Valentine's Day

Before I start this post I was reminded by my sister that in my last post I forgot to add that we had diet coke and sweet tea around the clock!!!
Now onto Valentine's Day. While James was napping on Sunday, Ansley and I settled down to write 12 valentine cards. This was a painful process. I am not sure how I am going to get through homework next year. However, I set aside my need to make it look perfect and let her be creative.
Once James woke up we got to work on their t-shirts.
Ansley's hands


James' hands


Yes it does look like their hands are the same size, but Ansley has him beat by a tiny bit.
This is Ansley at her class party.

Weekend away

Last weekend Bob and I escaped away to Rome,Ga for a retreat a marriage retreat at Winshape. We are so blessed to have a group at our church that cherish the gift of marriage!! Winshape is a retreat center located on the campus of Berry College. This center was built by Truit Cathy, the founder of Chickfila. There is no internet, phones, or television on the grounds. There is plenty of cattle, horses, and amazing views to keep one busy. The food was amazing plus there was free IceDream all day. The staff had the same mannerisms as the restaurants. This place was a five star retreat in my book. That was the bonus part. The best part was the time we got to spend together energizing our relationship, enjoying some alone time without kids, and meeting other couples from around the state!



Love this picture. This was the first thing we saw as we came out of our room. Winshape is an old dairy farm.



Yep there is something missing...



Safety first. Of course Ansley was pleased with my helmet.



Everytime I walked past the registration hall I was startled that the same man was still feeding the calf. Sorry it isn't the best picture!



Winshape from afar!!



After an awesome weekend we came home gathered the kids and went to Taco Mac. We came home only to discover that Oscar took it upon himself to dig through Bob's bag and eat 65 chocolate calcium supplements which were 500 mg each. Did I mention he ate wrapper and all. When we came home I didn't think much of the damage that many vitamins can do to a dog. I bathed the kids and got them ready for bed. Only after feeding Oscar dinner and sitting on the couch 2 hours later did it alarm me that he just ate a whole lot of vitamins. I called the Er vet doctor. We tried to induce vomiting with peroxide but that didn't work so off to the Er at 9:30 on a Sunday night. The moment we got there they whisked him away only to come back 2 minutes later to tell me they induced vomiting and he was puking up a good amount of chocolate and foil!! So I am still not freaking out until they call me back and the doctor talks to me. He makes me realize just how much danger Oscar was in. Oscar spends the night and ends up spending three more days at the vet. finally his numbers are back to normal!! He is back to his active self!! We are so thankful to my mom who helped us out this week with caring for Oscar!!

Ansley singing in the Cherub choir

This has to be the most angelic choir !!! Trying to figure out how to upload the video from Bob's phone!!

Daily Thoughts from Ansley

Today was Ansley's first swim lesson. She loved it and coming from two former swimmers we couldn't be more happy!! We went from the YMCA to Moe's. Then each took a child and went our separate ways. I took James to get his hair cut and Bob headed off to the GT basketball game with Ansley. While on the way back from the game Ansley told Bob about the conversation she had with GranDonna. Ansley is collecting pennies for patients at her school. So she brought home a box to collect money. GranDonna explained to her what the campaign is about and read the story about a little boy with Leukemia that was on the box. After dropping GranDonna off at home Ansley recited what she had learned. It went something like this..."the boy on the box is sick with zucchini, however James and I do not have zucchini in us so we are not sick!" There goes any chance of me getting her to eat her vegetables this week.
Later in the afternoon we were kicked out of our house due to another viewing. Last week we had three people come by to see the how so we are still getting tons of traffic with positive feedback!! We decided to meet at the park before heading to my parents house.























Someone needs to explain to me why kids think it is okay to do their business in public restrooms. The are smelly, steamy, and so unclean! So I brave the park bathrooms only to get another wonderful explanation about poop from Ansley. She told me that poop smells. That when James does it it smells. But that daddy has the stinkiest poop. And he takes way to long to do his business (sorry Bob but she said it).
On to a lighter topic...The cutest part of the day had to be date night at Chickfila. All around the country chickfila had a daddy daughter date night. Ansley loved it!!

Why mommy!

Four year olds are full of their own funny ways at looking at things.
1) While sitting at the dinner table the other day, Ansley asked me if Hannah eats Ike James, with his fingers. I quickly corrected her that James uses a fork only to look over at him and see him digging into his food with his hands. Oh well!! I told her that Hannah eats with her mouth that she doesn't know how to use her hands yet. Ansley replies so she eats like a dog.
2) Since Hannah can't be near anyone right now my kids have been in mourning. So when I drop Caroline's two older kids off, she has been bringing Hannah out to the car and letting them look at her. It is amazing how that little bit of grace gives my kids such joy!! Today It was raining so they could only see her from a distance. As soon as we left I got drilled on why Caroline couldn't get closer. Ansley decided to answer the question herself. "Caroline didn't want to drop Hannah on the hard ground.you can drop baby dolls on the ground but not Hannah!" my reaction... What?!?!?

As you can see my child is obsessed with Hannah. Imagine if she was able to touch her.

Helper

James has decided that the refrigerator needs his help lately. The last two nights while I have been cooking dinner I have been finding James pulling things out of the refrigerator and insisting that I follow his lead. Last night it was the milk(dangerous situation). Tonight it was the clementines.
This first picture was of him building a railroad track for his trains. Eventually it turned into batting practice.



Then he decided to eat it!


He found out real fast how great that taste.

"It's ok baby"