Ansley's 4 year old check up!

On Friday Daddy took Ansley to her 4 year old check up with Dr. Wilburn. Her stats are below:
Weight: 39 pounds which falls in the 75-90 percentile
Height: 41 3/4 which falls in the 90 percentile
She ended up getting her MMR and Varicella! She was not happy about the shots but was a brave little girl! Once she got her lollipop and ice cream she was good to go.
She has been milking the shots all weekend. It is kind of funny! "Mommy my leg hurts..I think it is from the shots", "Mommy I can't wear that it will make my legs hurt." I love listening to her.

A girl and her cowgirl!!

Birthday Girl!!

My princess turned 4 last Sunday! We celebrated her birthday at the pool with our close friends and family. Ansley did invite her classroom friends. She enjoyed playing with everyone. She asked me daily if she is still 4 years old. I do have to say the birthday cake we had was the best cake I have had!!!! (besides my dads homemade cake).
This year she has learned so much:
1) She can write all her capital letters. She is a pro at writing her name.

2) Dress up clothes have become a daily occurrence!

3) Clothes shopping takes place in the girls department now
4) There are never enough dolls in the house.
5) She loves when daddy puts her to bed.
6) Frances is her best friend.
7) Favorite TV show: Olivia
8) Favorite Movie: Toy Story and Fox and the Hound 2
9) Favorite Color: Green
10) Favorite Food: Cheetos
11) What do you want to be when you grow up?: A teacher

Both Ansley's looking alike!!

First ride on the Carousel!!

We met Addison and Avery at the mall on Friday. I like to steer clear of the mall with my little people. We hit up the play area which was really nice. However, it was extremely crowded.  Having two running in different directions is scary in a crowd. After a little bit of play time, we headed up to the food court to eat. Well, James enjoyed his food but Ansley only had eyes for the Carousel! After about 100 questions on when are we going to ride the Carousel, we finally rode it. The eyes were big and the smiles were huge!! Then it was time to get off. James lost his mind. He did not understand why I couldn't just leave him there to ride all day! These pictures are from before the melt down (sorry the pictures are blurry I had to use my iphone).

Riding the Elephant

His creative way to ride the horse.

Toddler Bed

Well it happened. We put a toddler bed in James room. Not because he was crawling out or that mommy was ready but because he and Daddy went on a field trip to Babies R Us and came home with fun stuff. He has been doing very well in the bed. Pretty sure he fell out of it at 4 am this morning. But he got right back up and went to sleep. I am not sure I like this big boy bed idea yet. I can talk a big game but it is a different story when it actually happens. The crib is still up in his room in case it is needed. Thank goodness he has a big room!

Early Birthday Present

My parents came over for dinner so they brought Ansley's birthday present which I had my dad put together. She got a Toy Story bike. We started with a 12 inch so she would feel comfortable riding the bike. She is big into toy story right now so she got a blue toy story bike. Of course I would have preferred a pink one but this works out that James can have it next year. Of course after dinner and bath we took her out to see her new bike. She was a little hesistant at first, her brother did not skip a beat. He wanted on that bike the moment he saw it! He has since settled with the pink and purple tricycle! This morning Ansley woke up and immediately wanted to go out and ride her bike. All three of us were out there in our pajamas riding bikes. Too cute!! Now if the weather would just decide to cooperate and cool down it would be nice!

Figuring out the brakes.

Yes she does have a helment!

Kids are back at school!!

Monday Ansley and James started a new year at Mt. Pisgah! Ansley moved to the 4's room (prek) and James is in the older 1's room. Ansley's teacher is a parent of a kid I went to high school with. She is a great teacher and Ansley is so excited about school!! She keeps asking daily when she gets to go on field trips. That unfortunately doesn't start for 4 more weeks. I had to break the news to her that she is not riding the big yellow school bus instead she has to ride the white short bus. No worries I will post pictures of her signing in when she arrives. It is too cute!!
James has a great teacher too. Ms. Amanda was Frances first teacher when she started at Mt. Pisgah. I am so pumped. He got moved in with the older kids which is where he needs to be developmentally! His first day Ms. Amanda said that he had a great day and was so sweet. However, he told them all morning that he didn't want to do anything aka "no, don wana." That seems to be his new phrase lately. We must be hitting the twos nice and early!  He was a champ when it came to sleeping on the cot! He did give me the cold shoulder for a good 20 minutes when we got home. He was not happy with mommy! He has since gotten over that and loves everything I do (most of the time).
Now for mommy...mommy had a really rough day. I must have let the rivers flow for most of the morning. I was a mess. The kids get an A for the day and I get an F. I didn't think it would hit me that hard but it did. Luckily, I was all dried up when I picked them up! I am still on vacation for another week so I think the kids will be playing hooky a couple days until I go back.