Snow Much Fun!

The girls have had a blast playing in the snow! This has been the only snow of any substance that they've even seen let alone had a chance to play in! It did snow once at our other house, but Kaeley was barely walking. I let them go out first thing yesterday even though there wasn't really any snow on the ground, I thought they would at least have fun running around and catching snowflakes on their tongue - and they did! Living around here, you never know if snow flurries are all you're going to see or not! It did snow all day yesterday and we had an inch or two on the ground. The girls had so much fun - Papaw came over and he and Kaeley built a snowman, and all Ella wanted to do was throw snowballs. She was hilarious! She threw one right after another the whole time we were out. She would yell "take that!" I would scream and act like I was trying to dodge her snowballs and she would tell me "it's ok mamma, it's just a snowball." The girls and papaw even had a snowball fight, and Ella thought that was GREAT! Today when we came inside, Kaeley and I were frozen, Ella came in crying...she wanted to play snowballs! It didn't matter how cold she was...she wanted to play! Sweet girl! Kaeley really enjoyed making snow angels today.

The Things They Say...

Ok, this was just too funny not to share! On Thursday, I was getting Ella into the car for school and she said "where we going?" I told her we were going to school. Then I heard this little sassy/whine say "oh...I just can't believe it, I don't want to go to school." Seriously, to hear these words and her tone of voice, I had to remind myself she's only 3! I told her, of course you want to go, you like school, you have fun there. Then she said "I wish you could go with me." I told her that mommies don't to go to school. And I thought that would be the end of discussion...then she comes back and says "little girls don't go to school either." All that aside, she had a great day, and when I picked her up she told me she had fun at school. Of course she did, she had music with Ms. Jean! She really is doing great and having a lot of fun!

Carpooling & Hot Chocolate

Yes indeed my friends, it's cold! And feeling sorry for Miles and Kaeley having to stand out in the cold last week for Kindergarten pickup, I decided to treat them to hot chocolate at Starbucks. Believe it or not, it's about the cheapest treat I can buy them through a drive through... they have kid-size hot chocolate, and it's just barely warm so it doesn't burn them, and they think they're so big drinking out of the "coffee cups" with a lid on them. Oh, and did I mention, it's like a buck! So before I offer hot chocolate, Miles mentions to Kaeley that he has 2 chocolate chip cookies left over from lunch and offers to share one with her. We headed to Starbucks, where I ordered 3 kid-sized hot chocolates. Miles paused for a minute after I ordered and said, "why did you order 3?" I told him that one of them was for me. Then he said he only had 2 cookies! It just melted my heart that he was worried he didn't have one for me! So sweet!

Oh...and a side note...when I told Greg the story, he freaked out accusing me of spoiling our daughter on Starbucks. He's afraid she'll be on to coffee before she's 10! I personally don't like coffee, but Starbucks is the only place I order it. Add enough calories to anything and then it's good - eh?

Ella Beth's Love for Mickey

My sweet soul, Ella Beth keeps insisting we go (just again on our way home tonight) see if Mickey is up. Mickey is an inflatable Christmas decoration that was on the other side of our neighborhood that we used to go out of our way to see. There were many nights we'd just be at home and Ella would insist we hop in the car to go see Mickey - and we did! She used to want to go during the day, but he was never up, thus the reason she now asks to go see if he's up. We've been by numerous times and she's seen that he's not there. And just yesterday she was telling me that he was packed up, but some how she keeps forgetting!

There was another funny story about Christmas inflatables. Our next door neighbor had a penguin. Ella was very intrigued because she could see him from the play room window. She always got excited when he stood up at night. One day over Christmas break, she kept telling me and Greg about a scary monster that had the penguin. It was the wind blowing the penguin around on the ground. We tried explaining that, but she insisted it was a scary monster. Greg had to take her over in the neighbors yard and show her that there was no monster.

My sweet girl! And yes, we did ponder buying an inflatable something-something for our yard, but I was afraid she'd insist we keep it up all year! Now when we drive through the neighborhood, she names all the inflatables and says "Santa's gone", "Penguin's gone", "Snowman's gone"....

Happy New Year!

Ahhh..... Christmas decorations are all down. It's enough to get you into spring cleaning mode! Christmas 2008 was great! It was so much fun watching the girls this year. Christmas day, Ella woke up first and we had to keep her upstairs until Kaeley woke up because Kaeley would have been so mad that Ella got to see the presents before she did. It worked pretty well, but Kaeley went to bed late and thus she woke up grumpy anyway! Mimi and Papa were here...they came up Christmas Eve. My grandparents made the trip from NC to be here with us on Christmas morning. This is the first year, with the exception of the year we were all sick and Christmas was cancelled - that my Aunt Deb and Uncle Tim didn't get to make the trip too. My aunt broke her shoulder and is unable to travel. We missed them! All I know is that they missed out the best biscuits and gravy! That was my special treat from my Nan! After making the trip from NC, she treated us all to biscuits and gravy! They were wonderful! I always had her biscuits and gravy on Christmas morning when I was growing up. Yummy!!! Thanks Nan! Santa did deliver on the girls Christmas wishes. Ella Beth got her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Barbie Styling head, and Kaeley got Hannah Montana sheets and a DVD ...and everything else Hannah Montana! I mean everything! Christmas night, we spent with Mamaw and Papaw. The girls are so excited - Kaeley got a princess big wheel and so now they don't have to fight over Ella's. Isn't that great? Ella also got a Strawberry Shortcake tricycle that she thinks is pretty cool. Christmas is over, so they're both ready for warmer weather! Sunday we made the trip to middle TN, and the first stop was Grandma Gertie's. It was great seeing all of Greg's family from NC and Texas. Kaeley and Ella had a blast playing with cousin's. Next stop was Grandma Joan's. We stayed for a couple of days and the girls played and played! It was great catching up with Ginelle and Gil and they girls had so much fun with cousin Owen! Now we're getting back into the routine of things. I've really enjoyed the break and it's been nice not having to get up so early to get the girls to school. Next week will be tough!

Oh... and I wanted to wish my Mom a very Happy Birthday! Her birthday was on the 30th. We were still at Grandma Joan's. I told Kaeley it was her birthday and she said she was torn between being at Grandma's and going to Mimi's party! Greg told her you don't have parties once you hit 40. Mimi we love you! Hope you had a great birthday!