Allyn's 3rd Birthday

Here is our Big Girl turning 3!!!!

For her birthday Todd and I took her to Baby Land General to pick out a real Cabbage Patch Kid. Her baby's name is Mary Allyn. We were able to see a baby be born from Mother Cabbage. It was named after Allyn and the other little girls that were present at the delivery.

Unfortunately, this baby was a little too expensive to adopt, we compromised on another one.
It was awesome! She had such a blast.
We also had a party for her at school with all her school friends!!

It is 'bout time!!!

Time to update! World's Worst Mom Award... handed to me!!!

Here is the table of contents of what needs blogged about:
1. Hollis' first birthday
2. Allyn's 3rd birthday
3. Halloween
4. Thanksgiving
5. Christmas
6. Snow Day

Happy Reading!!

Preschool Time!

Last Tuesday was Allyn's first day of preschool. I cannot believe she has started school. Everyone says once they start school you will blink and be at their high school graduation. I hope not, but I am sure it is true!
Allyn did great when I dropped her off. I think every parent dreads taking their child to school and having them pitch a fit, but when it did not happen, it made me a little sad.
She loves school! It is fun to get her report at the end of every day to see what they worked on and learned.
So far she has learned:
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blue
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Humpty Dumpty
Luke 6:30- Share with others!
I love that they do bible memory verses. To hear her say it is so sweet!
Here are pictures from day #1:

She really was excited to go to school we are just going through the not going to smile at the camera phase! Lovely!

"Allyn's Doin' Ballet" ... as she sings it!

We decided our fall activity this year would be ballet. She LOVES it! I am not sure she does anything during the class, but when she gets home she shows us everything she did in class! Two of her good friends are in there, Emily and Genevieve! Too Sweet!!
*Parents are not allowed in the class, so it is hard to get pictures of her actually doing ballet.

Check out the panties coming out under the leotard. Precious!!

Todd's Big 3-0!

I cannot believe I am married to a 30 year old. Seems like I could not possibility be married to such an older guy! We had a fantastic time celebrating his birthday. His best friend Jon Baker was able to score us space at the private club the Warren in Virgina Highlands. It was great! Food was wonderful and the friends that came were fabulous!!!

bEaCh tRiP 2009

We did not think we were going to be able to squeeze a beach trip into our hectic schedules this summer, but when Todd's job sent him to Jacksonville for business we could not help but tag along! Jax Beach was not our usual beach hot spot, but sand is sand and we took what we could get! With less than a week's notice we were able to find a condo on the beach... double score! We packed up and headed out Saturday morning and were there by 4ish. The ride down was eventful as you can imagine with two kids and a dog. We only stopped a few times and everyone made it in one piece! Ha!

Todd had to work Sunday evening, all day Monday and then only a half day on Tuesday. After that we had Daddy all to ourselves!

Todd's mom Dianne was able to change her plans and headed down on Monday to join the fun! I kow she had a blast we six straight days with her granddaughters.

The girls LOVED the beach! They could not get enough of it! I guess it truly runs in the family!

I have joked with several friends over the summer when they talk about going on vacation about it being more of a trip rather than a vacation when you have small children, but I can say we had a great VACATION!!

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Blueberry Pickin'

Before we headed to the beach we caught up with some good friend to pick blueberries. One of the great things about living out here is there are farms everywhere, so we do not have to drive far to pick some really good home grown stuff!