Into the wild, sort of

We went to Pinetop this weekend with the Allans and had a great time. It was so nice to get out of town for a few days and enjoy some fresh, clean mountain air. The kids had SO much fun playing together.

Ryan, Reese, & Zackary heading out on our nature walk.

We turned over almost every rock to see what kind of creepy crawlies we could find.

I had the bug catcher open and ready.

Cory found a lizard that crawled up his pant leg.

Then he got the little guy on his hand, up his arm, around the back, and into the bug catcher. The kids were so excited!

We had one lizard, four crickets, a few potato bugs, and a worm.

I have hair envy

I am seriously jealous of my girls' hair. I am always fussing with my hair--coloring it, not coloring it, cutting it, letting it grow, bangs or no bangs. It's kind of exhausting. I finally quit coloring it about 9 months ago and let it go au natural. I was hoping that it would look like their hair. No such luck. I love this photo below of Ryan. Her bow looks adorable in her perfect little bob (Thanks, Kyna, for the adorable bows!)

I finally gave in

We tried to resist the princess takeover for as long as we could, but they've finally infiltrated the Whyte house. At the girls' 2nd birthday in November they received a box of 3 princess dresses and I put them away in a closet. They were discovered yesterday and now it's all over. Let the princess invasion begin.

A new favorite treat

I gave the girls their first popsicles about a month ago and now they can't get enough. I started making homemade ones with V8 Juice and they ask for one every day now. Here's few shots of Reese eating one outside.
Look at the juice running down her belly and her saggy shorts. Guess we're not quite ready for 3T shorts yet.

Breakfast

This video sums up what breakfast has been like at our house lately. The girls won't sit in booster seats anymore, so we either sit at our little table, stand on the chairs and eat at the counter. On Easter I told the girls that if they eat too much candy it will make them sick. Now they say, "That will make me sick!" for almost everything and I have to explain that not everything will make them sick, just some things. You'll also see them talking about poop in this video and that's one of the lovely things that Cory always jokes about with them. They were making pretend poop out of Play dough the other day and I about died.

Ruh-Roh

We went to the park near our house yesterday and had some adventures. Both girls had gone potty before we left so I didn't think I needed to take the porta-potty. This park has no bathroom and I quickly realized that leaving home w/o the potty was a BAD idea. We were there for a few minutes playing and Ryan says "I need to go pee, Mommy." So we pulled the pants down, took the shoes off, and Ryan peed in the gravel/dirt by the picnic tables. She did pretty good for her first time peeing outdoors. I got her all dressed again and then Reese runs over and says, "Mommy, I need to pee too!" I thought she was doing it just because Ryan just went pee. Nope. She really had to pee, so we repeated the same scenario and she peed in the dirt next to her sister's puddle. I got her dressed and they went off playing for a few minutes.

But wait, it's not over. Reese ran back over to me and said, "Mommy, I need to go poopy." Awesome. I asked her if she wants to go home to use the potty. She said, "No, Mommy, my poopy is coming soon." It keeps getting better. I pulled her pants and shoes off and told her to go for it. She was so frazzled and kinda embarrassed. I felt SO bad. We finished our business and I cleaned it all up. Thank goodness no one was at the park except for my friend, Jen. We enjoyed the rest of our park outing after that, but let tell you...I am NEVER leaving the house again without the porta-potty.

Happy Easter 2009

I love everything about Easter- the time of year, getting together with family, Easter egg hunts, and most of all, celebrating Jesus. We had such a great weekend with tons of fun. We dyed eggs on Saturday and went to church. This morning we woke up and hunted eggs in our backyard, just the 4 of us. That was my favorite part of the day. Then we went to Bama's house (Aunt Lori) for brunch, on to G&G's house for lunch and more egg hunting, and then headed to the park to meet up with my mom's family. The girls passed out between G&G's house and the park, so Cory took the girls home and I headed to the park to meet my family. We had such a wonderful day with family and each holiday with the girls gets better each year. We are so blessed!!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

We had a busy weekend filled with lots of activities and dyeing Easter eggs was one of them. I decided that Cory would be in charge of the Easter egg project and I would take the pictures/video. He's so patient and did great job teaching the girls how it works. This is the first time we've dyed eggs as a family and it was tons of fun!
Here's Cory explaining in detail how we drop the eggs gently in the dye and let it sit. Reese LOVED dropping the eggs in and creating a mess every time. That's Ryan in the apron. She likes being clean a bit more than Reese :)

2 ways to wear a bandana

Do-rag style (Reese)

Tupac style (Ryan) You do not want to cross this girl! I promise you.

Spring Picnic

These are some photos from the DSMOM Spring Picnic. I love these top two photos because it's totally our life--chasing after kids.

Time for a nap

When the girls start fighting over toys, I know it’s time for a nap.  Today they were fighting over two stuffed animals and Ryan started crying.  After that they were on opposite sides of the family room and Reese said, “Are you cwying, Wyan?,” and Ryan said, “No, I not cwying.”  Then, they ran toward each other, met in the middle of the room, and gave one another the sweetest hug.

I'm on the fence...

about what to get my mom for her birthday at the end of the month, but I think I found it. I've been clipping coupons religiously and found this lovely hat advertised in the coupon pages for $5.95. It's the must-have item for Spring. Look how happy this guy is!


Mom, I'm buying this for you and making you wear it to Ross on Tuesdays for your 10% discount. Oh, and also to the movies. And maybe Denny's. Now there will be no wondering--you'll just be sporting your cool new hat and they'll give you the discount on the spot.