a 5th birthday filled with FLIPS!

Since Spring Break was during the real birthday we postponed it a few days and celebrated at Southern Spirit ...Gray's choice of course! She and Mary B. have been taking gymnastics this year and LOVE this place. All your friends had such a good time Gray, you all played games, did tricks on the trampolene, and flipped around on all the mats! I can't believe we have registered you for Kindegarten and now you are 5 ....time flys by buggy! I do not want you to grow up, but you remind me daily "mommy, I will still always be your baby"...and I hope you keep doing it! I love you Gray.

Lots and lots of SPRING!

A lot to catch up on so this is going to be a long one! We have been so excited about the sunshine and that Spring is finally here!

The girls recently had a chance to be a part of the Junior League American Girl Doll Fashion show. It was a wonderful event that raised money for the new hands on children's museum at the Carnegie. Our cousins, aunts, grandmothers, great-grands, and even Daddy and Uncle Reagan came to see.


Gray and Charlotte (along with Elizabeth and Kit) played VIP parts of the show at intermission...they did great!


Mary Bradford was Ruthie. She loved it and learned all about every doll which will be great for our Spring Break trip to Atlanta....we can't wait!



Mary Bradford had her friend Fiona over for the afternoon before our neighborhood egg hunt and we found these at Target so they got busy quick! I didn't know 1st graders were so into detail and very artistic. So glad they were kind enough to let little sister join them....




The Roberts and Perrys hosted our neighborhood egg hunt complete with all our sweet friends. The young group hunted in the frontyard....and the big kids were in the backyard...I got a quick shot before they got the GO (and their were some SERIOUS egghunters with lots of experience)....we loved it!





After a fun filled afternoon, it was time to jump in bed so that Ebunny would come by..and he did!


We loved what he left....expecially our ZHU ZHU pet accessories!




I LOVE our church, but Easter is one of my favorite times of the year...we take flowers for the living cross and then have a wonderful service.



After church we headed to Mimi and Gandy's for another photo shoot while we waited on everyone to get here for lunch...which I loved that they are finally to the age they enjoy the family picture thing (sad they are growing up) but NO tears nor whining was nice:)!




At lunch we ran into a special guest and got to thank him for our goodies he left....Gray was very into Mr. bunny and gave him lots of love!


After lunch, it was back to Mimi and Gandy's house to play...1st thing was to get the dresses OFF ...then they decided to cartwheel in their slips for a little while..


then to celebrate with Carter, it was his real birthday...and he is 2!!


Cupcakes are his bestfriend...you would never know this was like his 100th time to celebrate his birthday....still so excited!


then a little dress-up and more playtime..had to get Gray in her GARB...she loves to deck out!!



It was back to school, and I got to spend a day at the Zoo in Birmingham with Mary Bradford and her class. She decided the gorilla was her favorite!





I treasure all of these precious times with my sweet girls and already starting to realize time is going by too fast...

a TERRIFIC Tuesday

and today was just that!!
Bug woke up and could not even THINK about eating her breakfast (cinnamon rolls ...her favorite) for pressing her nose against our kitchen window and loving all the SNOW we got ...so sweet, and yes this is her BED HEAD do each day we get to see:)!



I couldn't help but show this too... art from school yesterday which went straight to my desk at Eastwood so I can enjoy it each day! Gray (in her beautiful dress) and Scout with her famous flowers! I love these flowers, this is what she likes to draw best lately!




This week all our schools are celebrating READ ACROSS AMERICA with lots of fun things to do each day! Today happened to be Dr. Seuss's birthday>>>Mary B. and I had fun with making her look like the Cat in the Hat today....

The Emperor's New Clothes

At Ben Davis each classroom pairs with another to do their play. Mrs. Hart's class along with Mrs. Chapman's class chose The Emperor's New Clothes. Here is Gray making sure Mary B. looks just right, she was sooo excited about Sissy being "on stage" and she got to go to school late too!......



They had such a great time, worked so hard, and it all paid off!












We were so proud of you Mary Bradford, you were a great narrator....and we enjoyed seeing all of your friends, they did a great job too!