4 Wheeling Fun

Last weekend we went to Wilmington and spent some time with Grandaddy and Grandma Tee. Aunt Rachel wanted to get the 4 wheeler out. She really got something started. My girls had never been on one. They actually scare me to death. I am a little cautious. I am so scared they will fall off. They don't weigh enough to stay on the thing if they hit a bump. In fact if you look really close to the picture of Todd and Emma, right blow Todd's knee is a BIG hole where he had a bad accident on a 4 wheeler when he was a kid. Todd assured me that he would go slow. So-- here is the proof. Emma liked it a little to much. She also wanted to ride Kenneth's(a smaller version)so that she could do the steering. This does surprise me since she is usually scared to do anything. Leah also liked it but not as much as Emma. Leah rode around the field a couple of times and then she was done. This also surprised me since she is usually the dare devil. It was a nice visit and I think in a few more visits we may have Grandaddy convinced to get a POOL. Come on the kids would have a ball(as well as the adults)!!

Too Funny!!

A couple of days ago Emma and Leah were playing out in the back yard. Todd and I were talking at the table and I look outside and see Leah standing on the slide doing a little dance and holding herself (like she does when she need to use the bathroom). This is not an attractive sight. I was wondering if she was going to come in a use the bathroom. No, she got down off the slide and got up under the slide, pulled her pants, and panties down, and yes, you know what is coming next. She peed right there under the slide. I thought I would die. She pulled her pants up, then you could tell she was uncomfortable, and pulled her pants down again. She thought about this and looked at her pants, pulled them right back up and did quite a walk toward the back deck, up the stairs and into the house, where I could hardly contain myself. She walked right past Todd and me and started to go upstairs. I said "excuse me, what are you doing?" she giggled a little bit, and I asked her again. She giggled but finally said she needed to change her panties. I said "why do you need to change your panties?" She said "I peed under the slide!!" She thought this was too funny! Let me tell you, she was soaking wet. Apparently she didn't pull her pants down far enough. I told her she need to change more than just her panties, and she said OK. I also asked her to come in and use the toilet next time. I don't know where this child gets some of her ideas from. Sometimes I wonder was she suppose to be the boy!!

Mother's Day Tea

This morning I was invited to a Mother's Day Tea at Emma's school. It was very sweet. They had set up the children's desk out in the hallway. They had on the desk a paper placemat. On the placemat was a card that Emma had made for me. It said Mom you are my..... cup of tea. It was really sweet, she had decorated a tea cup on the inside with ice cream cones. We had a book on each desk that we read together, and we had donughts and ice tea. There was also a silk flower. It was really nice of the teachers to do this for us. It was a special time that we were able to spend together. I got right teary eyed when I looked around and saw all of these mothers with there children. I thought to myself, I am so blessed to be able to spend this time with Emma. So many people have crazy, important, time comsuming jobs, that doesn't allow them to always get to do these special things with their children and here I am enjoying my child. I know I have a crazy schedule, but I am so blessed that it is flexible enough that I can do these kind of things. This was a special Mother's Day memory for me.

Classroom Pet

Emma has a new classroom pet. It is this cute bunny that they named Oreo. She talks about this bunny all the time. She asked me to post a picture of it on this blog, so here it is. I told Emma not to get any ideas about us getting a bunny. We don't need anything else around here that needs to be fed! She went out this morning before school just to pick some dandelions for this bunny. It is sweet, but I guarantee you that if we had one, she wouldn't give a flip about it. That poor goldfish of hers barely gets any food. I don't know how the thing stays alive. By the way, we didn't ask for the goldfish either. It was "won" at a birthday party. Everybody got one. Wasn't that nice. Todd and I thought the thing would last maybe a week. No, two years old, and still swimming!!!

Day at the Park

Last weekend Rachel and I took the kids to the park near our house. We love that park. That is were I get most of my exercise, and the kids ask to go there just about everyday. We decided to take our lunch, and have a picnic, and fly some kites. I had bought these kites at Easter time, and we just haven't been able to fly them yet. Everytime the girls see the wind moving the trees a little bit, they ask if it is a good day to fly the kites. We finally had to do it. We had the best time. They got a lot of energy out running back and forth with the kites. We also took their bikes and Leah's baby stroller and walked/rode around the loop there. It was such a nice day and the kids had a great time. I am sure we will be out there again soon, just as soon as the girls see the wind blowing again.

YUMMY!!!

Last Wednesday Baskin Robbins was giving ice cream away for 31 cents a scoop to honor firefighters. We couldn't pass this deal up! So after bible study, we stopped by the Baskin Robbins to get our ice cream. You can't beat $1.24 for your whole family a nice little treat. In this picture Emma is pretending she still had some. She had already eaten all of her scoop. Can you guess what flavor Leah got! Her lips were still blue the next morning. And so is the spot we found under her carseat this morning!

Strawberries!

Emma loves strawberries, and that time of year is here. She was so excited when we told her that it was time to pick srawberries. We went and pick stawberries in Wilmington, where we pick them every year. Emma couldn't get enough. Leah would pick a few here and a few there, but Emma couldn't let any go by. She was a girl on a mission! Once we filled up our buckets, we were headed out of the field, and Emma kept stopping and pulling more off the plants. She kept saying " there is a good one". We just had to wait for her. She had the best time. It was a nice time. They both enjoyed the ice cream at end as well. (Please take note: this picture of Leah walking with nothing in hand, and Emma carring 2 buckets was such a Rachel and Rebecca moment!!)

We also went for a walk down on the waterfront downtown Wilmington. I wanted to get a good picture of the girls with the water in the background, or the bridge. Every time Emma would get close to the railling, Leah would say, "that not safe Emma." We put them up on the railling once to try to get a good shot(it was a little scary) and Leah did not like it at all!! The picture isn't great but I love that they are holding on to each other. Emma said to Leah" I'll hold on to you." Sometimes I just want to eat my kids, they can be so sweet and I love them so much.