Disasters

While I was volunteering in Anna Claire's library this week I came across a book about the Titanic. I found out that the ship hit the infamous iceberg on April 14, 1912. Interestingly, Anna Claire was born on April 14th. Then I remembered that Lizzie was born the day Hurricane Katrina left its mark on New Orleans.
So now when my girls are being so DRAMATIC we refer to them as Rose (from the Titanic movie) and Katrina!
In fact, Rose is making her appearance right now ... gotta go before we sink!

Two funnies ...

Last night I was wearing a gray sweat shirt and black pants around the house while I was cooking dinner. Lizzie came in and gave me a blue, sparkly necklace to wear. After I thanked her for my accessory she said, "Well mommy, I don't really love this shirt on you because it's not rainbow or sparkly. So I thought this necklace might help. I'm not sure it does."

Today, after school, Anna Claire asked me for an IPod where you play games and take pictures. An IPod touch for a 5 year old? I don't think so!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Road Race

Anna Claire ran in her first road race Saturday morning! The race is divided up by grades so Russ ran with her. She ran 1 mile in 11:23, of course Russ timed her. Russ and I have run many races and it was so fun to see Anna Claire run and have a good time. Afterwards we talked about both girls running the race next year. Anna Claire said, "Lizzie, Daddy can run with you next year." And I said, "And I can run with you Anna Claire." Her reply, "No you can't. Who would cheer me on?"

Snow!

Snow is a novelty in the deep south so we enjoyed our 2-3 inches on Friday. We had snowball fights, made snow angels, and rolled up a great, big snow man. Also, the girls loved eating the snow. We decided snow is the friendliest and prettiest form of precipitation. This decision may not hold up if we had lots of snow every year...

Trouble Sleeping

Tonight, as with every night, our girls were constantly coming out of their rooms after bedtime. I finally went into Lizzie's room and told her to go to sleep. She said she couldn't sleep yet. So I told her to read a book or use her Leap Frog. And she said, "I don't want to do those. Sister is getting to have a 'scholastic decathlon' and I want one too."
I guess Anna Claire wants to be Gabriella in "High School Musical" and Lizzie wants to be Anna Claire.
I hear my name ...

"I'm not as good as I once was ...

... but I'm as good once as I ever was." - Toby Keith

My friend used this song lyric to symbolize Russ's alumni soccer game this weekend! The alumni from his high school played a soccer game against the current team. The alumni won again this year! The field was so wet after receiving 3 inches of rain the night before. And it was COLD - at least for the spectators.

Russ had his own cheerleaders and I think they were instrumental in the win! Lizzie's new career choice is to be a cheerleader and she is on her way! We had some confusion: "Is the other team Alabama and Daddy's team is Auburn?" and "We only want daddy to win not the other boys on his team!"

Despite the cold and wet we had a fun time seeing old friends!