What a weekend!!!

After a night out of good friends and fun,





Lots of free Miller lites


A crazy cab ride home



From a cabbie named Aduke who claimed to be 47 years old (really 31), have 4 sets of twins (really no kids) and from an island called Jungle, Africa...





Followed by some hottubbing ...
all thanks to 2 sets of grandparents!...

We had a really lazy and chill day today.

But since I've been hanging out with the kids (INSIDE in the nice cool house), I have been able to jot a few things from the kids down.

***Naptime***
Shelby was in my bed, and so of course there was a naptime debate. She wasn't tired. She wanted to just rest. Rest means lay down but not go to sleep. She didn't want to lay her head down. She just wanted to put her feet under the covers and sit there. Blah blah blah.
I finally said, "Shelby. Mommy is going to sleep. I am not talking to you anymore!"
Her response (which shocked me): "Roger that!"
She was asleep about 90 seconds later.

After nap, Cole dumped a whole bucket of crayons on the living room floor and refused to pick them up.
I told him I was counting to 3 and then he was going to time out.
M: "One.....Two....Three."
Cole: "SHAKE Y'ER BOOTY!" He had no intention of picking up the crayons still so he sat in time out while I picked them up. He said, "My rudder [rather] go in time out." Little toot!

Later, as he was drawing on the kitchen table with a marker, he exclaimed, "My just a messy messy boy!!!"


More about the rest of the weekend later!!!


(Jeff this picture is just to remind you of what we talked about with the nose hair clippers and how you should maybe use them.) heehee

Today I am a Princess

We are having a special parade and feast at my school today.
I ran into Mommy and Daddy's room at 5:20 this morning and crawled up onto Mommy and said, "Mommy I can't wait to put on my princess dress!!!"
Silly Mommy and Daddy, they tried to tell me it was too early to be up. They just didn't understand how excited I was! There was no way I could sleep, I told them, "I'm not tired!!!" So since Daddy loves his little princess and didn't get to play with me yesterday, he got up with me and we played with my babies and read books until it was time to finally get dressed! Mommy says I have Daddy wrapped around my little finger, but really can you blame him? I'm pretty sweet and I LOVE my Daddy more than anything! I told Daddy all about the eyeballs that I am taking to school today to eat at our feast. (They are really grapes!) There's also going to be a castle cake and lots of other medieval goodies.
When I got dressed I asked Mommy to put on ALL the jewelery we could find. I'm wearing 8 necklaces! I packed up my princess mirror and my wand, along with some white gloves and a purse. Of course I'm wearing my favorite tiara too. When we got to school all my girl friends were dressed as princesses like me, but the boys were dressed as dragons and knights. Mommy thinks it's going to be a wild day in my class! When we go on our parade walk, we get to walk by Mommy's office and see her!
Happy Friday!
Love,
Lady Shelby

Cole not to be left out..

M: "Cole what's your favorite food?"
C: "Grapes!" [He's eating grapes now.]
M: "What's your favorite show?"
C: "Baseball!!!"
M: Who's you're favorite friend?"
C: "SISSY!"
M:" Who's your favorite teacher?"
C: "Umm ah teacher? Tom and Jerrye. Choco't milk!"
M: "What's your favorite shirt?"
C: "Baseball!"
M: "What's your favorite hat?"
C: "Ummm baseball hat!"
D: "What's your favorite PJs?"
C: "CARS!!!! Yep!"
M: "What's your favorite undies?"
C: "Elmo!"
D: "What's your favorite diaper?"
C: "Night night diaper!"
D: "With mickey and the moon?"
C: "Yep!"
M: "What do you and mommy like to do?"
C: "Look at dese trees Mommy!!!" [pointing out the back window]
M:" What about you and Daddy? What do you do?"
C: "OOOh! Trees!"
D: "What? Not even bike ride?"
C: "Yep!"
M: "How old are you?"
C: "TERRIBLE TWO!!! COLEMAN PECK!!!"

Getting to know Shelby

Because this is fun!!!

M: "Shelby you know how you like to do those little quizzes? Let's do one."
S: "Okay!"
M: "What is your fav. dinner?"
S: "Pasta."
M: "What is your favorite snack?"
S: "MOMMY! You just asked me that!!!"
M: "No snack is different."
S: "Crackers."
M: "What is your favorite show?"
S: "Tom and Jerry"
M: "What is your favorite movie?"
S: "MOOOOOMMMMM! You said you were just asking 2 questions!!!"
M: "No I didn't. Just a few more."
S: "The one wiht the black bear that eats bananas and the gorillas has the boy and a big giant monkey took the boy and the little monkeys steal him too and they make the little boy eat bananas and he loves bananas."
M: "When did you watch that movie?"
S: "One time at a long time ago, I don't remember what day it was."
M: "Was it the Jungle Book?"
S: "Yeah, the Jungle movie. Ding Ding Ding!!!"
M: "Who is your favorite school friend?"
S: "Linnea."
M: "What about not school friend?"
S: "Reagan and Rylee. And Ashlyn and her little brudder."
M: "What is your favorite shirt?"
S: "The one that says, 'I shine wherever I go.'"
M: " I don't remember that shirt."
S: "Daddy go get it for me. You remember what it is."
D: "Is it white?"
S: "It's yellow. In my room...Like not by the door, it's ... It's kind of like by the stack by the corner, like on the side. Mommy I'll show you."
M: "Where is your fav. place to go with mommy?"
S: "I like S days. That's where I like to go. I like to go home because I like to stay home."
M: "What about fav place to go with daddy?"
S: "To the restaurant."
M: "What's your fav drink?"
S: "Milk."
M: "Fav shoes?"
S: " My boots."
M: "Even in summer?"
S: "Uh uh."

:)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my parents!

I love you and thank you for the amazing example of companionship, devotion, and family that you have provided to your children any many others.
We are so blessed that THIS story started 31 years ago and is still going today...

A post with mostly pictures

First off, a little picture of what the furminator and I and 20 minutes did to Mary. I could have gotten a LOT more hair, but I got sick of brushing and she started growing restless. No WONDER there is black hair all over every blanket and sq. ft. of carpet in our house!!!



Next: I stained our patio swing.


While I did that, Jeff hung a new tire swing in the tree out back for the kids.


They love it!



This is Cole saying, "My build tall towyer!"


We did LOTS of swimming this Memorial day weekend.
Uncle Tyty is the BEST swimming kid-sitter!
And look how stacked he is... (heehee)


Coleman LOVES to jump in from the tall side. We have a couple of little fish for kids.


Pretty much my favorite picture. He's got the 'chipmunk cheeks' which we use for holding our breath and not swallowing water, and the dive hands that Ty taught him.




Chillin out with my sweeties...


Sissy relaxing on Nonnie


Sunday we got to hang out at Millie and Luke's new house. The guys were tiling the kitchen.
A piano came with their house! :)


Cole and Shelby love their mail slot.


My fav part of Mill's house---2 big backyards!!!
This is the one on the "side." It's completely fenced in and has a doggie door from the house/garage.


The view from the front porch. We were a big group in their circle! (There is a garage/driveway in the back with an alley)


2nd back yard. This is a big pool!


With plenty of room all around it...


Back home- this is my new piggy that Millie got me. I love it! I think it found a home here on this buffet in my kitchen.


Monday we were back at Nonnie and Poppy's pool.
Anna, Millie, mom, me


Me and my little sunshines!


The end!

A yucky story- one for the books.

I was in the kitchen with the kids, but working on a project on the island. Cole told me he was pooping. (I cannot get him to go on the toilet to poo!) Then Shelby yells, "Mom! LOOK!" and there's a big splat of poo in the kitchen floor by the trash can. It had come out of Cole's diaper but I guess it did just fall out because it wasn't on any hands or anything. So I take him to the bathroom to clean him up, and 3 minutes later headed into the kitchen to clean up the floor. The poo was gone. The only other thing in the house was Roxxy, who was licking her chops. NASTY!!! Needless to say, Roxxy will be outside the rest of the day. And Cole WILL LEARN to poo in the potty!!!

I need help...

Yesterday when we picked Cole up he immediately started whining and crying in the car... "My want the train song!!! My want my shoes off!!! My not like this song! My want my bobby!!!"
So I did what any loving mother who has worked all day and whose son is developing a BAD whining habit would do.
I said, "Coleman Peck, Stop. Whining."
C: "Waaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!"
S: "Coleman it's ok. MOMMY-uh! Stop bossin him!" (She is already ending most of her phrases, especially Mommy, in uh!)
C: "My just a baby mommy, my not big boy. My yittle baby."
S: "Yeah mom he's just a baby!"

OMG. The alliances are forming. Heaven help me! :)

No longer a Sushi Virgin

Last night I had my first SUSHI...and it was GOOD!

Jess taught me all about it, then we shared some
Marry Me Roll
shrimp tempura & ginger cream topped with avocado, tuna & strawberry

and
On the Beach Roll
shrimp tempura & scallions topped with tuna & avocado

I also shared some of Jess's hot sake and it was pretty yummy too!

Thanks Jess and Nikki and Jess for the wonderful dinner!

No wonder...

Tonight, Shelby got herself completely dressed for bedtime (including her pull-up!) (yes she's still in pull-ups at night...) and then brushed her own teeth and washed her hands and she was just so proud.
...Now 45 minutes later she's still awake...coming up with excuses. She asked for Mary to be in her bed, so Jeff was off taking Mary to potty.
Shelby wanders into my room...
S: No wonder Daddy's taking so long to get Mary in my bed!
M: What do you mean no wonder?
S: Like, Daddy's not getting her in my bed.
M: Well why no wonder?
S: Well, I don't know why!

It's still so fascinating to me how she's figuring out how to use (and how NOT to use) these grown-up phrases!!! :)

Silly kids

This morning I was trying to wake Cole up and he was being a sleepyhead.

M: "Good morning! Wake up!"
C: "My sleepy Mommy. Turn my yight off!"
M: "Get up, we need to get you dressed Buddy!"
C: "No we need get you aseep [asleep] Mom!"

Shelby has become quite the backseat driver.
Both kids like to say:
"Go fast mom but not too fast!"
Shelby says, "Go super fast!"
Cole Says, "No don't go super fast mom, just go yittle fast!"
Shelby always warns me, "Don't get a ticket!"
and one day I stopped in the left turn lane waiting to turn and she yelled, "GO MOM! You can't just stop in the middle of the street like that!!!!"

The Daddy Survey

We did this the night after the last one. Some of the answers are the same as the Mommy one, some are a little different, and some are a lot different. Shelby loves doing this. She is now always saying, "Mommy I wanna answer some more questions!!"

1. What is something daddy always says to you?
I love you

2. What makes dad happy?
for being a good girl

3. What makes dad sad?
for not listening

4. How does your dad make you laugh?
tickling me

5. What was your dad like as a child?
a little boy

a baby
He would like to play with baby toys

6. How old is your dad?
uh, maybe 24

7. How tall is your dad?
maybe that tall

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
Fold clothes

9. What does your dad do when you're not here?
Clean up the house

10. If your dad becomes famous, what will it be for?
maybe for at his work, for doin what his boss says. THat's a really good answer

11. What is your dad good at?
Workin on computers

12. What is your dad not very good at?
for not..sometimes he doesn't be careful on his bike, like when he was a little boy, he fell down on his bike, I mean he crashed into another bike and he fell.

13. What does your dad do for a job?
hmm i think doin what his boss tells him to do and he's good at workin on computers

14. What is your dad's favorite food?
chicken and rice and carrots

15. What makes you proud of your dad?
for givin me kisses

16. If your dad were a TV character, who would he be?
have a job.

17. What do you and your dad do together?
give kisses

18. How are you and your dad the same?
because i have brown hair and he has brown hair. we have matching skin

19. How are you and your dad different?
well sometimes i don't eat all of my dinner and he does eat all of my dinner...that's pretty different. and difficult. ha.

20. How do you know your dad loves you?
Because God made me and He made grownups and parents and grandparents love little babies and childs and like big kids

21. What does your dad like most about your mom?
He likes her to clean her closet

22. Where is your dad's favorite place to go?
Grapevine Chick-Fil-A.

Captain Joe's birthday party!

(Caught stuffing my face.)





Me and Susan. Twins!


Shelby found a new BFF, Haley.



Happy Ashlyn!


The birthday boy's Mama (and the birthday girl herself!!!)


The man of the day




Blue ring pop!







All aboard!


Shelby and Haley opened his presents---Joe couldn't care less!




Look at these 2... 5 / 4 years old going on 20!





Thanks for the great party day, Davis fam!