Mother's Day

It's been an amazing Mother's Day for me.

The girls were sooooo excited to celebrate this day and had special gifts, made secretly at school.

And to really make the day special, Roo placed all her favorite dolls just so, facing my bedroom so that they could all wish me a happy Mother's Day.

Before church, we took our annual photo. The girls are bellowing HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

After church, J and the girls made a "brunch tea party".

It was fabulous and the girls were absolutely charming.

It's been a day to cherish. I am so thankful to be celebrating my sixth Mother's Day with these gorgeous creatures who call me Mama.

P.S. Did J kill it or what?! Lovely pink tulips, red roses (not pictured), homemade waffles, mimosas, pretty presents and an afternoon to laze around and read a book. Blessed!

March for Babies 2011

Our 5th year to do the Walk for Babies with our NICU buds and look at us now!

Five!

High Five!

The Rowdy Girls turn 5 years old today. Or, as Em puts it, "I changin' to five."

Happy Birthday to our brilliant, beautiful, bold and blessed little girls!

RG Opera

Transcript

prior to this video starting, the opera began with the following:

Roo: I am not going to to school (repeat)

Em: I need to go-o

Ro: no no no-o

Roo: I not going

scene opens on this phrase:

Em: I going to take my toys...

take my red and ..

Roo: No no we are not going going

Em: yes we are

Roo: no we're not

Em: yes we arr-rrr-re

Roo: (in robot voice) I don't think we are going

Em: yessssss

Roo: now be quiet

Em: I am getting ma-ad (snaps her Nannie blanket at Roo)

Roo: (robot voice) I am too

Em: you know what I am going to do-oo (snaps blanket back)

Roo: NOOOOOOOO!

Em: NOOOOOOOO!

J: (bellows from living room) GIRLS!

Em: Hide! (dives under covers)

And, scene.

Parenting Fail - 1st edition

This is sure to be a reoccurring series, so we'll just call this the first edition of Parent Fail.

Today the girls were singing a sweet song. It sounded like made up words to a familiar tune. As I listened closer, I heard them singing in unison. This means they've learned the song somewhere else and both know the words.... thus, not made up. So, I listen closer because the predominant word in the song is "Dangerous".

Here's how it went:

Dan-ger-ouuuuuuuus

Dan-ger-ouuuuuuuus

Danger in the morning. Danger in the noon time.

Dan-ger-ouuuuuuuus

Dan-ger-ouuuuuuuus

Danger when the sun goes down.

Oh.My.Word.

They were subbing the word dangerous for Jesus.

must find parenting manual and read section on age 5

Earlier this week Em had a bad dream. J went in to soothe her and, apparently, left his glasses on the shelf of her bed.

The next morning I found them on the shelf in 3 pieces. Some forceful bending had removed the ear pieces from the eye pieces. We took them to J. I began to sternly lecture Em about what she'd done incorrectly. J, meanwhile, is squinting at her (sans glasses) and chiming in on the lecture. Em focuses completely on the winky squinting.

She leans in, gets right in J's face and gives him a huge smile and a wink.

And then dashes off to play.

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On Monday, we ate lunch out as a family. The waiter stopped by after taking our order to refill our glasses. The food was not yet ready. Roo whipped her straw out of her cup and jabbed it at the unsuspecting waiter. "How 'bout you get me my grilled cheese sandwich, Sir?" she said.

As J and I muffled mortified laughter and the waiter burst out laughing,

her big blue eyes missed nothing.

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Tonight, after a frustrating dinner (no one under the age of 5 was eating, complaining was rampant), J hit the wall. "Fine. Be excused." he says.

"But no more food or water for the rest of the night. There.will.be.no.snacks."

Both girls pop right up, all smiles. (They totally won.)

On her way, Em leaned over and hugged J. "You're my hero, Daddy"