wee school

At the urging of several people and as a last-ditch effort to preserve some of my sanity, Brooke started the Mother's Day Out program at our church this morning. Not a tear was shed by either of us, which makes me feel better about the decision.





Hi Ho Hi Ho....



Proof that I love her:

hello, my name is bob

Brooke finally got her first haircut. Bye curls and frizz...hello big-girl bob!

before:


before and afters:


She had SO much fun watching herself in the mirror. She sat perfectly still and even helped Marcy style it!


And one last "before" with big sis:

orange cup

The girls and I tagged along with Justin last week while he was in San Antonio for a meeting and we met up with my friend Georgianna who is also a photographer for a little lunch and photo safari at La Cantera. I loved the colors in this frozen yogurt shop.









Here are Trey and Paige hamming it up for the camera. Oh, and Brooke trying to be sneaky.

peace out

blue belles

What she really thinks of having her picture taken.

because i'm the mommy, that's why

We celebrated Mother's Day today with a brunch even Fancy Nancy would have been proud of! We took J's mom and mimi to the Omni for Mother's Day brunch.

Me & the girls


The flowers I got from J & the girls


Brooke & Mimi




Paige and GG


Paige posing with the roses we received at brunch


A big shout out to the rocking' iPhone camera, for making these pics possible! Can you guess what my present was??

and it all begins...

Should I be more worried that she can get into ANYTHING if unsupervised for 5 seconds or that my 2 year old can already apply mascara correctly??

dancing in the rain

Well, not real rain. I'm not sure that Brooke has ever actually seen REAL rain, so a sprinkler is the next best thing!

easter 2009....better late than never!

lazy days of spring

I'm too lazy to double post, so jump over to the Red Berry Photo blog to see pics from our day at the beach!

i ♥ me lucky charms!

why Brooke is not allowed to go to newborn photo sessions

I was practicing for my upcoming newborn session when Brooke decided to "help".

100

Friday was the 100th day of school! All the kindergartners brought 100 of something (we chose Q-tips). The class also celebrated with cupcakes. (baked by Ms. Tessa)

Brooke is the unofficial mascot for the class and makes herself at home whenever she can.


Betcha didn't know there was a song about the 100th day of school!!!


Note to self: never leave my cupcake unattended when Brooke is around.


When's dessert???

can you hear those sleighbells ringing?

We left Santa a slice of our traditional, red velvet birthday cake for Jesus.




Some people couldn't wait until morning!

attack of the bee

Yesterday after I picked up Paige from school, I stopped to talk to one of the other moms. We were deep in conversation talking about outfits for the Christmas Program when we heard a scream come from the back seat.

It was not a normal "I've about had it sitting in this car seat while you two chat, so you better do what's good for you and head home" scream. It was definitely a pain inflicted scream.

So I jump out and open the door next to Brooke's car seat where I find her clutching her right hand in desperation.

And then I see it. THE STINGER.

I try to calmly, but firmly hold her hand while I pry that little thing out of her finger.

Because this has never happened to either of my girls, I have no idea if she is allergic so I unbuckle her and head for the school nurse's office where she promptly applied an ice pack, sticker and a lots of TLC.

Luckily she's fine, but boy howdy was there some drama. And of course, being the good mom that I am, I make her pose for pictures before the tears have even dried.

See the tear?


The finger.


It was absolutely awful!!!