It begins

Macie's mom pulled me aside a preschool pickup today. I was a little nervous because the one other time a mom pulled me aside it didn't go so well but today it was because she wanted to share a sweet story with me.

This weekend when they were in the car Macie asked her "Mom when I'm 10 will my friends be 10 too?" and "so when I'm a grown up my friends will be grown up too?" She said she wondered where this was leading but then Macie dropped the bomb.

"Mom - when I'm a grown up and Hank's a grown up I'm going to marry him."

She said she shared it with Macie's dad and he said "Aren't 4 year old girls supposed to want to marry their dads?"

I smiled thinking it was cute and that Macie is the sweetest girl in his class but as I drove home I wondered a few things:

- how might I feel 10 years from now in this scenario

and

- how might I feel as the mother of a 4 year old daughter versus and 4 year old son

and

- maybe I don't need to have any deep thoughts about this at all (but I probably will anyway because that's just me)

But for right now he's just my precious sweetheart!

It's all fun and games until...

We were having a slow Friday morning with no where we had to be, nothing we had to get done so Mommy decided to bust out these fun stocking stuffers - Avon Body Paint. It looked harmless and provided over a 1/2 hour of entertainment as my kids covered every inch of their bodies with the deodorant looking roll on stuff.

Mr. Green Nose

Soon I decided it was time to rinse and get out. I scrubbed really hard trying to get this pink paint off of Bubba's face.

Well...as I'm sure you've guessed it's not pink paint. Now both of my kids have this rash on their legs, faces, and backs. Hopefully a little Southwest Aloe will clear it up. Bubba didn't want me to take pictures because he didn't want someone to laugh so just the face was all he allowed me :(

So I'd skip the Avon body paints if I were you.

A Rockin' New Year's Eve

Two of the Cutest 2Girls in the World

Everybody jammered and ready for some Scoob! Precious Smiley friends! Do they have parents?
Hey - sorry that I haven't finished posting my Christmas pics yet but I'll get to it soon. Like today.

Christmas Morning

They were all set after sleeping in their new Christmas jammers

"Helping" Daddy open his presents

Christmas jammers with princess accessories and PB face - what could be better :)

Christmas Eve

You can almost make out the frosting underneath all of the sprinkles on Jesus' Birthday Cake.

I dressed them in cute clothes and tried so hard to get them to pose together. You photo pros out there - how do you do it?

Just a couple "teaser" gifts on Christmas Eve

A first run on the new books with Nanny and Papa.

And we tried for a family pose too

Christmas Part 1 with Grandpa and Grandma

Grandpa and Grandma came for Bubba's Preschool Christmas program and then we were able to celebrate Christmas with them. Bubba was in heaven with his new "fleet" of Transformers. Daddy enjoyed the challenge of "helping" with them but they are a little tricky for mommy.

SBG will be ready to race up and down the street with the big kids this spring with her fancy pink scooter trike.

Here's the whole clan enjoying the new toys except Grandpa who was working to diligently to get the bike put together.