Daddy/Daughter Dance

 

I love these girls so much. Reyna was so excited ever since she found out there was a daddy/daughter dance and Roobs was so sad she couldn't go.....ever since she found out.

 

A lot of Reyna's friends went. She had a blast with her daddy and with her friends. Excuse the poor quality of the pictures and oh, Jade's black eye....ain't that somethin'? Have I mentioned that??? Yeah, he gets out of line now and then and I have to show him who is boss...Kidding! His binocular-eye piece hit him in the eye as he was jumping down when he was in the woods. I feel like I have said this already, have I?

 

Anyway....everyone had a great time that night. Ruby & I spent the evening with my grandma, mom & dad.

 

 

 

Day #12

Today I am thankful for Reyna's love of school. Her report card came home with her today and she is doing really well. We are so, so proud of our little lady.

The Haps

• This is becoming the new "Ruby norm" around our house. She will take a bath or a shower in the afternoon, I wrap her up, she asks for her bebe's and she falls asleep. Two weeks ago, she didn't even make it off the bathroom floor before falling asleep. Two weeks ago, I laid her on Reyna's bed to get her dressed and I went back to check on her and she was zonked. The problem is, she does this about 45 minutes before it's time to get Reyna. School is really taking a toll on Ruby, as well. :)
• Kristin, my cousin, is about to go into labor. She is the closest person I have to a sister since many of you know, I have a brother. I am so excited for her and Travis. I think it's such a different feeling you have for someone close to you having a baby AFTER you have had your own. Does that make sense? It's so much more emotional. She sent me a text the other day giving me the deets of her dialation and I was in tears. Oh, my. Bottom line, I am just so happy to meet this little man and watch her become a mama.
• When I picked Reyna up from school the other day, she informed me that a little boy in her class tells her she is beautiful. She said it so casual to me because to her, it means nothing. We talked about being "beautiful" after that and she knows it is more than just her looks. So, for now, I am glad that she is in this naive state. Whew! Okay, so where do I sign up to home school???
• I made this sign for our dining room. I do like how it turned out. It is pretty nice having Jade have an office/shop that has an ample supply of wood, paint, saws and whatever other craft supplies I can get him to bring home for me. My friend, Jen, asked if I was going to open an Etsy store. My neighbor (okay, she is my dear friend but I LOVE calling her my neighbor it is so much more fun!!!!) & I have talked about it. She makes burp cloths, knits and is very crafty. I have kind of ventured into making a few things here and there, but it's a scary venture. What is people don't like your stuff??? I don't know. As of right now, I am just being crafty for myself. I just finished a sign for my front room. I will take a picture of that and share soon. I always thought I wasn't the crafty type. I am kinda thinking of going the homemade gift route for Christmas for certain people. It's so much more fun. Also, I am going to ask for a sewing machine for Christmas....say what?!?! Once again, I would have sewn my fingers together a few years ago. No, I am NOT kidding.
•  We had a sad weekend. Our bunny passed away. It was sudden. I'll post more soon.
• My mom & I picked up the girls' Halloween costumes on Friday. Reyna is going to be Merida from Brave. Her costume is gorgeous and it comes with this red curly wig that looks so stinkin' cute. Ruby is going to be Ariel. She told Jade last night she wished she had a Prince Eric to go with her costume. I almost fell on the floor laughing.

Camping+Kayaking+Crayfish=heaven

Believe it or not, this was our first camping trip since we have had our camper, that we camped just the four of us. Okay, I talk like we camped soo much before that, but you know what I mean. :)  Last weekend, we loaded our kayaks, the camper and the girls up and headed out really close to home a campground ground that Jade & I have stayed at before, but the girls were not with us. We stayed right on the river, which was amazing. All weekend, the girls waded into the ankle deep, clear water. Reyna caught crayfish, while Ruby stuck to snails and shells. They skipped stones and tubed. I loved it because it is ankle deep and there is no current. Saturday, we loaded them into the kayaks and headed down the river. We put the girls into the tandem and I was in the single, which works so perfect. We even took Bobo! She paddled with me. :) Our tandem has two adult seats + a puddle jumper, which is up to 65 pounds. We would paddle a little, get out and swim, paddle some more, have a snack. The girls were bummed when we arrived back at the shore. I wish I had pictures of our kayaking, but it is not the smartest idea to take a camera on the river...bummer!

Sunday morning, Jade made a huge breakfast, while I was cleaning up. He started joking around about leaving the camper and coming back the following weekend. I started racking my brain on what we had going. We do have something going, but not until Sunday. Can u guess where our camper is??? Jade knows the owner of the campground and there are several people in the campground (one right across from us) who Jade knows who have seasonals and that stay all summer. They were going to keep an eye. In fact, Jade has talked with the guy a couple of times.

This upcoming weekend, we are going to kayak again on Saturday with some friends who plan on spending the day. The girls are sooo excited to spend another weekend catching crayfish, playing in the river and kayaking. I must admit, it is nice knowing we are getting away another weekend. When we were out there last weekend, it felt like we were so unplugged. I feel like we need a little more of that now and again.

{Mostly} Wordless Wednesday

Reyna found a turtle while we were camping in Ludington. I am pretty sure she would have taken in home if we would have let her.

Still working on laundry from our weekend.........

Thankful.

Yay for......
-Triple berry smoothies this morning. They were so yummy.
-A fridge stocked full of food and a menu already planned for next week.
-A husband who is home!!!!!! It is hard for him to pass up extra work, but it is so hard when he is gone.
-Immitrex. I felt a migraine coming on tonight. Bleh!
-Little ladies who were so awesome @ JoAnn's & two grocery stores today. Of course, we made a Tim Horton's pit stop prior to our shopping. We fueled up with juice, coffee & timbits prior to shopping.
-Reyna who makes me laugh.
Me:"Reyna go pee before we leave the house."
Reyna:"Mom I already did. I peed in the rocks."
Greeeeaaattt.
-A dvr full of really good shows and the hubs

Happy Saturday, ya'll.

MSU

A little glimpse into Saturday evening. The girls & I went to East Lansing, Michigan State to be exact. A very good friend of our family's, son was graduating. Jade was out of town all weekend, but luckily my parents & brother were there to help out with these monkey's. :) We were definitely glad to have daddy home Sunday late afternoon.

The girls had a blast at the party. Brian lives right on campus in a house with five other guys, so it's definitely not "kid friendly," but they entertained themselves and so did everyone else. At one point, I looked over and they were playing beer pong with each other....obviously a non-alcoholic version. It was definitely a proud mama moment.

At one point, I was standing with Judy (Brian's mom) and I told her that it was amazing that my daughters were now playing with her kids, that are now grown and college graduates...the ones that I used to babysit when THEY were little.

Fast forward to Sunday afternoon. I went into the kitchen to start dinner. I turned the tv on for the girls and came back into the living room to find Roobs like this. This is the child who does not sleep anywhere besides her bed. MSU was exhausting, I guess.

Soccer Saturday

Reyna is really enjoying soccer. I was a little worried since her first week didn't go all that well. She really likes it though. This morning, my mom, Bobby, Jade's mom and her friend came to watch her play. Oh, and go figure, she scored a goal while I went to the car to get my coffee, camera and Ruby's blankets.

We are home now. Relaxing. I am PRAYING Ruby is well on her way to a sweet slumber. Reyna is watching "Happy Feet" and I am debating whether or not to do something productive or plop my booty on the couch and read. We are Lansing bound tonight for a College grad par-tay. And I repeat, "I will NOT be stopping at Macy's, I will NOT be stopping at Macy's." Can you tell I really want to make a slight detour prior to the grad party??? It.cannot.happen.

Reyna's 3 Snowmen

Reyna spent the night with my mom & dad last weekend and was so excited to show us her snowmen that she constructed with Papa & Uncle Bobby. Didn't they such a good job?

Reyna's birthday weekend.

I knew that I didn't want to have a ton of people at our house this year for Reynas birthday. That is what we have always done and I wanted to do something different this year. Every single year, I get all crazy the day before a party: the house isn't clean enough, there won't be enough food, we won't have enough to drink or enough variety. I get cranky and filled with anxiety. At least I admit my problem, right????

 We ended up taking her to an indoor waterpark about an hour away from our house. It was the perfect size for the girls' age. Plus, it was close enough where our immediate family joined us  for dinner and presents the first night. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to take pictures while the girls were swimming. Jade & I were in the water with them the entire time. Boo. :( Oh, well. We had so much fun. We were able to swim Saturday all day and Sunday.

Love this picture. Can we say silly?! :)

Taken at dinner...post swimming, no make-up, hair up kind of look. :)

Reyna was so excited to open presents and so was Roobs.

You can stop growing anytime now, little lady.

Nana & Papa got her a robe.

Ruby cleaning up her cupcake mess. No evening would be complete w/out one of the girls making some sort of mess.

It was such a fun weekend. We arrived at the waterpark around noon, had fun and went swimming all afternoon until everyone showed up. Bobby & Kaitlyn went swimming with us until it was time for dinner. We decided on Applebee's. It was about the only place we could get in with such a large party. Afterwards, we went back to our hotel and had cupcakes and opened presents. The girls had so much fun spending the night at the hotel. I was slightly nervous since Ruby is a pretty light sleeper, but they were both so good and slept like rocks. In fact, we all did. Sunday morning, we woke up, went out to breakfast, packed up our stuffed, checked out and swam some more. 

Ruby keeps asking how many more sleeps until the waterpark. Jade told her tonight if she wanted to go for her birthday, that is what we could/would do.