Today was Emma’s awards day to wrap up her 1st grade year. I couldn’t help but giggle in glee when her classroom award was for writing. That’s my girl.
children
Lexi-ism: Because Sometimes She Can’t Hear From the Back Seat
Emma: Mom, why does that yard have a Beware of Dog sign?
Me: Probably because they have a dog that bites.
*silence*
Lexi: Why does the dog fight?
*silence*
Me: BITES, Lexi. Not fight. They have a dog that BITES.
*silence*
Lexi: Then why do they have a frog?
*silence* … and then laughter when we realize she thought I said they have a “frog that fights”
Fighting Frogs. Scary indeed.
Learning to Ride II
I blogged about us teaching Emma to ride a bike last year. We got her a sorely needed bike for Easter after I posted that but we still weren’t successful. It freaked her out when we took off the training wheels once and couldn’t seem to get her back in the saddle, so to speak.
This Spring has been the Spring of bikes. We got Lexi a new bike because the one passed down last year from Emma was already too small for her. Scott got a new mountain bike. And then I was left out when everyone was out practicing so I got a bike. Many evenings the past few weeks have been spent on bikes. Once Emma took her training wheels off, of course Lexi could not be outdone. They both have been doing great and I’m really hoping this is the summer of full-on bike riding.
Old Recliner, New Recliner
Tonight we were leaving Moe’s from dinner and Scott wanted to stop at a furniture store and look for a new table beside his recliner. Well, somehow we got a little distracted in the recliners. We have a recliner. We bought our recliner when I graduated college ten years ago this year. We actually used some leftover scholarship money to buy it. The recliner has kind of been our baby. When we first got it, I used to lay with Scott in his lap and watch WWE wrestling with him. About the same time, we got our dog and Scott used to hold her on the recliner. And two years later when I was pregnant with Emma, I had to sleep in the recliner because I couldn’t breathe lying down. And then when we had her, Scott would rock her in the recliner and I would fall asleep nursing her in it. And we would rock her in it while she watched cartoons and fell asleep for naps and nighttime. And then we did it all again with Lexi. And then the girls got old enough to sit in the recliner by themselves. To say that we have memories in that recliner is an understatement. In fact, I remember writing a post very similar to this and sure enough, I have basically written this post before. If you don’t believe all the memories, take a look at a few of these pics (and yes, there are a lot!):
But we thought it was time we should replace it when the furniture store made us an offer we couldn’t refuse. So then of course when we brought it home we all realized what we were doing. And I began to wax poetic about how we had rocked the girls as babies and how sad it would be to sell it and yada, yada. And then all the sudden we were taking turns having our last rock in it. And we were taking pictures and before I knew it, I looked down and Emma was almost sobbing. And then Lexi was crying saying “I’m gonna missss ittttt.”
And then Scott and I brought the new one in and moved the old one to the corner and it felt a bit like a discarded family member, the new recliner an welcome intruder. I never, ever thought I could be so attached to a recliner. I mean, the chair is known as “Scott’s recliner”, not even mine! But Scott and I looked at each other and we just couldn’t let it go. The old black, leather recliner got moved back to its rightful place. I know if recliners could smile, it’d be beaming.
So sorry, new recliner, we’re still busy making memories.
Spring Break
Crowder’s Mountain Part Deux
Never say never. When will I learn? 14 years ago, my family, Scott and my uncle and aunt climbed Crowder’s Mountain. It’s a pretty short hike overall, only 2.8 miles up the mountain.
But last time it was a HIKE and I said I’d never do it again. Here’s my scrapbook page from back in the day. It’s like old-school blogging!
I was weeks away from graduating high school. Love that perm, doncha?
Well, Saturday we took to the mountain again, with 4 more people and 2 more dogs in tow.
I was most worried about Lexi who gets tired after about 2.5 minutes walking through the mall. And indeed, she was pulled
And carried
And carried some more
But she also did a lot on her own
So momma is proud! I didn’t even blame her when she passed out minutes after hitting the road.
Cause I was trying to do the same thing
But Emma? Emma bounced, ran, skipped up the mountain. She was proud that no one had to carry her and wanted to do it again and we hadn’t even finished yet.
Clearly she had a lot of energy left over on the way home
Scott of course made it up like a park ranger. This is after he worked 12 hours Friday night with only 4.5 hours of sleep Saturday morning.
No fear at the top, just swinging his legs over the edge. But that’s why I love him.
As for me, I enjoyed being with my girls
Taking pictures for everyone to remember
And challenging myself. It’s amazing how much easier (not easy!) it was since my C25K training.
And being so dang proud of the four of us at the top knowing that the last time we were there, we were just two kids in love with a bunch of dreams.
And so happy to share these moments with all my family
And let’s not wait another 14 years…I can barely handle the thought of Emma and Lexi being in college then…
There were lots more stories from that day (tailgating on Glenn’s truck, pulling dogs, Mom’s hurt ankle, too.much.pollen.)…check out more pictures here and here.
Call Right Now!
I pass by the girls in the living room who are watching TV.
Emma: Mommy, you should get a space bag!
I notice the infomercial on TV
Me: Really, what should I put in it?
Emma: I don’t know.
I walk into the kitchen to fix them breakfast. Emma follows me.
Emma: It keeps dirt, bugs and water away!
Me, pouring milk: It does?
Emma: Yeah, and if you run over it it won’t even get dirty!
Run over it? When in my life am I going to have a space bag in my driveway? Oops! Watch out! There’s a bag of sheets ahead!
Emma: Plus it will save you closet space!
Lexi: You can put it under our bed or the attic…
Emma: Or the garage! Or the basement. Mommy do we have a basement?
Lexi: Mommy, what’s a basement?
Things I learned today:
- You don’t have to know what you’re selling to sell it
- Infomercials work
- Our closets are messy
Regular Monday Morning Convo
On the way to take Lexi to school this morning, this is what Lexi pipes up with.
Lexi: I think when I get to heaven I’ll be happy to see Trooper [Dad’s dog]
Emma: and Misty and Tisha [parents’ cats]
Me: and Sheba [sister’s dog]
Lexi: and Mr Fred [neighbor]
Me: You miss them?
Lexi shakes her head yes.
Emma: And yourself
Lexi: How can you miss yourself?
*pause*
Lexi: I think DisneyWorld misses me.
Random! Happy Monday, ya’ll!