Weekly Update

It's that time again...time to share with you a glimpse into our lives through the lens of my iPhone...

 We've been busy busy busy! But not with anything special, just with everyday life! (And numerous trips to Hobby Lobby for Christmas decorations!)

 

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Nick's family on Thursday & mine on Saturday. I will be writing a separate post on Thanksgiving soon.

When we got back home after the holiday, we put up our Christmas tree & all our other Christmas decorations. I plan on writing a separate post on that too.

So what AM I going to share in this post you ask... Well, here you are...

 

Look who can tie her shoes! She's been working on it in OT & at school & passed the shoe tying test in PE last week. Yay Addy!

 

I moustache you a question Mommy!

 

My beautiful girl posing for a few pictures before school

 

 

Even though she's not smiling or looking at the camera, I just love this picture. She's so beautiful!

  

Wednesday night Addy & I had another girl scout meeting. I read Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer to the girls & we discussed how courageous Rudolph was. Then the girls made reindeer antlers & painted their noses with red glitter paint. They all earned their red petal.

 

Think he was cold?

 

On Thursday morning, Dennis the Menace, I mean Alex, painted his toenails pink! He went to the bathroom & I was distracted & didn't notice how long it had taken him until he ran into the living room & said "Look mom, don't you just love this!" Amazingly, the whole bathroom wasn't pink & he even put the lid back on the polish.

 

Alex had been going on & on about this RescueBot that he wanted. (I didn't even know what a RescueBot was.) So when we went to Walmart on Friday, we ventured over to the toy section & he directed me to it. He was so excited about his new toy, "a RescueBot that transforms into a taxi & it's legs turn into tailfins." That's the way he describes it. (He's such a boy... at 3 he knows about car tailfins & at 33 I still don't!)

 

This past weekend the kids & I went to the Reindeer Run & Jingle Jam at Addy's school. And again, I will follow up with another post on that soon. I promise!

 

And while we were at the Jingle Jam, here's where Nick was...

At the Georgia Dome watching the Alabama Crimson Tide win the SEC Championship!

 

And that is what we have been up to? How 'bout you?



Insta-Friday (Ok, it's really Insta-Sunday)

I'm a day (ok 2) late on this post, but I guess it's better late than never, right!

Addy picked out her clothes on Sunday. I love her sense of style!

 

Alex has been sad that Addy is back in school. On Tuesday he cried when we dropped her off. And when we got home, he refused to get out of the car. So I rolled down the windows & let him play for a few minutes. He leaned out the window & told me "Hand over your keys Mommy, I'm going to get Addy!"

 

Someone got another haircut. And he did great this time. No crying. No refusing. Just sat in the chair & let the lady cut his hair.

 

After his haircut, we went & ate lunch at Don Julios, the new Mexican restaurant in Sienna. It was our first time to try it & it was good. Which is great news because there are not a lot of good Mexican restaurants that are close to us & you guys know I love Mexican food!!!

 

Addy was laying on the couch watching TV. Alex told her he wanted to "jump in." So Addy scooted over & Alex laid down beside her. It was so cute to see them laying together.

 

On Thursday I took Alex to the Little Gym to try out their Sports Skills class. It did NOT go great, but I'll do a separate post on that & let you know all about it.

 

 After Sports Skills, we met a friend at Pei Wei for lunch. It was Alex's first time to ever use chopsticks & he was able to pick up rice & get it in his mouth! How 'bout that form though, lol!

 

Thursday evening, Addy got some ranch dressing on her shirt. So she took it off & went & put it in the washer. And then she started the washer! I was shocked she knew how to do it! Are all kids this appliance savvy or is it just mine?

 

Addy wanted some popcorn, so Alex said he would make it for her. He got out the step stool & put the bag in the microwave. I showed him the popcorn button & he pushed it. I had to help him when it was done though, because the bag was too hot for him. What a sweet brother to make his sister a snack.

 

Check out that cool Jake & the Neverland Pirates tattoo.

 

Nick bought a bowflex & Alex loves it. He says he needs to excercise so that he can be strong & healthy. It's pretty cute to watch him, but also good to know that Nick & I are being good examples to our children.

 

On Friday, Nick went to lunch with me & Alex. Alex wanted to go back to Don Julios because they have a soft serve ice cream machine! (OK, who am I kidding, I wanted to go back too because they have yummy chicken fajitas!)

 

Friday night, we headed to Beaumont for the weekend.

Nick & I went on our monthly date. (We just squeaked it in on August 31st!) We ate dinner at Outback & debated over which movie to see. Since we couldn't come to an agreement, we decided to just go to Toys R Us & get birthday presents for Boone & Charlie. (I know, a little last minute.) And guess what, we still had a lot of fun on our date, because it's not what we do, it's that we're doing it together!

 

And you know I can't take a trip to the Golden Triangle & not eat at Carmela's! So on Saturday, Nick & I went there for lunch. An early lunch. Like we pulled in the parking lot at 10:50 & I made us wait til 11 to go in because I was embarrassed that we were there so early, lol.

 

Saturday afternoon, the kids & I went to Boone & Charlie's birthday party. Be on the look out for a separate post on this too.

 

And Saturday night, Nick, his brother & I went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch Alabama's season opener. It was a great game & Bama won by a lot! Roll Tide!