Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day. We had a great day today. Catch has asked me all week to make sure I put him in something green because he did not want to get pinched at school. He was so worried about it, but was thrilled when he woke up this morning and I put a green shirt on him. You could see the relief come over his face. It was a fun day though. After I picked him up from preschool, I decided to treat him and Kate to a giant cookie to celebrate. It is fun being a mom and getting to see your children light up over the smallest things.

Sweet Kate

Not too much to blog about right now, so I thought I would just upload a few new pictures of Kate. She is 17 months old here. She loves her big brother and wants to be just like him most of the time. : )


Kate with Catch's helmet on.
Playing bubbles, so sweet.
Kate loves brushing her teeth(with anyone's toothbrush, so never leave one in reach if you are here visiting with us.). This is where I find her often and she just says over and over again....teeth, teeth, teeth. At least she has good hygiene.

Snow Day

Snow Day!!!!!! What a great day today was. Daddy was home because school was canceled for him(we love for daddy to be home), Mimi came to visit in the hopes we would have some snow to play in, Catch got to go to school and have his Valentine's Party and he was the helper(thank goodness for that, he has been waiting so patiently, asking me daily when he would be the helper at school), and last but not least, in this run on sentence......it snowed!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had such a fun time in the snow. You know it doesn't snow that often here when I told Catch earlier in the day it was going to snow and he almost cried because he thought that meant another day we had to stay inside instead of going outside to play. Little did he know, playing in the snow is so much fun. He made snow angels, we had snowball fights, and we made baseballs out of the snow and used our arms as bats. We play snow football, made snowballs for dagz to jump up and catch, and best of all, we made a snowman, a real one, where we got to roll the snow to form the body. It was so much fun. The snow falling was thick and so beautiful to see. Catch had a great time, while Kate I am afraid was just a little too young to understand being that cold could be that much fun. She was a sport though, coming back out a second time in the day to check things out.

As much fun as Catch, Matt, Mimi and Myself had, I think Dagz had the most fun of anyone, which is the most surprising. This is our sweet water dog who hates to go outside if it is raining, or has been raining, or if dew is on the ground, etc. He would rather just hold it than go out in rain/wet, but that was not the case with the snow. He really did bring a smile to my heart watching him run through the snow, eat the snowballs we were throwing to him, and try and play football with us. He was in pure joy/delight that day!

We enjoyed the day until it was too dark to see, ensuring to Catch that the snow would be there tomorrow for us to play with. When we woke up the next morning, Catch was very eager to get out and play some more before it melted away. And that is just what we did. Again, having snowball fights, games etc. Then Mimi and I decided we needed to create a slead for him to go down our very small slope in the backyard. All we could find was a box to slide on, but it worked perfectly. Catch loved it and also loved seeing Mimi and me give it a go too. Snow days are fun. I will say, I am glad I do not live where it snows often, but I welcome it ever now and again.
Kate taking in the view.
Catch loves to make snow angels!
Our poor snow man the next morning, kinda leaning over wishing he were inside with us getting warm! HAHA.
Daddy and Catch building the snow man.
The backyard.
Are we up for this....Kate is not so sure!
Catch loved playing on the slide in the snow. He didn't care it was soaking his pants.
Dagz having the time of his life.

A Few Reason to Live/Love/Laugh

Short post today, but I want this so I can be reminded later of memories that may tend to be forgotten. My kids really bring such great joy to me. Here are a few things I just can't get enough of.
Catch wearing his Georgia jersey everywhere, all the time.....and I am not kidding, all the time. He wears it everyday(switching back and forth between the red and the black one, preferring the black one, # 2.4. he calls it). I am sure his teachers at preschool think we own no other piece of clothing, as do his friends and family. He even sleeps in it.

• I love that Kate's new phrase is "oh baby" She says it all the time. She may say it when she almost runs into a wall, when she drops something, really for any reason at all. It is the funniest thing to hear that come out of my 15 months old mouth. So sweet. Catch's phrase at that age was "Oh yeah".
  
• I love that Catch tries to hug and kiss Kate all the time and sometimes she is for it and sometimes she is not, but he doesn't care....he loves her all the same, whether she takes his hugs and kisses or not. Sweetest boy I have ever met, he will have such a lucky wife one day!
• I love catching Kate dancing, and Catch too for that matter. They have some boggie in their pants and it lights up my day to see them enjoy music so much.
  
• Loving lately to hear Catch say "And a 1,2,3,4" and then start drumming on the Rock Band drum set. What a little rocker I have.
  
• Seeing Kate exercise with me has been quite the laugh lately too. She just looks up at the t.v. and starts walking in place super fast and lifts her arms up and down. She is so proud of herself for exercising with mommy. I truly laugh out loud when she gets those sweet legs moving faster than she can keep up with.
  

There are so many more things and I want to do better about keeping them in written word so I don't forget them later. My children may age me and give me gray hair and wrinkles, but at least my wrinkles will be laugh lines that will remind me of the joy they brought me. Ha!

Christmas 2009

Ok, so it is mid-January, I mean late January and I am just now posting our Christmas pictures. Life...where does the time go. Anyways, Christmas was a blast this year. We had such a great time with the kids, seeing their joy from even the smallest thing. I will say, moments like these make me want more kids. The joy that they have with each other and for each other was really overwhelming to me.

Well, this was the first year we didn't travel during Christmas break. I was so excited because I finally got to cook the big Christmas dinner. If any of you know me well(which if you are reading this blog, you do), I love to cook many different things and I love to cook in large quantities. Moments like these are the best times to do that, and I was in heaven. Thanks family for coming to us this year, we had a great Christmas day with you.

Back to the kids...or rather the night before Christmas. Let me just say first, I have a great husband who knows me and loves me for all my shortcomings, i.e. he had to finish wrapping all the gifts, and decorate the gifts from Santa. I just had lost all steam at about 9pm and he picked up the slack without a thought of it. Thanks Matt, I love you.

So Christmas morning was so much fun. The kids got up basically at the same time(I will say I am enjoying the days where the excitment of Santa doesn't wake my kids up at 4am.) They slept till 7 and did the normal come to mama's room and tell us goodmorning. When Catch said goodmorning he had practically forgotten it was Christmas until I said "Catch do you know who came last night to see you?" He said in his sweet voice "I think it was Santa, is he waiting for me in the living room?"

This year Catch got a bike from Santa and Kate got a table and chairs and a tea set. The funny thing was that instead of noticing the big bike sitting in the middle of the room, Catch notices the small GEORIGA baseball hat tucked up under the tree. For those of you around Catch much, this seems very logical due to his obession with Georgia football. It was very funny though. Kate immediately walked over to her table and sat down. She loved it and the tea set and has used them everyday since Christmas. It was truly a great day just enjoying the kids and having such wonderful gifts in them to love on each day. Oh, So thankful. Below are some pictures from the day and some video.

Besides the bike, this over the door basketball hoop has been Catch's absolute favorite. He plays tons of it and when I have to tell him to stop, he says "But mom, I have to get my exercise!"

Loves to talk just like her mama.
Finally, the excitement about his bike.
Kate also got a music player. She and Catch love it.
Watch out!
Isnt' that the sweetest smile evee!


Dagz enjoyed the day too. He really can put a smile on your face when he gets so excited about a new bone or toy. The best dog in the world!

Catch's Christmas Program

Today was the last day of school for Catch before Christmas break. His preschool does a little Christmas program with the 3k, 4k, and 5k classes. They all learn some songs(which are taught by our friend, Mrs Justine Hogan). Catch loves music class and has been very excited about the Christmas program he was going to be in, or rather, in his words, the concert he was going to be in. Ha! He would tell me about the stage he was going to stand on, and the songs he was going to sing, and the surprise he was going to say at the end.
This morning, Catch had asked me if I would call Daddy at work to see if he could come to his concert. I called, but no answer, so I thought he wasn't going to be able to make it due to exams, but to our great surprise, Daddy was there and Catch just lit up, which melted my heart to pieces. I think I am too emotional to be a parent. I continue tearing up as the class walked into the sanctuary(they were doing nothing special, just walking)...then I got misty-eyed when Catch looked out into the crowd to find us and gave a big wave. After that, I got all emotional when they were singing and the big tears came rolling down my face came at the end when he and his classmates threw up their hands and said "Happy Birthday Jesus". In all the frustrating moments there may be in parenting, nothing is better than knowing what a priveledge it is that God has entrusted these two children for me to take care of and enjoy moments such as these with. I will be forever grateful.
Grandma, Mimi, and Kate got to come enjoy the concert and Catch really loved having them there!

Rain Rain Go Away

So, as much as I would love for the sun to come out and for us to be outside playing, that is not happening in Macon too much these days. We have seen a lot of the inside of our house and as much as I love our house, I was going crazy. Today I decided we needed to do something a little different to liven the mood around here and get some energy out of the kids. So I vaccumed and told Catch to find all the pillows he could in the house and pile them high on the living room floor. Well, wouldn't you know, Catch and Kate had the best time ever and were occupied by that pile for hours, I mean hours. Catch loved throwing himself on top of the mountain. Kate loved climbing over and back over and back over, but she also was thrilled with the fact she could now get up on the couch by herself since all the pillows were taken off and laying in the floor. We had the best indoor play day we have had in a long time and will definitely be doing that again. Thank you Lord for the rain, and thank you that kids love to climb "mountains" of pillows.