Friday, May 16, 2008

Ballet Video

I put together a few clips from my digital camera. Enjoy!

Allie's ballet debut


Allie and her class from Dan & Company performed at the studio today. The girls were adorable in their tu-tu's and tiaras! Allie loved every minute. At the end she said 'Mommy, that recital was SO cool!'.

Checking herself out in the mirror!

Grand Entrance
Bella, Allie and Laura









Sunday, May 11, 2008

Just a head

Here is the picture that was taken when we entered the TN aquarium today. I was not going to buy the picture since it's a pretty icky shot of me (should have put the black dot over my face!). However, look closely at Ryan. HE'S JUST A HEAD! I did not photoshop him in! We were standing in front of a 'green screen' and Ryan was wearing a green sweatshirt. Pretty funny, huh?

Mother's Day...the 2 part mini-series

I was lucky enough to celebrate Mother's Day not once...but twice this weekend!


My mother's day-a-palooza, kicked off on Friday afternoon. I came home to this GORGEOUS vase of flowers at my front door! My girls from Cobb Moms and Kids sent them! I was totally surprised and honored. I am lucky to have such a wonderful group of girlfriends in this group!

Mother's Day #1: Since Neil had to leave Saturday night for a 2-week trip (wish it was just a 2-hour tour, gilligan), we planned a great family day. We all went to Allie's swim lesson but Cortez was not there so Allie had a sub. It wasn't the same. There is no substituting for Cortez in my book! After swim, we drove to Imagine It!, the Atlanta children's museum. Allie and Ryan love to play here. The musuem is busy setting up for the circus exhibit that opens on May 17th. We finished the day with dinner at Sapporo, our favorite Japanese hibachi restaurant. It was a great day.
Nice ribbons on the raincoat, Ryan!


Mother's Day #2: My Sunday started with Allie bringing me cards from her, Ryan and Neil. Neil left them with specific instructions to give them to me first thing in the morning. This was the first year that Allie wrote 'MOM' on the card and signed her name! We were sitting on my bed and she put her finger to her chin and said 'Oh no, Mommy! I forgot to get you flowers'. :) When Ryan woke up, we piled in the car and drove to Chattanooga, TN for the day. We visited the Tennessee Aquarium and Coolidge Park. The weather was nice (despite the wind) and the kids enjoyed looking at all of the different fish. It was a wonderful way to spend the day with my little ones!


I feel lucky to have had so much LOVE for Mother's Day this year! I don't know how I'm going to make Father's Day measure up!

Saturday, May 10, 2008

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

A special wish for all of the mommies and mommies-to-be! Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Thursday, May 8, 2008

STRAWBERRIES

We went to Washington Farms with a few friends to pick STRAWBERRIES today. I think Ryan ate more than he put in his bucket, but it's ok. The berries were so good!!!
Bruschi, Ricky, and Allie

Allie, Ryan, Ricky, Logan and Jack

Ricky and Ryan hard at work

Snacking on the job

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Wyatt hates the beach

It's really unfortunate that Wyatt disliked the beach and the pool so much...ha ha. We took a quick trip to HH last week with Jackie and baby Wyatt. It was Wyatt's first real trip to the beach and he LOVED it. We only had 1 or 2 sand-eating moments. The weather was FABULOUS! We can't wait to go back for Memorial Day!He clearly hates the water ;).
And a cute one of Ryan and Allie for good measure!