Soccer and the Beach

Mac just started his very first organized sport last Friday (sniff sniff - it begins)My baby just keeps growing and wanting to do "Big Boy" things. We found this program called Soccer Tots and signed him up. It was so fun to sit on the side lines and watch my little athlete run back and forth and follow directions given by someone other than mommy and daddy. Since it is so freaking hot here they get to play soccer indoors in the gym which is nice for the moms and dads! A/C and no grass stains! I didn't get any pictures last week but hopefully I can get a few this Friday when we go again.


Yeah! We finally made it to the beach this year! I was getting worried! We LOVE the beach! Well, McCoy and Mommy do and Daddy is coming around too! I think he would like it more if he didn't get a sunburn every time we go. :( It was the perfect beach day, a beautiful sunny day with a slight breeze, a packed lunch and a big beach blanky to snooze on! The water was a gorgeous blue but that is about all I can tell you about it. It was waaayyyy to cold actually get into. We got in about up to our knees but for the most part we sat on the beach watching the out of town spring breakers frolic in the waves. Crazies! I need another month before I get in. :-)




Hopefully it will be warmer in the Keys! I am so stoked because I leave for my Mommy Get Away weekend on Friday! Wahoo! Me and a couple of my mommy friends are headed to the keys sans kiddos and daddy's....Just Mommas. We are going to get some much needed R&R on the warm beaches and can I just say "Room Service!" Oh I can't wait!

Simple Tasks, Big decisions and Cookie Therapy

Sitting around Tuesday night feeling "Snacky" and unsure of what we wanted, the hubby suggested Chocolate Chip cookies. Now being the wonderful loving wifey that I am... and because we had nothing else sweet enough to satisfy my craving, I jumped in the kitchen to whip up a batch. As I was baking Glade asked, "Why don't you bake cookies more often. I can't remember the last time you made any?" To which I replied, "Huh, I don't know, too busy maby?" Well after the first batch came out of the oven I quickly remembered the real reason why I don't bake cookies...I am really BAD at it! I will be the first to admit that I am no whiz in the kitchen but I can usually follow a recipe pretty good when it comes to anything else. But when it comes to cookies I always manage to forget and ingredient, add to much of an ingredient and or on top of that I usually manage to burn them too!

Well this go round I followed the instructions to the Tee because I was REALLY wanting these cookies and despite my best intentions... I still ended up with this...Crusty flour balls with chocolate chips. . .Yuck!

I don't know why but I was completely beside myself that I couldn't complete this simple task! And of course my loving husband couldn't resist commenting on the fact that chocolate chip cookies are the first things that most young girls learn how to make because they are so easy! Arrggg. Wrong thing to say! But it was the right thing to say to motivate me.(He knows how to push my buttons). I went to grocery store the next day and got reinforcements. I was determined to bake ten batches that night if necessary till I got it right. Luckily (for my sanity) the first try was a success. And Lucky for Glade I was so happy and proud of myself that I even decided to share with him despite his snarky comments. The dough was so yummy we ate most of it uncooked and the warm cookies were the perfect mix of crispy edges and soft middles. Yum!

And we havent quiet got our fill so if any one has a killer cookie reciepe please feel free to share. I am still looking to get in a few more practice hours! Smiles.

Really, all of this boils down to the fact that we have had some big decisions to make lately and we are still working on making some of them and I feel so out of control. So although conquering cookies is no big thing to anyone else and it even seems so silly now, at that moment in time it was a big deal to me, to say the least... it was very therapeutic. Go figure.

Happy Birthday Leah

Our adorable feisty friend Leah turned 4 last week and we got to celebrate with her at her Circus Birthday party. This "Under the Big Top" party was the cutest thing ever. Her Mom and Dad and Nanna and Pop Pop did an AWESOME job. They all had rolls, like clown, Lion Tamer, Ring master... it was fun. And even when the face painter didn't show up, Tim, Leah's Dad, took over and painted up the kids faces, and they loved it. Way to step up dad. ;-


They had all the circus fixens too...game booths, cotton candy machine, hot dog stand, snow cones and popcorn.
We all ate well and had way to much sugar! It was so much fun. McCoy had an absolute blast and as you can see from the pictures, he crashed hard afterward.


This is Mac and Leah two weeks ago at Monster's VS Aliens. That show was sooo cute!I would recommend it for a family show. Mac laughed so hard. We had been begging McCoy to go the movies for the longest time be he refused because he said the movie theatre is too loud and dark. Well once he found out his friend goes to the movies he was a little more open to the idea. He loved sitting by his buddy in their "big seats" (booster chairs). Even though he didn't sit there for long...he ended up in daddy's lap during the scary parts. LOL But all in all it was a movie success and we can't wait to go again.

Gettn Ready for Easter...

Here is some pics of McCoy at our play groups Easter Hunt. McCoy was hilarious. He didn't remember last year so I had to explain it all over to him again and then when he set out to gather eggs he picked up a 2 or 3 and then realized they had stuff in them so he would stop and open up each egg he picked up and yell out to me, "Hey Mom, Theres Candy in here. Or Hey Mom, This one has toys!" He was such a hoot.





We had so much fun celebrating with our friends. We had a little potluck at the park after the hunt and then I got to brush up on my creative skills and come up with some fun games for the kiddos to play. We played pin the tail on the Easter Bunny and that went over well and then we had a spoon race where all the kids had to balance an egg on a spoon but they pretty much cheated through that one. LOL Holding the spoon in one hand and the egg in the other. Guess I didn't explain the rules right. Mostly they just wanted to break through the ribbon finish line over and over again. :) Than we did an egg/cake walk.
McCoy and I made some fun mini egg shaped cakes to give to the winners and I had the kids march around on some egg shaped steps that were numbered singing "The little Bunny Hops Hops Hops. Round and Round and doesn't stop. The little Bunny Hops Hops Hops, Round and Round until he flops!" (To the tune of "This is the way we go to school/wash our hands.") The loved flopping down on a number but quickly realized that there was only one winner per round. This didn't go over well with some but luckily we had enough cakes for everyone to be a winner. :-)

April Fooled

I was taken down by the old rubberband on the sink sprayer routin. Errggghhhh! Glade waited till I was all ready and heading out the door and in his sweetest voice he asked, "Babe, before you go will you run the garbage disposal? I think it smells kinda funny." So as I am busy rushing around making sure I got everything before we head out, I run in the kitchen flip on the water and BLAM! I am instantly soaked! I had to run upstairs and change! But as annoyed as I was I gotta love a man with a sense of humor, I hope you never change babe!