The Princess likes Purple!

Kaleigh had to go Monday to get her soft cast off and a hard cast put on.  I asked her pink or purple and she chose purple and is really proud of her purple arm! ha!  She sat in Mimi's lap and didn't shed a tear the entire time!! Such a big girl!!

This crazy girl insisted that I bring her potty outside so she could poop in her playhouse.  Oh my!!!  Notice the Easter bucket, it's full of candy and MUST stay beside the potty at all times and she'll let you know if you forget to bring it in the bathroom!

Watching TV together after bath!

Warrior Dash!!!

Last weekend, I did the Warrior Dash in Jackson with some friends!  It was so much fun and I finished 197th out of almost 1000 females in my age group!  Don't let the pictures fool you, I'm NOT a runner, this was only my 2nd 5K.  It was pretty hard and I'm covered in bruises and my elbows and knees are covered in strawberries!  We're going to make this an annual event for sure!

He's doing it!!

This afternoon, Alec and Drew, our next door neighbor both learned how to ride their bikes with NO training wheels!!  After a couple of crashes, they both figured it out!  Neither one of them will be five until July, so we're pretty proud of their big accomplishment!!  GO BOYS!!  Alec's pretty excited to show Dad his new trick, when Dustin gets home week after next! 

No turning back now, they'll be learning to drive before we know it!

Their best Cheerleader!



First Broken Bone

Well, we had our first broken bone on Saturday, surprisingly, it was Kaleigh not Alec.  We were all at the camp playing in the yard and Papa half dropped, half caught Kaleigh while he was holding her up in the air.  Uh oh!!!  Her left wrist had been hurt before from swinging around and we're not sure that it hasn't been broken for a while and kept getting re-injured. I didn't realize it was broken at first, so we didn't go to the doctor until Sunday afternoon.  She would still use it but kept saying it hurt if she tripped and tried to catch herself with it.  We got an xray done Sunday afternoon and had to go to the orthopedic doctor for a cast on Monday. The doctor thought it was a little swollen and put a soft cast on for now.  We'll go back on Monday for a hard cast.  She's actually done MUCH better with it than I thought she would, she acts like she doesn't even realize the cast is on.

Poor sis, getting her cast on was pretty stressful for the both of us and she DRANK her whole bowl of ice cream!

She's not so sure about the plastic in the bathtub!

By Monday night, she was feeling fine and dancing to her "WIGGLE" song on TV at bedtime.



Kaleigh is Hooked!

Kaleigh caught her first fish at the camp last weekend!  As soon as brother broke out his fishing rods and the crickets, I had to make an emergency trip to Walmart for a pink fishing rod.  They caught a ton of brim and one big catfish off of the pier!  Sis had to touch and kiss everyone of them and didn't want ANY help!

Feeding the geese!  Apparently they weren't hungry, they wouldn't come near us!

They kept Papa busy keeping them baited up, they've both got a fish in this picture!

Kaleigh wasn't scared of them flip flopping around at all, until she got one stuck up in the chair with her!

Throwing it back in the water!

Harley loves the camp too!

Helping sister reel her's in!

Hey Batter, Batter

Alec's first year of Tball is in full swing now!  He's #7 on Terry's Pawn & Trade and his coach is Justin Esser.  He really likes it and has even gotten a few good hits!  There are no scores, no outs, no balls or strikes, just a bunch of boys having fun on the ball field!

Alec and Drew ready for their big game!

There are lots of Dads/ Coaches/ Grandads on the field helping out!

Since Dustin's been gone, "Coach Paps" has been helping alot!

Coach Justin and Alec

Ready and Waiting for a ball to come his way!



A Flying Trip to Charlotte, Literally!

Last weekend, the kids and I flew to Charlotte and Dustin drove up from Fort Jackson to spend the Easter weekend together!  It was the kids first flight and I'm not the most comfortable person in an airplane either...  BUT, we all did GREAT!!  I am pretty sure that's the best my kids have ever been at sitting still that long!  We packed lots of candy, games, stickers, books, etc, etc, etc!!  Our day started EARLY, when my alarm when off at 2:45, I was thinking, I must have been CRAZY to have booked a 7am flight out of New Orleans!!  I got dressed and took the kids straight from their beds to the car and we were in the drive way by 3:15 am.  Of course, I stepped on Alec's toe and we had a mini meltdown before actually getting in the car.  When I woke Kaleigh up, I think she thought it was morning, she was a trooper and stayed awake for the first 20 minutes of the ride to New Orleans.  As soon as we pulled into the parking lot at the airport, still only 5:15am, their eyes both popped open and they were super excited!! 

Their first sight of a plane!  You can kinda see it out there in the dark.  Alec says, "OH MY GOSH!!!"  Notice, Sis is still in her PJs! ha!

He looks like Fievel from American Tale in this picture!  He got to put on the pilot's hat and thought it was so cool!

Everytime we got on a plane, they asked if he wanted to go up in the cockpit.  Delta went over and beyond to please the kids!  We even got cookies on the plane, I can't remember the last time I got anything other than a drink!

Sis was concerned with the seatbelts.  Poor thing, I hated to dissapoint her but she had to sit in my lap.

First Flight!

By the time we got to Charlotte, after stopping in Atlanta for 2 hours, this momma was WORN OUT!  Yes, I paid $4.00 to rent a luggage cart and drive it about 100 yards to the rental car van.  2 kids, 2 backpacks, 1 suitcase and a booster seat were a little more than I could handle!  I actually saw someone that brought their wagon to the airport, we WILL be doing that next time!

Finally at the hotel, Sis was sure the mini fridge and microwave was her own little kitchen, she cooked EVERYTHING!  Dolls, cups, drinkboxes, candy, we cooked it ALL!

Alec was most excited about the indoor pool!  While we waited for Dustin to get to the hotel we went for a swim.  No Pictures of that... I kinda had my hands full with a semi - swimmer and a non- swimmer that thought she was Michael Phelps in the pool! 

YAY, finally Daddy's here!

They didn't leave his side the entire weekend!

I was almost certain we would tear the curtains down before Sunday!  They played LOTS of hide and seek in the curtains!

Sis just got in a few naps where ever she could!

Kaleigh got to go see her first movie too!

Ice cream break with Dad in the middle of the mall!

This little girl loved spending the weekend with Dad!

Snuggling on Dad at dinner!  She ALWAYS sits by me at dinner, but not this weekend, she ate by Dad at every meal!

Our hotel was by the Charlotte nascar track, so we had to go peek in through the fence.  Of course, Alec wanted to know where the cars were!

Sweet Angels!

Even the Easter bunny came to the hotel!

Look!!  That was her word of the weekend!  I heard "Look, Look, Look" at the airport, hotel and everywhere else we went.  She really had fun and was the best traveler!

More Hide and Seek!

We got really creative!  Of course, coat hangers can be a bow and arrow!

Easter Sunday in the airport!

Humm, I'm not so sure how to rate an Easter lunch picnic from Wendy's between to rows of chairs on the floor in the airport!  The littlest one may have even got some gum for dessert out from under a chair!!  UGHHH!!  Flying with two little ones is certainly a challenge, but at least it's a fun one!