Several of my friends' blogs lately have been about funny things their kids have said. I need to be better about documenting these things. Ryan was at work WAY early this morning (4:45) and worked until 6:00 and has to be back early again tomorrow! Glad I'm not the Dad this week for sure! Anyway, he's in bed and I'm awake...
As Lindsey was playing alone in her play room as I cleaned up I hear "Oh Lordy!" and "Danget" (however you spell that). The first one is from me and the second from Ryan! Just funny to hear out of the mouth of a 3 1/2 year old!
She's been asking a lot of questions about Jesus, the angel who told Mary, God, etc. I get nervous about giving her the right answer, but also know that she has "faith like a child" and will believe what I tell her and not question it, even if it seems to be "far out." So, she asked "How did the angel get out of heaven to tell Mary that she was going to have a baby? I don't know Lindsey, I guess it flew down since angels have wings. (concerned/confused look on Lindsey's face) I guess you can ask God one day when you get to heaven (even more concerned/confused look on her face!)." End of converstaion. I'm srue it moved from that into Dora or Cinderella!
Later...."When do you go to heaven? Oh, not until you get old." End of conversation again.
Today..."Mommy, when I get done with all my numbers, I'll go to heaven too. Not yet. Yes, when you are done with your numbers, you will go to heaven, Lindsey." WOW! She put that together. I wasn't sure she even understood what it meant to be old! Amazing how their minds are always turning!
Courntey isn't saying much of anything funny, just "Mommmy, mommy, mommy, mommy times 100!" Seriously! I need to tape it and put it on here. She just walks around SCREAMIN it! Love it most of the time, but other times I need her to hush.
The most precious thing that she does right now is when we pray, she says "Amen" everytime! It started a month or so ago and it was a very long word more like " AAAAAAAAAmen!" Now it is very short and I can't even type how it sounds. Just precious. As we pray at night and I start naming us all off, "Thank you for Mommy....she says "Daddy, Insey (aka Lindsey) Amen" So cute!
Those are my thoughts and words of my precious children! What a blessing they are to me!
Playing together has become more of a norm around here. Most of the time it is ok with the other one that she wants to play...it goes both ways. This is the other day when they were both cooking for me! Courtney wants to be and do just like Lindsey does! Imagine that! Too cute!
My cheerleader (as long as no one looks!). Ryan has been going to the gym at church to play basketball on Thursday evenings! Some Cintas guys have been going, so he's had fun! We went to watch because Lindsey was dying to go. 
We went to Sonic before hand and Courtney LOVES my drink, or Lindsey's, whoever will share with her! She's a Sonic fan just like her mother!
Our friends, Gary Don and Tracy's lab, Lucy birthed 12 puppies almost 4 weeks ago now! They lost one of the puppies very early, not sure what happened. But, the other 11 are doing great! There are 2 runts, but they are just small, doing fine! Lindsey loves to hold the puppies, but they have learned to walk so she gets upset. We have to find one that is sleeping and she loves it! There were 2 in her lap asleep, but we didn't get that picture. Courtney LOVES LOVES LOVES dogs! She especially loves Lucy, she has since she's been able to walk and find her. Lucy is the most laid back lab I have ever seen. She doesn't even hardly get up when we walk in the door! So, she's very good with Courtney! 
This is Courtney's favorite thing to do with Lucy...put her head on her. She will give Lucy loves the whole time we are there! It was just priceless when Lucy laid on her blanket and some of the puppies went over to nurse, Courtney just did the same! Not to nurse, but to love on her! Lucy lets her and Courtney just laid over there. It was so cute!!! Just priceless! Thank you Tracy for sharing the pictures! Love your puppies (and Lucy) but don't want to bring one home to my house!!
This was Sunday morning. Lindsey looked to cute not to take a picture. She is getting much better about taking them and even looking at the camera and most of the time smiling! Lindsey took this picture of Courtney and it was actually pretty cute. She is showing her teeth at least! :) I tried to get her to stand by Lindsey, but that didn't work, so seperate pictures will have to do!
Monday night was our town's Christmas parade. It was cold, but not as cold as last year. We have a system (2 years running)...Ryan parks his car right by the square (where the parade comes) then I go get him there. We come home and all bundle up, go park my car somewhere (further away because it is close to starting time) and then walk to his car, sit in it until the parade starts, eat our beans and cornbread we get from the Chamber of Commerce, then sit on top of our car to watch the parade. I wanted someone to take our picture of all 4 of us on top of the car, but no one walked by that I felt good about asking. Courtney didn't last long on top of the car anyway. She hates being "contained" and obviously didn't have free reign on the top of the car. So, she and I ended up back in the car. She didn't care! I laid the seats down so it was like a climbing spot for them. Just playing in the car was fun in itself. She liked that just as well. Ryan and Lindsey stayed on top of the car and eventually moved closer with Lindsey on his shoulders. We stayed until the end because Santa comes on the fire truck! So fun! She didn't know that Santa was getting off, so we were able to just go ahead and leave! :) We'll see next year.
This picture is from the other night when Lindsey had eaten some chocolate pudding. Courtney got ahold of what was left (not much) and was able to get it all over her face! Of course...what would you expect from her? She was so proud of "feeding" herself she couldn't stand it!
I posted the video of Lindsey "dancing" last night! These are just some pictures. My flash sometimes seems to not do well, I guess I need to get my book out and look at it. I don't remember that happening near as much as it happens now, so I don't know. Anyway, the middle picture is Lindsey going over to the group to do "turns on the bar," but of course she didn't do that either. Then the last picture is ALL the girls getting up to do their bow and get a drink. However, look in the far back and see Lindsey just sitting there, all alone! So funny! My shy little girl. Maybe she'll perform in May at the big recital! We'll see! She said she had fun and that is the most important thing, right?!
Tonight was the parent watch night at Lindsey's dance class. Usually she just goes and we aren't allowed to watch. They don't have a recital until May, so this is just a half way point that they let parents come watch. Anyway, we didn't have much to watch....Lindsey just stood there, pulled at her tights and her leotard in a very "funny" place! Interesting! ALL the other girls were pretty much doing EXACTLY what the teacher was doing. I've watched Lindsey one other time through the window and she was doing it. Obviously she's just painfully shy and was concerned about that. She didn't even do her turns on the bar, her favorite thing! So, it was interesting to say the least. Ryan blames me all the time for the drama in our house, so tonight as she was doing NOTHING, I looked at him and said he got all the credit/blame for this performance for sure! No drama at all! Enjoy!
Here is some SKILLED tapping!
Well, this is my new (to me) car! My sweet husband got this for us! It is a 2005 GMC Yukon Denali. It has every bell and whistle on it you could imagine. It is so cold outside I just can't take pictures. I wanted to, but it turned so cold it just isn't worth it. I looked online for some pictures. This looks just like ours, it is silver and very very very pretty! The inside is SOOO nice! The 2nd row is captain's chairs and that is nice. There is a fancy "tv" radio touch screen thing. I'll take a picture and add it later! Anyway...I had to show it off and brag on my husband. He takes such good care of us!
This is Henry and Harper! Henry still has a feeding tube, but is doing great! Harper is eating good, so he is off of the tube. These precious babies belong to my good friend from college, Lesli. We basically lived together. Not literally, but we did our MAT (Masters of Arts in Teaching) together and our Master's project/paper together. So, we became very close. She is from Fort Smith, so what is now almost two years ago (in March) when we found out we were moving down here, I e-mailed her. She had been in Fayetteville teaching, but moved back to FS because she got married. Anyway, we have become close friends again and these precious twins are hers! Are you ready? She also has an 18 month old son, Ashton! Yes, she is in for some busy times for sure!!!
What happened to this poor marker???
What did I do?
