Swimming and Playing

Reagan is LOVING her swim lessons!  I am SO glad :)  She is getting really brave and is having no problem jumping in and going all the way under!!  She is even practicing putting her face in the bathtub and her "chicken, soldier, airplane" arms. 

This man is a trooper and hangs out with Momma in his stroller during swim lessons!

Tuesday afternoon was beautiful!  The weather was so warm, so we hung outside for a long time...

Look who slowed down for .2 seconds to enjoy a little break :)

Crazy hair woman was a jumping maching on her trampoline!

Just a nice little day with the kiddos...it sure was nice to go outside without jackets and freezing our fannies!

The Big 3-1

On Monday I turned 31 years old...31!!!  It was a great day though...nothing like a birthday to make you feel so special :)  Our day was a little different than planned...you see on Sunday night they were forcasting a "chance" of freezing rain overnight.  Schools delayed THREE HOURS for Monday morning, which meant that preschool was closed and also meant Landon's music class was cancelled.  Bummer!  The roads were wet on Monday morning, but that is all...typical :)  Anyway...I decided I would take the kids to the mall (Momma's looking for a new pair of boots!) and then to Panera for lunch.  The kids were great at the mall, we didn't stay long and I had NO luck with the boots either.  We ventured over to Panera and that is where I was just sweating!!!  Why oh why did I think that was a good idea?!  Landon was running everywhere...he decided he didn't like mac n' cheese that day, Reagan wanted to sit on me, people around us were having meetings...oh it was just chaos and I was sweating.  I asked the manager for a to go box for my salad and just waited to eat at home :)

We had a great afternoon and Keith came home nice and early to make a yummy steak dinner!

sweet kiddos enjoying a little snacky!

such a ham!

I don't drink often, but a glass of wine was TOTALLY necessary!

my candle blowing helpers!

After dinner and cake it was obviously play time with Daddy!

It was a great birthday!!  Last year on my birthday Landon was in a jumperoo, this year he was on the iPad, what will that sweet man be into next year?! :)

Snowy Day

Last Friday we had the threat for some nasty weather around here!  They were calling for snow and ice early in the afternoon, which meant that preschool was going to dismiss an hour early.  We picked up Reagan, as it was starting to snow, ran to McDonalds (along with the rest of the world!) and came home.  It was snowing pretty hard when we got home so we played for a little while.  Landon would have stayed out all afternoon pushing things, Reagan was ready to go in after 5 mintues :)

as you can see, not a lot of snow, but Landon was busy busy busy!!

freezing!!

sweet man!

This is how you find Landon pretty often these days...with the iPad!  He finds that Disney Junior app and whenever Jake and the Neverland Pirates shows up he says "yo ho ho"  Pretty stinkin' cute!

and this girl has been LOVING her own "iPad" that she got for Christmas!

This just cracks me up!!  I have a whole series of pictures where she is dancing in her undies, this being the most "appropriate" for the blog :)  She was shakin her "tuuuushy"...all I could think of was college, this girl is going to have some fun...

Another place you will find this man lately is the sofa or any other piece of furniture as he is an expert climber now :)  He does love to sit on the sofa and read his books though, which is pretty stinkin' cute!

Catch Up Time!

Last week was such a cold and dreary week here in the NC State...it was just nasty!  It was GLORIOUS to FINALLY see the sun on Friday morning, especially because the night before had brought a wee bit of snow too!

This must have been last Wednesday while Reagan was at school...Landon just LOVES to PUSH things ALL the time!!!

She wanted me to send this picture to her Daddy at work :)

Thursday evening my friend Stef came over to work on some things for a baby shower we were helping to host on Saturday.  It was SO great to see her and Reagan just thought Miss Stef was the BEST! (which she is!)  We had dinner, played with the kiddos, made favors, and then it started snowing and poor Stef had to drive home in it!  Thankfully she made it home just fine.

Friday morning, we woke up to snow!!  It was SO pretty, but not nearly as much as they predicted.  (obviously!)  NC cracks me up though...Thursday night, before ONE FLAKE of snow even fell, a neighboring school district was already closed!!  As a teacher I never complained about it though :)  Snow days are a beautiful thing!  R's preschool was delayed an hour on Friday morning and her bestest friend Brooklyn came over in the morning and got to ride to school with us.  The girls loved it!

This guy was screaming "MAAAAA" as I snapped a couple quick pics outside...how dare I leave my sweet man for one minute unattended ;)

Lovely pic of my oh so sweet 3 1/2 year old

After we took sister to school, we came to play "in the snow."  AKA, push his toy all over the place!

I decided on Friday that I was sick of making lunch...somedays I feel like I make breakfast for the kids, clean up, make lunch, clean up, make dinner...anyway, Landon and I did a little CFA drive through and had a picnic in the car while we waited to pick up Reagan from school.  It really is a nice treat to not mess with a meal at home :)

Saturday I got my hair did (what a treat) and then headed to Hillsborough for Sandy's baby shower!  It was SOOO cute!  It was so great to see the momma to be and so many friends from New Hope.

Once I got home, there was a house full!  Brooklyn's family had come over and the girls had been playing all afternoon.  Lindsey and I slipped out for some Mexican...it was a nice day out for this momma!

Sunday Reagan and I used up the gift certificate Daddy gave us for Christmas for his girls to get their nails and toes done!  We had SO much fun together and Reagan just LOVED it.  She was so excited to get her "feet washed" this time :)  Love these sweet girly moments with my girl!

She wanted hearts for Valentine's Day...I did explain they would probably not last that long, but she still insisted :)

Sunday night, a rare treat, Keith and I got to go out to the State basketball game!  Our sweet neighbor watched the kiddos and we were on our way :)  We had GREAT seats and had a really good time!  It was a close game against Clemson, but thankfully State pulled out a win!

Monday, Keith was home so I had a doctor's appointment (family doctor, NO baby doctor involved!!) in the morning and he took the kiddos to music class and the pet store.  We just had a relaxing day at home!  ...although I was slightly friecking out because my blood pressure was a little high at the doctor and I worry about everything...(the doctor thought NOTHING about it being a little higher, just me making it a bigger deal...typical!)

Yesterday Reagan had swim lessons, we ran to the grocery store, and dry cleaners and then home.  I was worried sick about my blood pressure and I'm pretty sure I was a MESS most of the day...finally in the afternoon I calmed down...I'm such a worry wart, seriously...Princess Reagan helped to lift my spirits though :)

I think that's our past week in a nutshell!  Phew... :)