Beautiful Chairs

For Mother's Day, I gave my mother-in-law fabric for her breakfast table chairs and the promise of re-covering them for her. Well, today I finally got them done. Sorry Frances that it took me 4 months to get it done.

Morning of Pampering

This morning, I took Molly to get her fingernails and toenails painted. Macy has had this done several times, but Molly never had. This weekend, Macy is staying with her Ninnie and Granddaddy so Molly gets all the attention. She was so excited and sat there so still and wanted to show everyone once they were done.

Hula Hoop

Today in Macy's dance class, they played with hula hoops. All of the girls were really struggling to even hold the hula hoop up, but one of the little girls was unbelievable! Watch this!

Soccer Practice

Water Break

Macy's "Pose" anytime she stands still!

"I Did It" - Macy made a goal

First Soccer Game

Today was Macy's first soccer game. She was so excited to put on her soccer uniform. We got there and waited and waited for the other team to show up...but they never did. The times has been changed later in the week and they may have just not gotten the information. So, the coach used this time to really practice the game. There were a couple of girls from another team who were there for a game who decided to come over and play for a little while.

About half way through the game/practice, Macy just lost it. She started crying and didn't stop until the end of the game. She kept saying, "I don't want to play," "I need water," "They took the ball from me," "I'm tired." We really started to wonder if we had done a bad thing by signing her up. But, we are not going to let her quit. Brian ended up having to go out there with her for about fifteen minutes and run the field with her.

At one point in the game, one of her other teammates/friends got upset because the ball was stolen from her and she sat down in the middle of the field and crossed her arms. She was very upset. Well, Macy (really feeling the same way) walked over and sat right down beside her and crossed her arms as well. They had a little "pitty party" all to themselves.

Trip Home

The car ride home went better than I thought it would with the girls. We bought them 3 new movies before the trip hoping that would entertain them...and it did! The last hour and half was the longest though. The girls starting really getting on each other's nerves and asked so many times when we were going to be home. I was so ready to be home!


This is what happens when you give a 4 year old a sticker book behind you in the back seat and you don't pay attention to what she's doing!! It was hilarious to turn around and see her.

Billy Jean

One of the funniest things of the trip happened this afternoon. The girls were playing with Mathias, who I spoke about here. Brian and I were singing all kinds of songs with the girls and he came over and started singing with us. We sang "Skinamarinki dinki dink, skinamarinki do, I love you" and then "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and then Brian asked him, "what other songs do you know?" And as loud as he could sing came "Billy Jean...is not my lover!" We started laughing hysterically and then looked over to his parents and they were laughing hysterically as well. It was too funny. Then, I asked him, "do you know Beat It?" Again, as loud as he could sing...."Beat It, Beat It..." It was so funny!

Fun at the Beach, Day 6...Our Last Day

Today was bittersweet...our last day at the beach, but we are all ready to come home. It was very hot today so we spent most of the day in the pool. The girls were worn about by about 2:00. So were we... Thought I would show the array of toys that made their way down with us each and every day. We had everything from a watering can to pails and shovels to a teaset.

Macy loved playing with her "little people" pretending they were going to the store and playing at the beach.

We decided to go back to Aunt Catfish's to eat because we loved it so much a few days ago. The highlight of the evening for the girls was getting to play again on the slide.

Fun at the Beach, Day 5

The girls are getting more tired by the day. The funny thing is that the more tired they are, the better they get along. Wierd, huh? I got the girls tea set from the room today and let them play with it in the pool. They just loved it.

We went to eat at another favorite place this evening called Parks. They have the best "smoked fish dip," "manhatten chowder" and "key lime pie." They also have two amazing fish tanks with Nemo and Dori! The girls ate a really good dinner because they knew when they got done, they could look at the fish tank.

After dinner, we went driving around looking at the "GINORMOUS" homes on the Halifax River and on the ocean. Brian and I have picked out several that we are considering.... (HA, we wish!) While driving, Molly gave us a little concert of songs.

Once back at the hotel, I took the girls down to the ocean to take some pictures. I have been wanting to do that all week. I really freaked out this morning though because my camera stopped working. Well, the camera itself worked but I couldn't see anything on the screen. I even got online to see if I could fix it, but could not. So, I hoped and prayed that I could aim halfway decent and could edit on the computer later. Let me know what you think. Aim was pretty good!