Not to Whell

Reagan wrote me a little note telling about her day...

Mom, to day it do not go very whell (sic) at school.  Cause I had to sat out resess (sic).  I don't no (sic) why i set out resess (sic). 

 

Reagan has such a sweet spirit.  She wanted me to know about her day, but was afraid of getting in more trouble.

I Love It When...

This was one of Reagan's journal assignments after a day home for "snow"...

 

I love it when it snows.  Cause we are out of school and I get to go to my grandparnt (sic) house and spend the night at house.  It is fun for me and my little brother Cooper to go there and spend the night at there (sic) house.  But befor (sic) we do that we go eat super (sic) at Ginger's house. But we have to call them to make shore (sic) we can go there to spend the night at our grandpernts (sic) house.

Easy Come, Easy Go

We woke up to snow this morning...but as quickly as it came, it left ~ it had all disappeared by 11am!!

 

Date Nights

Tonight, Greg & I took the kids out on dates.  Greg and Reagan attended the Father/Daughter Dance sponsored by the Girl Scouts.  Cooper and I ate dinner and went shopping (all his request!).

the theme of the dance was sports

 This girl loves her daddy!

 Mom and Cooper ready for their date

 Eating pizza - Cooper said he wanted to go eat pizza because Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles like pizza and he wants to be a Ninja Turtle!

 Next Cooper wanted to buy something.  He used his chore money to buy a dinosaur and a snake.

 We spent an hour perusing the isles of Wal-Mart looking for the perfect toy!  (Love his expression here)

 Finally, we ended up at Chick-Fil-A so he could run off some energy and get a milkshake.

Greg and Reagan met us at Chick-Fil-A, but I had already put my camera away!

Family and Friends

Reagan and I were invited (or maybe I invited us..details, details) to start the wedding planning process with Megan.  We met with a caterer and then went dress shopping!!!  We had so much fun.  Reagan thought Megan looked like a princess!

going over the details of the wedding with the caterer

 waiting for the bride-to-be to show us the first dress

 beautiful, but not the ONE

 Megan will make any dress look gorgeous

 Reagan was asked to be a flower girl in the wedding and wanted to pick out some jewels to wear!

 this was my favorite of the day, but still not THE DRESS

since Megan didn't find the perfect dress today, we get to do this all over again another weekend!!!

 After we finished up the bridal business for the day, Reagan and I stopped by Greg's best friend Scott's house to say hello.  We called Greg and Cooper to come down (only an hour drive now) and we went out to dinner.  Reagan and Cooper made fast friends with Mr Scott!!

he let them roast marshmallows in his fireplace!

 Eating their snack

 Cooper wanted to spend the night with Scott, but forgot his clean underwear...maybe next time!

 Reagan pretended to be a little shy around him, but Mr Scott has 3 of Reagan's favorite things ~ a pool, a house at the beach and he owns a Menchie's!!  Reagan was in heaven!!!

1st Snow Fall 2013

It was an early release day from school because of inclement weather.  Once the snow began to accumulate in the yard, the kids and I went outside to play.  It was cold and windy, but we had a lot of fun!

He couldn't believe it was snowing

 showing off her new snow boots

 beautiful girl

 the wind was blowing the snow right into our eyes and Cooper needed snow goggles

 can you see the snow blowing sideways?

 catching snow on his tongue

 throwing snowballs at mom

 more snow catching

 Reagan caught a few snowflakes on her tongue

 chasing each other with snowballs

 warming up with a cup of hot cocoa

On Thin Ice

Reagan and I attended the Girl Scout Ice Skating Outing this afternoon.  The rink was reserved for Girl Scouts and their families, but Cooper & Greg thought it would be more fun to stay home and watch football!  This was both Reagan and my first time to ice skate ~ Reagan only fell twice. I think we did pretty good and Reagan said she would like to go back again.

My ice princess

 holding on to the railing

 Mom & Reagan holding each other up!

 she looks a little pained, but I promise she was having fun!  She was terrified of falling for the first little bit!

 they held a little class for first time skaters ~ here they're learning to fall properly

Mom, are you coming?

 learning to stop

 getting a one-on-one lesson with Coach Nikki

 she finally let go of the wall!

 finally, a smile

 We had a great time!