A Day Full of Birthday Parties

Check out the shoes!







Syd and Myles at Cannon's party


We began our Saturday with a bowling party for Sydney's friend, Jack. It was at the LA Tech Bowling Alley. For those of you that have not been to the new bowling alley - it is VERY nice. They have the cool lights and electronic scoring. The kids had a great time.

After that party, Myles friend, Cannon, had a party at Trinity. They were so cute! They jumped and bounced and rode on everything in sight! His cake was in the shape of a Crayola crayon box - too cute!

We left that party and went to Waterfront Grill to eat for Jason's birthday. Sydney and Jalyn haven't spent much time together since Christmas with all of us being sick. They enjoyed chatting over dinner.

I was glad to be home after a long day!

Children's Table

As some of you know, mom and I paint children's furniture. We started it when Sydney was a baby. We painted several things for her and then friends had babies and we painted for them. As more people saw our stuff they've asked us to do things. We love to do it! This is a table we painted over the weekend for a girl in town. I think it turned out PRECIOUS! Did I mention it take HOURS? many many hours

Sydney's snack day

Don't have but a second but wanted to share the cupcakes that my mom and I made for Sydney's snack day. Tedd had to deliver them so I'm not sure they looked like this when they got there!

Dr. Myles

Poor baby - you can tell he's sick by looking at his eyes.

Myles decided to play Dr. on himself the other night! I've been doctoring his face and nose with this thick moisturizing cream I got at the pharmacy. His face got so dry and chapped from wiping his nose SO much. I missed him for a few minutes and he was very quiet. I knew we were in trouble! The picture shows how I found him! He doesn't understand the concept of "Just a little."

Donuts

When Myles was sick I introduced him to chocolate donuts. He has always eaten donut holes but recently decided he likes "big donuts." Did I mention he loves chocolate. He hadn't eaten much in a couple of days and I felt sorry for him SO I got him his first BIG chocolate donut. He loved it! I thought it was so funny how he ate all the chocolate off the top of the donut! Sorry to bore you today!

Tokyo Hibatchi Grill

My kids love to eat at Tokyo Hibatchi Grill in Monroe. We have taken them since they were very young and it is a favorite of the family. They learned at a early age to eat with chopsticks. I thought you'd enjoy seeing some pics of them. We went for Francis birthday. Happy Birthday G-da!

COUGHING, SNOT, AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

The three go hand in hand - coughing, snot, and sleepless nights.

So much for my last report of Myles ears being clear. We have another ear infection and are SICK, SICK, SICK. He has laid around on me for 3 days now and been so FUSSY! This is no fun.

I was off work on Wednesday and Thursday with Myles. I thought I would go back today and Tedd would stay home with Myles but... Last night Sydney decided to get sick too. She has a bad cough and a little fever. Hers was only a viral infection that has to run its course. YUCK! That means no medicine. We had x-rays and no pneumonia for her! That was a plus. She is not as sick as him but I didn't want to go into the weekend with her being sick and not have her checked out.

I haven't slept in 3 or 4 nights - surely it will get better soon! Just about the time I get comfortable and doze off to sleep somebody is crying or calling my name. So frustrating but as Tedd said "That's one of the joys of motherhood!" Guess you have to take the bad with the good!

Dancer of the week/ report card

Sydney was chosen as Dancer of the week in dance this week! She was so excited. This is something new that they have at dance. She was the first one to be chosen in her class. That's my girl!


We also got report cards for the 9 weeks. Lovely Nails in Ruston has a child's pedicure chair. It's in the shape of an animal and has a built in DVD player. It's smaller in size - VERY CUTE! I told Sydney if she got all S's on her report card then she could get a pedicure. Drum roll...... She did it! We will be going to get a pedicure in the next few days!!!

If you know Sydney she is VERY shy and keeps to herself. I have been so proud of her coming out of her shell this year. She has always been very slow to adjust to change. She is so happy at school and enjoys going. Her being happy sure is nice for me!

Visit to the Shane and Jamie's in Texas

Last Saturday we went to Texarkana for Jamie's baby shower. The kids were great travelers - always helps! They were excited about seeing their cousin Chloe. We went out to eat on Saturday night and caught up. Then Sunday was the baby shower. Jamie got lots of great gifts. The baby will be outfitted for a while. Shane and Jamie are lots of fun to be with. We always have a good time together. I didn't get any really good pictures but we all think that Myles and Chloe favor so much and there is no blood relation. Chloe is very petite - she is 3 1/2 and Myles is 2 1/2. Myles is a little bigger than her. Look at the resemblence in the pictures.

Tedd didn't get to make the trip with us b/c he's the coordinator of referees for Upward Basketball and this was the first weekend. (Like he needs something else to do in his spare time) We had a 2 bedroom suite with my Mom and Francis. Did I mention that you DON'T want to ever stay with us in a hotel room. For some reason Myles gets so wound up when we stay in a hotel. Sydney passed out by 9:30 not my little energizer bunny. He didn't stop going until almost midnight. I tried everything - EVERYTHING! GG finally had enough, took over, and WON! He is all boy and acts just like his daddy.

Dr. Appt.

The tube in Myles right ear worked it's way out sometime between Thanksgiving and before Christmas. My first Monday off for Christmas break I was at the Doctor with Myles. He indeed had an ear infection. She put us on an antibiotic for 10 days to see if it would completely heal before we decided where to go from there. We went back for our follow up today and it was completely healed!!! No sign of infection. We have already had 2 sets of tubes and hopefully won't have to make it 3!

Independence Bowl

We had a wonderful time at the Independence Bowl. We went with Meredith and Ron. We left about 1:30 and ate at Superior in Shreveport. After eating we headed to the game and tailgated for a while before the hike to the our seats! It was cold that night but we had blankets and were prepared. I will say I wasn't as prepared as Meredith - she 4 layers on top and pajama pants under her jeans! She was toasty! We were pretty crammed in our seats so they kept us warm also. I was so thankful we didn't take the kids. There were several children around us and they were miserable. It was a great game and we won!! GO DAWGS! I'm not sure who had more fun me and Meredith or Tedd and Ron???

At the park

These are just a few snapshots taken of the kids at the park thanks to our wonderful babysitter! This was on Sunday afternoon - we left around 1:30 to go to the Independence Bowl. Lauren babysat and was with the kids ALL day and until almost 1:00 am. She's so sweet and we were lucky to have her for the day.

Christmas Day

Myles showing off his new tennis shoes!













I was shocked to be awakened by Sydney around 8:00 in the morning saying "Mommy, wake up Santa came!" We must have been tired. We all went to Myles room and had to wake him up. He got up at a very slow pace but was excited when he came in the living room and saw he had more presents to open! Santa brought him a large remote control dinosaur that he was excited about - check out the look on his face in the picture. Sydney was most excited over her American girl doll and the matching pajamas for her to wear. We played for a while on Christmas morning and then drove to Jackson and spent the night with our friends yes on Christmas night. Bless their hearts, they didn't know what they were getting themselves into! They don't have children yet and the last time we stayed with them we only had Sydney but they got the pleasure of being around Myles and all of his energy! HA! They were very well behaved we even took them to eat at Ichiban Hibatchi Grill(the only place opened on Christmas night). We didn't get to bed until late that night. Tedd had to pick Taylor up from the airport bright and early the next morning. It was so early that when they got back to Scott and Judy's house the kids were still asleep. We got everyone up and dressed and headed out to shop a little. Can't go to Jackson without hitting a mall or 2! We headed home mid afternoon b/c Taylor still had presents to open and see what Santa brought her.

Christmas Eve Evening

Myles dumped his reindeer food all in 1 spot.
Sydney (the rule follower) took her time spreading it all around.













We have a candlelight service at church on the evening of Christmas Eve. The children always look forward to singing Christmas songs and lighting candles in church. They do not provide a nursery for this service so I am always anxious to see how Myles will react. He did fine - Tedd only had to leave 1 time with him and he got to come back for the candle lighting. He only embarrassed us a couple of times. One time a song just ended and it was very quiet (before the prayer) Myles says very loudly "It's Over!" Ofcourse everyone within 3 or 4 rows of us was laughing. When he came back in Tedd made him put his finger over his lip so you'll see this in the picture - so funny! After church we drove to Quitman to spend some time with my Grandmother (my dad's mom) and family. It's always nice to see them b/c we don't get to very often. We remembered that we didn't have cookies for Santa so Sydney stocked up before we came home! When we got home we quickly put out the reindeer food, posed for a couple of pictures in our Christmas pajamas, and off to bed so Santa could come!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a very eventful day for us. We began the day at home exchanging gifts with each other. Myles loved the opening part. He didn't care who the present was for or what was inside - he just wanted to help open. After playing for a while we went to my mom's house for lunch and to exchange gifts with the family. Sydney, Jalyn and Myles had a time playing with all of their new toys. Jase will be in the mix next year. That's good for Myles because for now - he's the dress up toy to the girls. They love to put make up on him and he goes along with it. We had a fun day and a long evening to follow.