Impromptu Fun

I am really not a last minute kind of girl. I can be, and I'd like to be more of one, but I like plans - especially when it comes to kids.

Last Friday, we ran a few errands and our last stop was Target. It was a pretty day in the morning, so I had the last minute idea to take the girls to the park for a picnic. I bought some things for lunch there, put the cold things in the cooler bag I keep in the car, and went to the park. The girls had a great time. I was so glad I listened to the nudge to be last minute and go have a picnic. They were not huge fans of their first ever lunchables, but that's okay:) We still had fun! The bottom dropped out that afternoon, so I'm glad we went.













We had no plans today. I thought we'd just go for a walk, but I decided to take the girls to the zoo. My friend, Lauren and her boys were able to meet us there last minute. It was such a pretty day! The girls both enjoyed it, and I enjoyed getting out and talking with another mommy:)















I guess I need to work on being more last minute:)

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Date Night - Memphis

I always say that for us, there was something about adding a second child to our family that made date nights much more of a necessity. Life is just more simple with one child. We went out when it was just Meyers, but I didn't feel like we had to get out as often to reconnect and recharge. Since having Emery, we get out kid free about once a month/6 weeks. I'm so thankful that both sets of grandparents want to watch our kids, and think it's important for us to get out, as well. It's so nice not having to pay for a sitter, and it's so nice to know that family is watching your children.

Last night, we went to dinner and the Orpheum with our friends, Melissa and David. We had planned to go to Local to eat, but there was a 40 minute wait, and we didn't have the time to wait. I was so bummed because I had been looking forward to crab stuffed avocados and a blondie brownie with bacon ALL week! We ended up eating at Bosco's. It was good, but I'd much rather have been eating at Local.




We saw Memphis the Musical at the Orpheum. It was so good! It was a neat night to see it because the creators of the show were there, one of which is a guy from Bon Jovi. It was so interesting that two guys from New Jersey created this show about Memphis because of music from this city that inspired them. Very cool.




I think the Orpheum is so beautiful! I love going there. This picture does not show how gorgeous these walls are!




This is my "I'm excited the seats I picked are good!" face:)
Melissa and I loved the show, and the guys said it was good, which I think means that they didn't just tolerate it for us, but actually enjoyed themselves a little:) Any time I see a show, it always makes me want season tickets. So I'll be working on talking John into that next!
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Flashback Friday

Meyers - April 2010

Meyers's Birthday

Grandparents - I finally backdated and posted her party here. Maybe one one of these days, I'll get around to posting about Christmas and everything Emery has been up to since she turned 1:)

Wordless Wednesday

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Flashback Friday

Meyers and us - April 2009

newborn pictures

Wheel Day

Meyers had Wheel Day at school today, which means they got to bring anything with wheels to school and ride on them in the parking lot. She has had a bike that was a hand me down from a friend, but has never really shown much interest in it. Since she had a bike, we've never bought her a tricycle. That sounds crazy to say, but I just didn't think she would care for it. I started freaking out yesterday afternoon because she can't really ride her bike very well since she doesn't really care about it. I kind of had a meltdown and felt like a terrible parent because I haven't taught my child this "major" skill of bike riding.

So what did I do? Went to Target and bought a tricycle and made John put it together ASAP and teach her how to ride it before dinner time. The lesson didn't go super great. I was worried about her not being able to participate until I talked to her teacher and another friend last night. They both reassured me that bike riding is not a major skill and that there would be all kinds of things there including big wheels. After hearing big wheels, I thought " why haven't we bought her a big wheels yet, either?" Ughhhh - I was feeling like a loser mom at that point.

Anyway - Wheel Day was a success. While Meyers still needs to work on steering, she pedaled her little booty off. And most importantly, she had a ton of fun doing it. And I learned that there are some kids her age that are riding bikes with no training wheels and some like her that are just as happy on a big wheel or trike:)















This little wild woman had fun, too:)



And had her own "wheel day" when we got home:)


Sweet girl fell asleep on the way to pick Meyers up from school. This never happens!!

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Wordless Wednesday

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Meyers's Birthday Week

 This cutie turned four on April 1st. These pictures are from the morning of her birthday.

That night we told her she could go anywhere she wanted for dinner. And she picked Chick fil a. Normally we just go through the drive thru, but she was super excited to go in and eat and play on the playground. It doesn't take much to get her excited:)

Since her birthday fell so close to Easter, I wanted to have her party the weekend after her birthday. It was just a family party this year. We are kind of on an every other year having a big party for her. I'm not sure how long it will last, but it's working so far. Last year was a blow out. This year was a tiny bit smaller - just family. I love to throw a party, but is so much work and expense to do a big one every year. I had been asking her for a while what kind of party she wanted, and she consistently answered "a Mickey party", so that's what we did......kind of. I ended up turning it into a Minnie party because the girls already had Minnie outfits. That was an easy one:) I kept all of the decorations
simple, but cute. It took no time at all to make everything, so that's always nice.

black paper plate Minnie heads - whoever thought of that is a genius!

My mom made most of my birthday cakes growing up. And she's made all of Meyers's and Emery's so far, too. She does not do fondant, just regular icing, but I wanted regular icing anyway because it tastes better. I think I aged her several years by asking her to make this cake:) She was super stressed because she wanted it to be perfect. She did awesome; it looks just like the picture I drew for her.

This cake weighed so much!!! It was huge!

I loved how this turned out! That doesn't always happen:)

Emery had just as much fun as Meyers:)

four!!!!!!

Meyers and her only living great grandmother

fun times opening presents

blowing out her candle - was a little worried she would fall off the buffet:)

John's parents (Gran and Pop), Tanner and the girls

my parents (Mimi and Poppy)

my parents and all their grandkids (except Bryce)

Nanny and 3 of her great grandkids

Scott, Christi, Tanner and the girls

Flashback Friday

Meyers - April 2009

4 weeks old