Wordless Wednesday

Not Me...

I'm jumping on MckMama's bandwagon and doing a "Not Me Monday" post. It's my first attempt, so please be gentle...

I did not get up at 4:45 on Saturday morning to drive (ok, ride ~ Hubby drove) an hour, walk 4 miles, ride the bike 4 miles and then drive another hour back home. Nope, not me! And it was not for an awesome cause - the March for Babies.

I did not come home from church yesterday, put on pajamas and spend the rest of the day doing absolutely nothing! I would never be that lazy, not me!

I did not eat about 12 rolls of Smarties that were left over from the kids' Teacher Appreciation gift that I dropped off this morning, and consider that my breakfast. Not me!

And because it's 5:01 p.m. - I did not do this on work time! Not me (Laurie, if you read this please don't tell!)

Praise Him!

I've decided that it's been long enough, too long really, since I last took the time to praise Him for the many blessings in my life. So, that's what I'm going to do today...

Praise Him for the jobs that Hubby and I have. Like I've said before, we may not always like them, but we have them!

Praise Him that having those jobs allows us to have a cleaning lady come in every other week. She has saved our marriage! Just kidding. Actually, no - I'm serious.

Praise Him for the two beautiful, healthy children who call me mommy.

Praise Him for our family and friends who continuously support us. This weekend's March for Babies is just one example of them being there for us - both through financial support and walking with us.

Praise Him for my sight (even if it's not the greatest, I've got it). Whether it's in my children's eyes or a grove full of oranges, I'm blessed to see beauty every day.

Praise Him for the amazing healing powers of aloe - the only thing that has helped me through this dreadful sunburn!

Praise Him for little giggles that warm my heart.

I know that there are so many other things to praise Him for. So many that I can't even begin to list them, but He knows they're in my heart and He hears the praise.

The Best Ever!

Now that spring is here, and the warm sunshiney weather is with it, we decided to head to the beach for the day this past weekend.

We loaded up early Saturday morning - when I say we loaded up I mean basically everything but the kitchen sink - and drove about an hour & a half to our favorite 'local' beach. It's our favorite for several reasons.

First it's beautiful! Plus it's never too crowded. But most importantly, our friends have a house there that they let us use the bathroom at!! Seriously, with a three year old, that's very important!

Anyway, this was Buddy Roe's first beach trip and I'm sad to say that unlike his big sister, he doesn't seem to be a big fan.

It could have something to do with this...

Or the fact that after sitting like this for a couple minutes...

he toppled face-first in to the water.

This one on the other hand...

continues to LOVE anything and everything to do with the beach! Or the "ocean and the sand box" as she refers to it.

She enjoyed playing in the water and the sand, chasing the beach ball, and taking her annual "Father-Daughter trip to Mexico" (when they go far out in the water).

Our day didn't end at the beach. That afternoon we joined our friends (that have the house on the beach) in town for what we have officially decided is "The World's Longest Parade"! Seriously, it began at 6:00 pm and the last float came by at 10:00 pm.

Four hours of non-stop pirates, wenches, firemen, beauty queens and...BEADS!

While we were still at the beach BBug told us, "You're the Best Mom Ever! And Daddy's the Best Daddy Ever! And this is the Best Day Ever!"

And really, who am I to argue?!

Helping Daddy

Last night Hubby went out to water our flowers and BBug joined him to offer her assistance.

As I sat in the office (ordering a new swimsuit - yay!) I could hear squeals and screams from the front yard. Now, it's been a while since I watered flowers but I'm fairly certain that's it's never been that exciting!

After a few minutes Hubby called me outside, where I found this...

And just so we're clear...the outfit - she put that together all by herself so she could go to the store with her daddy. And yes, I let her go just. like. that.

Well, with Dora Crocs and before she was soaked, but you get the idea!

"Super Cute!"

I guess BBug does take after me a little bit. We've already established that she's a little bit redneck, and now I've seen another resemblance.

She loves to get packages in the mail!

Thankfully, she has a NahNah who is more than happy to feed her addiction and send packages to her every now and then. And those packages are always full of good stuff!

Early this week we came home to a slip from the mail carrier letting us know one such package was waiting at the post office for us. So the next day, Hubby - wonderful man that he is - stopped by and picked it up.

When we all got home from work and school we sat it out on the coffee table and went to town! As we opened the box there were letters on top from NahNah - which were quickly discarded by BBug, but salvaged by Mommy - followed by "too cute" clothes as BBug says!

As we quickly threw mommy's new dresses (thanks NahNah!) and daddy's new shirt to the side, we got down to business sorting through the treasures for the kiddos.

With each dress of her own that she pulled out Charleigh exclaimed "Oh, this is too cute!" or "Oh, super cute!" And with each outfit for Cagen came "Oooh, Look Buddy Roe!"

After carefully examining each dress, she's decided that the navy blue sailor dress, the yellow Disney Princess dress are her favorites. Personally, I'm in love with the white eyelet and pink ribbon dress and the two Chaps seersucker dresses!

And Cagen, well he's pretty easy to please and I think he's adorable in just about anything!

So, Thanks NahNah for all the "super cute" goodies!

A Little Bit Redneck

This weekend as we were playing in the backyard, Hubby found this...

In case you can't tell, it's a snake skin...a very fresh (Hubby had just mowed the yard and it wasn't there then), still damp snake skin.

Now I realize that many folks' first thought would be, "Oh no! There's a snake in my yard!"

Not us! Our first thought was to pick it up and see if BBug would hold it! And hold it she did...

You see, she does take after me a little bit. She's a little bit redneck!