Sambo

Sam's 1st love: Mommy.
Sam's 2nd love: Stairs.

Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream 2013

Last night we had a girl's night out with Katie and Abby at Disney on Ice! It was so much fun! The girls really enjoyed it. The show featured The Princess and the Frog, Cinderella and Tangled. Finley was mainly concerned about when Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald were going to come on the ice. They are her favorites :) Tangled was the best part of the show. They had an aerial act and it was awesome. Disney always gets it right! We got popcorn, cotton candy and some Disney swag. Finley dressed up as Snow White. She has never seen Snow White and doesn't really differentiate between princesses, but I pulled out all her costumes and she picked that one. We had a great time and will definitely get tickets the next time they come to Huntsville. We came home and Finley went to bed in tears because she didn't want Abby to leave (also because she was exhausted).

All the princesses and their princes came out at the end for the wedding of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider :)

 Of course we had to get one of those spinning things that light up.

 Me and my bug :)

 Best buds!

My babies

So glad to have my camera back so I can snap pictures of my babies :)

Summer Survival: Day 1

Technically Finley's last day of MDO is tomorrow, but what I call Summer Survival starts today. Summer Survival is the time of year when MDO is out for summer and it's up to mom to fill every hour of those long, hot summer days. It's nice to not have to get up and get Finley to school, but the minute she wakes up every day she wants to know what I have planned so I have to be prepared. I plan on taking advantage of all the days we have before it gets so hot you can't leave the house unless you are going to the pool or some place air-conditioned.

Today we went to Browns Farm with the Chatams to pick strawberries. The boys just hung out in the wagon eating Goldfish and when those were gone they had fun running up and down the rows of strawberry plants. The girls did a great job picking. I was so impressed that they listened and only picked ones that were completely red. The weather was perfect! A trip to McDonald's for lunch wrapped up a perfect playdate.

Strawberries for our neighbors and strawberry shortcake for dessert tonight! What a great start to summer :)

Mother's Day 2013

We all had a great Mother's Day! We had lunch at Todd Pub and then went to a barons game. It was just us girls! Joey took Sam to his moms so we could spread out the Mother's Day love. It was nice having only Finley at the game. I could tell she was loving all the attention. She walked around looking for Babe Ruff and finally found hm and we got a picture. We visited the gift shop, the ice cream stand and the playground. She did not want to leave even though she only watched about 3 minutes of the actual game. The new Regions Park is gorgeous!!! I hope everyone takes care of it so it will stay that way. We were sad Daddy didn't join us, but we will definitely make another trip there soon. I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day!!!

Mother's Day was extra exciting because Joey got me a new camera lens!!! Mine has been broken for about 2 months and I have been so upset about having to take all picture with my phone. Finally, I can take real pictures again! Yay!

A Week in Winter

Our book club selection last month was A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy. I loved it! I read another book of hers called Tara Road after I finished. It was good too. A Week in Winter was a slow paced, easy read. We aren't able to meet this month, so we will pick back up in June. We are doing a really fun book club activity my friend Katie mentioned where you cast the book as a movie. So fun!

Quickie...

Lots going on...

1.) We put our house on the market!
Long story short. We needed a bigger house. We put our house on the market. We got an offer 6 days later. We countered. They countered. We countered. They countered. We stuck to our guns. We couldn't find a house in the school district we needed. We took our house off the market. They came back and agreed to pay what we asked. We said no. We're staying here. We'll try again next year.

2.) For the 2 weeks our house was on the market, I cleaned it all day, every day so that took up a lot of time.

 3.) Finley has had gymnastics and soccer practice on Wednesdays and games on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

3.) Joey finished up another semester on his quest for his MBA. Yea!

4.) I went on a beach trip with my pledge sisters. We had the best time despite a stomach bug. Jennie was a trooper and we still managed to have fun.

5.) Joey got to go to the Final Four in Atlanta.

6.) We got to see the Commodores at the Huntsville Classic fundraiser. They put on a great show! I love how they are old school. They had matching, bedazzled outfits, they had short, choreographed dance numbers, they introduced the audience to everyone in the band. They had lots of audience participation. It was awesome!!! She's a brick....hooouussee :)

7.) It has warmed up and everyone is well so we have had playdates galore! We've been to Open Gym at Matrix with Allison and Jackson, we've met up with Katie, Abby and Will to go to Bridgestreet or the mall, we went to Krista's house to play, "the girls" (our neighbors) have been over to play.

8.) I've had a few girls nights out, a few book club meetings and Joey and I have been out on a few dates. We've kept our baby-sitter busy. 

We've had a big time the last few weeks! I'm so excited for summer and all the summertime activities we have planned! Come on warm weather! We're tired on runny noses and stomach bugs!