Happy Birthday, Again? Still?

How many birthdays does one girl get??? Reagan got a check in the mail from mamaw and papaw Carpenter to buy her another outfit for her birthday (because she didn't like the outfit they gave her at her birthday party - she said it looked like a dress, and even as girly as she is, Reagan doesn't wear dresses!) So, we went shopping and bought these 2 bathing suits!

Reagan modeling her new bathing suit - look at the pudgey belly!

Still modeling her bathing suit, but the tag is killing her!

Reagan then decided to show us how she would walk down the runway in her other new bathing suit!

Happy Mother's Day

What sweet gifts I received from Reagan and Cooper for Mother's Day. Their school is great and comes up with different ideas every year.

Each child dressed up in a bonnet with a boquet of flowers (the boys had on top hats and bow ties) and they printed the pictures in an antique finish. Of course, Reagan was the prettiest of them all! Reagan also painted a vase and filled it with flowers for me. They let the kids choose what color they wanted to paint the vase and Reagan chose orange (could she be a Vol fan already?)
Here's the card Cooper made in his class
And the inside of the card with his handprint. How sweet is that? (It's my first copy of his handprint)
In case you can't read the card, it says:

This little flower is special you see

Because it was made from a part of me!

To show you I love you with all my heart!

Love, Cooper

Here's a picture of me, Reagan and Cooper before going to church today. (At least they look cute, today was my day to work in the nursery)

Freedom!!

Cooper loves to be naked! He just giggled and rolled around the floor all afternoon! Here are some cute snapshots of him enjoying his freedom.

So Much Fun!

Reagan was having the best time blowing zerberts on my leg. She did this for about 30 minutes and got the giggles everytime!

She was having so much fun, she decided to try her luck blowing on Cooper's leg. He got a big kick out of it too!

Who couldn't love this face?

Neighborhood Play

What a wonderful spring/summer day! Reagan is finally of the age where she enjoys being outside and playing with other kids. Here are a few pictures of her playing with her friends Savannah (Reagan calls her Anna) and Wyatt.

Reagan riding her tricycle. Greg and I didn't know she could, she usually wants us to push her around, but I guess with all the "big kids" around, she wanted to prove she could do it by herself.

Reagan was having a little trouble going up the hill, so she got a little help from Savannah (better known as Anna to the Sandidge family)
Here's a video of Reagan riding her tricycle

Next, it came time to play hop scotch. Reagan brought sidewalk chalk to share with Wyatt and Savannah
Taking turns playing hop scotch
This video is so cute! Reagan has her own way of playing hop scotch!

The gang then decided to try jumping rope. Again, Reagan has her own style!!

Allie the Cat

Reagan received this prayer pal, Allie the Cat, for her birthday from Ms. Jennifer (a friend at church). It comes with stuffing and a card where you put down all the people you want to pray for and stuff that in its belly too. Reagan was very sweet as she told me who all she wanted to list on her card. We said a prayer for each person as we stuffed Allie.

Reagan and Allie the Cat

Here are the lists of all the people Reagan wanted to have on her prayer list.

Cute story of the day:



Mom: Who loves Reagan the most?

Reagan: God

Mom: Where is God?

Reagan: In my heart. No, no, Jesus is in my heart, he's my FAVORITE. God is in Cooper and daddy's heart. Jesus is in mommy and Reagan's heart. God is for boys. Jesus is for girls.



Seems everything these days are either for boys are girls and I guess Reagan is having a difficult time understanding God and Jesus, so she made it simple for all of us: God is for boys, Jesus is for girls!

Foot in Mouth

Cooper "found" his feet about a week ago, but today he learned he could actually put them in his mouth!!

Movie Night

Cooper thought he'd found the perfect opportunity to watch Reagan's movies while she was busy playing with something else.

Not so fast, Cooper. Reagan wants to watch with you. Notice how he's having to look over her shoulder because she moved the DVD player in front of her only!

Dinner with Friends

Tonight, we were invited to have dinner with some of our friends from church, Shawn and Ronnie. And of course, we graciously accepted! Ronnie and Shawn have been such a blessing to our lives. They've become really great friends to Greg and me and have become surrogate...dare I say... grandparents for Reagan and Cooper. (I'm sure they would prefer to be called surrogate aunt and uncle!)

Reagan at Play

We have been taking advantage of the summer weather we've been having lately. Today Reagan wanted to go outside and draw with her sidewalk chalk, so that's what we did.

Isn't she just beautiful?

Here's daddy's portrait of him and Reagan. She was so excited that he put 2 ponytails on her picture!

Reagan wanted both Greg and I to sit like her with our legs crossed. She kept saying "criss cross, apple sauce guys!"

We love our princess!For the cute quote of the day: Reagan wanted to pass out the chalk to me and Greg. She kept saying, "Who wants chalk? Raise your hands. Shhh, be quiet and line up guys. I'll call your name for chalk". She must have heard this at school once or twice

Super Man

Here is Cooper's imitation of Super Man. We think he's our super boy and will probably running the house before too long!

Look at the sweetness just dripping from his chin

Sunday Snapshots

As usual, every Sunday I try to take pictures of the kids before heading out to Jesus' House and today was no different.

My sweet baby Cooper James

Reagan informed us today that her name is Princess Leigh Sandidge, NOT Reagan or Cooper's big sister

This was the last shot before Cooper needed a wardrobe change. (notice Reagan's purse...again, it goes EVERYWHERE with us!)

Here's what he ended up wearing to church Reagan wanted to give one last goofey smile for the camera

For the cute quote of the day: Reagan now likes to use "clean shoes" to blow her nose with!! (She can't decide whether to call them kleenex or tissues, so she came up with kleensues)