The Fire Station

Today we went to the Fire Station. Abram LOVES LOVES LOVES fire trucks. This is one of the things I have always wanted to do with him. Today we got a tour of the fire house and got to sit in the truck!!! I don't know who was more excited!!! I have never seen a yellow firetruck before, but according to the lieutenant they can come in any color. He said he has seen pink, black, yellow, and red (of course). They had a fire chief a while back that picked yellow, and when he retired they wanted to paint the trucks red, but it's really expensive and you can see a yellow truck coming more clearly. I got so excited I made iron-ons for the kids. The boys shirts say "Fire trucks rule" and the girls say "I heart Firefighters". I didn't get a good pic of the girls shirts, but you can see them on the slides. It was really hot and muggy today, but we had a lot of fun. Abram and I went through the Chick-fil-a drive-thru for lunch. I tried to let him drink his chocolate milk by himself (instead of getting into a wreck). He soon found out that you don't tip this like a sippy cup. It was a great morning. I am so grateful for the fire department and the brave men and women who protect our community. I am using a different slide program, so hopefully everyone will be able to access this one!!

BFF

Obi puts up with so much.....and Kris never puts Abram's pants back on after he changes his diaper-is that a daddy thing? We went on another "field trip" today pictures coming soon!!!!

Mama's Game Face

I know that I have posted soo many zoo pics this summer, but really, how many times can a toddler enjoy the zoo? Well, today is a bit of a story. Our playgroup was taking a field trip to the zoo. It was going to be perfect-we made t-shirts for the kids, it was half price day, we were going to go in the late afternoon to avoid excess heat and crowds, could it get any better? The forecast all week has been for scattered thunderstorms. This doesn't mean a lot here in Alabama. I mean, it rains or it doesn't. There is crazy lightening and thunder, and sometimes there's a sprinkle, and sometimes there is a torrential downpour. So there we were looking at the monkeys and excited to ride the train, oh, even through the thick humidity this would be the best fieldtrip ever. Then we heard thunder. We all kinda smiled and blew it off. Then came the lightening. Still it wasn't too bad.....until it thundered so loud that we and the kids all jumped. Picture this-as we are heading for the train we see it. You know I have never (until today) ever seen lightening strike all the way to the ground beside the trees next to the train. But I must say, although it is quite fascinating, it will scare the crap out of you. You know when you are supposed to count in between the lightening and the thunder to see how many miles? Well I can honestly say there was no counting needed, it was here, and it was scary. It all happened so fast. The four of us went in to "mom game face mode" in no time at all. (If you are a mother, or work with children you know what I am talking about-the everything is going to be just fine face on the outside, the HOLY CRAP reacion kept on the inside) All of the kids are bulging eyes, looking to us to know how to react. And then almost in sync we smile and say it's time to go and power walk our strollers to the entrance amongst the hysterical people running for their lives. I might add that the people running for their lives in front of us could not run very fast and almost got taken out by two strollers. We had the calm no reaction face as we were all praying to not get struck by lightening. Seriously, it was way scary, I don't know when I have been that scared. I must admit I was a bit bitter as I sat in traffic FOREVER in rush hour that 20 minutes later the sun was shining and the storm had made it a bit cooler. Abram was just chillin with his Cookie Monster car like it had been any other day. I am so grateful for being protected today in the storm and for great friends I have that I can laugh about this with.....now that we are safe and sound :)

Can I just say....

8 MORE DAYS UNTIL 'BREAKING DAWN' COMES OUT!!!!!! I am contemplating being one of the geeks at the midnight release party....okay that's a lie, I am in the midst of making it a girls night out!!! I am so excited!!!!

It's almost ......

.......as if someone doesn't like to get their picture taken.......


......as if he might be a little burnt out after the week of family paparazzi....


C'mon, one little smile...pleeeeaase???


Yep, he still loves me!

In No Particular Order......

Here are a few of the events from the past week including the zoo, the pool, a Braves game, the van being towed b/c it wouldn't start, the wildlife refuge center, the park, a different park, 30th birthday celebrations, hanging out in pj's, watching Elmo's World, high fives, kissing cousins, torturing Obi-toddler tag team style, unfortunately we don't have pics of mountain biking, paintball, and the "bmx jump incident"-but maybe that's a good thing. All in all it was an awesome week and we were really sad to see them go. WE MISS YOU ALREADY-COME BACK!!!!!!

Swings and a Haircut.....

The kiddos look so nervous , I think they were holding on for dear life......


I have a lot of catching up to do. Sadly, my family is leaving tomorrow. We are compiling our pics of the week tonight, soooo I should have some cute ones on the blog before the weekend is over. By the way, I am not sure if I like my haircut or not.......time will tell, don'tcha hate that? I know you can't really tell what it looks like.....it's almost as if I did that on purpose.....huh :).