Saturday @ the park

We have a fun filled week-end so I'm going to try and break it up into a couple of posts so as not to overwhelm you. Last night was Jackson's turn to spend the night with my parents so Isabel and I went shopping for a birthday present for Jimmy's 2nd birthday party on Sunday (pic's to come), and then to Target. We had a really good time, just us girls. She tried on shoes and wanted them all. They did actually have some cute shoes and boots but just not her size, of course.
The BIG news from Friday night was that Isabel peed in the potty! She has shown no interest since May (she peed in the potty 5 or 6 times and then lost interest) so it was like the first time all over again. We sang and danced a "P.P." dance.
This morning we picked up Jackson at 9:30 and then headed to the park. The weather here has been incredible!!!! It's almost seems like a crime not to go outside. We met Dina and cousins Olivia, Ethan and Archer there.
I am amazed at the changes in the kids in the last several months. The are trying so many different things on the playground. They are climbing things they wouldn't have tried in May / June. My babies are growing up fast.
Tonight we are headed over to friends Melissa, Patrick & Miller to watch football and let the kids play. Always fun!!!
Sunday we have the birthday party and then off to my parents for family dinner in honor of Kevin's birthday.
And Monday, I am hoping to take the kids to the state fair. Dora and Spongebob will be there!!They will have a motorcycle stunt show, monkeys riding dogs (yes, monkeys riding dogs), carnival rides, kids can feed the baby animals a bottle etc. I am very excited so I hope all goes according to my plans. Toodles for now.....

An average Saturday

We didn't have any plans on Saturday. It's been very hot and humid so I didn't feel like going outside so I was just planning on running some errands. The kids were not in the best of moods - very, very whiney (my least favorite thing to hear) and picking on each other. He would sit on her and she would take a train away from him....you get the idea. Anyway, my Mom picked up Isabel for a couple of hours and let me tell you, running errands with 1 child is a hell of a lot easier than 2. I didn't want them missing their nap time though, so I picked up Iz and we were home by 2:00 and ready for nap. Well 45 minutes passed and neither one of the little angels were asleep. Ugh!!!!!! After an hour of watching them NOT sleep on the monitors I gave up on getting a nap myself and released them from the captivity of their beds. The whining and crying ensued (they were tired!!!!) so we got back in the car and went to get me a salad for dinner and to put some gas in the car. I pulled back in the driveway around 4:00 and little Miss Isabel was asleep! I tried to wake her up to no avail. My new plan was to feed them dinner and put them to bed an hour early and she was messing up my new plan. I was really tired and counting down the hours until I could put myself to bed.
Anyway, they got some new toys yesterday, some books, dvd's, a train and Iz got a Dora toy and Backyardigan stuffed animals. If you don't know, Dora (the Explorer) has twin baby brother & sister. Well the Dora toy consists of the twin babies and a baby carrier that you attach to your body. At first she just wanted to feed the babies their bottles and was not interested in "wearing" the new babies. But Jackson was very interested! He had me laughing until I had tears running down my face. I strapped the babies to his tummy and he looked like the proudest little "Daddy" you've ever seen. He was smiling as big as ever. Well, as you can imagine, this sparked new interest in Isabel and she wanted her twins back. The harder she cried the happier he became. It was at Isabel's expense, but this was the highlight of a dull Saturday.

Jackson sitting on her to make her mad

They are not allowed to be on the fireplace so he played "asleep" when I asked him to get down
The new train (he loves the mountain and the tunnel)
My happy girl

Her 4:00 nap on the couch

Jackson & "the twins"

Have you ever seen a bigger smile?


The little Mommy wants her twins back :)

All is well in the world again

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Playhouse video

I took this on Sunday morning and finally got an upload...

Our week-end

To start the week-end off my Mom wanted to keep a baby so I packed Isabel's things and sent her off to GanGan's house for a sleepover. Jackson and I stayed home and played with his "choo trains". It's really nice to get to spend one-on-one time with the kids. Jackson can go to Mom's next time (they get away with too much @ GanGan's house). :-)
He didn't even ask about his sister all night. (I thought he would)
(The biggest news of the week-end is Isabel saying her ABC's all the way through! She got to "l,m,n" and I stopped what I was doing to listen because she was talking softly and I wanted to make sure I was hearing correctly. I was hearing fine because she did it for Kevin on Monday. I'm so proud! Jackson hasn't shown much interest in his ABC's but he is now showing interest in counting so he'll be there soon. Parenting is so crazy! I mean I just never realized that they can actually change every single day. Gosh, I love these kids.)

These are some pic's of my little man from Friday night:





Saturday is, of course is football day. The Auburn game was an 11:30am kick-off so Nicole (my SIL) and Ella came over to our house. We had a good time but I can't seem to pay to much attention to football with 3 kids running and screaming. Don't get me wrong, I love every minute but I do love my football!
Kevin works until VERY late on Friday & Saturday's so it's usually just me & the kids. (He is still here, folks) :)











These were taken on Sunday morning in our back-yard. It's finally getting cool enough for me to want to take the kids outside (The mosquitos are still out though, which sucks).
This B&W's are 2 of my favorite-
Their sweet little faces look like angels.....

No angels here - they both wanted the exact same shovel :)

After the kids nap on Sunday we headed over to "Nana & Grandpa's" to celebrate Kevin's and Nancy's birthday (his Mom). They blew up a baby pool for the kids which they absolutely love! We had lots of fun!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy and Nana!!!!!