Wacky Wednesday!

Yesterday was "Wacky Wednesday" at Emma Cate's school. They are celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday. They have made Dr. Seuss pizza, studied all about his life and have been taking home books to read every night. One of his books is named Wacky Wednesday. So guess what, on Wednesday they dressed wacky! I think Emma Cate's class voted her the wackiest! She had a lot of fun dressing this way, but thankfully today was a new day!

Elmo Live!

On Tuesday night Campbell, Meredith, Mary (Moo Moo) and I jumped in the car and took a road trip to see Elmo! Mere and I were so excited about getting to do something fun with the little ones! With us both having 3 little kiddos, sometimes it is hard to find that individual time to do something with the younger ones! When we first got there and found our seats on the 2nd row, Campbell was shaking! He was nervous and kept saying that it was loud! Eventually, Mary and Campbell warmed up to the large furry creatures that kept walking by us! By the end of the show, believe it or not, they were even giving them hugs and high fives! It was a really fun night!

Campbell is 3!

Our little man is 3! Campbell Thomas was born of February 17, 2006 and is the baby of the family. He brings our life lots of joy and lots and lots of laughter. We are so thankful that God has given him to us to raise and to love!

When Campbell woke up on his birthday we had a new tractor for him on the back porch. He was so excited! Unfortunately it was a rainy and cold day so the tractor did end up inside! He ended up riding it in circles around the living room! He only hit a few walls in the process! Then, he had his favorite breakfast, cinnamon rolls, and blew out his first candle for the day! It was a school day for him, but he decided maybe he wouldn't go! He said, "Me stay home and play with you and me new green tractor." So of course that is what he did!!! I had already made cupcakes for his class, so we did his birthday celebration there when I dropped off his brother and sister.

After that, we played and played and then we met Daddy for a birthday lunch. We picked up his balloons and cake and played some more! He was so happy! That night Grammy and Pops and Nanny and Papa came over to give Campbell their birthday present. A new big sandbox for the backyard! It was so exciting, but once again the weather did not lend to much outdoor fun. So we packed up and went to Chuck E Cheese to eat pee pee (pizza). The kids played games and ate pizza and had a blast. We ended the day with a Backyardigans party! We had cake one more time and called it a day, well a special day, my baby's birthday!!!

Happy Heart Day to You!

Happy Valentine's Day to you! I have included some pics of this last weeks Valentine's Day parties that took place at the kids' wonderful little school! I am so thankful that they are still all in the same place for this year! It really comes in handy when 2 parties are scheduled 15 minutes apart! Mommy was real busy running from one event to the other. Campbell loved his party, but was a little clingy because he was afraid Mommy was going to leave him there! Emma Cate loves V-Day and as you can see from the pics had a fabulous time at her party! Then there is Chance and he made it very clear that this was not his favorite holiday! He really wasn't that into it because he doesn't like chocolate and it was too mushy!!! I have posted the pics in the order the parties took place...Campbell's was at 9:45 on Wednesday and Emma Cate's was at 10:00. Luckily, Chance's party was not until Thursday!


Num! (Yum!) I love cupcakes!!!
Digging through his bag of goodies! Passing out his valentines!
Campbell made Mary Moo a special glitter Valentine
and asked who his valentine was he always said Moo Moo!

Posing for a picture!
My class!
Holding all of her valentines! She said she felt like a shopping girl!
Let's get into those bags!
Smiling for a Valentine pic!
He enjoyed the chicken nuggets, just not the candy!
Chance and his buddy!
Daddy was able to make it to Chance's party! Yey!

Our Little Firefighter

Campbell was a little firefighter for the day! For his 3rd birthday we had his party at the firehouse (as he calls it). When dressing him for the party I told him that we needed to put on his firetruck clothes. So when I got out his smocked firetruck shirt he said, "Not those firetruck clothes, me hat, me boots, me coat!" Through a little reasoning we were able to get him to put on his firetruck "party" clothes. He was a fireman for Halloween and has a fascination for firetrucks, ambulances, police cars and anything else that makes loud noises and moves really fast (kind of like his personality)! We had a tour of the firestation, looked at the ambulance and walked through it, learned all about the firetruck, toured the firefighters living quarters and everybody loved the 3 poles that the firemen came down. Campbell was very excited to see the poles he said ,"Look 5 poles...1,2,5! " I guesss we need to keep working on those counting skills! After our awesome tour, we walked across the parking lot to our churches recreation facility. There we ate cake and ice cream and the kids played in the gym before going home! It was so much fun! Campbell loved it, even though having all of his friends and family there and having all the attention on him was a little overwhelming!

Our American Girl

Our little American Girl had yet one more birthday celebration! Emma Cate and her friend down the street, Caroline, celebrated their December birthdays in January at the American Girl store. They invited their friends to meet in Dallas for a big party at the store which included games, making dresses for their dolls, eating lunch together, opening presents and of course yummy birthday cake and ice cream. Some of their friends and family were able to stay and then go ice skating and have a sleepover at the hotel! There was not much sleeping going on at that sleepover. The girls stayed up late painting nails, playing games and watching movies! It was a really fun weekend and a big bang blowout to the closing of the turning 6 celebrations!

Christmas (Part 2)

I promised more pictures from Christmas and we have a lot to share with you! These pictures will include all 3 Christmas parties at the kids school, making cookies for Santa, Christmas Eve, Christmas day and the day after Christmas. We were busy making sure we saw everyone and as you will see we had a lot of fun in the process! I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! I know we did!