Friday, March 4, 2011

Introducing, Her Royal Highness... Princess Mary!


Last weekend we went the the Junior League of Midland's, Spring Fling - Princess Tea.  A good friend was kind enough to let us sit at her table.  Mary got to dress in her princess gear, complete with plastic crown jewels.  At the tea, she got to meet Princess Cinderella, the Fairy Godmother, Royal Page, Prince Charming, and the two wicked step sisters!  She also to eat the icing off of two cupcakes (which led to a bit of diarrhea and a really fun diaper change that afternoon).  She even won a hula hoop filled with gumballs in a raffle.  Here are some pictures from our fun Mommy/Daughter outing. 

Notice her Royal Sceptre


She loves her new white shoes, she even wants to sleep in them.

Royal cupcake

Cast of Cinderella


evil stepsisters

Hula hoop filled with gumballs

Mommy stop taking pictures and dance with me!


Friday, February 18, 2011

Sick week! Ready for Spring Break!!!!!

All last week, I felt like I was coming down with a cold.  Kevin had been sick, while in Houston, with a cold, but was feeling better and I had big plans made for us!  My parents were going to keep the girls Saturday night so that Kevin and I (after I attended a babyshower) could go out on a romantic date and watch a movie.  Things didn't quite go according to plan.  As the day went on last Friday, I began to feel worse.  All last weekend I coughed and had the chills.  Needless to say, I didn't go anywhere.  We ordered take out and watched a great mini-series, Pillars of the Earth. This is how my week has gone since then:

Monday - (Valentines Day) Feel horrible go to school long enough to teach one reading group and my computer classes
Tuesday - Home sick
Wednesday - Go to school, but am exhausted and feel awful
Thursday - Wake up and feel great, then realize Mary has pink eye.  After doctor confirms and lets us know she also has an ear infection (no school for Mary today).  We stay home and play in the backyard because it is gorgeous weather and Mary feels great. We also made cookies :)
Thursday night - check on Ashlin after she has gone down for the night and she is burning up.  Give her tylenol and check on her every 2.5 hours
Friday - Ashlin diagnosed with Ear infection.  And I have pink eye... Great...

To make things a bit crazier, my niece (that my parents are keeping while my sister is out of town) has been sick all week and my parents are worried she has an ear infection, too.  Fortunately we have a super friend/doctor (who checked her out after his office had closed for the day) who let us know she did not have an infected ear! 

Now I am ready to see my husband again!  Tomorrow, I have about a million copies to make for Junior League admissions, a baby shower to host, and a house to clean and scrub from top to bottom.  I am so ready for Spring Break!!! 

Here is a cute pic of my girls playing in the yard yesterday! 

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

9 Month Check-Up

Ashlin had her nine month check up on Friday and here are her stats!
19.6 oz
27.25 inches long
18 in head circumference
All in the 75th percentile!

She is crawling, pulling up on any and everything, clapping, waving, and can say dada, mama, hi, and bye-bye (although she won't always do it on demand)! She totally watches everything her sister does, and wants to make sure that mommy and daddy see everything she does. She will even pull up, then sit back down, then look at us and clap for herself! I'm glad she has no issues with self confidence!

Mary is also growing by leaps and bounds. She knows all her uppercase and some of her lowercase letters. She will even point out letters she recognizes as we read. She has started having one to one matching when she counts and will ask for a specific number of something (like crackers) when she wants a snack. The other day she wanted 2puffs. I gave them to her and she said, no 3 puffs. This went on and on till we got to 10! She can count to 20 with no mistakes, but the other day she was counting 24, 25, 26... I cannot wait to see what she will do next. We are now working on letter sounds and matching. And she loves the iPad app, I Write Words. You can make and form letters and words. I love watching the wheels in her head turning!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Day at the Duck Pond

Today we enjoyed a great family day at the duck pond!  We fed the ducks and when we were out of bread we walked (Mary ran) around the pond.

Love this beautiful girl!

She might have had to taste the bread and make sure it was safe for the ducks...

Daddy with his two girls

She was telling the ducks "Come on, Ducks!"

My monkey

She loves to run...

And make mommy and daddy run!

Ashlin loved the ducks from the stroller

still running

I love this girl, too!

She pointed at all the pictures and said" This is a duck and this is a duck and this is a duck"
At home after our busy day! 
 

Dress Up!

Outfit of choice when we woke up the other morning!

New PJ's

Thank you Cousin Betsy for the new PJ's!

Smartest 2 year old EVER!

I really do think I have the smartest two year old ever!  And I am not just being biased!  Look at the puzzle that she can put together all by herself! 


Make sure to note the 3+ sign in the top right corner of the puzzle!