Birthday Time



Emmy and Ally both had a birthday this summer.  Emmy turned 11 and Ally turned five and was able to get her ears pierced.  Something she has been dieing to do. Ally also wanted to have her party at Chucky Cheese so we did.  We even added Emmy to the party and she had a blast.  We usually have about 3 parties per child so it was nice to combine some. 

 Love that smile.

 Love her personality.

 They still love all the games and I'm glad because it's hard to find a way to entertain all four kids.

 

Here they are with their hats.  Too cute

 

 

I love to see them dance and carry on.  There motto is perfect, it truly is where a kid can be a kid.

 

 



Thelma and Louise

 These two girls are the best of friends. 

 Parker loves to ride the gator and every time someone gets on it she thinks she's suppose to ride too.

 They love to cruise around.....

 
Ally always drives, and Parker is fine with that, but sometimes they both want to be in the driver's seat.  Just like a girl! And this way they get to snuggle with each other.

Unfortunately, sometimes girls don't look where they're going and they get stuck.  It's no fun when your wheels won't roll.

It's a good thing there are lots of siblings to help a sista out.

 Sometimes they even let the boy drive.

 Hey can be useful sometimes.

 But no matter how they roll they are always together.

Happy New Year

2011

Bug in the Tub

Parker has discovered how great the tub is. She's also discovered how great the binkie is. She's never had a binkie before, but she found an old one the other day and now she loves it. I'll have to remember to get rid of that before she gets too attached.

These two play so well together. I hope they always continue to be such good friends.

Faries Live Among Us

I was cleaning the other day and I happened to notice a fairy had landed on my coffee table. She looked a little tired and maybe like a nap would do her a world of good or maybe just her fairy dust had been rubbed off.

I had never seen a fairy before so I thought I would watch her closely for any strange behavior.

Nope, no strange behavior, just really sleepy eyes.

And apparently fairies really like the taste of their fingers. I never knew that about fairies. They sure are cute. I hope she comes back soon.

Overheard

     Earlier this week I was in my room making the bed and I heard Charles-Allen ask Ally to go to the bathroom with him.  All of my kids do this, they're so not brave, and being the sweet little sister that she is she gladly went.  I think she was just honored he asked her and he was just happy to have someone go with him so he wouldn't be alone with all the spooky nothingness that little kids imagine are waiting for them. It's amazing how such little things that my children do overwhelm me.  They show each other such sweetness and kindness and I'm often in awe of them.  I mean really, who wants to hang out in the bathroom with their brother while he poops so he won't be scared? 
    So as he's in there doing his business he starts asking her questions about where she wanted to go to college.  I don't know where he gets this stuff, but of course his conversations almost always center around football, or baseball, or basketball, or Carolina and sometimes all four.  So he's asking her all these questions about going to school and graduating and Ally's trying to participate in the conversation.  Her little three year old vocabulary is seriously lacking and when she tries to repeat the word graduate it sounds like she has marbles rolling around in her mouth.  Charles-Allen ask her, "Where do you want to graduate from? Duke?"  She repeats "Duke" and instantly realizes that that's not the correct answer and quickly follows up with "No, no Duke....Carolina."  Charlsie was impressed with her answer.  So then he ask her if she wants to be a cheerleader.  "Do you want to be a pretty cheerleader or an ugly cheerleader?"  "If you cheer for the wolf pack they make you wear fangs like wolfess fangs and you'll be an ugly cheerleader."  "But if you cheer for the tar heels you'll be a pretty cheerleader.  So do you want to be an ugly cheerleader or a pretty cheerleader?" 

    Ally's response was, of course, "I want to be a pretty cheerleader!"  And she will make the prettiest cheerleader ever.  Even if she has to cheer for the wolfess pack.

Hairbow Making

Friday night as we were getting ready for the yardsale the next day Emmy and Elise decided they wanted to make hairbows to sell. I agreed, as if we didn't have enough to do, but it was fun and the girls made a slew of them. This is what we started out with.  I love me some ribbon in case you can't tell.

And this is what we ended up with. Not the cutie patootie with the green mouth, but the cute hairbow.

Ally loves some posing.

And I love her hairbow. Not sure why her mouth is green.  So pretty and so easy. It's a good thing I have so many girls, because we have a lot of hairbows left over.

Fall Ball

It's that time of year again, well actually this is the first time our kids have played fall ball. We usually just play ball in the spring. But I'm so glad we did, because Emmy has aged up to the 10-U league and it is on a totally different level. We are so overwhelmed, plus we have missed all the pratices because they put us on a team that pratices on Sunday and we don't do Sunday pratice. Fortunately for us we have friends that coach the 12-U girls and they have started letting Emmy and Elise pratice with them during their Saturday pratice. We had to get a lot of new gear and here is Lovey trying it all on.

I suspect this is as close as she'll ever get to being a ballplayer.

But I bet she would make a good cheerleader.

Karaoke Queens

On our trip to Myrtle Beach the girls got to sing karaoke. It was a lot of fun. We just hung out by the pool while the kids played in the water and other braver sould got up and sang. My niece Candice was really good and sang a few times. Ally loved going up with here and she thought everyone was clapping for her.

I wonder why she thought they were clapping for her? could it be that she also thought she was singing?

Emmy did a great job too. She sang a couple of songs, one was.....wait for it....."Love Story" by Taylor Swift. I know you're shocked by the song choice. She did an excellent job and I'm not just saying that because I'm her mama. The man that followed her asked if he could go after someone else because he didn't want to follow her. The crowd was awesome and they clapped and cheered for her. She was so proud of herself and so were we.

Parkey wanted to get up on stage and shake her little bootie, but Mema quickly ran up and got her down. I'm sure she would have been a big hit too. Maybe next year.

Emmy and Ally's Family Birthday Party

Both Emmy and Ally had birthday's last month and we had our annual family get together to celebrate Emmy turning 9 (I can't believe it) and Ally turning 3. We had a packed house, but that's when it's the best. My wonderful daddy cooked for everyone and the kids had a blast outside on the slip n slide.

The line was pretty long at first.

But then the girls started doing....well, I'm not exactly sure what they are doing. I'm kinda thinking that's a dangerous spot to be, but oh well.

Then they realized that the Pep's truck would be a fun place to hang out. Ally's doing her rock star routine. Ever the poser. We had a blast and are so grateful to be blessed with such sweet girls and a loving family that helps us celebrate. Happy Birthday girlies!