Weekend Funnies

Reagan and Jenny had a great time at Marcus and Catherine's wedding reception. They stayed at the party later than Lee and I did, and when Reagan got home, I asked her what her favorite part of the party was. This was her response:

"Before we left, Marcus and Catherine didn't know how to kiss. Then Catherine laid down, and Marcus laid down, and they kissed."

Everyone else assured me that this was not how the party ended, but Reagan believes it!

Jenny did go off into the woods behind the reception with Catherine's little sister, Zoe. When we asked her what led her to believe it would be okay to go back there, she said, "Zoe said I wouldn't get into trouble." We informed her that Zoe is not in charge of whether or not she gets in trouble.

Jenny also wanted to go back to Catherine's house after the reception, and the way she phrases these requests always amuses me. "But I already told Zoe I could, and if I don't go, I'll be a liar." So of course, I'm turning my child into a liar because she promises things that aren't hers to promise.

This evening, Reagan turned to Lee and said, "Daddy, doesn't your sister always do what she wants to do?" That's apparently something Reagan learned this weekend, Charlotte!

We're hoping to return to normal life this week. We finally finished Harry Potter last night, so I'm able to focus on other things now!

Wedding Fun

Marcus and Catherine's wedding was this morning, and the girls looked so beautiful! We took Jenny and Reagan to Spa La-di-da yesterday to get their hair and nails done for the wedding, along with Catherine's little sister, Zoe. The girls make friends instantly, so of course they already love Zoe and want to do whatever she's doing. They actually managed to get all of Jenny's hair up there, so it looked great. The wedding was very small and informal and just included family. Charlotte was the main photographer and took some amazing pictures, but I'll include a couple of the ones I took here. Reagan came home, and I asked her what she did today, and she said, "Marcus and Catherine kissed!" She was so interested in that. Reagan was originally supposed to be the ring bearer, but she absolutely refused to carry the little pillow, so she ended up being a flower girl with Zoe, and Jenny saved the day by being the ring bearer.

Birthday Party

Here are a few photos from Jenny's birthday party last weekend. We had her party at Bounce U, which is an indoor playground type place with several large inflatables for bouncing. The kids loved it. Our biggest problem with Jenny is trying to get her to play with anyone besides her best friend, Brianna. Her card from Brianna was actually signed "BFF." She's six! She doesn't need to talk on the phone with her best friend every night to decide what to wear the next day.


She really loaded up on presents. Apparently we didn't need to get her anything!


She got a lot of makeup for some reason, so she spent the evening of her party playing with her friends and doing makeup, and the following day giving makeovers to me, Jo-Jo, and Reagan! We're still doing them. Apparently, the makeup will never run out.

Oh, Reagan!

I swear that Reagan gets crazier every day. On Sunday, she said so many funny things that I didn't get to write down while they were fresh in my mind. Here are a couple I do remember.

Reagan was eating a corn dog for dinner, and it broke. She said, "Oh my goodness. This hotdog just broke." And broke comes out as two syllables from her - "ba-roke."

It was just hilarious the way she said it, so I said, "Reagan, you and your attitude."

Reagan's response: "I'm not an attitude; you're an attitude."

A couple minutes later, I said, "I was starving. I feel like I'm scarfing down this food."

Reagan's response: "I'm scarfing down my pee." The pee jokes never get old.

I'll try to post pictures from Jenny's fun birthday party tonight.

Birthday Girl!

Jenny turned 6 yesterday, and she's just as spoiled as ever. She got a new iPod Shuffle (which I don't have a picture of yet), and a new American Girl doll to go with my old Kirsten doll, along with lots of clothes for her and her dolls. And that's before the birthday party!

Before she went to sleep Tuesday night, she kept coming back down for more hugs, saying, "Don't you want one more hug from the 5-year-old? This is the last time you'll see me as a 5-year-old except in pictures." Which of course caused Reagan to join in - "Don't you want one more hug from the 2-year-old?" Plus, Reagan was furious that it wasn't her birthday on Wednesday (even though she got presents too).

Finally, I need to note that in my previous post, I forgot to mention the fun the girls had with Uncle Mario in Hilton Head. I'm not sure why it didn't come up in that brief post, but they were definitely happy to spend time with him. Reagan even gave him a new name - "Uncle Mario Mac Mac."

We're Back!

The girls, Jo-Jo, and I are back from our trip to Hilton Head. We went for a conference I had to attend for a work, and so the girls could have a little vacation. They had a lot of fun. Reagan finally got over her fear of the water. She keeps saying, "I went in the pool at the beach. I went really, really deep." And, by "pool," she means the ocean. I don't have any pictures of that because I ended up with strep throat for the third time in four weeks, so I didn't really join in the fun times. I did ride the boat with them on Saturday though. They were spoiled by Jo-Jo and Pee-paw (I'm not sure the best way to spell that, but that's how Mom spells it). They also enjoyed their visit from cousin Tara. Here are some pictures:


This one is from the first night we were there, when they went out to see Gregg Russell, who is a guy who sings to the kids in Harbourtown every night. Jenny has seen him several times, so she has all the songs memorized. Nice how she's forcing Reagan to participate in this picture.


Another one Jenny is forcing Reagan to participate in. This is after they got their new clothes from Tara and Aunt Bobbie.

This is how Reagan spent most of her time in the van. I rented a van for the trip so that we would have a DVD player to entertain the girls. It worked most of the time on Jenny, to the point where she wouldn't talk to anyone at all because she wouldn't take her headphones off. Reagan either slept, spent brief minutes happy with the movie, or screamed in anger unless Jo-Jo was sitting right beside her.


This one is out on the boat - you can tell how nervous the girls were about being out an open boat, huh?

I'll post more stories later when I'm feeling better!

The dollhouse has arrived!

Jo-jo has arrived, and she brought Charlotte's old dollhouse with her. It's hard to describe how amazing this dollhouse is, so I'll include some pictures. First of all, it's huge. The table is, I swear, ten feet long. It just barely fits along one wall of Reagan's room.


There's even a yard around the house with a little pool and a pond and a basketball goal. Here's another picture of Jenny at the back of the house:


And, just to show how much detail is in this little house, here is a picture in the stairwell in the house that shows two portraits on the wall - Marcus and Lee when they were little boys.


Needless to say, the girls are having a lot of fun with this. Jenny's been up there with the dollhouse pretty much the entire day. She was actually sad earlier to realize that we're going to the beach on Tuesday, and she'll have to leave her dollhouse behind - and we're going to the beach! Not somewhere boring.

Finally, I'll leave you with a piece from Lee's 4th Grade writings that I found this weekend.

These include Lee's original spelling.

The only Lie that can Jump Tall Buildings in a single bound.

I used to have Superman’s powers,

I used to be able to fly.

I used to have Superman’s powers,

With heat vision evil I did fry.

I used to have Superman’s powers,

and X-ray vison.

I used to have Superman’s powers,

The abillity to make nucular fision.

I used to have Superman’s powers,

I jumped buildings in a single bound

I used to have Superman’s power

I scared all the bad guys around.

I used to have Superman’s powers,

I gave Lex Louthor a fright,

But I broke my mother’s fine china,

And she bought some kryptonite.

A Couple Limericks

There was a man from bugota

Who sat in a bar and made soda

He got tired of it

And so he quit

And he joined the fan club for Yoda

There once was a lousy old cupid

Boy was he ever stupid

He did the strut

But didn’t wipe his butt

And went around smelling stupid

The Fight

I grabbed the toy. So did my brother. First bad langaue, then the punch he hit first but I got blamed cause I’m bigger. I ran to my room. I slammed the door. That’s when the fight began. Should I stay mad, No. But I put the fight in a little vault in the back of my head where it would always be. I alone knew the combination. I shut it and ran down to eat.