Christmas party at Mrs. Beth's House. . .

This year we had the Christmas party at Mrs. Beth's house on Thursday since Friday would be a half day. Santa came and delivered presents and each child had the chance to sit on his lap and tell him what he/she wanted for Christmas. They had sssoooo much fun (and this year Richard absolutely adored Santa), but Emma was missed - she hasn't been coming to Mrs. Beth's because of the chance that she might bring germs home to her preemie sister Emily (see blog friend the Beckwith family on my sidebar.) Thank you for coming Santa and I hope that you liked the Rudolph cookies that Richard made for you the day before. Emma we look forward to seeing you soon!!

Cookies and a Babysitter that loves a good laugh!

Beth told me when I dropped Richard off that she would let him come in that day, but she wasn't sure about the next time that I dressed him in his LSU attire (she is a die hard Ole Miss fan) - she said that it is bad enough when I send him in his MSU or Arkansas razorback stuff....about mid-morning she texted me and asked if my in-laws could take a joke - I said sure - so she sent me these pics with him in his Tiger outfit but sitting on an Ole Miss blanket and holding a Rebel football. That night Richard asked if we could make some cookies so of course I said yes...what mom wouldn't want to spend special one on one time with her little boy!

"Mrs. June's Library"

Richard absolutely LOVES to go to the library - most weeks Wes, Claire, and Kate go as well. Mrs. June always has fun books to read, songs to sing, magnets to arrange on the board,

toys and balls to play with, and "free-time" with the board books.... Richard loves every single second of it!! When we were helping him count the weeks till we went on our trip to Disney World I made a calendar that had a picture of the library on each Thursday and that way we could count how many more "library times" we had before we went to see Mickey.

Happy Birthday Jesus!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

An Unusual Day in Mississippi

Where I wish that I had been.....

Where I was. . . .

To say the least, yesterday was an unusual day for us here in the South. We went to school, only to have sleet begin to fall within the hour, then snow, then slush....then a big mess! At times the snowflurries were so BEAUTIFUL - big and fluffy like cotton balls - all the while we had to look through the glass and not go outside....sigh.....

A couple of hours later they did dismiss the students and once they all were gone, we also were allowed to go home to our families....by then the "pretty" part of the snow had passed, but I still enjoyed being able to spend the afternoon with my munchkin - would have been even better if Ty had been off work, but amazingly where he works in Madison they didn't have ANY snow; neither did mom and dad in Clinton!

P.S. A BIG thank you to Ashley for going by to Mrs. Beth's house to help take the kiddos out for a few minutes to experience the snow....

That'll do it for now...

After the football game, we headed to the drill field - all kinds of memories to make - frisbee time and tickle wars.... we also walked around campus sharing special spots with Richard. I'm so thankful for my Big Bully (Ty) and how he has blessed my life - I love you hunny; and for my Lil' Bully (Richard) your infectious love of life brings me both laughter and tears...I love you too.

A Few More....

Richard had a wonderful time finding all of the "Bullys" all over campus....thanks Beth for telling us about the life size cowbell! urrr umm I meant to say "artificial noise maker" LOL

maybe some pics...

ok so maybe we were a bit drastic - we cut off both our cable television AND our high speed internet, so we are now depending on our dial up which we had as back up - Oh how very spoiled I was and didn't even realize it....I could care less about the tv stations being gone, but I am going into withdrawal with the amount of time it takes to blog or facebook...so I just give up and don't log on... I will try to post some of the promised pics from our first MSU football game with Richard - hopefully we will soon recieve an offer in the mail we cannot refuse and be wooed to a new provider for high speed service once again!!!

p.s. ok so it changed the order from which I uploaded them, but oh well, you can figure it out!

Richard's 1st MSU Football Game!

This entry is a work in progress - I now have picasa installed so that I don't have to write multiple posts in order to accomodate my pics, but I can't figure out how to make a collage - it seems I can find the directions in the HELP section but my dashboard doesn't look the same- no buttons - oh well, I will hopefully tackle this tomorrow. :o)

Trick or Treating in the Neighborhood. . .

After a fun time at the Park, and as other families began filtering in, we headed home....I thought I'd try one more time with Pablo - ABSOLUTELY NOT!! I did, however know where last year's costume was (it was big last year so I figured it just migh fit) - well what do you know - he wanted to wear "doggie" - so doggie we were for our actual trick or treating. Half the night he had the head up and half the night the head was pushed back - oh well. . .such is life with a two going on three year old. We had a great time - he was wonderful about knocking, stepping back, waiting patiently, saying trick or treat, and then saying thank you....way to go - can't wait for next year!

Halloween at the Park. . .

We enjoyed heading over to Winner's Circle Park - we learned our lesson in the past - you GO EARLY before all of the other mom and dad's are off from work!!! We easily moved about and checked out what was there - we were DEFINITELY loving the toddler area - NO big kids allowed in the same jumpies. PatPat and Poppa were on their way back from Ruston to Baton Rouge so they stopped by to see Richard. As you see - still no dressing up......

Library Time on Halloween. . .

Richard always looks forward to Library Time with Mrs. June on Thursdays - so much in fact, that it is one of the ways we are helping him count down the weeks until we go and "see Mickey." Mrs. June, the fairy, led us in songs, reading books, playing with the magnets, ribbon rhythm time, and of course playing with the balls. Richard, Claire, Kate, and Emma had a wonderful time and it was a GREAT way to pass the time till our hunnies all got home from work to join in the Halloween festivities.

Party Time at Mrs. Beth's. . .

Richard, Wes, Claire, Emma, and Manze always enjoy celebrating the various holidays at Mrs. Beth's house...it generally means pizza, cookies, cupcakes, and little presents from each other. What fun they look like they were having.

Celebrating Halloween at Mrs. Beth's House. . .

The kiddos celebrated Halloween at Mrs. Beth's on Thursday....Wes, Richard, and Manze all arrived about the same time. Richard had been determined that he wanted to be Pablo from the Backyardigans, but Thursday morning he REFUSED to put the costume on...so what is a mom to do!?!?!? I dressed him in his MSU warm ups, handed him a MSU basketball, and said "voila - you are a ballplayer for State!!"