Charge it!

Leave the girl alone for 2 seconds and she's on a mission.....and of course a play purse and wallet won't do the trick.  She knows the difference and don't insult her intelligence by trying to trick her into playing with the old, dusty Coach (back from when mom actually spent money on herself and ventured out beyond Target), Ryan wants what she can't have.

It's also wonderful (sarcasm) that she knows enough to take the credit card out of the wallet, hand it to the cashier and say 'charge it'.













And just to remind ourselves that we can produce sweet offspring whom don't talk back (yet), a little pic of Reese:

It can be hard to find a good babysitter....

So sometimes you just have to suck it up and let Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Terry do the job so mom and dad can head out for a night on the town.  You'd think after 3 kids and 5 grandkids they'd have this thing nailed down.

I love that towards the end, our little devil child (Ryan, of course) hops up on the couch with Uncle T and starts pushing him away, as if to say "I'm done with you now, Reese and I want to gossip alone" 

Some things never go out of style....

Bless my mother for saving some of her favorite outfits of mine as a child.  We dusted off a few of the more precious ones and played dress up.  My beloved red cherry dress, too adorable for words!

With Grandpa back in the day, rockin' the black, patent leather, Mary Janes....

Cherries, circa 2010:

Exciting News!!!!!!

No, I'm not pregnant (although wouldn't that be nice, Grant, to be a big ole family of five?).  Anyway, we're trying out  2011 New Year's Resolutions for size and one I'm contemplating is a daily blog update for the entire year.  Pretty aggressive, I know.  The chances of a 3rd child are probably greater than pulling this one off (and if you know Grant, then you know his position on any more children - that would be a capital H-ELL no).  So I figure we'll use the next week as a trial run.  For those of you who may doubt my commitment to resolutions; I don't want to brag or anything but I have flossed every single day of 2010 thus far (including in between contractions while in labor with Reese).  So watch out.....

A cute pic of the babes to kick things off:

Reese's Pieces!

Almost 5 months old...and truly the sweetest little snack around.

Tantrums rock!

When we signed up for this parenting gig, we were forewarned that the terrible two's were something to watch out for......what we weren't told was how hysterical they are. Seriously, tantrums can be fantastic viewing. What adds to the enjoyment is how one can come out of nowhere over the SILLIEST things... Case in point:

Ryan was playing with paper plates, threw them all over the floor and her EVIL mother asked her to pick them up before she moved her tornado self onto her next victim. Ryan was not a fan of that request.

Hot summer nights...

We had a bbq last weekend with some friends - including 7 tots under the age of 4. After a few too many apple juices, these girls were ready to party!