Rachel got her ears pierced today and we couldn't believe how good she did... She didn't bat an eye when the lady pierced the first ear and after the second her lip pouted out and her eyes teared up for just a second and that was it... She has told me at least five times today " I really, really like my earrings, Mommy". I'm glad. She's asked a hundred times for earrings like mine. She is one tough, very brave girl.
Happy Mother's Day. It's been a good day here. I started out the morning finding a beautiful card from my two monkeys (that made me cry... ofcourse, that isn't hard to do these days.) - I love it. Then we headed over to the Cracker Barrel for breakfast with Amie, Olivia and Dave since Daddy was working. Afterward we spent a couple of hours playing at Mills Park. It was such a beautiful day here and it was nice to be outside. Noah and Rachel are the world to me. They, and their daddy make me smile every single day and I am so blessed to have them in my life. I hope all you moms out there have had a great day as well. Happy Mother's Day Mom and Darla!! We love you!!!
We've had Olivia and David with us for the last two weeks during the day and the kids have been having an absolute blast playing. They have just about done it all... Playing dress up (gotta love Dave in those Tinkerbelle outfits!), playing with all of the toys, doing art, going to the park, playing outside in the sandbox, going on caterpiller hunts and then playing with them for hours... and so much more. It's been so much fun and really cool getting to know them so much better. They start school next week and I know Rachel and Noah will miss playing with them during the day. Thank goodness for the weekends! =)
The kids enjoyed seeing their great grandparents and spending time with them. The visits with them always have a lasting effect on Noah and he talks about them for days and days. It's good to know that he is making memories with them that seem to stick so well in his head, since he doesn't get to see them very often.
The kids had a lot of fun riding on this carousel while in the St. Louis area. They were so excited to get ride the horses and as soon as it stopped, Rachel asked to ride it again, again, please! =) Thanks again Grammy for the pictures!
Rachel was so excited when she walked into her room this afternoon and saw that I had switched her crib into a big girl bed. I guess I've known she has been ready for quite some time, but it was me... wanting to keep her little and my baby. She was grinning from ear to ear and jumped into her bed. She had to give all her things a good loving and snuggle and try it out and then she practiced jumping from the bed to the floor (now she's into jumping out of it... figures... =). We have a bed rail we used with Noah, but we're going to wait and see how she does. With her giant doggy laying on the floor next to her we know she'll be safe if she rolls out onto it. Wish us luck though, keeping her in her bed!...
