Spring Break 2011

This year...Lee and I got a "spring break" from the parenting world (special thanks goes out to Da'be!) We treated ourselves to dinner out on the town a couple of times and most nights I had a hard time falling asleep which was odd since most nights I am asleep before my head hits the pillow - funny how exhausting being a mom can be and we usually don't even realize it!! The girls loved absolutely every single minute of their spring break in Macon...so much so that we practically had to beg to get them to talk to us at night and every time I asked if they were ready to come home I got a resounding NOOOO! Addison came home Friday before spring break saying that all her friends were going to their grandparents so she was so excited to learn that I was taking her to hers. I drove the girls to Macon last weekend and came home alone on Sunday (forgot what it was like to ride in my car by myself listening to whatever I wanted to that was not a DVD playing on the TV that I can't see!). I will try to recount the activities of their week as that has been all they have talked about since I met Da'be to get them back on Thursday night.

Addison and Maggie sporting a wig handmade by Da'be - so funny seeing Maggie with hair :) The first time she tried it on and every time afterwards she would say I want to look like Addie (too funny...I guess because Addison has hair!)
Monday they visited Maw-Maw at the nursing home to give her a haircut. Later that night, Meg and Nana took them out to eat a little Mexican.

Tuesday, they ventured to Columbus to pick Grannie up so they could take her to the doctor on Wednesday morning. Tuesday night, Aunt Pat gave Da'be a break and the girls went to go play at her house!

Wednesday - They took Grannie to the doctor and back to her home. Afterwards, Da'be treated Addison to a movie - Gnomeo and Juliet! She was planning to take Maggie too, but Lee and I talked her into calling Lauren Colby! LC was soooo excited and I know Maggie had a blast with her!

Thursday - Da'be and girls packed a picnic and headed to Central Academy to spend the beautiful day playing on the playground!!! It is special to Lee and I that they were able to play on the same grounds that we grew up playing on and Addison thought it was really neat too!

The girls absolutely adore their Da'be and I am pretty sure she is just as fond of them! Hopefully she won't kill me for putting this no-makeup picture of her on here, but I thought it was the best representation of how here week probably went! The girls want her undivided attention ALL THE TIME. So....I know she was completely worn out by Thursday, but I know she wouldn't trade one minute of her time spent with them and besides...she would have been bored out of her mind home alone all week!!!

They also went shopping one day and this is the outfit that Addison come home with - I was told that she walked up to one of the mannequins and said..."I want all of that that she has on!" She is a major accessorizer - maybe she can teach me a thing or two! Maggie got two cute little outfits as well, but I wouldn't let her wear it to school because the shirts were white! Addison had to wear her outfit her first day back to school!

Thanks DA'BE - we love you!!!

So sorry we have been MIA....

but we have been BUSY! We thought and prayed a lot during the holidays and decided after the first of the year that we would put our house up for sale!!! We are planning to stay in Madison, but would just like to try to find something with a little more room and a place where we hopefully plan to "stay". Addison starts school in the fall (soooo hard for me to believe) so we are hoping that this will be a "speedy" process and we can get "re-settled" before the end of the summer. Since I went to school with the same friends my entire life and knew pretty much everything about them and we won't be able to give her this same setting, we would at least like for her to be able to stay in the same building!! We don't currently have it listed with an agent, but are definitely willing to work with someone if they know a buyer. Please pray for us as we chart this new territory; I am not very good at the waiting game and am trying real hard not to worry about this!

I have been MIA from the blogging world because we have been working hard to get this house "ready to sale". Lee and I have spent lots and lots of nights (after the girls are in bed) scrubbing cabinets/baseboards, touching up paint, well you get the picture! And, without my mom coming to help a few weekends by pitching in on scrubbing, de-cluttering, and keeping the girls out of the way, we probably would still be working! We are extremely grateful for the beautiful weather we had last weekend because it allowed us to powerwash the outside and garage and finish up the last few projects. Now, the biggest job is to keep it clean every single day in case someone calls!! Should be interesting with two little ones :)

Please pass the word along to anyone that you know and have them contact me or Lee if they are interested! We have loved living in Lake Caroline and might stay if we can find the right house - it is a great place to live!