Would you like some candy?

Reece has several hiding spots around the house. I really don't understand why. She will fuss at Addie when Addie tries to play with anything of Reece's. And she has done this before Addie was born. I find random items in weird spots throughout the day. Let's face it. If I cleaned house more, I would find more. Today's prize was the best in a while. Go back to the missing Easter basket and Chad finding it in the guest room. Sabrina was over helping get ready for the garage sale so the guest room was cleared out. Free of baby clothes and swings and old coats and every other piece of random junk that we moved here from the other house. We were changing the sheets on the guest bed and Reece whips out this Tootsie Roll from nowhere. Then says something like, "Chocolate rolls are my favorite". Me -Where did you get that from. R- Right here in my hiding spot. Sure enough. On the bookcase (where the Easter basket was hidden) behind the flap of a binder, we found her latest hiding spot. Tuck away was 4 open eggs and the content from about 12, including some empty wrappers. You know, I have to hand it to the kid. She put them in a room where no one goes, left the wrappers in the hiding spot as to not draw attention to the fact that she eat any candy by putting the wrappers in the trash, and she has been eating snacks in private well enough that I have noticed in 5 days. Are you smarter than a 3 year old?

Reece's competition is not far behind her. Addison is getting smarter every day. We were outside in the garage most of today getting ready for the garage sale on Saturday. I have sorted through all of the girls clothes too many times to count. We came up with an idea to put several of the same size/similar outfits into a gallon bag to sell as a set and then put the bags in size buckets. Addie watched as she snacked on her crackers and drank her juice. After her "break" she decided that she would help too. She found a bag on the ground and put some clothes in it, then more. She is one sharp cookie. She continued to do this for a while. She pulled a bag of pull-ups in front of a lawn chair to use as a stool to get into the chair. She has also learned how to climb up the child's arm chair to get onto the guest bed. The girl has no fear. I had no idea I had such the little dare devil. I see a trip to the emergency room in our future.

Girl on Top (get your mind out of the gutter)

So Reece has a great memory for the things that she wants - candy, make-up, snacks. The child never forgets. She knows where I hide everything. But she cannot remember the name of places. One day we were in the car running errands. She asked if we were going to the "Red Star Store". I had to think. My question to her, "What would we get from the Red Star Store?" R- "Clothes, I need some new clothes". That is when it clicked. She was talking about Macy's.

And if you ask her what she wants for lunch, you will get the same answer in the same order 90% of the time - Chicken, Fries, Ketchup, Sprite, Toy. That's right ladies and gentleman, she is addicted to fast food. I know I did it to myself. She loves chicken nuggets. But let's be honest, who doesn't? They are bite size, easy to eat in the car, you can change the flavor with your dipping sauce. What's not to love? I will also admit (as any preschooler parent would) that we live at Chick-fil-a. Can you believe that people in the north don't have Chick-fil-a? (that's a whole blog entry itself!) Back to my story... We were doing our weekly run to Chick-fil-a when Reece says, "No Mom, not that place!" What?!?!? Me - "Why not Reece, you love this place?" R- "No Mom, I want to go there, with the Girl on Top." As I look to where she is pointing, it hits me. The girl on top - Wendy's. So that is our new joke. Yes, we are trying to teach her to say she would like to eat at Wendy's but isn't Girl on Top more fun? And it's not barbecue sauce. It's Barbie sauce.

And yes...she is my child. She loves a good soda. She tells me that she wants to eat big chicken (chicken strips) from the place with the boy and girl, and the little ice. Have you figured it out yet? It's Sonic. She a nut.

Easter 2008

We had a busy weekend. Chad took Good Friday off so we had a three day weekend together. Saturday we went to downtown Celina for an Easter Egg hunt with Prestonwood Baptist Church. Our neighbors, The Hastys, are members and invited us to join them. Reece enjoys playing with their kids, Claire and Ethan. Here are some pictures from that hunt as well as Easter day at our house.


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There were about 4000 eggs. They let all of the kids go at one time and they were all gone in about 4 minutes. We had a abundance of candy at the house that evening. You will see in the pictures that Reece didn't make it too long after the hunt and fell asleep on the way home. Later that evening, the "Easter Bunny" (me) was trying to locate Reece's Easter Basket and fill it with goodies for the next morning. Chad looked for about 30 minutes for that dang basket. I asked if he checked all of her hiding spots and he said yes. Well, we now know where her latest spot is. On the bookshelf in the guest room. And what did we find next too it? That's right, a bunch of Tootsie Roll wrappers. I guess I wasn't doing as good as I thought about policing the candy intake. On Sunday, I told here that the Easter Bunny woke me up because he couldn't find her Easter Basket. She acted surprised. That nut!

Sabrina and Scott come over for lunch as well as Bernie and her SIL, Kat. Raff was at home sick. We had a nice lunch and then did the egg hunt at the house. When we showed Reece the eggs in the backyard, she said "I'm so excited!" Do I have a little girl or a Pointer Sister? Please ignore the fact that the girls have on Spring dresses and black tights. It was colder than I expected when I got the girls dresses in the morning. They only wore the tights to hunt egss.

I will spend the rest of today working and explaining why we can't have candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Can you say Cheese?

To say that the girls are photogenic is one thing but I think we are past that point. Addie now has this "cheesy" little smile that she makes when you want to take her picture. I am guessing that it is from watching Reece make silly faces as well. She squints her eyes and shows those far apart teeth that are coming in. Not the sweetest face I have seen her make, but it does make me laugh none the less. Here are some pictures that prove my point. I am learning so bear with me. I didn't edit beforehand. I know, I know. Next time.

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The first few are the snow that we got a couple weeks ago. The "hump" in the snow is our soccer ball. It's hard to tell. The others are from our trip to Dekalb to see the Ramseys. The twins look good and are eating well. I think that there are 2 sets of twins in the photos - Logan and Jackson (babies) then Paula and Kylie. I know that there is a huge age difference but they look so much alike to me. Kylie adores Paula!!! The other pictures are from around the house.

Let's Give it a Try

I am going to try this blogging thing. We'll see how it goes. My "goal" is to update family and friends about the things that happen in our day to day lives. You know, the little things. Like today...Sabrina came up for her weekly visit with me and the girls. Addie was asleep when she got here, I was needing to do some work, so Sabrina and Reece did a little art project. I had bought a foam "Bunny House" for Easter. Came down stairs with Addie about an hour later. Perfect little bunny house - glitter and all. Now you know that if I had done it with Reece #1 - there would have been no glitter. Not good for either of us. #2 - that darn house looked perfect! I would have never been able to get it to hold together. I have tried in the past. It did turn out really well and Reece really enjoyed it. She went into the front closet for more supplies and came out with piper cleaners. Thank goodness I hid the feathers.

Addison has this LOVE for Sabrina that she doesn't share with everyone. I don't know how to explain it. Yes, she is attached to me but I'm her mom - she's my shadow. But man does she love Brina. Addie doesn't cry when Chad leaves, or Reece, some time me but she has started crying when Sabrina leaves. We were sitting down to dinner. The girls had started and Brina visited a little. Then came over to give hugs and kisses. Addie stood up in her highchair and started to cry. She didn't want Brina to leave. It is ssooooo sweet! I had to carry Addie outside to see Brina leave. She just whimpered like a little puppy. This is one of the many reasons that I am glad that Sabrina moved to Dallas.