If You Make A Promise...

...you have to keep it. Especially if your daughter is Reagan!! Tuesday the school was to have had a fundraiser at Chuck E Cheese, but with all the snow we've had we were afraid we wouldn't have as good of a turn out as we would like, so the date was postponed until April. I had been telling Reagan all week of our upcoming date with Chuck E, so when I picked them up from school, of course she remembered and was ready to go. Greg got off the hook because I had called to tell him the fundraiser was cancelled and he didn't need to get off work early. So, I took two children (ages 3 & 1) to Chuck E Cheese by myself (am I crazy or what!!)!!

Reagan met up with a friend from school, Ella, who had also been "promised"

Look how happy they are to be playing together Cooper rode on a few rides himself

Playing games with Ella

Reagan won some tickets too

Cooper loved to push buttons

Pizza Time!

Cooper enjoyed his pizza, but had to keep an eye on what was happening around him

Playing skee ball with another friend from school whose parents made the "promise"

Racing Ayden at the water squirt game

Feeding the zoo animals

Riding in the car with Chuck E Cheese

I promise, he had a good time ~ he was just overwhelmed with all of the lights and sounds

Reagan had such a good time

Riding in the car together

Whee!

Whee for Cooper too!

Reagan took a spin with Chuck E Cheese too

Apparently Cooper was too busy watching everybody and didn't get enough to eat at Chuck E Cheese!

We had a fun night, but I learned that the kids should NEVER outnumber the adults at Chuck E Cheese!!!
On the way home I told Cooper that I was proud of him for being such a good boy at Chuck E Cheese, then I told Reagan I was proud of her for being a good girl and minding me all night. The Reagan said, "Mommy, I'm so proud of you for being a good mommy tonight. You make me happy, and God happy, and Jesus happy, and Moses happy!"

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