Monday, September 22, 2014

Oh. My. Gosh! It's ELSA!! Frozen on Ice 2014


We've all been bit by the Frozen bug.  Symptoms may include all or some of the above;  urge to impersonate Elsa and Anna at all times of the day and night, need to watch the movie Frozen multiple times in one day, inability to remove the Frozen soundtrack from your brain (day and night!), this may lead to insomnia and/or vivid, icy dreams of Ice Queens, silly snowmen and trolls.  Other symptoms may include long blonde braids, sparkly blue fingernails and frozen hearts.  

Yes, my friends.  Frozen on Ice came, we saw and we haven't been the same since.  I'm certain that this past Saturday was one of the best days of Hailey and Lainey's little lives!  We had front row seats and therefore were within shouting (or squeeling!) distance from all of the characters.  The girls got waves from Anna, Olaf and ELSA!  Once the show started Hailey started crying tears of joy and said, "I'm so happy!  I can't stop crying and lauging!!"  Of course that made me cry!  Lainey was a little timid for the first few minutes, but quickly got into the show and was singing and frantically waving along with her sister.  

It was an amazing show and we came home with memories that we will cherish for a lifetime.  



This family is FROZEN BOUND!


Of course the American Girl dolls had to come too!


Blue, "Frozen" fingernails!

Waiting for the show to start.  

Frozen sno-cones!

I wonder if Molly and Samantha realized what amazing seats they had?!!




"Oh.  My.  Gosh.  It's ELSA!!!!!!"

"ELSA!!!!  ELSA!!!!  Over here!!!!!  HIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!"

SHE WAVED!!!!!!!

Hailey is in love.  









Ariel was there too!!!  Eeeeekkkk!!!!!



The girls immediately came home and acted out the show.  Over and over and over again....


Reinacting the final scene of Frozen. Anna is frozen and Elsa's act of true love thaws her.  

The sisters hug and they all live happily ever after.  

Avery spent the morning with her Gigi, getting lots of attention and taking lots of walks outside.  She was very entertained by her sisters excitement when they got home!

Sharing some of the Frozen fun with their baby sister.  

Showing Layla all of the illegally captured Frozen videos on Mommy's phone.

My new favorite sign.  

This picture was worth every penny of our tickets!



Friday, September 19, 2014

If I'm a stay at home mom, then why do I spend all of my time in the car?!


 I know that I'm supposed to be a stay at home mom, but why do I seem to spend all of my time in the CAR and not at home??!!  This has been one of the busiest, but also one of the BEST weeks we've had in a long time.  The girls and I are settling into our new fall schedules and enjoying this beautiful time of year. 

Here are some pictures from our busy week.  

P.S- (Stay tuned for some FROZEN ON ICE pictures coming soon!  We're taking the girls tomorrow!  Eeeek!!!!!  Can't wait!!!)

Our St. Catherine's girl.  


Practicing her smile for picture day at school.


Our St. Stephen's Girls. 



Lainey loves being the big girl in school now and having Avery look up to her.  

Lainey and Avery love having a little down time in the morning to play after we drop Hailey off and before they have to go school.  


Sharing her Lambie with Avery.  


Playing "St. Catherine's"
Playing St. Catherine's.  It's naptime right now...

Playing St. Catherine's again at Gigi's house.  It's morning meeting time right now...

Playing St. Catherine's again.  It's library day right now...I think she likes school!!!

First Week of School Treats at Goin' Banana's!



Avery's 1 year Checkup and Flu Vaccines for everyone!
The happiest baby at the pediatrician's office that day!  Dr. Nelson said that she is "just perfect!"

Keeping herself entertained while waiting to see the nurse.  

5 shots later and this little girls was worn out!


Post flu mist icecream cones for the big girls!


It's that time of year again!  It looks like fall exploded in our house!  This is my favorite time of year!!

Tiny Dancers!

The girls had their first dance class this week at West End Academy of Dance.  Hailey is taking Tap/Jazz and Lainey is taking pre-ballet.  Both girls had a great time!






Tiny, cuddly, dancers.  





Avery's First Day of Music Class. 
Avery loved her first day of music class with Ms. Ashley.  Her big sisters both took Ms. Ashley's class too!  She loved the special attention and spent most of the class sitting in the middle of the circle, dancing to the music!

Avery also loves Ms. Ashley's doll, Maggie.  



Tennis Pro Hailey!

Hailey is still loving tennis and I'm very impressed with her tennis skills!  She sure doesn't get that from her Mama!

Posing while waiting her turn!

It started to sprinkle in the middle of her lesson, so of course she had to catch some raindrops on her tongue!

Lulu loves staying hydrated with the water cooler and playing on the playground with her buddies while Hailey has her lesson.  


Lulu and Millie working on their balancing skills at Kanawha. 


Choir Practice and Sunday School.  
The girls have been loving church even more because they get to be in the same class!  Hailey started church choir on Wednesday nights and is excited to sing in front of the "mommy's and daddy's in big church" someday!

Fall Means Auburn Football!
I may not be a huge football fan, but I am a huge fan of sweet little girl clothes!  The girls showed their Auburn spirit on gameday.  



Still Going Strong in Gymnastics!





Playdate with Owen, Ella and Hudson.





Sisters Who Play together, Stay Together!

Princess dance party in the living room!!

Avery's favorite form of entertainment is watching her silly sisters!

Proud of herself for getting up on the rocking chair!

Sunday morning stroll with Daddy before church!



Playing at the playground on a beautiful fall day.  









Lulu loves giving Avery and Avery's baby, baby wagon rides!




Neighborhood Picnic!
We had so much visiting with old friends and meeting new ones at a neighborhood picnic.  The girls had fun playing with their good friend Millie and about 20 other kids from the neighborhood!  They even had a zipline in their backyard!  











Weekend Trip to Gigi and Babu's!
The girls love going to Gigi and Babu's house!  This time, even their American Girl dolls got to come too!


Hailey's favorite thing to do there is catch frogs!


We decided to get a few frog/reptile books since she kept renewing the same book on frogs at the school library!


Avery and Lainey prefer to stay inside, away from the reptiles and amphibians, and play "mommy and baby" and Little Peoples.


Avery thought she was funny wearing Babu's Cubs hat.  

Channelling her inner Mommy, catching up on the latest Hollywood gossip.  

A visit to see Gigi and Babu also means a visit from Layla!  We love having them in Virginia!





Sweet Lulu was worn out after a busy week of school and activities and a long day playing with Layla!

Sweet girl.