Snake Saturday Parade

Enjoying the parade with the Cruce family (and the Storey family shortly thereafter)

Waving at the clowns :0)

Sweet baby Hannah and Janet

Sharing Goldfish with Hannah

McKinstry Sisters!

"them motorcycles are tooooooooo loud!"

The Big Performance

Here they are, all ready for show time! Aside from the newly ripped lining from Addalyn's skirt hanging down, and Mace hollering between dances "mama, my foots are getting sweaty!!!", the evening went pretty smooth. :-)

So Talented

The things this girl comes up with! Although, my laughing sure doesn't encourage her to stop.

Chatting With My Mace

After showering the other night, I was laying on my bed with Mace snuggled up on my chest, and that kid told more stories than she's ever told before. I had Addalyn grab my camera which sometimes slows her down, but not this night. A lot of her stories are about kids at daycare and even though she's hard to understand and her stories carry on about nothing, it's this darn voice of hers that makes me want to record each and every thing she ever says. Too precious.

Tiny Dancers

Ready to dance

Hands on the hips!

My friend Anna's niece (Lily) was trying to help Mace with her form :-)

Mace was missing her mama so she clung to her sis instead (against her sister's wishes)

Macey actually did the first part of one of her dances with her hands in her pockets...I think I see why 3 is too young for this kind of thing!

Addalyn told me today that when she grows us, she wants to be a dancer, if she loses that job, she wants to be a hair fixer, and if she loses that job, she wants to make bracelets for "you know, like, grown ups, for little girls, and for Barbies and stuff"

I couldn't pick just 1 video, they're all so entertaining. Macey cracks me up! I don't know that she did a single correct dance move at the correct time. And when they were performing for the parents, she ran over to me after each dance for a congratulatory hug and kiss. I think she had a good time, but she certainly doesn't have the love for it like Addalyn does.

First Baskin Robbins Clown Cone

What kind of a mom would I be if I didn't blog about the girls very first Baskin Robbins Clown Cone?! Oh yeah...a normal one. ;) If you know how much I love ice cream, you know why this was an exciting evening. They loved them!

How many "mommy and the baby" pictures will I have like this? Addalyn loves to nurture and take care of her little sister and Macey loves to be taken care of and babied. They're perfect together!

Macey Sings Her ABC's

This isn't a milestone or anything, she's known her ABC's for over a year now, but I wanted to share this precious voice with you all. I wish I could bottle her up and keep her like this forever!

Divas

This is the work of Miss Addy Renee. She picked out these outfits the other night before bed for her and her sis to wear to daycare the next day. She dressed herself and Mace from head to toe.
I've been meaning to do an entire post on Addalyn and some of our conversations, but I keep getting sidetracked, and wouldn't you know it, I've forgotten half of the things I wanted to say! There are a few that I remember and want to remember forever:
Driving to daycare at 7 am the other morning, we passed the middle school that Joey and I went to (as we do every single day) and something dawns on Addalyn. "Hey, mama, if you and daddy went to that school when you were kids, it was a long time ago...so why is it called NEW Mark? Shouldn't it be called OLD Mark?" :-)
A few nights ago Addalyn was helping me make Belgium Waffles for dinner. As she is stirring the batter she turns to me and says, "well, did you have a good day at work today, mom?". She's 4! What 4 year old cares whether or not their mom had a good day at work?!? So sweet.
Last month my dad was over for dinner and we were trying to have a conversation in code so the girls wouldn't know what was being said. It was driving Addalyn crazy not knowing what we were spelling, so Papa and I continued our conversation like this and Addalyn LOVED it! Me: "did you watch the news and see that picture of the F-O-X?" Addalyn: FOX!!! Papa "I missed that, but I saw the C-A-T story." Addalyn: CAT STORY! Me: "Did M-A-C-E-Y finish eating yet?" Addalyn: MACEY! (I think you get the picture, but she thought it was so cool that she could crack our conversation codes. It went on for quite a while. So entertaining!
At the grocery store, Addalyn sees Mountain Dew and says "Mom, you better get some of that before daddy FREAKS out." I can't even describe that grown up tone of voice and body language she uses. It's hysterical. Where's my BABY?!?

Such A Good Sport

After listening to his cousin beg and plead for 30 minutes, Zander finally caved and allowed Addalyn to polish his finernails. He picked yellow since it wasn't so girly and was finally able to watch his show in peace while Add concentrated on his nails. ;) What a trooper!

Croup Strikes Again

This sweet girl had the nastiest cough, was crabby and had a fever last week but the doc said it was just viral, nothing we could do. After 3 days of a cough that did nothing but worsen, Mace went back to the doc and was diagnosed with croup again. Poor baby! The doc prescribed 4 days of steroids to help with the inflammation in her throat. Let me just say that she never got that 4th dose. She became a BEAST. Head butted her big sister because she "sceemed at me". She became defiant and argued with everything.
Nana was able to watch her one day last week. Addalyn and I were sitting on the couch when the doorbell rang. Add runs down, opens the door and this was sitting on our front porch. A giant sleeping baby still buckled into her carseat! Addalyn looked around for Nana and shouts "Really, Nana? Really???" Ha!
Side note: She's as healthy and happy as can be now. Thank goodness. No more germs!

American Idol Audition

It's that time of year again...American Idol! Addalyn, Macey and I lay in my bed together and watch this show almost every night. (I record it so we only watch it small portions at a time) Add and I always give our "yes" or "no" votes after every performance. So, today she decided to audition while I judged her. She sure has her dramatic reaction down pat! My gosh, I love this girl!

Macey's 3 Year Check Up

Baby Macey is measuring in the 75% percentile for weight and 90th% for height. What a big girl! And she's right on track with knowing her ABC's, counting to 10 and knowing her colors. The doctor said she was a PERFECT patient. That's my girl! Poor baby had to get 1 shot in her thigh that she obviously cried about. But she did awesome right up until she got it. She laid down willingly and was still smiling and chatting as the nurse wiped her thigh with alcohol. It was hard to watch, but she earned a free ice cream cone for doing so well. And she was cracking me up dancing around and singing "tick tock party rock" while waiting for the doc so she could be "doctored".

Macey Reading/Singing

I'm bummed that this is so dark, but you can still hear this sweet girls precious voice. I love it so much!

A Weekend of Parties

Macey and Addalyn at Emma's 5th Birthday PartyJen cutting the adorable Strawberry Shortcake Cake

Emma opening her gifts!

The cousins at Hannah's 2nd birthday party

I can't believe this baby girl is 2!

I guess it takes 3 kiddos to open 1 gift (poor Hannah!)

Macey, Addalyn, Mommy and darling Hannah

My Little *Star*

Addy Renee before her half-time performance

Best Buds

So proud of this little lady

A surprise visit from Daddy!

Nana and Addalyn

A hug and a rose from the sweet Landon Robert

The Best Way To Make Snowmen

A couple of weeks ago when I wasn't feeling so hot I was feeling pretty sorry for the girls for being cooped up and not being able to enjoy the snow. So, I decided to bring the snow in to them! They ate some, played some and Addalyn did a "school project" by letting the snow melt overnight to see that snow turns to water. She was pretty proud of herself.

Goofy Girls

The girls got to enjoy some Naked Juice the other day...and they wore it on their upper lips for the next hour! It was a new flavor with some crazy ingredients (purple carrots, red beets, sweet potatoes, sweet corn, chick peas, cherries and a few other things). It was different...but they liked it and it seems healthy. But next time, I'll probably have them drink it with a straw. ;)