Brady's 3rd Birthday!!

We went to Brady's 3rd birthday party last night. He is really into pirates right now, especially Jack Sparrow, so Nae Nae had the house all decked out. It was really cute and the cousins had a blast!

The birthday boy

Maddie Leigh and Jack Sparrow

Pops and Mimmy with all their girlies

The kiddos walked the "gang-plank"

Tori was an expert

They went on a treasure hunt...this was them finding the treasure

They all painted treasure boxes

Buddy watching the big kids paint

The big pirates

All the pirates...it took a lot of coaxing to get Sam over there for the picture

Blowing out the candles...love the paused "Shark Tank" all the guys were watching in the den

In the pirate ship ready to open presents

The Macer

The basketball Brady got which Sam and Brady fought over the rest of the night :)

Happy Birthday, Brady!!!!

Pictures

Just some pics of the last few weeks.

My mini-me at the Battle of the Boulevard game. I wanted to wear a baseball hat everywhere I went when I was a little girl. I couldn't believe she kept it on the whole night...through dinner and the whole game.

Enjoying scraping the bowl after I made some haystacks

Is there any more?

Mmmm good

Madison wanted Macey to sit in her lap during "fishy face" that morning...she helped do her percussion too :)

We've been keeping Buddy a lot since Mimmy's back went out...he loved pushing his Mommy around when she got home from work

Big boy

Our almost nightly visitor...I've finally convinced her to sleep in the chair in our room if it's before 5 am. She comes fully prepared...with pillow, blanket, Piglet, and at least one other animal with her. One night she even had to turn a light on, go across the hall to her room b/c they were sleeping in Madison's room that night, gather all her gear, and then head down to our room :). We all are sleeping better now that we're not 3 across the bed for several hours a night.

Bison game and First Teeth Cleaning

We went to the Bison game Saturday night. The girls had fun as long as the Star Wars characters stayed far far away. There was a big fright at half-time when they happened to be walking right behind the girls and Jeff...it took them awhile to recover.

Big girl Maddie holding Buddy. They are so cute together. Madison loves to take care of her Buddy, and he knows she will...he goes to her to ask for stuff and to play with.
Maddie loves her Uncle D too...look at that face :)

We had our first "official" visit to Daddy's office today to get the girls' teeth cleaned. It did not go great...I got no pics of the actual cleaning, b/c they both insisted on sitting in my lap in the chair for it...lots of fun :) They did let me get up to have Daddy check them.

Madison did well for Daddy opening wide

Getting Madison's flouride painted on...Macey had to do this in my lap too. Glad to not have to that again until August :) Since they did finally let Miss Shelly clean their teeth, Daddy took us to lunch to get the girls their favorite treat, Bubble Tea, and Chill Spot.

Haircuts

Jessie and Madison had a date Friday morning to Martha Lynn's to get their haircuts. Madison was so excited to go just her and Jessie.

About to leave

in the big chair

While Madison got her haircut at Martha Lynn's, Macey got a little trim too...by Mimmy

Ignore the mask...we've had a bad bout with her breathing this weekend.

Atlanta Trip

We went to Atlanta last weekend with Mimmy, Pops, Jessie, and Sam to visit my mom's aunts and uncles. The girls and I hadn't been in a long time, and it was good to see everyone again.

Patsy Ruth

You are not safe behind closed doors with Sam anymore :) He played with the doors in the hotel room the whole trip

Macey telling something very serious to Patsy Ruth

Some wrestle time with Pops in the hotel

Buddy wanting to wrestle too

Pretending to be asleep

Girls' First Date

The girls had their first "movie date" with one of their friends, Burton to Beauty and the Beast in 3D. This is the only boy I hear about on a very regular basis...they let me know if they see him at school, and ask me why if we don't see him at church. The girls, I hear, did great with their second movie in the theater. Beauty and the Beast is one of their favorite movies, and Madison's absolute favorite princess is Belle. They woke up so excited to be going to a movie with Miss Ashley and Burton and were dressed and ready by 7:30 that morning. Thanks Miss Ashley for "chaperoning"...this could be trouble later! :) Madison when she got home she called me over and said..."Mommy, Burton likes Macey, but I think he really likes me because he kept wanting to hold my hand in the parking lot." She said it in her little "really happy, but shy about it" voice and face. It was so cute.

Photo-op with the Chipmunks

Macey at home later in her 3D glasses. They are still running around the house singing at the top of their lungs "this provencial life!" from the opening song of the movie :)

Maddie's Nose

My loving sister came across this Bambi picture the other day when she was making calenders to color to countdown to our trip to Disney World. She said she couldn't resist putting the caption to document what Maddie Leigh said to me one time. Me and the girls snuggle in my bed every morning for awhile before we get up (a habit I LOVE, and one of the things I love about having little girls...they still want me to hold them and snuggle them ALL.THE.TIME still). As they've gotten older it's more they play in bed while I try to rest for a few more minutes before I get out of bed. Anyways...last May we were snuggling, and I turned to Madison and said something and this was her response...

It was the first time either one of them had ever acknowledged "morning breath"...I guess she didn't know the word breath and my voice was all she knew. It was hilarious!!!! Now, Maddie Leigh has an unbelievable nose. Every time she smells anything, she stops in her tracks and asks me "Do you smell something? I smell something shooey! I think it's Macey." Doesn't matter what it is..whether it smells good or bad, she says it smells shooey. I guess she doesn't like any kind of smell.

Snuggle Buddies

The girlies have been sleeping together again the past few months. They sleep well once they get to sleep :) They like to chat/giggle/fight for awhile before finally giving into sleep.

In Maddie Leigh's bed
In the Macer's bed

New Year's Eve Day

We went to play at Mimmy and Pops' on New Year's Eve Day. The weather was great so the kids were able to be outside after lunch to play.

Everybody got new bikes from Santa this year
Sam thinking about taking the four-wheeler for a spin

Brady is still trying to get the pedaling thing down...it didn't help that his training wheels were lopsided

Macey asked me to take this pic of her and Piglet

Ready to shop! (they were taking their babies, Snow White, Joybe, Belle, and PomPom to the mall)--I don't know where they get their names for their dolls, but they are very into playing "house" with them right now