"La la la la, la la la la, Elmo's World!"

Our friends, Laura and Maddie, invited me and Morgan to Sesame Street Live. We had so much fun! Laura found amazing seats (first row off the floor).

Sweet little friends. Maddie and Morgan are 6 months apart.

Cotton Candy! I refuse to pay $10 for an Elmo balloon (that you can find at Walmart for $2!!), but can't resist the popcorn and cotton candy. Somehow spending $10 on snacks is different??!!

Love Maddie's pigtails and "poofs"! She would just sit in Laura's lap flapping her arms like crazy the whole time!

I couldn't get her to look at the camera...mesmerized or scared:)

Where's Elmo? There he is!

While we were singing along to Elmo's World, Brad and Mallory had a zoo date! She was so cute about it. I knew where they were going, but when Brad told her, he said it was a secret. I asked several times and each time she told me she couldn't tell me. "It's a secret Mommy, you don't tell secrets!" Unlike when she spilled the beans about my peacoat...

We were having fun with the camera before we left. Here's Morgan's picture of us. She turned the complete opposite way of our faces, so we all leaned waaaaay over!

Mallory was dying to find out where we had been. Hey, if she can keep a secret, we can, too! Brad told her we went to see Elmo. She responded, "The real Elmo?" "Not uh!" Poor girl. I've already told her that she and I will have a little date together soon.

On a different note, I woke up without a voice this morning! No, it was not from screaming at Elmo:) I started getting a cough on Friday and I guess all the hacking and talking yesterday made it go away. It's been really quiet around here. Amazing how much less yelling happens when all you can do is whisper!!

The girls are cracking me up. Mallory just laughs when I try to talk...and asks me to keep talking because it sounds funny. When I do whisper, she usually whispers back. Hopefully it will be back soon...it's going to be tough ordering my Coke in the drive thru tomorrow:)

Valentine's Day(s) 2010

We celebrated a lot of love this year!

First up? Build-A-Bear with Mimi and Grandpa (and Aunt Terri, she was in town from Idaho!). We stayed at Tate's house the night before, which the girls LOVE! He read them a bedtime story.

Three little peas in a pod. They were watching "Happy Feet". You know your kids have watched the movie too many times when they can sing the songs, complete with head motions and "Ugh, ugh, ugh" in the right spot!!

Can I just say that Build-A-Bear is INSANE????!!!!! It's a little sesory overload when you walk in. But, the kids had a blast and ate up all the cheesiness of it. Here they are with Mimi and Grandpa with their "bears". Tate was the only one who left with an actual bear...well, I don't know if you would call it a bear when it has royal blue fur and peace signs all over it:) Mallory picked out a Dalmatian and name her "Alisha". I have no idea where she heard that name! Alisha has become a part of our family. Mallory feeds her, takes her in the car, sleeps with her and tells me when she needs something. Hilarious to see her little imagination. Morgan picked out a cat and we named her "Maddie" (after our favorite 19 month old).

It dawned on my mom that there are three generations of sisters in our family! How fun is that? So, we took the photo op in Grapevine Mills. I don't look like I belong in this family with blondes. Dad, Brad and Wade...no comment!

The night before Valentine's Day, we had a very romantic dinner in Waco. It was the FCA Coache's Appreciation dinner. Actually, it was a nice night with a free dinner and free childcare...can't beat that!

Mallory got a haircut since the last time I blogged. We chopped her hair off due to the tangles and tears she had every. single. day. morning. and. night. She LOVES her hair! The day she had it cut (and shampooed and styled!), she asked for me to lower the rear view mirror so she could look at it. As soon as we got home, she ran to her bathroom and stood on the stool stroking her hair. I walked by and she said, "Mommy, I do look good!" She also looks about 10 years old!

Morgan is sporting a new hairstyle these days, too! Here are her first (pathetic) pigtails!! Can you see them? Look really close by her ears and you'll see the tiny little poof of hair. Yes, those are her pigtails:) She thinks she's big stuff with pigtails. She shows them off to anyone who looks her way!

I was so excited Valentine's Day fell on a Sunday this year! We went to the late service at church and enjoyed a real breakfast (we don't normally have time for anything more than waffles!). No, that is not a heart shaped pat of butter...that was the first pancake from the batch. Why does it take a couple of pancakes before they come out golden brown? Or, is it just me?

I bought the girls just a couple of little things, but decided Saturday night, to take it all back. I knew they would love the mylar balloons just as much as a new Ariel umbrella...well, maybe not, but I can save that for their Easter basket! Sure enough, as soon as they saw those heart shaped balloons, that was it. They have played with their $2 balloons for two straight days! Cards are equally as exciting in their world. Morgan spent about 15 minutes reading and re-reading her card from BMom and Pop.

In honor of the day of love, the girls sported their pink! Here are my little Valentines with my favorite Valentine of all!!!!

Sunday night, we had plans for dinner with three other couples. We almost missed out due to a little 3 1/2 year old that woke up with a low grade fever and cough. Doesn't that always happen? Luckily, we were able to drop off the younger one at the reserved childcare and take Mallory with us to our friend's house. We stuck her in the bedroom with all the DVDs she could want and enjoyed a yummy dinner with our friends. We missed our friends that were sick and couldn't come:(

It was a great Valentine's weekend to celebrate the people I love!