Mailee likes brownie batter as much as Mommy!

Our first house guests

We had the MS family over for a BBQ dinner to celebrate Mom/Grandma's birthday. It was a lot of fun and a good opportunity to show the family our new digs!
It was cool for Jackson and Jake to shoot pellet guns in the back (I think a few spiders may have met their maker) and for the girls to tear apart Mailee's room (what comes around goes around, Mai) We all had a great time!

Then, Mailee started 3 year-old Preschool

She loves her new teachers, Mrs. Parker and Ms. Brittany. I am thrilled that she likes school so much and is learning a ton! We have spent the week looking for different traffic signs and identifying them by color and shape! So Cool!

(BTW, the pacifier did stay at home! She is a "big girl," at least at school!)

OK, so now I am playing catch-up

So much has happened in the past month and a half that I haven't had time to update the Blog!

We moved into our new home in Purvis, Mississippi on July 31st! We love the new house and the back deck overlooks a lake. Such a tremendous view, we really feel blessed! Between the view and the kitchen, I am going to get kinda spoiled here.

Happy 4th of July!

"Cowboy Day" at school

Today was Mailee's first ever dress-up day at school and anyone who knows Mommy would know that I had to have her dolled-up in theme. This week they were learning about Cowboys and so the culmination of the "unit" was "Cowboy Day."

Mailee was somewhat concerned that she did not have a rope. She learned that cowboys have a lasso and yell, "ya-hoo!" She does the motion and all! Too stinkin' cute!!!

Father's Day 2009

Mailee got Daddy a hammock and stand for the backyard. He loved his gift and was happy to set it up right away! I think this is a gift we all will enjoy ;)~

Also, Mommy and Daddy took an overnight getaway to New Orleans and returned on Father's Day. Mailee enjoyed the monkey and banana Mardi Gras beads she got as a souvenir! What a HAM!

Nothing Like a Good Day at the Park

June Water Fun!

Silly Face!

Royal Tea Party

Mailee attended a backyard Royal Tea Party with our Meet and Play Group. It was absolutely ADORABLE to watch the little princesses and princes pour each other "tea" (juice) and eat tiny sandwiches. She had a blast and I loved just watching the kids interact. They didn't need us at all. Annabel was quite the bartender, making sure everyone's cups were always full.

I swear, 2-year-olds have the most fun!

Now THAT is some bed head!

This was too good not to take pictures of!

You thought you had some crazy hair in the morning!?!

More Backyard fun with Erin

OK, so it is a good thing I could hear her breathing!

Just tonight, Mailee had long been in bed and had already gone through her "routine" of coming out of her room 5 or 6 times in an attempt to stall bedtime. She always has something that she needs. For example, she will take the pants off her doll and then bring them to me because Dolly can't sleep without her pants. Another one I love, is that she may have the "wrong Bo-Bo" (pacifier) or that she NEEDS a doggie or princess toy to hold. I tell her that she can have the toy, but if she comes out again, I will take it away so that it can get some sleep in the toy box. A few minutes later, sure enough, out comes Mailee with the toy in her outstretched arm to give to me as an offering, then she returns to her room whining for the toy!

Anyhow, back to this evening...I hadn't heard from her in over an hour when I realized that I was hearing her breathing and I had no idea how I possibly could be hearing that through her closed door all the way around the corner and down the hallway.
So.... I peeked around the corner and saw this! Apparently, she passed-out midway through another sneak out attempt! She had her "Bo-Bos" with her, so she even brought her sustinance along for the break-out!
Of course, I had to then take a couple of pictures of the hallway view and from inside her room before carrying her back to her bed.

Little Monkey!!!

Heritage Preschool End of the Year Performance

So I got my first experience as a "stage Mom," and I have realized that in order to be any good at my new role, I will need a better camera. The few pics I got are terrible, but you get the gist. The 2 year-old class was up on "stage" and sang a few songs. In these pictures, you see Munchkin with her "hand over her heart" saying the Pledge of Allegiance (by the way, the flag was to her right--- Ooops!). Also, she is marching for "Ha Ha Hallelujah," and the last one is her class singing the "Good-bye Song," complete with a "yahoo!" at the end.

She did not release her whole inner-ham, but it did wet my palette for future dance recitals and performances!!! She did blow me kisses from the stage and I saw her telling the teacher, "Right there is my Mommy!" I am one proud Mama.

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