Friday Favorites

Favorite Quotes From My Kids This Month


 Emmy: Tonight we stayed up really late since Friday night is the only night they get to stay up past 8:30.  We
had movie night, ate pizza, and at 11:30  we made a batch of homemade sugar cookie, all the while the boys were sleeping and the snow was falling fast.  Emmy said, "I love Friday nights in the winter.  It's great mommy daughter time."  I totally agree.


     Charles-Allen:  My parents came up for a visit on Thursday.  I was cooking lunch and Charles-Allen was
sitting at the bar, eagerly awaiting his spaghetti.  He must have been starving because he kept saying how good it smelled and when he finally got his food he said, "Mom you're the goodest cooker ever!"  And I think that's the goodest compliment a mom could get about her cooking, ever!


  Ally is in love with the movie The Swan Princess.  There is a Princess Odette and a Prince Derek.  She dances around the room and she and Emmy have even made up a dance.  Ally keeps saying she's Derek.  I told her she's not Derek she's Odette because she's a princess.  She said, "Yeah, I a primppress.  Ally Rae a primppress."  She totally is a primppress.


   Charles-Allen and his daddy were getting ready for church.  Charles-Allen says, "Dad do you have eggs in your wee wee?"
  Neal, "Eggs? No, what are you talking about eggs in my wee-wee?"
  Charles-Allen, "Do you know what eggs are?"
 Neal (totally trying not to laugh, this is a serious conversation to CA), "Yes son, I know what eggs are. And I don't have any in my wee wee."
  Charles-Allen, "Well, they feel like eggs."
Neal (light bulb comes on), "Ohhhhh, yeah.  They're eggs.  Just try not to break them."

Friday Favorites

Cooking is one of our favorite activities that we do as a family. My kids love to help cook and I really feel like they are actually helping. It's not like when they "help" me mop the floor or fold clothes. They actually do a great job with cooking and they never seem to get tired of it. But my favorite from this post is the super cool aprons that my talented SNL Joy made for Emmy and Ally's birthdays in July. When I grow up I so want to learn how to sew. Charles-Allen doesn't have one, but he so wants one. Can't you see him in a cutie pie apron?

The aprons even have their names embroidered on them. How cool is that? I love me some monogrammed stuff. Some would say I'm a little obsessed with it, combine that with my kids names, something else I totally love, and you have a win win.

I wish I had a better shot of Emmy's. It's so pretty. I had a hard time getting her to wear hers because she didn't want to mess it up. Aunt Joy totally scored on the favorite birthday present. Thanks a ton! We love them.

High Ratings

We're in Myrtle Beach right now and last night we we're planning on what to do on Friday, which is our last day. We had originally planned on going to Myrtle Waves, which is the water park down here and it was the one big thing we had planned to do all week so the kids have been really looking forward to it. Neal was telling Emmy that because of Hurricane Faye we wouldn't be able to go because it's predicted to be bad weather. So she immediately said, "Well if I can't go to the water park then I have to see grandma." OK then. That was easy. So Grandma if you're reading this know that you're missed and greatly loved, and more importantly you rate right up there with the water park! To a seven year old that's a big deal.