Oh My Goodness! I have a 5 year old!!

Where did the time go?? My baby is five years old??!!! Can that even qualify as a toddler? People aren't kidding when they say that time flies by quickly!











Little Miss Lu Lu had a great birthday again this year! She decided she wanted to go to Applebees for her dinner and Grandma and Poppy joined us there. Afterwards we sat out at the car and opened presents, sang Happy Birthday and ate the cupcakes that Lexi helped make. Quite entertaining doing this in the restaurant parking lot... but everyone really had fun! And to top it off.. Lexi got her Zhu Zhu pets for her birthday!! For anyone who doesn't know - these are little toy hamsters that are the hottest toy this year and are next to impossible to find - Todd and I had actually waited in line at Toys R Us that weekend and actually got the ones for her birthday!



Then for her friends party she had a party at a local laser place in the inflatibles area so the kids could jump around and slide. They had an absolute blast!! And of course she ended up with even more fun toys to play with from all of her friends!

My sweet boy is 8!

Legos, Legos and more Legos plus a dart gun, WDiary of a Wimpy Kid book and money that will probably go to buy more... you guessed it... Legos! That is what he got for his 8th birthday!

Lego Master & another toothless?

Check out this amazing creation that Logan has made with his Legos!!





And yes - my 4 year old actually lost a tooth today!! Absolutely crazy! But she did get xrays 2 weeks ago and her adult teeth are right there... so she did loose it for a good reason!! Except that she is growing up WAY too fast!!!

Dance Recital - Dress Rehearsal

Oh my goodness - I am so in love with my little dancer!! She is so beautiful!! I love watching how focused she is at dancing! Here are a couple cute shots of her offstage. I will add some more later - my fabulous friend Karrie took some action shots that I will post soon! Tonight is the actual recital and I can not wait!!! (except that it will be over for the year)

She is growing up..

Look at this beautiful little girl! Lexi wanted to get her hair cut - and she wanted it cute like her cute little friend Emmy. The stylist kept it a little longer for us to begin with so "no one ended up in tears" - and yes she was referring to Mommy!

Happy Easter

to one and to all!

A beautiful Day for us - Christ has risen and wonderful family time!

Just some of the things that made this day so special:

* easter sweater and matching argyle socks for Logan (he picked it out)
* pink polka dots for Lexi
* Grandma and Poppy sharing the day with us - love them!
* yummy waffles and biscuits and gravy
* easter egg hunt in the muddy back yard
* coloring easter eggs - yes we were late but with the beach trip... this is what worked for us this year - thanks Grandma!
* Yummy Blackberry Cobbler from the Peach Park in Alabama!
* amazing Masters Tournament watching Kenny do an incredible job and even though he didn't quite pull it out - have the incredible class he always shows. Proud of him!

The lisping has now begun...

So guess what finally fell out today.....


Wow what a gap there is now! And no end in sight - only one of the adult teeth is barely even pressing on the skin so they are a long time coming! So this is the cute little (big) gap grin we will be treated with everyday! It was so funny today when shortly after he lost the tooth- he tried to say the word 'pennies' and the lisp has appeared. Cute!


A look back, for Valentine's day - I decided to make a full fondue meal for the family and our friend Karrie. This was the kids first time trying fondue. They were such good sports about trying new things especially when it took us 5 hours to complete our meal!! Logan's favorites were apples in the cheese, chicken in the bouillion and just eating the rice krispee treats. Lexi's favorites were the celery in the cheese, chicken in the bouillion and just eating the pound cake. No these silly children have STILL not completely decided to embrace the magic of chocolate! Who's are they anyway???

Mr. Hole in his face

FINALLY lost his 3rd tooth! Now this tooth has been loose for literally 4 months!! About time it finally came out! To add to it - it was so completely loose for the past 10 days that Logan has been twisting it and shoving it outside his lips - pretty nasty looking. His gums were so red from all of the playing he did with it but he just wouldn't yank the thing out (or let us near it). Finally Saturday night he spent the night with our friend Karrie and when Karrie was tickling him and saying she was going to yank it - she touched it with a kleenex and it came out! Complete accident (or so she tells us!) That thing was barely holding on by anything!

Now this is Logan's 3rd lost tooth but the first two were loose long enough also that the tooth behind had grown in so much that you really did not see a hole in his mouth when they came out. So this hole in his face is brand new to us!! I am actually having a hard time getting used to it. I look at this kid with the big 'ole gap and realize how much he is growing up!

Not ready yet....