Shut up and stop whining

I'm tempted to do a whole blog post whining about the root canal that was started on me yesterday but won't be finished until next Thursday. However, I've told myself several times yesterday and today to "shut up and stop whining" so instead I'll count some blessings and post videos. :)

421. Imagining the girls' reactions if they heard the title of this post. "ooooh. Mommy said the 'S' word!
422. Last day of school for Julia! I get my baby back all summer! In fact, thanks to a new Alabama law I get her for an extra week.
423. Julia being excited for her daddy/daughter date to the Mobile Baybears game tonight.
424. The new city splashpad that just opened about 1 mile away from us! Audrey and I plan on checking it out tonight while Julia and Matt are at the game.
425. Matt taking pictures and videos of Audrey's performance last week at preschool graduation. I missed it because I was getting my K-4's in their caps and gowns while Audrey's class performed.

426. Both my girls loved their teachers for the year. Here is Audrey with Ms. Jenny.

427. Sweet notes and gifts from my pre-k's. The girls loved my flowers.

428. A 4 year old with a very active imagination.
429. A summer "to do" list I made for me and the girls! I want plenty of down time, but I don't want to get in a TV rut!
430. Videos of my girlies: Audrey performing "White Flag" on stage at church after her program last weekend.

And then there's Julia performing the song from her graduation program. 

My sweet little Julia graduated from Kindergarten yesterday. She's had a great year, one of new beginnings and lots of learning, and we were thrilled to celebrate with her and her friends!
Pre-ceremony:

Ceremony:

Post Ceremony:

Julia and her teacher -

Julia and her friend, Kaelyn. Matt chaperoned Julia's school trip to the zoo this week, and he came home mentioning how these 2 favored each other. We laughed when they showed up wearing similar dresses.

This little boy, Jared, is Julia's crush. Don't tell her I told you!

Redneck safety?

We like to run around barefoot in the rain... with helmets.

Field Day 2012

Julia did great! She was very involved and complained very little about all the sweating!

It's Daddy/Daughter Date time!

Forget the Prom pictures people have been Facebooking, Daddy/Daughter dates are way better! :)

Audrey's been looking forward to this date for a few weeks. Her first words this morning were "I want starbursts." It took me a few minutes to realize she meant Starbucks, the place they'd already discussed going.

Blessings 411-420

411. Making Julia's "biggest dream" come true last night, we ate out... at Olive Garden. 412. Thanks to a gift card and a coupon, we paid less than $10 for our dinner out. Matt's flying to Kansas for the weekend to talk with the other half of the mission team for his summer trip to Spain. Before he left, the girls had to get some snuggle time in with him. I snapped a picture of blessing 413 - snuggle time

414. Audrey's pink eye in the picture isn't the dreaded "pinkeye". It's allergies and is bothering me 200 times more than it's bothering her. 415. Sweet husband - Matt took Julia to school this morning and ran a few errands before heading to the airport. On his way out of town, he stopped back by the house JUST because he forgot to kiss me goodbye. 416. Extra help preparing my 10 preschooler's scrapbooks this year. I'm heading up to church in a few minutes to take advantage of that extra help! 417. Audrey's excited to spend the afternoon at church. I've bribed her by agreeing to take along a Barbie movie we checked out of the library. 418. Beautiful spring weather this past week! 419. A new bike for the girls. 420. Audrey's goodnight kisses that often turn into a make out session. Man, that girl makes me laugh. :)

Happy Easter!

Jesus is the reason for the season, but we've enjoyed all the other stuff too.
Egg hunt #1 was at each girls' school. This is egg hunt #2.






We picked a good number of blackberries yesterday. Momma loves free fruit! Julia, Matt, and I are eating them up. Audrey tried one and said she wasn't eating any more until she's an adult.


Egg hunt #3 was just after dark. Neat in theory, not so great in practice. Big crowd + intentional separation of parent and child + dark = very uncomfortable mom for a couple of minutes. We will not be repeating that event.

What is this child going to be like when she's 16?



Easter goodies! Thanks, Grands, for all the candy!



Cadbury eggs for breakfast makes me either the best mom ever or the worst.



More posing. I let the girls pick out their clothes for this morning. I found it amusing that Julia picked a dress Meme gave us and Audrey picked one from Mammy. No grandmother left behind! Please note that Audrey DOES have nice sandals to wear with her clothes, but she really wanted to wear the 3+ year old Hannah flip flops. I have issues with all the hype regarding Easter attire so AK's flip flops were just fine with me!

They posed with their new bibles.

Saving my favorite picture for last...

Happy Easter!