Landon-ism

Not that I am lacking in Sophia-ism, however my sister and her son had the most hilarious conversation while she was attempting to take a relaxing bath. Here goes:

Kami was in the tub relaxing when she hears "knock knock"..........

Landon: "Mommy, what you doin?"

Kami: "I'm taking a bath. You need to go on out and play"

Landon: "Can I get in mommy?"

Kami: "No Landon, it is way to hot for you"

Landon: "Is it too hot for my weiner?"

Kami: "Yes Landon, it is too hot for your weiner"

Boys..........but, don't you just love his sweet little face?!!

Until next time.....

Man Down

It is a sad sad day. It came out of no where. Nobody was prepared. Our beloved Boo Bear was shot down by a sniper. He was hit directly on his right flank. We stopped the bleeding and his condition was uncertain for hours. His best friend Sophia was so sad all day at school. What would we do? Glue, duct tape, a patch, stiches???.....We needed a surgeon and we needed one fast. I thought to myself "I've watched enough episodes of Greys Anatomy. I can do this. A few stitches, that is it. That is all I have to do."


Then,I pulled out my needle and pink thread. Very carefully I stitched his side. It wasn't pretty and there was pain, so much pain...but.......

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HE PULLED THROUGH!!!







Until next time......

Planning

Josh and I had planned out our weekend early last week. Friday, we planned on heading to the Center Grove Football game. Saturday, we planned on eating at Grays Brothers in Mooresville. Sunday, today, we planned on taking the girls to the Incredible Pizza Company.

Those were the plans, but here is how it went down.....

Friday, we gathered everything for the football game and drove to the high school. We were 15 minutes late since I had exercise class, but didn't think it would matter. Well, it mattered.. We got there and there was a line for tickets, no lie, 50 feet long and the stadium was already full. So, no game for us. Instead we stuffed our faces at Wingin' It.

Saturday evening we, once again, loaded ourselves and our stuff into the car and headed to Grays Brothers. Once there, we discovered another line out the door. At least 50 feet as well. Josh's statement was "we need a fastpass for this place". So, being that we had two kiddos we knew the waiting in line wasn't going to work. Instead, we ended up at Steak-n-shake.

Sunday, and par for the course, we just so happened to look online for the Incredible Pizza Company's hours. Guess what we found? A bold faced announcement stating that "The Incredible Pizza Company will be closed Aug 22 for a private party". So, we ended up at Luca's pizza and Rascall's Fun Zone.

Things didn't go as planned but we avoided all meltdowns and enjoyed ourselves anyways.

Until next time...

Kiwi

Me: "Sophs, I have a kiwi I can cut up for you"

Sophs: "Do I like bikinis?" Oh my! Until next time....

Michigan

This weekend we went to Michigan for one last hoorah before Josh had to go back to school (NOTE: most other workers don't get summers off, including me, so summer break means nothing to me). Anywho, we headed to Michigan to visit Boo and Papi, with bonus visits from Aunt Celeste, Aunt Sheila, and Grandpa T. Friday we headed to the wave pool with Sophs and she had an absolute ball. I think she really enjoyed getting all of Boo and Papi's attention most of all. Aunt Celeste was kind enough to wrangle Suri for the day. We are home safely now. Surs is in bed and Sophia appears to be winding down. The slightest disturbance will set off hours and hours of talking. I must be careful.

We had a few funny moments in the car. The Sophia-isms continue.

Me: "Uhhhhhhhhhhh....I am ready to be there" (I lack maturity on long car rides)
Sophia: "Me too. My undies are all up in there"

I feel ya girl......


Me: "Sophs, what are you learning in school?"

Sophs: "You know what? I know chapanese."

Me: not understanding.. "you know what?"

Sophs: "Chapanese. I know someone from Chapanese."

God love this child. She is FUNNY!

Until next time....

Park

Over the weekend we headed to the park to enjoy the beautiful sunshine. Suri got to swing in the swings and Sophia did it all. We always measure Sophia when we are there and thought we better get Surs started as well. Sophia was our photographer. Sophs measured 44 inches. Look out Disney's Everest and Space Mountain. Sophia will be coming for you Fall of 2011. And Surs was ~24 inches. Look out "It's a Small World". Hehe.

Until next time.....

Rough House

We are so lucky that Suri is a pretty sturdy baby because Sophia has just been man-handling her every time I turn away. Sophs says "I just want to play with her",not understanding that Suri herself isn't the toy. Sophs is having a hard time "playing" without picking her up or pulling her arms. This is our major behavior problem right now.

This weekend went by so fast. Mama Pam and Papa Dale came to visit and gave Josh and I an evening away. We gladly took them up on their offer and headed downtown for a date at Mo's Restaurant. It was so nice to sit and enjoy a meal without worrying about feeding a kid, cleaning up a mess, or running a munchin to the potty.

On Saturday Sophia headed to yet another birthday party. This time we went to The Incredible Pizza Company. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the food, the games, and the cleanliness of this place.

Saturday evening we headed to the mall to just kill time and get out of the house. At the mall there was a huge display of monitors and Nintendo Wii's. Sophia put on a dance display playing with the "Just Dance" game. It was so funny.

Until next time.....

Silly Girls

These girlies are so silly. How can you not just laugh at them.

Until next time......

Animal Extravaganza!

Tonight, Sophia's school hosted a family night with a little show from Silly Safaris. Sophs just loves animals so she was volunteering to be a helper every time the presenter asked. She was called upon to be a helper with the tortoise. Thank goodness it was just a tortoise and not the giant man-eating cockroaches (no lie, super huge, super gross, BUGS!!!) Just a year ago today I was stuck in bed and growing a baby. Josh's folks came down and took Sophs to family night. Now, Suri attended family night and I got to go as well.

Mommy's Girl

Sophia's 1st Limo ride

Today, Sophia was invited to a friend's birthday party. The girls were picked up by a limo and taken to a cute little shop where they played dress up, danced, manicures, make-up, and cupcakes. She had a great time and really felt like "big stuff". Four years old and already in a limo...................

Until next time....

Indiana Fever

Last night we packed the girls up and headed downtown to eat dinner and catch a Fever game. Sophia of course loved it because of the snacks and because some of Josh's players were there. Suri loved when the lights went out and the players were introduced. She also loved the lemon-lime shaved ice that she and I shared.

Until next time....

Big girl (both of them)

Both of my girlies are growing up so fast. Sophia has started practicing without her training wheels. I actually looked at her today and thought she looked like a "kid", no longer my wispy blonde baby.

Suri is getting another tooth and is soooo close to walking. She is eating real food and loves to copy what we do. She loves music and wiggles her bobble head whenever she hears a tune she likes.


Until next time....

Moments

These are the moments you hold on to. The moments you soak up. The moments that you cherish.


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More sophia-isms

I really try to engage Sophia in conversation while we aredriving in the car. I love finding our what she thinks about, what she likes, what she dislikes, what scares her, what makes her sad, etc. And.......she is belted in so she can't prance off (which she does constantly, just ask mama Pam about the prancing). Anyhow, today we were driving home from one of Sophia's classmate's birthday party and the following conversation took place. Reminder, this is a 4 year old.

Me: "Hey Sophs, look at that guy over there walking. He doesn't have a shirt on." (Old guy, mildy overweight, grey chest hair, sweat band) It was all I could do to refrain from pointing out those things.

Sophs: "Why doesn't he have a shirt on? Maybe he is hot or something."

Me: : "Sophs, if I am hot when I am outside is it okay to take my shirt off?"

Sophs: "Sure, but you need to leave your O'Bros on".

I tell ya people, she is a thinker, not a stinker.

Until next time......

Vacation Snipits

-Suri broke a glass against another glass in the hotel room (Mother of the Year) -Sophia and I rode on a sailboat with Uncle Don and it was awesome -My pool volleyball team got whooped on multiple times -A box fan is critical when you are in a house full of kiddos -Suri could pass as a boy at times, but put her in a pink ruffled princess bathing suit and she looks like a baby doll -We took the kids to a local bouncer place while on vacation and I totally played on all of the equipment too -If you visit Hilton Head check out The Sandbox. It is a very cute playplace for youngsters and a nice break from the heat of the afternoon. -We took Sophs to see Despicable Me while mama Pam and papa Dale watched surs. i must say that it ranks right up there with "Up". -Kami and I rented bikes with the tag-a long kids bike. Sophia loved it and really got the hang of it by the end of the week. Okay, that's enough of my rambling. BTW....I'm glad tomorrow is Friday. Until next time.......

Hilton Head, SC

Now that I have successfully recovered from our drive back from Hilton Head and I have figured out how to load pics on my hubby's computer I can give you a run down of our vacation.

We stopped in Ashville, NC on our way down. The major catastrophe on this leg of the trip was that Josh, yes Josh, forgot to put the stroller back in the car. So, we bought our 4th stroller. Awesome, everyone needs four strollers, right? We checked out the town, did a little shopping, and went swimming.

We stayed in a fabulous beach house in Hilton Head. This house was right on the beach and had a private pool. Just perfect. The girls had so much fun playing in the ocean and running/crawling around with their cousins. Sophia's favorite part was swimming without her floaties. I was so proud of her. She swam at least 10 feet by herself. Sophia, and Suri for that matter, had NO fear of the ocean. Sophs even got rolled a few times. Tears happened but 1 minute later she was asking to go back out. Suri crawled all over the beach. She ate her share of sand and didn't seem to even mind.

The weather was amazing. The food was amazing. I don't dare step on a scale right now after the glutton fest that occurred there.

All and all a very fun vacation.

Until next time....

Knoxville, TN

We stopped just over half way on our trip back from Hilton Head, SC. That put us in Knoxville. I say we stopped because our girls are not good car riders, but truth is that I am not a good car rider. We toured around downtown, went to The University of Tennessee, and went to The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. We really had a great time and the girls were awesome. We frequently joke with Sophs about going to college and she says "I want to go to college mommy, but I want you to go with me." Do you think she will still be saying this when she is 18?

Sophia-ism of the day

Josh: "Hey Sophs, there is the building will go to if you want to be a lawyer."

Sophs: "A warrior? I want to be a warrior."

We didn't even correct her because it was just to cute. And so the Mulan obsession continues......

Ps. Lots of pics taken on vacation to be added later. Considering ipad v. laptop. Anyone....anyone?????

Until next time.....

Skunky

Sophia continues to crack us up with her comments. And, we sure weren't disappointed during our long drive down to Hilton Head.

Sophia-ism travel version:

Sophia: "mommy, what country are we in?" (She means "state", but whatever)

Me: "Sophs we are in Kentucky."

Sophia: "Tucky smells skunky."

Kentucky friends..... I apologize for the insult. It wasn't directed toward you, however it really did smell like skunk as soon as we crossed the Indiana/Kentucky border.

Ps. Still considering computers for purchase so no pictures yet. (I'm using my hubbies computer and I haven't figured out how to put pics on)


Until next time........

Swim lessons

Sophia had her first day of swimming lessons today and absolutely LOVED it. She has one-on-one instruction for 30-45 minutes which is exactly what this child needs. Josh said she had no fear and even jumped off of the diving board a few times. Josh also said that Sophia talked the poor instructors ear off (Josh just so happened to have her in class when she was in middle school).


You may be wondering why I don't have any pictures to post with Sophia at swimming. Truth is, and a sad sad truth it is, is that my computer is BROKEN! No lie. The screen just stopped working. No trauma (that I know of), just simply stopped working. Only a year old. I took it in to the geek squad and the guy told me I would be better off just buying a new one. I am not proud at all but I actually teared up in the store....in front of this guy. So, family and friends if you take any pictures of our family please email them to me so I can put them on the blog.

Until next time.....