Two Wheelin'

Leah has a new trick.

She has been very hesitant to try it.

But yesterday, she went out with Dad and wahlah!

No we didn't go swimming.  That was her outfit for the day.

Trey says, "Go Leah, you can do it!"

I think he was tired of all the running up and down the street.

Once she puts her mind to something, look out!

"Ok I'm done Dad."

Good job Leah!!

Just Amazing

Something amazing happened to me today.  I got to enjoy a frappacino in the middle of the day on a Tuesday.  Although it was yummy, that wasn't the amazing part. 
Here it is.  After ordering my drink, I was asked my name.  I told her but at the same time, wondered what it would look like on the cup she was writing on. Most people don't say my name correctly, let alone spell it. 
Imagine my surprise when I saw this. 

The ensuing conversation was this.

Me: (looking in awe at my cup) How did you know how to spell my name?

Her: Oh, is it right?  I was just guessing. 

Who guesses that spelling?  Amazing, just amazing.

Big Hairy Deal

It started as a joke.  Back in January, we started doing a video series called Insanity.  Dave started dropping weight like crazy, it was amazing. One day, he didn't shave.  Then the next day he didn't shave and said something like maybe he wouldn't shave again until he was under 200 pounds.  One day turned into a week which turned into months until he looked like a mountain man. 

Last Friday, he finally sent me this picture from school. 

He made it! 

 

I love the haircut and I'm so proud of you Dave!

Zoo

I found this picture of our trip to the zoo last month.

It puts me in mind of another picture that we took much longer ago.

Trey again

It seems like I've posted alot of pictures of Trey's face all banged up.  Like the time we had a car accident and he was the only one hurt.
And the time he fell while skiing.
At least this time doesn't involve a scar.  But it was pretty dramatic the way it happened.
I will start with the way I found out about it. I was at a Mom's Night Out.  Had just arrived in fact.  We were still standing around talking in the parking lot when I get a picture message and it says, "What do I do with this?"

Well I didn't even know what in the heck it was since the picture on my phone wasn't great, but it turned out to be Trey's mouth.  They were playing hide and seek and he was hiding in the woods behind our house.  Dave was in the house and heard Trey running to the door and screaming.  He looked around expecting blood and asked him what was wrong.  Trey responding by skidding to a stop and opening his mouth.  He had a stick lodged in there in the back of his mouth exactly sideways.  Dave reached in and pulled it out and realized there were actually TWO little pieces of sticks lodged in there together.  The story came out that he had been running, tripped and fell (with his mouth open apparently) and a stick broke just perfectly into his mouth. 

So after talking to Dave, wondering what I should do and what he would do, he decided he would just wait and see how it progressed.  Trey was complaining of pain but not overly so.  (He's pretty tough anyway). So he ended up being fine.

But it makes me wonder why big things like this happen when the mom is away.  When Leah was one, I was at a Hearts at Home conference and Dave called me from the ER.  She had tipped a chair backwards and needed stitches in her chin.  Oh well, I guess that's just the way of it.
I was thankful though, even though it was a pretty crazy event, it could have been much, much worse.  I say that about Trey alot.  He's either lucky or he has a pretty awesome guardian angel. Poor thing must be tuckered out!

DIY

I am loving that Blogger decided to update their format.  It is so easy now to do a post.  I don't have to dread it and set aside an hour to post 1 little thing. 

So I am not really a DIYer.  But sometimes when inspiration hits you have to act on it.  Dave was gone this past weekend and I had an idea to take a thing (for lack of a better term) that had been sitting in my closet and turn it into a message board to put by our phone.

This was my attempt at a before picture.  I held that blue board up there and took a picture.  I don't have anything blue like that in my kitchen so when I got this cool...thing...for free, my plan was to change it.  But I didn't know what to change it to until inspiration hit me last weekend. 

So I headed to the fabric store and bought some fabric and ribbon.  I also went to Office Max and bought some clear plastic file holders and covered them with fabric too. 

And it turned out like this!
I wanted to do it on my own and not bother Dave, but as it usually turns out, he had some really good ideas and it turned out better because he helped me. I still have to buy one hook to replace the one that got broken, but I like the effect overall.

Happy Easter!

Leah and I made these cute little cupcakes for Easter this year.  They are super easy to make.  Leah is totally my helper in the kitchen.  She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to help.