On The Road

We left for Tennessee this morning to visit Gigi & Bubba (and a few more friends, but we'll have more on that tomorrow).

In the cartoon zone 10 minutes into the trip

Cooper got some new headphones for the trip
I sat in between Reagan and Cooper on the ride over.

they're both so glued to the DVD that they didn't even notice me taking pictures!

This is why I had to sit in the back seat (again, more on that tomorrow!)

Once at Gigi & Bubba's house, the playing started

All smiles while running around

Playing catch with mommy

He found the crane he got for Christmas from Mamaw & Papaw

Reagan took some time to color

She got this chair when she was about 15months old...an oldie, but a goodie

Cooper pulled out the country Santa

Of course, a tea party had to happen

Cooper got to participate in his 1st tea party

He has a little way to go in the etiquette department

Reagan loves a tea party

Pouring the "tea"

Good to the last drop

Looking for fish while supper is cooking

Here fishee, fishee!

Gorgeous girl

Handsome Boy

Hamburgers...yum!

Feeding the ducks with daddy

Gigi came down to the dock with more fish food

Aww!

Love these two

What do the Sandidges eat after dinner? Ice cream of course!

After our ice cream, we went for a boat ride

The sky to the east

The sunset in the west

Relaxing ride

Cooper took a turn at driving the boat

This is so fun!

Love this girl

Cooper loves to drive the boat

What a smile!

Reagan's turn to steer the boat

Reagan said she wanted to sleep on the boat ~ and Cooper was right there with her!

A Man of Many Hats

Cooper has had a love of hats for several weeks. The only time he takes his hat off is to take a bath, otherwise, a hat is on his head. This morning when I got him out of bed, he had didn't have his hat on...he had 3 hats on!!!

He wore these hats until it was time to leave for school ~ I told him there was a "one hat limit" at school.

Notice a 4th hat is on the table. He tried to put it on too, but it kept falling off!
A sweet moment between siblings

Reagan wanted her picture made this morning. She picked out this outfit to wear to camp because it would "not make her sweat!"

When picking Cooper up from school this afternoon, the fire department had been called, so we got to see several firemen and 3 firetrucks. Cooper was so excited!!

More Conversations with Reagan

We have some very interesting conversations while putting Reagan to bed every night...
Reagan: Mom, If I'm ever bad and in the back of a police car, would you come get me?
Mom: Yes I would, but you better never do anything to end up in the back of a police car.
Reagan: OK, I'll try to have good behavior.

We were discussing birthdays and whose was coming up next...
Reagan: Mom, how old will you be on your birthday?
Mom: 37
Reagan: Don't be 37, your going to be old and die.
Mom: Do you think 37 is old?
Reagan: That's a really big number, bigger than mine. I wish God would stop making us have birthdays, I just want to stay a kid~like 6 years old!

We had been discussing how to be a good friend to people. We had also had a discussion while on vacation about my mamaw living in heaven. After gymnastics last week, I told her that I was proud of her for being a good friend...
Mom: Reagan, Mommy is so proud of you for being a good friend and helping Julia today. That makes God really happy when you help your friends.
Reagan: And Jesus, and Moses and your mamaw in heaven are happy too?
Mom: Yes, they are!

Another bed time conversation...
Reagan: Mom, is there a baby in your belly?
Mom: No, why? Do you want another baby in mommy's belly?
Reagan: No, me and Cooper are all the babies you need. We have enough.
Mom: I couldn't agree more!

Sunday Afternoon

Here are a few moments captured during our day.

rainbow Popsicles after lunch

"yummy in my tummy!"

she thought it was so funny that her tongue was turning colors

While Cooper was napping, Reagan decided she wanted to paint

concentration on her face

the finished products ~ a dinosaur and a flower pot

Next, we made cinnamon muffins to pack in Reagan's lunch this week

quality control

Cooper talked on the phone while he waited for the muffins to bake

"the muffins are ready!"

As a final activity for the day, the kids drew and colored pictures

they also practiced sharing...they may need a little more practice on that!

Getting A Boost

Since Reagan will be starting kindergarten in less than 2 weeks (sniff, sniff), we decided to move her into a booster seat from the car seat that she's been in for the last 5 1/2 years. She'll have to be able to get in and out of her booster seat by herself when we pull up in the car line at school ~ so, she better start practicing!