embarrassment NEVER ends!

Beach Fun!!!

We spent this past week at the beach with a friend of mine and her 3 year old daughter named Libby! The girls had so much fun jumping waves, building sand castles, and

throwing water balloons.

five - head

This morning when I was getting Anna Claire out of bed I noticed she had a few cute freckles on her forehead so I told her and she said, "You mean fivehead Mommy, not fourhead!"

Christmas in June

On Sunday we celebrated Christmas! Please note the characters:
Anna Claire - Joseph
Lizzie - Mary
Teddy Bear - Jesus
Daddy - the donkey
I laughed and laughed! Don't you LOVE the leash???
Russ deserves father of the year!

Summer of Therapy

This summer we are tackling 2 fears: Anna Claire's fear of movie theatres and Lizzie's fear of dogs. Lizzie let us take her picture petting Caroline so I think that's a step toward teaching her all dogs are not like Marshall. Notice we did not picture them with Marshall!
Anna Claire is terrified of movie theatres!!! She calls them "feeders"??? This summer they are showing old kids movies at 10am on Wednesday mornings for $3 so we are there every week. Week 1 was awful! She cried for 45 minutes of "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." I had to hold her VERY tightly but after 45 minutes she sat up and started eating popcorn and laughed the rest of the way through the movie. So bizarre! Week 2 was MUCH better except I had them both in my lap for 90 minutes -- numb legs!

spend-the-night party

The girls had 2 spend-the-nights in Lizzie's bed this weekend! They had so much fun together and were precious sleeping in Lizzie's twin bed.

cleaning

The girls have a chore chart and this time we decided they are old enough to earn some money for completing their chores. Before we have had a treasure box to get prizes out of after so many days of doing their chore charts.
Last night Russ asked Anna Claire to go to her room and straighten her room before supper. She said, "No Daddy. I don't want to." So Russ said, "Lizzie, do you want to clean Anna Claire's room for an extra 5 cents?" She happily agreed and ran down the hall. After about 5 minutes she came back "all done" with sister's room. Russ went to check her work and the room was immaculate! Later as I was looking for Anna Claire's pajamas and I found them behind Anna Claire's bed! Apparently if Lizzie was unsure of where something went she just threw it behind the bed or chair!
Very resourceful! Next time Russ and I will be a little more clear with our directions. Live and learn!!!

leaving home

This morning Anna Claire came to eat breakfast and she was very upset by her plate of food. In my usual, matter-of-fact mode I told her that was her breakfast. This was the conversation that followed:

Anna Claire: "Mommy! I am very close to not living with you anymore!
Me: "What does that mean?"
Anna Claire: "That means I'll live by myself!"
Lizzie: "Anna Claire, you're not big! You can't fix your own food."

So funny!

spanish

Lizzie has been sick this week and Anna Claire has been very jealous of Lizzie and her medicine. Today she said, "Mom, when I was 2 and a baby I was sick." I said, "Anna Claire, when you were 2 you had your tonsils taken out." Her reply, "Is tonsils spanish for teeth?" So funny!!!

Lizzie's cherry song

Lizzie also got a new dress with cherries on it so she made up a new song as not to be out-done by Anna Claire's flag dress!

The Flag dress

We spent this week with Magee, Russ's mom. She came to help out for a couple of days. We went shopping on Wednesday and found Anna Claire this 4th of July flag dress. She LOVES it! We went to Lowe's while she was wearing it and she ask the nice worker if he liked her dress. Then later at Lowe's she said, "Mommy, I think everyone needs to say the Pledge of Allegiance to me. I am wearing the flag!"

bouncing

Do you have those family members who love to come to your house and get your kids all wound up before bedtime? Then they leave and go home while you deal with the aftermath of tired, hysterically crying children???

But Lizzie had so much fun ...

fishes...

We went to the aquarium on Tuesday with a friend. The girl's had so much fun and LOVED seeing all the different fish. Anna Claire loved the big whale-sharks and Lizzie loved the Beluga whales.

She stood up in front of the glass and sang "Baby Beluga" over and over again!

Hanging out with Uncle Andy

Anna Claire was enjoying time with Uncle Andy when he came over last Saturday night. Don't you love the sunglasses?

Seasons

Yesterday was the last day of school and Lizzie asked if fall was next. I said no that we would have summer next. Anna Claire said, " Fall is for falling leaves and spring is about flowers growing." Then Lizzie added, "Summer is for not wearing sleeves!"

High Fashion

I hope this outfit inspires you as it did me ....

Garduation video

The Graduate

Anna Claire graduated from 4 year old kindergarten last night! She was so proud to be graduating. Anna Claire also had a speaking roll. She read part of a book. There were 4 other students that read but Anna Claire had the most well-projected voice!

Circus

Our "moocher" student came over for a visit last night to celebrate the end of her first year of Divinity school. She started this game called "Circus" with the girls so everytime she comes over they want to play. So, without further ado ... Introducing Anna the CRAZY Claire and Lizzie the Worm ....

Shout Out!

This is a shout out for our cousins who live so far away!

Funny cards

The girl's made me Mother's Day Cards at church this morning. Lizzie was suppose to draw a picture of me but she said it was really daddy in the picture.

Anna Claire's card cracked me up! I hope it makes you laugh too! The inside of the card is so funny and very descriptive of being a mom: HA!