Our first annual cousin camp was a success! Redbirds, flag honoring our family in the military, t-shirt making (scribble shirts and bleach logos), movies, junk food (candy necklaces), football in the cove, and swimming. Even our 2 camp counselor cousins seemed to enjoy themselves. So blessed to have so many parts of my heart under our roof for one night.
The bigger the better, so next year we will hopefully add more cousins to the guest list!
The beach was a success! We only stopped for gas there and back. The kids were great. After 3 days we got tired and craved our normal routine, but we lived on the beach while we were there and enjoyed it. They both definitely love being out in the sun and sand like Mason and I do! We have also now made it a family tradition to eat Mexican and foot race in the grass at Grand Boulevard our last night.
Highs: trucks and boogie boarding
Lows: unexpected severe eczema and lack of sleep/routine = moody kiddos
We WILL be doing it again.
Maggie had a successful first season of soccer. She didn’t score any goals, but she really improved in confidence. Her teammates played together in the fall, so they were really good. Can’t wait until this fall to see what she can really do. She also had two visits from the tooth fairy this spring! The first of many.
Keller, our escape artist, has forced us to keep the garage door down at all times. You can find him in the nearest mud puddle with a truck if we lose him…
Spring is here and time seems to be marching in double-time. Maggie is turning into a little lady and Keller into a pesky little brother of Judy Blume proportion. We finished up our Caterpillar Club at the Botanic Garden by making paper bunnies and paper carrots that have real carrot seeds. The gardens are beautiful right now.`
Maggie lost her first tooth and the tooth fairy visited! Trixie the tooth fairy left a charm bracelet with a tooth fairy charm on it. She also wanted to try on my wedding dress, and I couldn’t resist the Pinterest post of taking a picture of 'your little girl in your wedding dress'. I didn’t know she would be so serious for the pics! Yesterday after a big rain we got out and she showed Keller how to splash in the puddles. Today was Wild West Day at preschool, so she wore her Jessie outfit and brought Jessie for show and tell. She is a size 6 going on 7 and it breaks my heart to go clothes shopping for her these days. Most of the sweet little girl clothes stop at 5. I'm not going to apologize for not wanting her to dress like she is 14 when she just turned 5. I mean, look at the wedding dress pic... seriously?!
Keller is like a squirrel. He likes to hide food and come back to it later. He apparently hid a ring pop and found it this morning on the way out the door! I call him the junk food junkie because he likes all things junk food, sweet or salty. He really seems to be watching Maggie lately and is her little shadow. He is starting to put three word sentences together and can get his point across now. He can put a smack down on Maggie these days too. We warned her! He is also moving past his separation anxiety, thank goodness! If you are wondering what is going on in his little head, I guarantee 90% of the time he is thinking about trucks…
School egg hunt, packages from the grandparents, Easter on the square, church celebration, Easter Bunny, and Easter at church… We had a full Easter week celebrating the gift of grace.
Wow, that was fast…
Rapunzel Maggie had an awesome 5th birthday. Pinterest has taken partying to a new level in the Wilson house. We started the day with doughnuts and flowers from Daddy.
Then it was time to welcome our guests! They snacked and played a game at the Snuggly Duckling. Everyone crafted Maximus stick horses, Rapunzel braids, and glowing lanterns.
Then it was cake time!
A little more play, opened some gifts, and everyone headed home. Maggie got her first Best Friends necklace. How sweet are they?
We hung 5 lanterns outside and called it a night.
I know we had a blast and I hope everyone else did too. We are so blessed to have such great friends and family to make special memories with. The day was absolutely priceless.
Adorable invite and thank you printables from FleetingThing on Etsy. We always love the cakes from Mad Lilly Cakery too!
This title is in keeping with the recent influx of interest in trains at our house this month. Specifically Thomas.
Maggie brought her class bear home the first weekend of the month, then Bella the Bear (aka Mommy) had to journal about the weekend adventures. You can’t bring a special guest into our family without a quick trip to Dyersburg! When we got home we headed to the Stiver’s to watch the Super Bowl.
We also started Caterpillar Club again. This is Keller’s first session to participate. He is loving it, and I know he is learning a lot. The first class was about bunnies and this class was about owls. We also planted seeds and will have a picnic in April with our garden veggies. Mr. Drew has crafts, a book, an activity, and outside fun centered around whatever the theme is that week.
Maggie is finally progressing in gymnastics. By progressing I mean she will hang on to the bar and touch her toes to it. She is a head taller than any other kid in the class and they all flip over the bar. Not. Gonna. Happen. She wants to love it, she is just scared she will hurt her arms since we have been to he ER with them coming out of socket. Maybe she will move past it someday and gain some confidence in those arms, but it hasn’t happened yet.
It has been cold out, so we have been creative indoors. Had a visit to the "Disney Mall" (Wolfchase) and a quick lunch with Nanny. On Lent Maggie started getting sick so we skipped the Wednesday night service. By Friday it was a double ear inflection that she could no longer deny having. I gave up Facebook for Lent and so far I am not having withdrawals! We are also trying to reign in our nighttime routine. Needless to say, routine is not in the genes at our house. No one has ever complained about someone being go with the flow, right? We are doing better, though. Hopefully by the time Kindergarten starts we will have it down (as long as they don't make start time earlier).
I think this Valentine’s Day was the best ever. Maggie had her school party on the 13th (when she started getting sick). There were Valentine’s waiting in the mail from Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee. The kids and I got to spend the whole day together, and Mason joined us earlier than usual. We exchanged gifts (we got flowers, Daddy got a sign and an EPC Photography family photo) and ate at McAlister’s. Mason got Keller a basketball goal and we played kitchen basketball for a while. Showing some love and enjoying the moment is what this fam did.
President’s Day weekend we went to Dyersburg to celebrate our soon to arrive baby cousin Jonah Vincent. There were Valentine’s waiting at the Wilson’s and the Seaton’s. Now we are on to party planning for Maggie’s 5th birthday. Rapunzel will be reigning supreme here for at least the next two weeks.
The kids had a great morning visiting the square. Maggie was the best big sister as always. Keller calls trains 'shoo-shoo'. All of his words are pretty much a combination of Ma/mmy, Da/ddy, ba, and sh/oo. For example, Maggie is Maddy, Mine is my, bar is ba, pretty is ddyddy, ball is ba, diaper change is shoo while shaking head, and shoe is shoo. Lots of things are shoo. I guess Stinker is turning out to be a proper nickname...
Keller can say about 1% of the words Maggie could at his age, but she could physically do probably 1% of what he has 'conquered'. She is literally holding him down for this picture.
