AWANA learn a Bible verse!

I do believe I may have said almost every curse word I know trying to get this video to post. I think I may have even coined a few new ones. (Forgive me, Lord!) Anyway... I thought this was cute. Allie started the AWANA program at our church this past Wednesday. This was the first verse she had to memorize...

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In case you can't understand her, she says "God loves us and sent His son. 1 John 4:10"

I would like to give a big shout out to Andrea for all the help and technical support she gave to make this video post possible. I couldn't have done it with out her! Andrea, I love you, girl! (shedding a tear) LOL!!!

Bring it, OK!!!!!!!! O.K.?

Glory, Glory to ole' GEORGIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's game day, BABY! Let's get it on! Here's hoping the Bulldogs start the season strong! If not, pray for my husband as he will instantly enter in to a three stage turn of events. Step 1. an extatic, cheering, devoted fan Step 2. yelling, raving, freak, and finally, Step 3. woulda-shoulda-coulda Monday quarterback . But these are the Dawgs and they just don't loose very often! I have all the faith in the world in my Bulldog team!! On to the kiddos...


I mentioned before that I have taken pictures each year of Allie at the start of Georgia football season. I plan on doing this up until she attends UGA herself on a full academic and athletic scholarship... no pressure!!! I kid!! Anyway, I just love to see how she changes from year to year.

This is before digital. I had to snap one of a page in her scrapbook. This is the 2004 season.

This is the 2005 season....

...and the 2006 season.
This season she has a new little team mate of her own! GOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!

Thank you, 'MAM'!!! (MAM paci's that is...)

And then there were two. Boppy-suckers, that is. O.k., so our dirty little secret is out. Allie still sucks a boppy (only at night, though) ...but now so does Wyatt!!! After months of trying to get him to take one, I finally gave up and threw it in with his toys. He'd occasionally play with it, and maybe chew on it, but never would he suck on one. Well, well, well... someone must have flipped his friggin' switch, because now he takes one like a champ. I mean all of the sudden! I caught him with it in his mouth yesterday and the rest is history! I waited a day to blog about it because we all know how the whole bottle thing turned out, but it seems to be official. He now scoots around with a boppy in his mouth and a blanket in hand. The house has been so quiet... I'm not sure what to make of it.

Here he is with the ever-present camo blanket and the apparent new fall must-have.... a boppy

Anyway, back to Allie. She still sucks her boppy's at night and it proving to be a tough habit to break. I guess I shouldn't complain... it's not as bad it used to be. This picture, along with exhibit B and exhibit C show that we have made drastic improvements. I have just worried about taking them away completely since Wyatt came along. I figure her sucking them for the quick fifteen minutes before she falls asleep isn't so bad.

Anyway... We finally got some rain today. Whenever it rains Allie always begs to go out and play in it. Being that it is summer, there is almost always lightning with the rain, but today there wasn't! I let her go out for awhile and she had a blast!

Here she is twirling her "um-bwa-wa"

Y'all have a great holiday weekend!!

"Queen Teef, Mommy! I have Queen Teef!"

Today Allie had her first trip to the dentist. Me being a photographer and now a blogger... naturally I took my camera. I was hoping to get some interesting shots for the blog... but Allie behaved quite well and did not freak out a bit. Not much to write about... the pictures pretty much tell it all...

Shelly showed Allie how she can squirt water in her mouth...

Checking out the 'baby mirror'...

Checking all the teeth...

a final check with Dr. Dale

No, she's not taking a dump on their mat, although it does look like it.... she's actually showing off her "queen teef"

I couldn't resist adding these of Wyatt. I bought him a cowboy hat on Ebay and of course it is too small for his massive head. Oh well, I guess I'll list it myself and look for another!

Not much else going on... Here's hoping Friday will be more blogworthy!

I'm sorry, but I like my Pampers Cruisers just fine, thanks!

O.k., so did y'all read this craziness on Yahoo news this morning???? I guess I respect them if they are trying to be more environmentally conscious or something, but really people. I'd know I'd sure hate to miss a 'signal' while shopping at Wal-Mart! "Clean up on isle 12!!" What do you all think???

School Days, School Daze...

Well everyone... Allie is back in school! (is that the Hallelujah Chorus I hear?!?!?) She was pretty tired from having to get up early for the first time in ages... but soon the excitement kicked in and she was just fine. I walked her in instead of doing the car pool line so I could try to get a few pictures of her and her classmates.

Here she is... all ready to go!

This is her teacher Mrs. Angie

Waiting in the hall during carpool

Finding their book bag cubbies

This is Allie with Sarah. They have been best friends ever since they 'did time' together in good ole' time out on the first day of school last year. They got in trouble because they snuck out of the gym during recess and went back to the classroom to play. Double Trouble!! The thought of their upcoming teenage years together frightens me...
An attempt at getting the entire class together (notice Allie next to Sam)

Everything seemed to go well. Allie is very eager to go to school and is so excited to be with all of her friends. She got a red sticker on her behavior chart today, which I think is good... but it said 'HOLY MOLY" so I hope that is meant in a positive way.

On Wednesday it is Allie's turn to bring snack for the class, which means she gets to be the 'leader' that day. Translate that in to three year old terms... 'I am the high and mighty, all powerful one who leads to the potty, playground, and music class. I am the first in line and will conquer any who may try to get in front of me!! I brought the highly coveted snack...so WORSHIP ME!!' You laugh, but really... this is a HUGE deal to them. I actually witnessed horns growing from Allie's head and flames shooting from her mouth as she went for the kill last year when Jonathan was first to line up on her 'leader day'. I kid you not! This week, she has selected pretzels, vanilla creme wafers, and HI-C fruit punch juice boxes for the occasion. Nice choice.

And on a side note... if you know anyone looking for a really good kitten please let me know. We have 3 strays that have taken up here and they are precious and soooo good with kids. I'd love to keep one myself, but someone would have no such thing. I really would love to find them loving homes.

Two of the three kittens.. the little black and white one was hiding
This is my favorite kitten. She even posed for a picture! I call her Tailor... comical because as you can see, she has no tail!

Preschool Registration, Dora, and a Date!!!

Well everyone, this week has flown by. It was the last week before school starts for Allie on Monday. (Yea for me!!) Thursday night we went up to the preschool to see her teacher Mrs. Angie. We know her well from church so it was fun go and see her and the classroom. (Oh, and Katie... I totally checked out her teacher's wall for you and it don't hold a candle to yours, girl!) There are eleven kids in her class and she knows all but one well. Lets just say that this class will be a riot to say the least! All of these kids have practically been raised together since birth and they are the best of friends, but not afraid to hold their own either. Plus, all of these kids have personality to the max so there is no telling what they will do and say together. I didn't get too many pics because it was a busy night, but here are just a few...

Allie was working a puzzle until she spotted Sam, one of her little boyfriends...

This is Efrain, Sam, and Georgia

This is Allie's all-time FAVORITE babysitter Kate. She in 9th grade and came to watch the all of the kids while the parents attended a meeting.
Another of Allie and Kate

O.k, so back to the boyfriend thing. Allie has two little boys that she talks about constantly. Bachelor Number One is Sam. He is just precious! I could just eat him up! He was in Allie's class last year and also goes to church with us. Bachelor Number Two is Dane... also very adorable and such a sweetheart! He too goes to church with us. Allie once informed me "Mommy, I don't like Dane... I LOVE Dane!". This is totally apparent in exhibit A and also in exhibit B. I guess only time will tell how this little preschool puppy love saga will play out. Who knows...watch her ditch em' both and go for someone totally different. Again people... we are in for a very interesting year.

Now on to Friday...

I am so excited because I got Dora (my Explorer) back!!

'Reunited and it feeeeeeels so gooooood'

Oooohhh yeah, I totally went there... a little Peaches and Herb for the occasion!! LMAO!! She looks great and the shop did a fan-tabulous job on her repairs. I don't think that I ever mentioned that less than a week after she got hit the first time, she got hit again!! This time it was by a huge riding lawn mower. It left about a foot and a half scratch across the back bumper. Naturally it was on the opposite side of the first accident so she looked like crap from both angles!!! Yeah, I was thrilled about that! Anyhoo... she is fixed and beautiful again. Now everyone needs to kindly stay the frick away from her!

We ended the day with a date! Like, a real date!! Like, with no kids, no 5 trips to the potty, no chopping up food, no eating with one hand and holding a kid in the other, just a nice, quiet, relaxing meal among adults! Can you tell it's been awhile???? We went out to Outback with some of our best friends and had such a great time! It was so nice to have an evening out. Thanks again Dee Dee and Dennis for driving up to watch our crazy kids!

I hope you all have a great weekend!!!