Crazy Hair Day

The girls school this week is having a different theme each day. Today was crazy hair day. So I bought some purple hairspray color to put in their hair. Katie, surprisingly, didn't want me to spray a bunch in her hair but we got enough. Bree even got her a little purple in her hair. Below are a few pics of their somewhat crazy hair. :)
Hopefully, you can see the purple, and that is a banana in Bree's

mouth.

Still munching on the banana

Always ready to pose.

All About Bree and Katie

My friend Joy posted a blog about all the things her 15mth old is doing and she tagged me and some others to do the same for our little ones, but in all fairness I can't brag on one without bragging on the other. So you all get a double dose. :)

Bree is getting ready to turn 20mths and she becoming more and more a little toddler every day. Here are some of the things she is doing:

She no longer walks, she runs everywhere. If she does walk I alway say she walks like George Jefferson, she has that little swagger to her walk. If you don't know what I am talking about try and find a video of The Jeffersons and watch how he walks. It's cracks me up to see her do this.
She is talking much more saying pretty much anything we say to her she trys to repeat it.
She understands everything we say to her. It is so cute to ask her to throw something away and she takes it to the trash can, or tell her it is time change her diaper and she goes to her room.
She is eating well with both a fork and spoon
She loves to give kisses.
But I guess the big thing is that she wants to do everything her sister does. She thinks she is 3 years old and gets so mad when she can't.

Katie who is 3 1/2 can of course carry on full blown converstaions with you. So much so you appreciate the quit time when you have it. She learns new things every day at school. Knows her numbers and letters. She is starting to learn to write her name and she will just wow you sometimes on things she knows at 3. She loves books and her movies. She is the best big sister. She really takes care of Bree. I think she babies Bree more than Chris and I do. Katie does not like her to cry over anything. When Bree does cry Katie is the first to see what is wrong. Don't get me wrong they do have their moments but Katie has a big heart for her sister.

Besides just listing what they have learned to do by the age they are at. I thought I would list the little things that make me glad to be their mom.

I love to sit and listen to them playing together, to hear their laughter and Katie explaining how to do things to Bree. Bree looks at her like she is telling her the most fascinating stuff.
I love how Katie loves to read books to Bree.
I love how they sit together and will watch a movie.
I love when I say it is time to eat, Bree will literally drop whatever she is doing and run to her chair. The girl loves to eat.
I love that Katie has such a sweet heart and such tender emotions. She is going to be the girl who wears her heart on her sleeve.
I love how Katie just wants to sit with me and have me read her a book or just talk or even maybe do my hair. My hair is her new fasination.
I love how Bree will randomly walk up to me and just hug my leg and look up at me.
I love the little dirty looks Bree can give when she is not happy and how playful she can be when she is in a silly mood.
I love Katie's imagination. The girl can come up with some of the most outragous stores.
I love when I pick them up from school or from their SS room at church that they just run to give me a hug. There is nothing like it and it just make you feel as if you are the most special person to them. I think we all should greet the ones we love that way( a little inside thought there).

These are just a few of things I can say about them. I think I could go on for a few more pages. These are just some of the little blessing I get each day from my girls. I thank God everyday for making me their Mom and blessing me with the opportunity to raise them.

Garage Sale, Birthday Parties and Powder Puff....

We had a very hectic weekend here at our house, which is not normal for us. Weekend we try to keep very low key just so we can somewhat recovery from our normally busy week. But for some reason this weekend just had lots of stuff going on. On Saturday we had our neighborhood garage sale for the fall. I spent all day Friday organizing stuff that we need to get rid of. Lots of baby clothes Bree has out grown, toy they don't play with anymore, clothes I have out grown, etc. Chris kept saying I was wasting my time because he has always heard that garage sales in Broken Arrow don't really work because the people want everything so cheap that you practically have to give it away in order to sale it. But I was going to give it a shot. We set up at 7am on Saturday and sold until around 12:30. I made almost 200.00 bucks off of the stuff I sold. Chris couldn't believe it. I will give him this, he was right about Broken Arrow residents wanting stuff for free. I had clothes and toys very reasonable priced and most people wanted to negotiate more. I was pretty flexible on most things except the toys, becuase I knew I could sell them on Craigs list and get what I was asking. I finally sold all toys except one and pretty much all of the baby clothes. Almost half of what I had was gone, which made me happy. Plus I had 200.00 dollars more than before. Not bad for 5 and half hours.

After we closed up the shop on the garage sale it was time for naps for the girls and then it was off to the grocery store to and then Katie and I were off to a birthday party she was invited to. This was her first b-day party she has had a chance to go to so it was all a little new to her. It was a swim party at a local swim school so she was excited about being able to put on her bathing suit and go swimming with some of her friends. She kept hopping out of the pool to come and ask me when they were going to have cake. That's my girl, she knows what is important in life. CAKE!! After the swim they had pizza and cupcakes, which she didn't each much of either. Katie kind of gets overwhelmed in situtations she is not sure of so I think she was just more about sitting back and taking it all in then enjoying the food. Then it came time to open the presents and this was the part that was mosting confusing to her. She kept asking me where is her present. So for about 20 mintues I kept explaining to her that when it is someone elses b-day they are the only ones to get to open presents. The b-day girl did give out bags of candy to her friends but Katie said she wanted a toy. I was proud of her for not getting upset she just kept questioning the situation. It is so funny to me how kids see situations and just don't quit understand why things happen.
Sunday was a much slower paced day for us, but still a fun day. Sunday afternoon we went to watch the youth girls from our church play a game of powder puff football. It was the middle school vs. high school and it was quite entertaining and brought back lots of memorys of when I played in HS many, many years ago. It is so funny to watch girls, some who have no atheltic ability try to play a game, and of course the guy coaches frustrated at the girls because they don't run the right plays. Katie and Bree where on the side lines cheering and do their little dance moves when the music would come on. Even though are weekend felt like we were going 100 mph it was a fun weekend and now it is Monday and back to the same pace for the week.

Katie's Big Night

As you may remember, several weeks ago I blogged about how Katie was starting to sleep by herself in her bed. I had put together a chart that had six weeks on it and each night she went to bed by herself she would get a sticker. We told her that once she fills up the chart we would take her to Chuck E Cheese for a big celebration. As of last week she has filled up her chart. She has done extremely well with all of this, better than Chris and I even thought. We had a couple of set backs during this time but that was to be expected. So last night was mom and dad's last night here before heading by to TN, so we decided that we would take her to Chuck E Cheese so Nana and Papaw could join in on the celebration. We all loaded up and headed to her favorite place. Thankfully, it was not crowded at all so Katie and Bree, well and Chris too could play all the games they wanted. Katie was so excited about going so could barely sit still. I myself was feeling a little under the weather. I have had a cold all week so I wasn't in the best of spirits but we had a good time. I realized half way there I forgot to bring my camera, I guess that was the fogginess from the drugs I am on. We are very proud of Katie and her accomplishment.

Livesay Orchards

Today Chris and I took the girls to Livesay Orchards where the we took at hay ride out to a pumpkin patch and picked out our pumkins to carve and also picked some apples. This was the first time we have done something like this with the girls. Bree especially loved the hay ride. She had the biggest smile on her face the whole ride. Katie's favorite part was picking apples. I had to do all of the pumpkin picken because the girls were to afraid to go in the weeds to get them. Later on today I helped the girls carve their pumpkins. Bree wouldn't even touch the yucky stuff inside the pumpkins so she stood back and watch. Katie did really well at cleaning out hers and then drawing her face. Bree was very proud of her pumpkin once it was done. She kept carrying it around. Since the girls had such a good time I think this will have to become one of our family traditions. Below are some pictures from the day.

Week with Nana and Papaw

Mom and dad have been here since last Friday and over the week they have had a blast with Katie and Bree. Tuesday they took them to the zoo. Katie and Bree have only been there one other time this year, but Katie proved to remember everything about the zoo. She took the map of the zoo and was showing Nana and Papaw where everything was at. I guess she inherited my sense of direction. Last night mom and I decided to go get a pedicure so we thought it would be fun to take Katie along. She loves to get her nails painted. We went to Walmart and while mom and I were soaking our feet the lady painted Katies fingernails and toenails. She was so excited and she sat so still for the longest time so they would dry. She kept saying over and over she couldn't wait to get home and show daddy and papaw. She was in heaven. I just told her not to get used to this, that we would not be coming here every week. :) Then today, mom and dad took them to aquarium to see the fish. Katie and Bree both just love the aquarium. They are so fascinated with all the different things they see. It is a fun day trip for them. Mom and dad are heading out tomorrow to go and see Brad and Kim for a few days and then will be back with us for a few more days until they leave. It has been really nice having them here and spending time with them. Below are some pictures of Katie getting her nails painted and one of mom with the girls in front of some of our Halloween decorations.

Fireproof

This past weekend Chris and I were able to get in a few date nights since my mom and dad were in town we thought we would take advantage of the babysitting. Friday night, Chris and I went to see Jeff Dunham at the BOK Center they built in our town. Chris' boss has a suite there and he was not going to use the tickets so he gave Chris a couple and we decided to go. Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist comedian. He has a bunch of different puppets that he uses for his show. I had seen him once before with a friend but Chris has never seen him live only on Comedy Central.

The next night on Saturday we had a double date with a couple that we go to church with. We have become good friends and deiced to have a night out. We all wanted to go and see the new movie out called Fireproof. For those who may not have heard about this movie it is a faith based movie about fireproofing your marriage. The movie was written and produced by Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA. They have done two other movies before this one. And if you happen to be a Kirk Cameron fan, from the 80's he plays the lead guy in the movie. Honestly though, this movie was the best movie I had seen in a long time. It is a great love story that has drama, comedy and twists. I think Chris may have said it best. He said "when you watch Top Gun it makes you want to fly planes, when you watch Days of Thunder you want to race cars, but when you see Fireproof it makes you want to be a better spouse." That is the true. This movie has such a great message about making your marriage work and how divorce can cause great scars on a person. If you have not seen it I would encourage you to go, even you if you have the best marriage in the world you will still find this inspiring. It is not playing in every movie theater but it is playing in at least one in your town. Every show here has been sold out. We had to get our tickets a few days in advance. I really hope you all try to go and see it if not rent it when it comes out on DVD. Below is a link to a preview of the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5lSu6GkC2k