This is how we play these days!

Here are some overdue pictures of our winter fun....
At Storytime...


Jumping on the new (used) trampoline...


Playing under the trampoline....


It's all about pretend play right now...

She'll only pose with her babies (the pink monkey on the right is Harvey Apple)

All the toys in the world aren't as fun as this...

We got a snowsuit from a friend after the big snow, but she had fun it in anyways.

Some cousin fun!

And finally resting on Sunday afternoon...

Here's a vidoe of my little man in action...

Love,

Sallie

boys will be boys...

I am at work tonight, and it is somewhat quiet so I thought would write a quick post. (my co-workers tonight would kill me if they know I used the word "quiet", although I am a firm believer that I am not going to change the course of the night by the words I choose to use). Anyways, it has been a busy week but a good one. Steven went out of town on Thursday morning for his annual beach trip with 8 of his high school or college buddies. Most of them are married with kids but I am proud of them for continuing this tradition as I know it is good for Steven to get away and just be a guy, without work or kids or me to worry about. They are very guy-ish, on this trip, too. They begin their day (much later than usual) with a hearty (aka, greasy) breakfast at a place called The Golden Griddle. Apparently the food is cheap and good, which is all Steven could ask for. They watch a lot of basketball, talk late into the night, and incorporate as many competitions as possible. Steven is quite competitive, for those of you who do not know, as are many of his friends. Those who don't care to win have known Steven long enough that it's fun for them to watch just in case he loses. I think this year included par 3 golf, Bocci ball (sp?), Golden Tee, and arm wrestling. Steven came in 2nd in arm wrestling, out of sheer determination I think.

As for the kids and I, we went to Charlotte for a neonatal conference I had on Thursday. The kids did great with my parents, as usual, Sadie didn't even ask about me (should I be concerned about this?). I got in some tennis with my Dad (in preparation for my ladies tennis league), it was nice to play again. We came home on Friday and two of my friends, Jenn and Maegan, came to hang out with their babies (their husbands went to NC State with Steven and were also at the beach). We had 5 kids at the house and Sadie was the oldest, but amazingly we had them mostly asleep by 7! Which allowed for some great, uninterrupted conversation as well as a second helping of Jenn's delicious blackberry cobbler. I took Sadie upstairs after dinner to put her to bed and when I came back was pleasantly surprised to find that my dear friends had almost completely cleaned up the kitchen. Maegan responded with "yes, there would be some nice things about polygamy." Yes, there is truth to that statement!

This quick post has gotten quite lengthy so I am going to close it out...with a promise (again) to post some pictures soon... and a quick funny from Sadie. Last night my dear mother-in-law was putting her to bed and Sadie was not in favor of it. She told Sadie she needed to stay in her room and read her books. Sadie responded with "Grandma, you need to go home. Pawpaw has his car and he can take you." Apparently Sadie has conditional grandparent love. :)
Goodnight!

I love you forever

Ok, so apparently a couple of people read this blog, which not only inspires me to write a little more but it also intimidates me a little. I started this blog because I like to write and I wanted to capture the cute and memorable things my kids do, and even though I will never be MckMama, it does make me happy that people take time out of their day to read it. So, thank you readers!
I found my camera and took some new pictures as well as a video of Eli walking, but now I can't find the cord to download the pics. Oh, how I wish I was more organized! I think I'm getting there sometimes... just don't look at my car right now. Anyways, not what I was attempting to blog about.
I try to always keep a good Mom attitude, enjoying my kids, not getting caught up in silly frustrations, but Sadie had to give me a lesson in it last night. I was rushing around after work, trying to get the kids in bed and pick up a little. Our friends were coming over to watch the Bachelor season finale (important stuff) and I wanted to make cookies. I go upstairs to see if Sadie has finally put her pajamas on and she is sitting on her bed with her little legs crossed reading a book. It happened to be "I love you forever", which we have been reading at night for the past few days. I stopped and watched, unbeknownst to her, as she did her best to read each page. "back and forth, back and forth, back and forth....then she's driving in her car, then the big daddy rocks his mommy, back and forth, back and forth...." I was touched by how well she had absorbed the meaning of the book and reminded ever so gently how precious this time is with my children. The evening went well as we enjoyed our friends and our shallow show, but I went to sleep thinking of my sweet girl and her little voice.
Pics and a video of Eli walking will eventually make it to the blog...
Goodnight!
p.s. MckMama, in case you didn't know, is a blogger who is now famous and making money for blogging, she's very good if you want to check her out!