What's in your car? UPDATED

I'm not sure if I really want to play this game or not. Lolly sent me a link to this "game" and also posted her list. She's admittedly a neat-freak and I didn't quite inherit that gene. I have my moments of being super-organized and neat, but I quickly get overwhelmed and messy again.

All through college and the first 3 years of our marriage, I felt like I lived in my car. I commuted to school in college and once we were married I drove a minimum of 90 miles a day going back and forth to work. Now, I don't drive more than 20 miles on a normal day, but I have 2 little girls with lots of stuff.

BEFORE:


Enough with the excuses though...here's the list:

• 2 carseats
• 1 stroller
• 2-3 (ok, maybe 4) SEVEN pairs of shoes
• several 1 hair bow(s)
• ALL of my scrapbook supplies from my retreat 6 weeks ago (OUCH!)
• my printer
• a nap mat from preschool
• probably 100s of spilled cheerios only 10 cheerios!
• fake geckos (yuck!)
• swim floaties
• beach bag
• 2 diaper bag
• UPDATED: a hammer, my passport, scotch tape, scissors, unmailed Thank Yous from April (oops), cell charger

That's all I can think of right now...I'm sure the list goes on, but truthfully - I'm embarrassed to admit there might be more!

Off to clean out the car!!!!

So - what's in YOUR car? Somebody, anybody worse than me?

AFTER:

Now:

• 2 carseats
• 1 stroller
• 2 diaper bags
• AND that's it!

Much better, don't you think!

Birthday, Farm & Zoo - Oh My!

I didn't realize how long it's been since I've posted (especially with pictures). We've been going and going lately...I have had pictures to post for 3 weeks, so here you go:

Lolly's BIG Birthday Dinner at Maggianno's - YUM!

Landrie & Karsyn at Luke's Petting Zoo Party

I got to take the girls to the FW Zoo for the first time. Lamar and Landrie have been together and the girls went with Gigi & Grandpa and Pops & Lolly, but never with me. I enjoyed it so much! They loved all of the animals--especially the monkeys, jaguars and elephants.

Two Weeks

We officially have 2 weeks of school...or 8 days with kids! I'm so excited to be off for the summer...I know it will fly by, but I'm really looking forward to fun days with the girls and Lamar.

Tomorrow we're headed to the zoo, so I'll have new pictures to share. Karsyn is really getting into animals like Landrie, so it will be really fun to see her reactions. They've been to the zoo with Daddy, Lolly & Pops and Gigi & Grandpa, but I've never been with them. I can't wait!

Happy Birthday Lolly!!

Today is Lolly's 50th Birthday! I'm so blessed to have a mom that I can call my friend. Not only is she one of my closest friends, she is the greatest Lolly to my girls. They love her so much and look forward to spending time with her. We have such a fun, hip Lolly!!

Janelle wrote a great post on why Lolly is the best! Check it out here!

Happy Birthday! We love you!!

Reading

Landrie has expressed a real interest in reading lately, so I bought some flash cards for her. The cards have a picture and the word on one side and just the word on the other. She is doing such a good job of sounding out the words and figuring out most of them.

It's also helped Karsyn a lot too. She looks at the picture side and tells me what it is. Some of her words are hilarious! I can't quite describe how she says "girl". Hopefully I've captured it on the video:

Speeding by...

May is just speeding by. I can't believe I haven't posted lately.

The bedtime war is still a bit of a war, but tonight was the easiest night yet. Landrie crashed first and then Karsyn went down easily after her. It should be the other way around, but it was fun to have Karsyn one-on-one tonight. She usually doesn't get that.

Lamar and I are keeping busy cooking. We've started eating much, much healthier and have cooked nearly every night for the last 2 weeks! It's paying off though - Lamar has lost 13 lbs and I've lost 9! Hopefully we can keep it up!

I keep promising pictures/videos and hopefully my computer will cooperate tonight.

Landrie & Caleb as lady bugs for their Spring Program.

Karsyn taking her turn on the stage after the program was over.

I'll load the videos in a separate post.