A Tybee Thanksgiving

Well, this year was quite an interesting Thanksgiving :) We left on Tuesday afternoon and fortunately when we arrived the house was ready. The toilet in the master leaked about a month ago and Honey & Papa arrived one weekend to a flooded house! Hardwoods, ceilings, floorboards, molding, carpet...ruined. But, all is well now - gotta love insurance :)

On Thanksgiving Eve, Chris and I woke up to a "smokey" smell. We went downstairs & couldn't figure out where the smoke was coming from. We then noticed that the power was out...weird!? Long story short, come to find out, a drunk driver hit a power pole while trying to pass someone and cut all the power off to the island. We were the last house on the island to have it restored and were out of power for 12 HOURS on Thanksgiving day...so much for cooking! Mom had ordered TONS of delicious food from Harpins - we ate around 4 pm. We kept getting teased b/c the power would come on for about one minute & then go off. We took the turkey out of the frig & put it on the backporch to keep it cool...I put the dogs on the porch forgetting the turkey was out there and you can imagine the end to that story...Happy Thanksgiving, Dogs! Chris & I saw the GA Power truck out of the window & ran down the street to tell him we still didn't have power :) Nini & the Roux's joined us for dinner. The rest of the week was full of LG throwing up, golf, shopping, river street, the wii, beach, house hunting, no hot water & showering at the pos. Oh, and don't forget Umberta from Germany...we definitely made some memories!

Eating Feathers

Honey took the girls to Papa's office last week for the JBPS Thanksgiving luncheon. On the way downtown, Honey was telling them that they were going to eat turkey and LG said, "Ewwww, Honey, do I have to eat the FEATHERS!?, and I really don't wanna eat that gobbler thing!"

MJ turns 2!

Well, our sweet Maddie James celebrated her 2nd birthday...she had a costume party at the FPD Playground & the kids had a blast! We had cupcakes, that the ants got into, so mom & I were blowing the ants off as we were serving them...this is when it's good that it's a 2nd birthday party...they had NO idea :) I had a candle shaped in a "2" for MJ's cupcake & turned my back to get a lighter & she ATE the candle!!! So we sang to her with a half eaten 2 on her cupcake - hilarious! She was obsessed with her "2" balloon & carried it around the whole party - she even took a bath with it that night - oh, the simple joys of life!

Happy Birthday, sweet MJ! You are such a blessing to our whole family & we love you with all of our hearts!

The Snow White Sisters - - Daddy detangling the balloons :(

Strawberry ShortKATE - - Sally the Cowgirl

Happy Birthday, MJ! - - - The Big Sisters

MJ's sweet friends - - - - - - - Honey & her girls

Still eating & holding my balloon - What a GREAT day!

MJ's 1st Sentence

I awn dat pees - "I want that, please" - Atleast she has good manners :)

Moooooooo

LG's class took a field trip to a dairy farm along with the other K classes. We drove about 45 minutes to get there & they got to see a cow milked & learned some interesting facts about cows :)

The Girls - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Whole Class
Check out the cows eyes in this pic :)

There was a wooden cross with a crown of thorns on top & the kids got so excited saying, "we found Jesus! He has to be buried somewhere near here, b/c here's the cross!" There was an adorable guest house on the property & a small chalkboard inside that read, "Jesus loves you." Once they saw that, they got excited all over again saying, "Look, Jesus was here & left us a message!" They started jumping up & down screaming with excitement...it was priceless!

Hair Lady

As I was straightening LG's hair this morning, she said: "Mama, when you get a business, you need to be a hair lady. Don't you love doing people's hair?" I replied, "I sure do." LG: "You know what the best part about you doing my hair, Mama?" (I'm thinking I'm about to get a really nice compliment from my precious LG about how she loves the way I do her hair) LG replies excitedly: "I can EAT breakfast while you're doing it!!!"

Growing Up

Charlie Brown Style

Just a little background information...Daddy is out-of-town, it's been a long day, I'm exhausted & ready for a "break", so, while the girls eat dinner I'm watching a little HGTV - ok, enough excuses...here's the conversation:
LG: "blah, blah, blah"...(ok, she really said something to me, but, that is what I heard)
M (completely into my HGTV show, not having a clue as to what LG just said): "oh, cool!"
LG (annoyed): C-O-O-L??? Mama, WHY did you SAY that? I could have CHOKED!
M (she now has my undivided attention): "oh, wait, what did you say?"
LG: "I SAID, I almost swallowed this..."(as she shows me a piece of plastic)
M: "Oh, goodness...no, that is NOT cool, is it?"

Yes, I enjoyed a few laughs from this...now I know what Chris hears when I talk to him :)

A Picture of Love

LG's sunday school teacher told me that each child was asked to draw a picture of ONE thing they could NOT live without...what did LG draw? A picture of her sister, MJ - yes, my heart melted! LG, you are such a special big sister to MJ. You protect her, help her, love her, play with her, teach her, kiss her, hug her, feed her, dress her & sometimes even let her in your room & play with your toys :) She loves you so much & looks to you as her role model. You both make me so proud & I am thankful & blessed to have you as my daughters...I love you, both!

Reminder

Daddy flew to Vegas last Friday & came home Monday. Before he left, he was "reminding" LG to have a good attitude while he was gone and she said, "but, Daddy, what if I forget to have a good attitude?" So, being the creative Daddy that he is, he drew her a "reminder" on the chalkboard in her room! Yes, that's LG's bottom & Daddy's hand.

MJ goes to MMO

MJ had her first morning at Mother's Morning Out today. Her teacher is Mrs. Kerri & she'll go each Friday. I dropped LG off for her first "real" day of Kindergarten, went home picked MJ up (yes, Daddy was home with her), drove to pick up Honey & off we went for MJ's big day. (LG played "school" with MJ Thursday night to "get her ready for her school." What a precious big sister!) MJ wouldn't leave the house without bunny & blankie...once we arrived at "school" bunny & blankie had secretly been thrown in the back & MJ was now concerned with carrying her bag :) She was so excited. She walked in all by herself & Honey & I stayed & watched through the double mirror - such fun! She didn't want to hang up her bag, so she carried it around the room with her & finally put it on the ground to check out some toys. Anytime another child would get NEAR "the bag" she would immediately make her way over to protect the bag - hilarious! MJ, you are such a doll & we are so proud of you! Honey & I ran some errands, picked up Papa, went to pick MJ up, then LG...both girls were so happy when we picked them up! H & P took us for a celebration lunch at Marguerita's...what a GREAT day!

MJ walking in - - - - - - - - - - Mama's here!

LG running in - - - - - - - - - - Mama's here!

Kindergarten for LG

Today was LG's 1st day of Kindergarten...her teachers are Miss Allison & Mrs. Jean & she has adorable classmates! LG found her nametag on the table in the hallway & slowly walked into her new classroom with me (with a little loving motherly nudge). We quickly found some familiar & some new faces! We found her name on a table & she sat down & glued letters that spelled her name on a piece of paper. Miss Allison mailed LG a blank face & she was to draw herself & then they stapled the names & faces on the hallway bulletin board - too cute! We then "toured" her new classroom & found two parakeets! The kids headed to the playground for a snack & the parents stayed for orientation. What a special day! LG told me that tomorrow is her REAL first day of Kindergarten since she will go by herself. She also told me that when she was on the playground she saw Mrs. Carol/Memorie's new Pre-K class & "they were so adorable, Mama...they were so little!" LG, you are such a BIG girl now & we are extremely proud of you!

After our special morning, we met the B girls for lunch