More celebration

Today we got an invite to a neighbors for an spur of the moment get together! We headed up to her home as did lots of other families in the neighborhood. The kids had a great time for the two or so hours we visited... then it was time for nap!! Morgan and RJ both needed a nap! What a busy weekend!

After they woke up from naps they requested the sprinkler... back into the damp bathing suits and out to the sprinkler we went! What a fun water filled day!

Red, White & Blue

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Today we went to MeMom and Pop Pop's for a Memorial day picnic, with a splash of Aunt Megan's birthday celebration added in! We had a lot of fun! Morgan got to play with Angela and Hannah Giampa, and we just got to spend quality time with good family and friends.

Enter the CASTLE era!

One last time with her crib!

Yes, we have entered a new phase in Morgan's life!!! She has officially stopped bottles on her own!! It has been over two weeks and she has only drank her milk out of princess cups! No more bottles! Ya!! The catch? She wanted to sleep in a castle bed! So, after many hours of searching for a castle bed online I gave in and checked out Craigslist. I found several beds within two hours that were still available. I actually contacted 6 or so people. Long story short someone said that their bed was in very good condition, Bob went up to pick it up and guess what? Bob bought it but it when I saw it I thought it was in HORRIBLE condition. It was dirty, the pictures weren't perfect, and pieces were missing to hold the mattress to name a few! Urgh. So today Bob went and bought another one and this one was in very good condition except for the headboard stickers. They were all ripped off. So I got a smart idea, went to Michael's and bought some foam board and some princess stickers. I cut the window shapes out and Morgan decorated the windows with the princess attire. She LOVES IT!!! I am not liking the asymmetry, but I am happy if she is happy!!! I think she likes her home made one even better than she would have liked the original one!

Home made left window

Home made center window

Home made right window

The headboard

Morgan and her bed!

She loves her bed and was so excited to sleep in it tonight! Fingers crossed she doesn't fall out! Or that she doesn't wake up every hour! Or that she doesn't just show up in our room at the crack of dawn! Fingers crossed!

It was so exciting, but sad for me! My little girl was obviously ready for this next step, but wow... no more crib for her! Now I see her as getting bigger! I can't believe my 'baby girl' is now sleeping in a real bed! Bob isn't too helpful with my sad emotions, but that would be a typical man, he doesn't get it!! Morgan will always be my baby girl no matter what!!

Morgan pretending to sleep as we put her to bed!

Lobsters!

Tonight Aunt Melanie took us out to Red Lobster for supper as a thank you for watching Carleigh the last time. Morgan enjoyed staring through the glass and watching the Lobsters crawl around. RJ wanted to take a dunk, with some help from Daddy!
P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT MEGAN!!! WE LOVE YOU!!! HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY! HUGS FROM MORGAN AND RJ!!!

Ice cream Truck

The ICE CREAM TRUCK... it has made it's first entrance in our neighborhood this year. As we sat down to eat supper we heard the music... This is what followed...

Morgan: "Momma, what is that noise?"
Momma: "It is a truck that comes sometimes that plays music for us."
Morgan: "I like the music, can I go look at the truck?"
Momma: "Eat a bite of food first, then go look, but please come back to the table."
Morgan shoves a bite in her mouth then scurries to the window followed by Daddy.
Back come Morgan running
Momma: "Morgan come back to the table and eat some more."
Morgan: :I can't Momma, I'm getting my shoes on."
Momma: "We have to eat supper before we go outside and play."
Morgan: "Daddy and I are going to get ice cream from the ice cream truck."
Momma: "Morgan, who told you that truck gives you ice cream?"
Morgan: "Daddy did."
Momma (rolling her eyes): "Daddy, you DO know now that every time that truck comes in the neighborhood you are going to be spending money."
Daddy: "I won't buy something every time. Just this time."
Momma thinking... little do you know! I foresee 'ICE CREAM TEMPER TANTRUMS' in the very near future!!

a WHAT?

Yes, a turtle in our front yard.

A big turtle in our front yard.

A big turtle with a lizard-like tail in our front yard.

Oh... a big turtle that has a lizard-like tail is a SNAPPER turtle!

Truth or not... snapper turtles only snap when the sun is up... and they do not let go if they snap until the sun goes down... hmmm....

Watch out kiddos! Watch out doggies!!

Much needed refreshment

Peaceful refreshment after a long weekend of graduate class...

and a big thank you to mother nature for raining a bit both Saturday and Sunday so I didn't have to water my gardens!!

Emotions of Laundry...

We (I use that word loosely) were folding laundry; Morgan, RJ, and myself. Morgan started out well folding Daddy's boxers... then she got silly... RJ wanted to UNfold all of Daddy's boxers and was not so happy when I told him he couldn't help with the laundry anymore...

Little tasks that take double... make that triple the time to complete... but you should know I let him go back to unfolding laundry... except I threw him a ball of socks... at least those took a little longer to unfold and I folded them so Morgan wasn't screaming at RJ to stop unfolding her laundry!

Laundry + Morgan + RJ = Priceless!

We'll help garden!

As Daddy and I were creating our vegetable garden last weekend the kids decided to 'help' garden by pulling branches of our seedling trees...

The green guy!

The green guy, AKA the Philly Phanatic came to my school today! MeMom brought the kids over to see him! He did a few dances and acted out a story that one of the teachers read. It was a lot of fun!!

P.S. MeMom was very nice and took Morgan and RJ swimming for me... thank you MeMom!!

Finished Garden!

Pictures of the finished garden... without the mulch... mulch to come soon! If any one has a green thumb send prayers our way that this expensive landscaping lasts and doesn't die instantaneously!

And... check out our vegetable garden!

Tomatoes, Beans, Eggplant, Cucumber, Zucchini, and Lettace

Bye bye bottles, hello princess bed

Today was the first day that Morgan did not have a bottle ALL.DAY.LONG!! About a week ago Daddy and Morgan were looking on the computer and she decided she wanted a castle bed. I told her she had to have no bottles for 7 days... day 1 down... yikes! Didn't think she could get through one day, but one day down! (I better start looking for this castle bed...)


Aunt Jo, Uncle Sean, Claire and Zandi spent a wonderful day here today! We had a yard sale in the morning and we made a few bucks. Daddy worked four hours of over time, then came home. Everyone had a blast today!! Zandi and RJ both took almost three hour naps and Claire and Morgan played nicely together, although at times they each got a little out of control/silly with each other! That's what best friends are for!

Make-up... this is what it is used for!

RJ decided to help himself to Morgan's princess 'lipstick'

Morgan not so happy...

Kids Night!

Today was Grandmom's birthday. To celebrate we decided to take her and Dad L out to supper at our favorite restaurant... Red Robin! We forgot that Tuesdays were kids night! Perfect!! A great birthday celebration for Grandmom followed up by a free ice cream sundae! Mmm! The kids each got a free sundae with their meals and as you can see pictured below balloon creations and tattoos! Morgan got a butterfly balloon and RJ got an Elmo balloon. Morgan got what else but a Sleeping Beauty tattoo and RJ got an Elmo tattoo. A nice night out! Happy Birthday Grandmom!!