School Program :)

Erin and Brooke had their school program last night. 

Brooke saw me in the crowd and said "hi mommy" and then the little ones on each side of her said hi to me too, so Brooke turned to each of them and said with her finger pointed in their face "that's not your mommy!"  Then, she saw Kameron in the crowd (who was sitting in the Director's lap) and yelled "that's not your baby!"  She was cracking me up last night :)

Brooke pointing and shouting at the 'strange' man holding Kam...

When Brooke is upset she crosses her arms in front of her chest...her teacher is consoling her :)

now she's doing it...

she loved it :)

Erin loves a crowd!

My God is so Big, so Strong, and so Mighty!

the girls...

The girls slept in this morning and it was a nice treat for Kyle and I :) Erin is really swimming, they called her a fish today...and Brooke, well, it's good that I have two arms this summer, one for Kam and one for Brooke.

Our summer is looking like it's going to be a good one! We're going to PA for a little over a week in June to visit my sister and the girls' six cousins :) They're really excited. Once we get back, it'll be time for VBS :) Rachel and I are helping out with the music and the girls have already memorized the words and the motions to all the songs...it's impressive. The girls are signed up for gymnastics with a lot of their friends this summer...no more Brooke being left out...she's excited to join her sister! We renewed our pool passes so that we could go to all 13 pools in The Woodlands (even though we've got a pool, it's just not as fun or safe for that matter)...

Still praying for baby Stellan and I've almost talked Kyle into paying the deposit to go on the Mckcruise in January!! I'm excited about that, even though others, my sister, called me borderline insane for following her blog and wanting to go on a cruise with her and all the other bloggers that follow her :)...

Erin

Brooke

Kam

MckMama and her Stellan

They've been praying for sweet baby Stellan :)

We're praying, and asking for you to pray, for baby Stellan. He is eight months old and had open heart surgery this morning.  He made it through and the details are on her blog...bottom button my blog.

a tea party...

at rob fleming...lots of people...businessmen, retirees, families, and chain smokers (I think the chain smokers are the angriest since the cost of their cigarettes have almost doubled since the change of power :) )...it was good to be apart of something important...mom always said, 'evil prevails when good men do nothing'...we saw a lot of good men doing something yesterday to help America stay great.

Erin could be a professional sign holder...a gift that she was born with :)

Brooke...would rather run and play...

Egg hunt, hanging, jeep rides and more hanging...

The last two days have been LOOONNNGGG, but good...I took pictures...check em'.

Erin on the hunt with a hop in her step...

Brooke with her baby and looking for some eggs.

The closers at Kyle's birthday :)

Early morning jeep ride with Erin...

Kyle calls this the Jesus jeep because Erin listens to KSBJ in it.  A couple of months ago, she was riding in the cul-de-sac with a sermon blaring for all the neighbors to hear...

Oh yes, this is a snuggie (you've seen the infomercial! :)

Erin took this pic...this is how Kyle and I chill...multi-tasking with the laptop, phone, and tv...

Tomorrow is Easter...I'm excited to celebrate and worship our Risen King tomorrow!!!!!

"Birthday Man"

We're so thankful this day...for Kyle's 31st birthday and for Good Friday.  Last night, Kyle brought us dinner.  That's what kind of man he is...unselfish and loving even on the eve of his birthday :)  This morning, Erin said he was the birthday man (instead of birthday boy)....Happy Birthday Kyle! What an awesome weekend of celebration!

Kyle and his girls!!  Oh, it's so awesome :)

Kyle and I from the whirlwind of last weekend...

Erin, Brooke and Kam...

Erin played her last game tonight....she nonchalantly asked me on the way to soccer if I wanted her to score, I said yes, and she said okay.  Well, she was true to her word and did indeed score, after some immune builder smoothie coaxing (Erin and Brooke's favorite drink at the Y).  The team got trophies tonight and Erin was so excited to get hers...before bed tonight, she put it on her night stand, front and center...thanks Oakleys!

Brooke is really making me laugh...maybe it shouldn't...but, it does in almost an unbelief kind of way.  Her teacher at school told me today that she was an 'aggressive egg hunter'.  She explained to me that Brooke would see an egg and claim it, yelling at anyone getting near it, screaming "that's my egg!", meanwhile she was passing up several eggs on the way to 'her egg'. So funny...it's not about quantity, it's about what's mine to sweet baby Brooke.

Kameron is sitting pretty well now, eating better (solids that is), and is still an absolute joy to hold.  Right now, she's at the perfect holding age...she sits on my hip and is happy to be there...I can't wait for her to start talking to me and letting us know what she's all about :)

Erin and her trophy :)

more talk...

Haven't blogged lately...is it possible that I've been too busy to blog or check email.  Yes.  So, here's a desperate attempt of finding something to talk about other than all the 'stuff' I've been up to.  

Erin watches TV in the car from time to time...okay, too much TV in the car...so we're trying to fit some Veggie Tales (Christian stories with a moral) in the middle of all her princess/fairies movies...one that she likes to watch is Jonah. 

Erin: Where is Jonah?

Me: In heaven.

Erin: He died?

Me: Yes, a long time ago...

Erin: but he's broccoli...

Me: No, he's a daddy...a man, who looks like a daddy...

So, there's an ongoing theme to her conversations as of late...death and heaven...I think in preparation for Good Friday and Easter (a lot of showing and telling of the resurrection eggs), this has been on her mind.  

my inquisitive one...

Brown Bag with Michael W. Smith...

Rachel and I went to Chick-fil-a's brown bag with Michael W. Smith in far away Houston...west Houston? :)  We got there early so we could have good seats...but had to leave only ten minutes after he went on because our little ones had had enough...they sat from 10:45 till 12:45 in their seats with strict orders to stay under the umbrella :)

the stage from our seats...

Michael W. Smith

Yes, thanks to Rachel we were safe in the sun...all five babies under the shade of an umbrella :)

The crowd we maneuvered through with a double wide (stroller)...thankfully, it was a very friendly crowd :)

Erin's soccer pics...

chasing the ball with her sidekick, Tyler...

dribbling with Joe...

first game, just scored, and looking for some crowd reaction...

just found it and eating it up :)

again, her sidekick...

this is why she plays...for the snacks!

saying the Y pledge...

getting it down the field...

thinking "soccer is kinda boring, you just go up and down the field"...

group huddle... 

Erin's goes back n' forth in her feelings towards soccer.  Last week, she was all about it, but the week before we were telling her to keep her finger out of her nose!  Just plain bored out there :)  Kyle and I are enjoying watching her and can't wait for Brooke to join her next year.

Conversations with Erin...

Erin is asking some tough questions lately....ones that I've considered not telling her the whole truth on. For instance, last weekend we were driving in the car and Brooke was in the back seat chanting that she didn't love God...so Erin started asking me questions...

Erin: "Mom, Brookie doesn't love God...Doesn't everyone love God?"

Me: "No"

Erin: "What happens to people who don't love God when they die?"

Me: "They don't go to heaven."

Erin: "then where do they go?"

Me: "Uh...they're separated from God"...(thinking she'll stop here, but she doesn't)...

Erin: "What is that place called?"

Me: stalling, "What place?"

Erin: "the place where they're separated from God!" (duh)

Me: honesty is the best policy is what I was thinking when I blurted out, "hell".

Erin: "what's that place like?"

Me: "it's a place where they don't feed you and you're always thirsty"...

Erin: closes her eyes and starts to pray, "Dear God, I love you and will you please give Brooke something to drink when she's in "ell"...

Imagination Play...

at 6 in the morning...I love it!  The girls really make me laugh with their imagination play.  This morning, before school, and now thanks to daylight savings, before the sun comes up,  I heard Erin telling Brooke to get her nap mat and bring it to "school".  A few minutes later I walk into the dining room or "school" to all the "kiddos", Winnie the Pooh, a cat, a raccoon (not pictured...on the other side of the table), and a baby, lying on place mats or nap mats for their afternoon naps...Erin played a "kiddo" while Brooke, the teacher, told the class a story....

Miss Brooke and her pupils :)  Did you see the playground they set up on the taggie?