"Royal Tea, I Mean Juice, Party"

In the wee hours this morning, was the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. And, it's not every day a regular girl turns in to a princess right before your very eyes! So we decided to have a little tea party celebrating the wedding. We had wedding cake cupcakes from Buttercups (yum yum!) and little sandwiches (no crust!) to snack on while we watched and fast forwarded to the good parts, the DVRed version of the wedding. We had a few princesses of our own at the party. Chloe and Miss Jodie came, as well as Miss Cheryl and Sophy (and Austin). We colored and decorated a wedding cake, and once everyone left, we got to our hat-making. We really turned out some amazing fascinators! It was a fun time with friends to commemorate the making of a princess and future queen.


Everyone eagerly waits to see the bride.

Shelby enjoys cake (which I had to hide from her once we got home after listening to her chant 'cake cake cake CAKE!!! all the way home)

Sophy strikes her best princess pose.

Landon and Chloe color their decorations for their cakes.

Sophy gives Mom the thumbs up for the pinky up while she sips.

Our fascinating fascinators!

"Easter Eggstravaganza"

"Diaper Boycott"

Okay, Shel. This makes four times now. Four times that after I've put you to bed, and you are fast asleep, that I find you with no pajama pants or diaper on! Once the diaper was wet, but the other times, dry as a bone. Guess you just didn't want it on!

"Palm Sunday Fun"

Today was Palm Sunday and Landon 'sang' with his Kids in Praise group. I say 'sang' because as we know, you have a little bit of stage fright. You did not wave your palm, and you did not sing a note. But you looked cute. And a little terrified.

The day ended on a much better, relaxed note. It was Louisiana Sunday Night at church. Dee Dee and Mammaw were in town, so they came too. Landon, you, Daddy and DeeDee tried to fly a kite, but appparently the one I bought was a trick kite for experienced fliers, which we are not. The church boiled 500 pounds of crawfish, but all you two cared about was the ice cream truck. We met up with Miss Cheryl, Austin, and Sophy and shared ice cream together. We checked out Spike, Miss Tina's bunny. He was huge! Then, it was on to the egg hunt. Shelby, you weren't quite quick enough, but we helped you get some eggs, which you were eager to open up to see what was inside. Landon, you raced up a slide and lost all your eggs that another kid tried to swipe. In the end, we had plenty of candy. But y'all spent the most time in the wild bounce houses that made Daddy and I nervous. He ended up sitting in one to make sure y'all didn't get trampled. It was a really great way to end a great day.

"Little Things"

Some of my most favorite little things about you, Shelby are...

~the way as soon as you have your wa-wa you wrap your arms around yourself and say "MINE!" in the most desperate, dramatic way possible telling us we need to find your pink blanket.

~the way you smell the corners of that pink blanket; the dirtier and stinkier, the better.
~how after your bath, you can't get dried off and away from me fast enough, so you can run naked and free.
~how I never have to ask you twice if you want to go blow dry your hair.
~your insatiable appetite for ice
~your voice
~the way you love all things Snow White, particularly the Snow White baby doll that you pointed to in Wal-Mart, and after showing you Cinderella, Ariel, and Belle, we finally picked up Snow White, and that was the one.
~the way you intentionally aggravate Brother
~your preference for your navy, pink, and red bow, your turquoise blue Children's Place socks I got for ninteen cents, and your fuschia polyester "MooMow" (Minnie Mouse) pajamas

"Spring Has Sprung!"

Today after church we went over to Poppie and JuJu's to take some spring pictures in their front yard, where the azaleas are in full bloom. Here are some of the images we captured.

"Cows & Corvettes, Hockey & Hooligans"

Last night we had a little family outing first to Chick-fil-A to eat and check out "Cows & Corvettes," a car show benefitting juvenile diabetes, and then to the Mudbugs hockey game. We ended up not having too much time to see all the corvettes because someone is the slowest, most distracted eater I have ever known! But the ones we did see were fabulous and Landon, you got some great shots! I love the intensity on your face.

Shelby came too, but she just wanted to run. In the parking lot. At Chick-fil-A. So Daddy wrangled her.

When we left, we hurried over to Centurytel Center to meet Miss Jodie and her family in time for the 7:05 puck drop for the Mudbugs' playoff game. Landon, you have been to a hockey game before, but it was your first, Shel. You were pretty entranced for about the first period was over. Once we all ate our Dippin'Dots, you were ready for action! And the fact that Landon and Chloe were sitting further down front didn't help. We ended up, you and I, walking/skipping/running/ through the concession area of the arena. You were too funny; everytime I would try and take your hand because you were about to get run over by a mass of people, you would just freeze and refuse to walk until I let go of you. You clearly did not need MY help. Back in our seats, we saw the Dodge Ram and Claude, and of course the Zambonis clearing the ice, and even a fight! Landon, you and Chloe had a good time palling around as usual, but even you grew restless near the start of the third period. Needless to say, we didn't make it through the whole game. And as it turns out, the Mudbugs lost in sudden-death overtime.