Oh Robinson, Our Robinson...

15 years ago I was saying goodbye to some of the greatest people I know, my classmates and friends at Robinson High School. I canNOT believe that it has been 15 years. In my head I am still a kid - clearly not this adult/wife/mom of 3. :)

On Saturday we held a small informal reunion and had the best time reconnecting and catching up. 

May I introduce to you, {part of} the Class of 1997....

Our class is kinda awesome - in that we kinda like each other. A lot. I know that high school isn't the easiest for everyone, but I really do think that we were a class that "got" high school and even if you weren't BFFs  - you were still friends. 

We are very small town, most of us made it from kindergarten to graduation together. We had a few "newbies" join us and others that sadly left. Like most, we fought but we made up. We held back to back Powder Puff Champion titles as well as Back to Back 3A State Marching Champs (because band REALLY was cool at our school. No seriously, it was.) 

We were "the last great class" of RHS, or so we like to think so. 

(My sweet husband didn't realize his hand was in the way of the flash)

 I love that we could all walk into this room and instantly pick up where we left off (which was our 10 year reunion). Facebook has helped us keep in touch and get to know each other again. We keep up with kids and jobs and moves much easier than before, but regardless, we are able to laugh about the past and dream about our futures. 

I love that we are already planning our 20th reunion so we can get together again. 

I love that we didn't stop talking all night.

I love that we wanted to know about siblings, parents, and kids, too. 

I love that we still searched for the "good gossip" of the week. 

I love that we could all talk to anyone in the room and be at ease. 

I love that we wanted to celebrate each other's successes. 

I love that we are us. 

Can't believe it's been 15 years! Here is hoping that the next 15 are just as kind!

S-E-N-I-O-R-S! Seniors, hey! Seniors, hey! 

:)

SUPER babies...

Mason Galler (son of RaRa Lyndee) turned ONE this weekend!

We had  SUPER time celebrating his SUPER day! 

Batboy Cooper

Super Mason

Wonder Emmy

Super Rad

Wonder Landry

Batgirl Karli

May you all rest easy tonight.

Itty bitty Betty Crocker...

Emmy got to spend all day on Thursday with me and Landry at home. She had her two year pictures with the lovely Sarah Giles that morning and it didn't make any sense to send her to school. It was the first of many days with "the girls"! :) 

{Side note: I can't tell you how excited I am about these pictures - they are going to be ADORABLE!!}

We have "brinner" (breakfast for dinner) almost once a week. It is one of our favorite meals and varies from pancakes to biscuits to casserole. This night I was making blueberry, banana and plain pancakes, cheesy eggs and grits. Emersyn was very eager to help me mix the pancake batter so I gave her a bowl of her own. 

Remember all those distractions I was talking about? Well, add flour, plastic bowl and spoon to the must have list. 

She had the best time helping me and was so proud of herself. 

She kept looking up and saying "Help Mommy! See!"

She must have emptied that bowl 5 times at least. 

But I didn't mind cleaning up her mess. I have to thank my mom for giving me a **tiny** bit of a relaxed attitude in the kitchen. No mess is too big for her - she let us go crazy as kids. And while I may be slightly more rigid than that - I love watching them explore through cooking. 

And when we were done, we had 3 bowls of some of the yummies pancake batter you've tasted!

Love my sweet girl (and her crazy bed head)! 

Tiny Tales Thursday...

Radley never stops talking and he asks about 392166 questions a day (ok, maybe I'm exaggerating). Sometimes we know the answers, sometimes we don't and sometimes we make something up.

On our drive to the beach last week he was full of questions. About everything. The beach, planets, the color of the sun, dinosaurs, etc. It was one of those moments that I needed Uncle Josh to be in the car to provide accurate information.

The questions eventually turned to snakes and how big they can grow which lead Radley to ask about the largest animal "in the WORLD". Ryan and I answered (with confidence) the blue whale.

Radley: A whale?
K/R: Yes. A whale is the largest animal in the whole world.
Radley: Like what ate Jonah?
K/R: Yep.
Radley: You know, Jonah. He was on a ship and jumped off and got ate by a whale. God was mad at him because he wouldn't go to "Nin-a-nin-aveh". ::pause:: Right?
K/R: Right.

Love how we never know where his conversations may lead. Also love that the bible is easily accessible in his mind.

Pop Quiz...

Maybe they look more alike than I thought...

Emmy circa June 2010 above; 

Landry circa April 2012 below... 

Love these bathing beauties!

I'm a BIG kid now...

So last week Emersyn decided she didn't want to sleep in her crib anymore. She pointed to her bed and said "bed, bed" until Ryan put her down and she fell asleep. She only rolled out once in the past five nights (and didn't even wake up) so we figured we should just take down the borrowed crib from the HMMs. It actually all worked out well because Cindy has grand plans for all three girls to share one room and make the other room into a Pinterest inspired playroom. 

So we said goodbye to the baby bed and hello to more space! While I was telling Ryan what to do Ryan and I were working together, the kids got in some snuggles. 

And voila! The finished project...

We decided to move the kitchen into her room to clear up some space in the rest of the house. We try to rotate rooms that we destroy play in each night, so now Emmy's can be on the rotation! :)

This is generally how we find her in the morning...sideways in her bed. She's so little that we stack all her pillows at the foot of the bed and she doesn't even notice. 

Can't believe our little miracle baby is almost 2. Makes my heart break and smile at the same time!

Kings Gone Wild...

Sunday brought more excitement our way with another day trip to celebrate a WILD birthday for Karli (Jenni's little girl). But our morning started out pretty calm with some tummy time for this princess...

And some puzzle time for these two...

Radley later informed me that MaMaw was the best puzzle doer ever. Quite a compliment. :)

Then we were on the road to meet up with these cuties at the Cameron Park Zoo for Karli's 5th birthday party. I've talked about the RaRas before and these 3 kiddos are nine months apart total. Jenni, Charis and I had babies all in the same year. Grace (far right) is oldest followed by Karli and then Radley. They have so much fun together and days like Saturday made me wish we all lived on the same street so they could play all the time. 

 The Cameron Park Zoo is the perfect size for small children. They can easily walk the Park and not get tired and they have a great playground complete with splash pad in the middle. They have the big animal attractions including tigers, lions, elephants, bears and giraffes. Highly recommend if you are close to Waco. 

Landry liked it so much that she was even awake for some of it!

And Emersyn kept right up with the big kids walking much of it herself or talking Daddy into carrying her. (Which meant the double stroller we borrowed from the HMMs was empty all day).

Wasn't long before she gave in and fell asleep :)

We also got to hang out with this little man. Mason is almost 1 year to the day younger than Emersyn. He belongs to the 4th RaRa, Lyndee and is just adorable. 

Emmy, Cooper and Mason were all born within a year of each other. After we took this crew home (Grace and Charis had to leave early) we held an impromptu shrimp boil at Lyndee and Ryan's. 

What a yummy ending to a perfect day two of our long weekend! After all that we jumped back in the car with the sunsetting behind us for the quick(ish) drive home. 

Two days of going and going left the two biggest kids (me and Ryan) completely exhausted but that back seat didn't stop chattering the whole time. But that's okay because we all slept late (almost 7:30am!!) on Monday! :)