Oh, hey. Another week gone

Well, time just seems to fly any more. Before I know it, another week is gone. We had another busy week this past week. The kids both took swimming lessons.

Ava did great and even jumped off the diving board and swam to the side without a floatie! But, oh Reed. When he didn’t cry he did great, but the crying just didn’t stop.

One day they stopped by as they were swimming past Ava to see if she could calm him down.

Ava LOVED lessons this year. She did so great and I’m proud of all she learned!

Here is Ava jumping off the board and swimming. She was really scared and cried a little, but she did it!!!! The kid you hear screaming in the background is the one and only, Reed. :/

 

After the class, Reed got two suckers and came up to the fence. he looked us SO proudly and said “I stop cryin’.” Well, yeah, buddy, but it doesn’t count when class is over! ha! 

The rest of our week didn’t really have too much excitement. As a rule, our kids don’t sleep in our bed. However, since he’s been in a toddler bed, sometimes Reed will get out of bed and come climb in ours. One morning it was almost time for me to get up, so I let him stay there and he looked so sweet. I also don’t know what he did with his shirt that morning.

I managed to get some good photos of the kids over the weekend. It’s rare to get one where they are both looking and smiling! The first was on Friday night – they got mail from their new teachers for next year and were so excited!

They were so happy and joyful the whole weekend!

They looked so cute before church yesterday!!!

I have a feeling this is going to be a busy week, but I’m ready to get it going!

Weekend happenings

Well. Our weekend didn’t quite go as planned. They never do, do they?

Since we planned to head to NWA Friday afternoon, Zach and the kids took me to work. On the way, Ava was acting unusually quiet. I asked her what was wrong and she said she was just tired. She and Zach went about their morning and he called me around 11:00 a.m. and said she’d been asleep most of the morning. I asked if she was sick or running fever. He called me back and said she had a fever of 101.3. So that pretty much cancelled our plans. We were all bummed. I went ahead and cancelled my afternoon off from work. I hated to use a precious vacation day to just sit at home with a sick kid when there was already a capable parent there.

She didn’t feel good most of the weekend. She ran fever through about mid-day Saturday, it went away and then came back Saturday night. She woke up fever free Sunday and thankfully it never came back. She was so sad though – our Friday plans were cancelled and she wasn’t able to go to the birthday party for our cousins Saturday night. :(

Reed did get to go the party and he had a great time swimming!

There was a piñata and while they were looking for a stick to use, Reed got impatient so he just picked a stick up off the ground and went to town with it. It was pretty funny!  

This kid loves to hit piñatas!

Sunday morning Ava thankfully woke up feeling better. We got ready for church and were actually ready early so we got to give Zach his gifts! 

After church we went out to breakfast and then headed home. It was a rainy morning and so dark in the house. I laid down and took a quick nap (Reed’s sleeping has been awful lately and when he wakes me up, I sometimes have a hard time getting back to sleep). The kids both took really great naps in the afternoon which has not been the case on weekends lately.

We don’t have much going on this week other than swimming lessons. Reed and Ava are both doing them this summer and I’m curious as to how they will go. Guess we’ll see!

One last thing: My Jamberry Launch Party starts today on Facebook! It will contain A LOT of information about the product and tips and games, and so much more. If you are interested, please leave me a comment and I can get you added. Also, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, if you leave a comment with a question about Jamberry, please make sure your email address is linked to your account, or leave me your email address so I can make sure I have a way to reach you!!!

Friday Confessions

It’s been a while since I’ve linked up with A Blonde Ambition and done some Friday confessing. So, here goes!

• I’m taking this afternoon off from work and I’m so excited to have some extra time for fun. I’m going to take the kids to visit one of my dear friends, and then after that we are stopping in to see our sweet little niece!
• I confess that sick kids are no fun. I got a call Tuesday that Reed was running fever at school and that he was saying his ear hurt on the inside. I went to get him and he was so out of it I couldn’t even wake him up. He looked so sad and pitiful. We made a quick trip to the walk in clinic where they said he had the beginnings of an ear infection.
• I confess that I have a new obsession: JAMBERRY!!! Have you heard of them? It’s a company that makes nail wraps. You apply them to your nails and don’t have to wait for drying, no smudging and they don’t chip!!! They last up to two weeks on your fingers and longer on your toes. And there are OVER 300 designs!!! To say I’m obsessed is an understatement. In fact, I’ve signed up to be an Independent Consultant and I can’t wait to get this business off the ground and running. Check out my site by clicking on Jamberry. If you have any questions, I’m happy to answer them!
• They also make nail wraps for little girls, and I have a daughter who has quickly become a Jamberry enthusiast! She keeps talking about how we can sell them!!!
• I confess that when Reed when back to school yesterday, I came out to find Zach had gotten him dressed – which was great, only that he dressed him in the exact same clothes he wore on Tuesday! Zach didn’t seem to be worried and as a friend pointed out, at least we were caught up on laundry! ha!
• I confess that I am loving my minivan. Seriously. I don’t care if it’s not cool. It’s an amazing car!
• I confess that if Reed doesn’t stop waking up every single morning at 4:30 or 5:30, I may start making him sleep outside. Ok, not really, but I am tempted.
• I confess that I plan to consume some adult beverages this weekend. It’s been a long week at work and I’m looking forward to some relaxing!

That’s all I’ve got for today! See you back soon!

Life is never dull

Life is never dull around here. That would be an understatement for sure! It is exciting around here, mostly due to the wild little man.

Last weekend we made Reed’s bed into a toddler bed. I was sitting in the living room one evening and heard a muffled “Mama?" Daddy?" MAMA!!!!” I got in there and found this.

One morning Zach asked Ava to start cleaning up in Reed’s room while he got a shower. When he got out of the shower, this is what he found.

During summer she likes to stay up late and she still gets up early, so she must’ve been a little tired to take a morning nap!

Tuesday the kids and i both got hair cuts. I wanted to get a picture of Reed with his cut because it makes him look so much older. Well, I combed it in a way he didn’t like so he was NOT into having me take his picture.  

Ava looked pretty grown up with her haircut, too!

At work last week, a friend came in with these personalized bottles of Coke she’d found. She’d grabbed them for those of us she could find the names of. (I realize that is a very poorly worded sentence) I LOVE IT!

Friday evening, Reed found out we had a new Mickey mouse for him to watch and he was quite pleased!!!!

Saturday morning we went to a really fun pirate birthday party! There were so many neat little activities and it was just so cute. The kids had a great time!

I’m not sure there is a kid who loves a cupcake more than Ava Edwards! 

Later that afternoon, she lost her 2nd tooth. She and Reed were playing and it just fell out! 

We woke up early to go to church on Sunday and it was about to start raining. When we got there, the rain had started and continued for a good portion of the day. Ava asked if she could go outside and play in the rain. There was no lightning so I told her to go ahead. She had fun!!!

Maybe we should all take a little time to play in the rain! :)

Summer Days

Last Thursday was Ava’s last day of school for the year! It truly seems like it just started!

I had to do a comparison to see how much the kids grew over the past 9 months!

A little boy in Ava’s class hosted a pool party that afternoon. Zach took her and they all had such a good time! She has a great little group of classmates that she’ll be with through the next seven years!

While they were at the pool party, I was at a local painting place with some of my best gal pals for a girls night out!

We had so much fun! I’ve been wanting to go here for the longest time. You can pretty much choose anything you want to paint and they help you sketch it out and then help fix anything you might mess up!

I love how my sign turned out!!! I can’t wait to get it hung up in the house!!

During the summers, Zach and Ava have enjoyed Friday morning breakfast dates at Chick-fil-a. This summer, our Chick-fil-a is going to be closed for renovations. The original close date got pushed back a week, and lucky for Zach and Ava, they got one breakfast date in!

Friday night my work hosted our annual company picnic. It was a Western theme this year and they had pony rides. I wasn’t sure the kids would go on the ponies, but surprisingly they did! Reed kept smiling until he saw me trying to take a picture and then he would scowl!

They also had a photo booth with props and Ava was excited to dress up and get some hand cuffs! ha!

So Saturday morning the kids wanted to play dress up. Unfortunately for Reed, our dress up girls are pretty much girly. He didn’t care though. He wanted to be Anna from Frozen and about 10 minutes later, he wanted to be Elsa!!!

We also converted his bed into a toddler bed yesterday! He was so cute sleeping in it last night. He did pretty good, too. 

Sunday morning before church, Reed was not so enthused. He’d gotten in trouble before we left and he was definitely pouting. I do NOT remember two with Ava being THIS hard. He definitely tests us!

After church we did a little more work around the house. The kids managed to play together really nicely most of the day and a good portion of the day was playing in Reed’s new bed! They loved laying there together and pretending to tuck each other in! 

This week marks the first week of summer! Zach and Ava don’t have many plans this week. While I’m not home every day, I do love the slower pace of summer and how nice it is to just relax a little without having as many commitments!