Paisley's 1st Slumber Party

My baby girl is growing up. She had her first slumber party with a friend (Channing) tonight. They ate popcorn, drank apple juice (watered down of course) and watched some TV before hitting bed. When it was time to go to sleep, Channing became concerned and wanted to sleep in her own bed (this was her 1st time sleeping away from home as well) SO Paisley (Miss Independant) decided to sleep over there instead.

Now that's a happening slumber party - start out at one house and end up at another. Let's hope they don't do that when they're teens!

Snowman Poop

Last week when the kids had the day off from school due to the wintry mix the south received, we decided to make the best of it. So... we made "Snowman Poop" for all of our neighborhood friends.
You might be asking what "Snowman Poop" is... it is marshmallows, white tictacs (or other white candies), and white chocolate chips. The fun part was that Daddy arrived home just in time to deliver it with us so we did this as a family. And Daddy was trying to teach Paisley and Colby to "ring and run"... that was pretty funny.


They didn't quite get back to the car before most people saw them... but it was fun trying to teach them to be quick and sneaky (all in the name of good, harmless winter fun).
Here's to Snowman Poop - YUM!

Welcome 2010!

Well, I should (hopefully) be back for good this time. I have missed blogging terribly but I had so much going on with the kids and the holidays that it had to fall by the wayside. However, I'm excited to be back.

I'll start off with "Happy New Year!" and list my wishes for 2010. I saw that one of my blogger friends called them wishes instead of resolutions and I like that so I'm stealing it (thanks Stephanie!).

My wishes for 2010 are:
To stay active in my bible study/ devotion every day
To be a more present mom
To spend one-on-one time with Paisley and Colby every week
To do 1 educational field trip with them every other week (museums, aquarium, etc)
To blog regularly
To get rid of the residual baby weight by exercising at least 3 times a week and eating healthier
To stay off of the computer and keep the TV off between 5 pm and 7 pm every night - that will be just family time
To help Colby conquer potty-training
To say no to other people and yes to my kids more
To read at least 3 books this year (me personally)
To have family game night/ movie night once a week
To do at least one adventure race this year
To go through my closet and get rid of A LOT of my clothes (starting with my maternity clothes)
To learn to sell on eBay and rid myself of some things (simplify life)
To be a better mom and wife (always)
To have our family dinners mapped out for 2 weeks at a time instead of just 1
To limit computer/ TV time in the house
To read to the kids for (at least) 30 minutes a day
To enjoy every second (because it all goes by too fast)

Feel free to share some of your wishes for 2010 too.
Thanks.
Lisa