What a Difference 4 Days Makes

WARNING...extremely long post with lots of pictures.

Remember Monday when there was 4 inches of snow on the ground and 30 degrees for the high?

Fast forward to Saturday, it is sunny beautiful and 77 degrees!! You've got to love the seasons in North Carolina!!! We made the most of our day and the weather by playing outside and going to the park.

Rolling the ball to each other up and down the slide So happy to be outside

Reagan said she was making us drinks for the hot summer day

Helping Reagan with the "drinks"

So much fun!!!

Reagan always keeps her eye on Cooper to make sure he's not playing with anything of hers!

Listen to Reagan's description of today..

Water...all to himselfNotice Cooper trying to drink the water

Cooper got his dump truck and sat in it until someone pushed him around the yard

Playing outside isn't complete without the Secret Garden

After naps, we headed to the park for more fun in the sun

Swings are always a hit

Getting ready to slide

Cooper made his way into the tunnelWhee! Reagan said she was driving to Chuck E Cheese

Practicing his climbing skills

Cooper had the most fun running free

Trying to get both of them in the same picture

Going down the big slide

Caught her in the tunnel

More time to swing

Watch Me

Yeah ~ Cooper made it up the steps

Again, trying to get a picture of them together

Reagan helping Cooper off the slide

Our last stop of the day was the grocery store. Reagan was a big help with the list

Date Day

Once again, it's daddy/daughter date day. Today, Greg and Reagan went to IHOP and had pancakes of course!!

All smiles & ready to go

Cooper wanted to go too, so he grabbed his jacket and diaper bag from the closet! So pitiful!!

He couldn't believe daddy would leave him

But, when he figured out that he would be getting breakfast at home ~ he's all smiles!!

Good News, Bad News

Let's start with the bad. Cooper had an "incident" at school today ~ the report reads, "Incident took place at lunch time. Cooper was trying to take food from his friend's plate, his friend got upset and grabbed his face."

Here's the evidence

For the good news. When I picked Reagan up from school today, her teacher told me that Reagan was the only student to receive an ice cream sandwich for snack today because she was the only one sitting quietly and listening to Ms. Gomery. That's my girl, I'm so proud of her! Now if only I could get her to sit quietly and listen at home!

Who got an ice cream sandwich today? I did!!

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