Moody Man is no longer :(

Chesney brought a moody man for her presentation at school this past Monday. A moody man is a little head that you can squeeze and parts of it will pop out between your fingers. Maggie loved this toy.  Maggie was playing with it in her class. Leslie, who helps keep their class, came in and got me from Claire's class. She had Maggie in her arms facing the other direction. I assumed she had a dirty diaper and it was time for a change but that was not the case. She told me to look at Maggie's face and as she turned her around I looked at my child and it looked as if she had put her face in a pan of elmer's glue. She had this creamy white liquid in her eyes and every nook and cranny on her face. You would think this child would be screaming but she wasn't. She was laughing. I grabbed her up and took her into the bathroom to wash her face off. I was getting no where so I called for Brook to come in there. Brook and I laughed because well, things like this just happen to people like us.  It was really fun and interesting cleaning this substance off of her face because what seemed to be liquid suddenly turned to powder. Maggie must have put the moody man in her mouth and bit into it. It exploded! We got her all cleaned up and scrubbed the floor and we were on our way home. We  called poison control and all was well. Claire asked Maggie a million questions on the way home. My curious little Claire-bear... Maggie finally looked over at her and said, "Claire, it just expwoded and got it my eye". Claire said, "oh, ok". That was the end of the discussion. I laughed the whole way home and praised God for several things. 1. My little girl did not ingest any of this and that this did not truly hurt her.  2. I got to laugh at my child as she was covered in "inert polymer".  3. I got to laugh with a dear friend who helped me clean my baby off and we needed it. It's the small things in life that God can use to soften us isn't it. Thank you God that you gave me a Maggie Rie and a Claire-bear. Your timing is perfect and your blessings are truly amazing! To our sweet Chesney, we are sorry that your moody man "expwoded".  We love you!

Are these not the cutest little princesses you have ever seen?

My little girl is growing up!

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The Princess Doll

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Each week the kids at school do presentations. A couple of weeks ago Claire chose her princess doll to do hers on. The sound is not great in this video so I will write some of what is being said. Here is what you should notice in the order as they happen:
1. Notice that the doll is wearing a pink dress and Claire is wearing a pink dress. Shocker I know, but it was a very serious conversation that morning (as if any morning is easy discussing what to wear) as to what she was going to wear.
2. Claire: My aunt Lee gave me this doll. teacher: Oh, your aunt gave you that doll. Claire (quickly interrupting): No, my aunt LEE
3. The teacher asks if anyone has any questions. Claire starts calling on people. Notice that Chesney is minding her own business and really does not have a question for Claire but Claire asks her anyway :)
4. The final thing I would like to point out in this video is the last boy asking his question. Boy: When you play with your dolls do you play like this... I hate you, I hate you. Claire: well, the look says it all. This was probably the cutest part of the whole thing. Proves that little boys are a bit different than little girls.... especially the ones that are as girly as mine.

Fall 2010

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Claire and Maggie School

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This is what we have been learning in our school. I am blown away by how much these kids remember! We are loving this!!

September 2010 Beach Trip

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A friend of ours is down at the beach helping with the clean up from the oil spill. She has so graciously offered for us to come and stay with her as long as she is down there. We took our second trip last week. It was so relaxing and it is probably one of the best vacations we have been on. There are several videos towards the end of the slide show so make sure that you click play to watch them. We are officially spoiled beach snobs :) The house we stayed in is amazing. So is it ok for me to be thankful for the oil spill? If it was not for that then Ms. Merri would not have gone down to work and we would not have had a vacation place like this... I know the oil spill was a terrible thing that happened. I realize it will take a long time for the coast to be normal again.. I am just so thankful that we were able to see some good in it personally.