Camping (Tara) Sandidge Style

When Reagan got up from her nap today, she asked if she could go camping and build a fire. So we improvised a little bit and camped the best way I knew how!! We covered dining room chairs with a sheet and then placed a blanket on the floor for us to sit on.

Ready with her firewood and marshmallows

roasting marshmallows on the fire don't they look yummy?

the marshmallows are just right

Cheers!

Eat 'em up...yum

every good camping trip needs a little nap

Cooper decided he would join in on the fun

This is so much fun

Reagan asked if we could camp every day. I'll have to think about that one!

What To Do...

...with the rest of your snow day.

you could clap your hands

you could take a nap because Dr. Julie had a very busy day, so busy she didn't have time to put on pants according to Reagan
you could play your sister's guitar

or you could play it like a drum

you may need to hide your valuables from your sister

you could feed your baby lunch

or, you could watch a movie using headphones to knock out the noise from your brother

Let It Snow

What a pleasant surprise when we awoke this morning...SNOW. No school or work today! When I went to get Reagan up and told her it snowed even more over night, she was so excited she ran downstairs to look out the window and see for herself. She said, "Are you telling me I don't have to go to school? I can stay home all day with you and Cooper! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" and then did a little dance!

The view from our back yard

Looking down the side yardA view from our front door

Our house covered in snow (look how blue the sky is)

4 inches of snow!!

Doing her "job" ~ shoveling snow

Working very hard

Cooper is not a big fan of the snow

She filled her pail up with snow

So much work to be done

Cheese

Such a pretty face

Mom and Cooper (forgive the no make up and bad hair...it was 8:30 am!)

A little bit of a smile

Making snow angels

More snow angels

My beautiful angel

Mom made an angel too

Cooper wanted to go inside

Getting the snow off her mittens

Round One ~ Complete

What a Weekend

We had a great weekend together. The weather was nasty (rained all day Saturday), but what better way to spend time together than to go shopping!!

Marshmallows ~ the secret to happy kids

She didn't want her picture taken, but for marshmallows, she'll do just about anything!
Nothing for him in the store, so he'll take more marshmallows

Ever the lady with her purse

A putting green in the store...just what daddy ordered!

Such great form

Cooper had to get in on the action too!

Who knew shopping could be so much fun?

Next, we went out to eat. This may be the 1st time the four of us have gone out to dinner since Cooper was a baby and would lay in a booth on his belly and sleep. It's always been easier to spend our weekends at home because of Greg working so far away, I eat out almost every day, and then there is bath and bedtime, which is usually at 7:30pm. They need their 12 hours of sleep (and let's be honest, mom and dad need a couple of hours of quiet time before getting 8 hours of sleep ourselves...I love good-sleeping kids!)

This was the only picture I got at the restaurant...I do believe Greg was a little embarrassed of my camera

Bath time

We love the expression on Cooper's face when water is poured on his head!

Cooper runs to the rain water, Reagan runs from it!

Sunday afternoon, we awoke from our nap to this...SNOW!!!

It's not much now, but they're calling for 4-6 inches overnight! Stay tuned!

Dinner Sunday Night

I decided to get adventurous and try a new dish, a knock off of Olive Garden's Chicken Scampi. It turned out pretty well if I do say so myself (Reagan even asked for a second helping)!! I think this is the first time I've ever bought peppers and onions...and I know it is the first time I've ever bought wine. I stood in the wine section of the grocery store for almost 25 minutes trying to pick out a wine. A couple of phone calls later ~ and I was on my way! You know you're getting old when the teenager at the checkout doesn't even card you!!!

Dessert ~ making cookies with daddy

The Tradition Continues

Another week, another daddy/daughter date...

All ready for their date

Cooper thought if he could sneak in the picture, he'd get to go eat too

Bath Time...Again

A little bathtime fun with the Sandidge Siblings!!

His favorite bath activity - kicking!

"Enough with the camera"

" Ahhh! We said enough with the camera!"

Happy Birthday Keira's Daddy

Today is my little (ok, younger) brother, Andy's 26th birthday and Reagan made a little video for him. She kept asking who Andy was and I told her he was Keira's daddy...

Happy Birthday from Cooper too!