Gawgle, gawgle...

Emmy is obsessed with brushing her teeth.

Ob.Sessed!

She loves it and insists on doing it herself with "Emmy turn! MY turn!" being heard through Daddy/Mommy brushing crusades. We usually do a good brush and then let her go for a while (she actually does pretty good).  Recently Radley added mouthwash to his brushing routine and Miss Emersyn noticed and wants nothing more than to "gawgle, GAWGLE" just like her big brother.

She will brush, then blow bubbles, then very daintily spit, then "gawgle".

This video is kinda long, so watch if you like, but it really is too cute not to share!

And, I posted Miss Landry's 2 month stats if interested!

;)

Distractions...

You know when just need 10-15 minutes to "get something done" and you pull out one of your master "distractions" for the kids? Crayons, paint, toys, books, laundry, the occasional Doc McStuffins marathon. Yesterday Ryan and I were trying to finish organizing our garage (we are crazy - he wanted to clean the garage for his birthday. Even Emersyn likes to organize) and we needed about 25 minutes to finish up before I needed to run in to start dinner/feed the baby/be supermom. 

Among all the junk I found a caterpillar sprinkler and thought - Yes! This will give us at least 30 minutes of fun. We ran and put swim suits on the kiddos and plugged that sucker into the water hose and .... 

SUCCESS! 

For like 5 seconds then they did this... 

What?!?! Aren't kids supposed to be drawn to sprinklers like bugs to lights? 

Humph. Radley complained that it was too cold and Emmy just does what Radley does. We are going to have to have a chat about sprinkler fun. 

Instead they stood at the water table and played until Radley sat in it and Emmy tried to follow suit and turned the thing over on her head. But, by that time we were ready for dinner and baths. 

Next time I need a distraction, I'll just have to dig out the cars... this racing activity turned into 30 minutes of solid laughter from these kiddos. 

And Radley had lots of fun chasing Emmy with Lightening while she retreated once again!

Anyone else gotta any good distraction tips? 

;)

Gymnasts, dancers and birthdays...Oh my...

What. A. Weekend.

I'm exhausted just thinking about the mega blog post I am about to embark on. 

Bear with me people... it's a long one!

Saturday morning started with Radley's "Olympic debut"/annual "mini-meet" for his gym. We had never participated in one before so didn't quite know what to expect. 

Let's just say that they could use a little help on the organization of this function. 

But. Our little dude had a blast, so that's all that matters!

They started out with a special performance with the classic parachute routine. 

(Do y'all remember these? I LOVE them, but they are super expensive (yes, I have looked into buying one)). These kids were so cute running in and out and doing front rolls in between. 

Then it was time for rotating "events". 

He killed the uneven bars...

Mastered the balance beam...

Executed floor skills with ease...

Owned the rings...

And went home a winner! 

;)

Team Gray and Yellow were super proud!! 

A boy and his first trophy...

And the cutest cheering squad on the planet!

After naps Radley and I headed out to watch a tiny dancer make her stage debut...

Caroline just finished her first year in dance at this awesome Christian dance studio in town. They open and close each practice with prayer and every dance performed was to religious music - even the hip hop. What a great way to raise our young ladies! 

Radley did such  great job sitting through the recital (which was 10million times more organized than our meet) and was so proud of Caroline. He kept pointing her out on stage and loved watching his friend do such a great job!

Next stop...

Dinner to celebrate Ryan's birthday! 

(I know, I know - he deserves a whole post to himself, but well, this is real life and he knows how much I adore him - promise). 

Since it was a combined celebration of our Olympic athlete and Broadway beauty, we headed to a local favorite, Koppe Bridge for some burgers, chicken fried steak, and the yummiest french fries around. 

The two newest RHMs had to sit together since they are besties already.

No one was allowed to take a french fry away from this cutie...

The big kids got distracted for a bit by a party crasher...

Meet Mr. Racoon. He was very eager to come inside with us but settled for left overs thrown down by the kiddos. 

Even Emmy wanted to see what all the fuss was about!

Whew! 

That was a QUITE a day! 

I may be exhausted, but I sure am HAPPY! Wish everyday was just as much fun celebrating the ones I love!!