Sassy Girl

Here are some new pictures of Sara Grace. They are from about a month ago, but I still thought they were "post-worthy". :) I think she looked pretty cute (and sassy) in her fancy dress and fur coat. She's looking a little bashful in this picture, but don't let it fool you--she loved every second of prissing around in this outfit! :)

This picture was taken a few minutes later. It's very classic Sara Grace in more ways than one. She loves to sit in her bouncy seat--which she is MUCH too big for. (We've actually put it up since this picture was taken. The little girl I watch that I still kept it out for is too big for it now, too.) So, aside from sitting quite unladylike in the bouncy seat, check out what she's been caught holding. YEP! One of her favorites--DADDY'S WALLET!!! She loves to go through it. Smart girl! ;)






And, this picture doesn't really go with the others, but I thought it was sweet so I added it on. I caught this picture of the kids the other evening. It was dark outside and all the lights were off in Sara Grace's room except for her Christmas tree lights. I walked by her room and saw Jay and Sara Grace playing with her manger scene so sweetly together. The picture doesn't really do it justice, but seeing the two of them in that soft light playing with the manger scene was just so precious to me. :) (I guess it was a mom moment!)

Cute Little Shepherd

Apparently not everyone is as fond of Sara Grace's SNOT picture as I am. I've had numerous requests to replace it. So, here you go!! :)

Last night Jaybird had his Christmas performance at school. He was a little shepherd and did such a good job. He sang all the songs and did all the motions! I was so proud of him.

This picture is of him right after he got his costume on in his classroom.


This shot is of him on the stage. He's just below the REALLY tall cherubim. As a side note, Autumn (who I've watched since she was 8 weeks old) is on the row below Jaybird and one to our right. She's the middle of the three angels on the front row.

I thought this picture was sweet. It was during Away in a Manger. "The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head".....

I think this was Jaybird's favorite song. He was very emphatic about the "GO" part! :)

Silly Sara Grace

Just thought I'd share some of Sara Grace's silliness. This first picture wasn't really her fault. Actually, I kinda felt sorry for her. Poor little girl. She didn't really seem bothered by it! (The joys of motherhood!!)





This video captures a fairly regular occurance in our home. Sara Grace loves to put her blankie over her head and wander around the house. Sometimes she does it to be funny and try to get a laugh out of someone. And sometimes she does just because. This was one of the just because days.....

Fruit of His Labor

About six weeks ago, Jaybird was looking through a magazine of mine and saw an advertisement for Build-a-Bear. He often sees things in magazines or on TV and says he'd like to have it, but this particular day was a little different. On that Build-a-Bear advertisement, he saw a picture of a cheetah and went balistic! He was hopping around, saying, "Mommy, Mommy, I really really really want this. Mommy, REALLY!"

So, not being the kind of mom to just go buy it for him, I told him maybe if he wanted it that bad, he could start doing some jobs and earning some money to buy the cheetah. So, we made him a chart listing his daily jobs (feeding the cat, putting silverware away from the dishwasher/setting the table, making his bed, and watering the plants). We also had a part on the chart marking how much money he had saved. The cheetah's picture was at the end as the final goal.

Long story short, he saved up enough money and after several trips to go "visit" the cheetah at the mall, he finally got to go build his cheetah today. He had a BLAST! He was so excited. He had even earned some extra money and wanted to buy it a shirt or hat or some type of accessory. He ended up picking out a Batman t-shirt. Sooo, his new best friend (as he calls him), is a Batman t-shirt sporting cheetah named Furry.

This afternoon, Sammy had a really great idea. He said that since it was Furry's actual birthday, we should go get a birthday cake for him. So, Jaybird, Furry, and I went up to the grocery store to get a birthday cookie cake. The lady at the bakery/deli section was really nice and even wrote "Happy Birthday Furry" on the cake. She thought it was really cute. When we got home, we put a candle in the cake and sang Happy Birthday to Furry!

Sara Grace anxiously awaited her slice of cookie cake!!

It was a really fun day for us. We were a little silly, I guess, but Jaybird had a great time and it was so fun to see the sheer joy in his eyes as he finally saw his hard work pay off and his goal obtained! :)

Last Soccer Game and Team Party

Jaybird had his last soccer game on Oct. 25. He didn't seem to really enjoying playing that day. It was more like the first game he played where he just ran around in circles and was more concerned with how and where he was running rather than getting the ball and scoring. He has since told us that he doesn't want to play any more soccer right now. He wants to play baseball. And he says maybe he'll do baseball-soccer-baseball-soccer. I guess he means the order he'll play things?? Maybe we'll play spring baseball and fall soccer?? :)

Here's a shot of Jay and his trophy. He was quite proud of it. And, I was impressed they actually provided fairly child friendly trophies. The soccer ball is like a foam material and spins on its axis.

Jay's team: Back Row (L-R): Jordan, Will, Jaybird. Front Row (L-R) Lyndsey, Chase, Grant.

Jay and Chase enjoying some air hockey. That's my boy!! :)

Jay had a blast playing in the McDonald's playground with all of his little teammates. It was quite fun to watch him!

Cute (and oh-so-yummy) team cookie cake:

Happy Halloween!

We had a fun time tonight at the Harvest Festival at church. Here are some pictures of the kids. Sammy snapped this one of the kiddos on the porch before we headed over to the church.

Here's a sweet shot of my little ladybug.

And, here's a shot of Sara Grace and her skunky friend, Ellie, checking out Ellie's loot!

Some Sara Grace Pictures

Here are some pictures of Sara Grace from the past few weeks.

This first one is from right after we went to the beach. We had borrowed baby floats from two different people to see which one we'd like to take with us to the beach. This is the one we didn't take, so we had just left it in Sara Grace's room. She LOVED it. I was in the kitchen one day and I heard a squeaking noise I didn't quite recognize. I walked down the hall to find her sitting in the float rocking her baby doll. The float apparently makes a squeaking noise when you bump the head of it.



These next two are from the weekend we went to Sammy's parents' house for Susan's wedding. Poppa was swinging Sara Grace on the front porch. Apparently, that has the same effect at the ocean breeze and the beach chair.

This is Susan's new husband, Lee's, grandfather, Papa, with Sara Grace. He quickly became her friend because he let her push and ride on his walker. She really enjoyed it--and him!

And this last one is one of Sara Grace's newest favorite things to do. It's pretty self explanitory. Just look carefully at what she's putting on.....