My Girl...

My girl is almost a whole year old. She almost only belly-laughs for her brother, Seth. My girl can cruise along the furniture and stand up from sitting (but only for a moment). My girl LOVES her brothers. My girl gets sooo excited when Daddy comes in from work. (She wants to be picked up FIRST...before her brothers.) My girl is NOT sleeping through the night. She LOVES a bath. My girl is a VERY picky eater. She only wants to eat breads and crackers! She will almost always eat a grilled cheese sandwich or cheese toast. Her favorite snack is Nilla Wafers. (If she sees me grab them at the grocery store, she SQUAWKS until she gets one!) My girl prefers to drink water over apple juice. My girl has found a "blankie" that she loves to hold and drag around the house. (She likes the soft part on her cheek and the satin part in her fingers to sleep.) My girl is learning to hear the word "No!". (She heard it a lot today at a restaurant when she continually SQUAWKED loudly to get her way!) My girl is...well, she's MY GIRL!!

See my "Teefies"?

I only have two...both on the bottom and right next to each other!! (You can only see one in this pic though.)

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I love this picture...

I love this picture...as a former first grade reading teacher, as an avid reader myself and as their mom!



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Another "first" this week...

Zane is getting to exchange Valentines for the first time in a class! Today, we picked them out and he had to write his name on all 10 of them.


Seth was so sweetly helping.


Miss Bossypants was managing the whole thing squawking orders and sucking on a wrapped sucker! Ha!




Disclaimer: These pictures were taken just moments before things went sour FAST! Seth started getting too helpful, Quinn got too loud, Zane got too frustrated and may or may not have thrown a pencil across the room and been sent to his room. Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Today was a FIRST...

I had Quinn out with me running errands when lunchtime came around. Today was the FIRST time I had to actually pay for her to eat out! :)





(We're at Chick-fil-A, but she's eating a Sonic grilled cheese sandwich!)

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Brrrrr!

"They" say it's going to get really cold today and through Sunday. Living in Houston, we do NOT own clothes for this weather. In fact, we own very few long sleeved shirts! The boys groan in agony when I make them wear sleeves. Seth came home from school yesterday and said, "Mrs. Perry told us to wear our COATS tomorrow, but I don't have a coat!". (Does this make me a bad mom? :) So today, the poor boys went to school wearing two hoodies...


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Decorating Christmas cookies

I love this tradition! I remember going to my Aunt Margaret's house and her letting us decorate cookies. She always seemed so calm and patient during the process. I hope I come off the same to my kids, but with all the little hands, icing, and sprinkles...Eek! In spite of all the mess, it's just so fun!!


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