Grandpa Bob Visit

My dad came to visit for a week which was really fun. When he got here I was recovering from strep, so I felt bad I didn't go to the airport to pick him up, but luckily Jeff and the girls were there to welcome him. We had a great time relaxing and playing with Grandpa. Dad was so sweet to cut up and bag my 40 lbs of chicken that I got on sale, because I was feeling too sick. Monday we took dad to the gym, went to Moe's and got to do Family Night. The rest of the week we stayed up late watching tv and just relaxing. Friday night we stayed in a hotel, because I had a vb tournament Saturday and Sunday. The girls were so excited to stay in a hotel again. Saturday morning Dad got to come to some of my volleyball tournament and then Jeff took him to the airport to go home. It was a great trip and it had been over a year since I had seen my dad so it was great to see him!

Reading

Here is Cheyenne reading to Berkeley:

Makes me so happy!

So I read my friend's blog about letter factory and I bought it. After only a couple of times watching it, Cheyenne knows the sound that every letter makes. She loves for me to tell her a word and she tells me what letter it starts with. Sometimes she gets confused if it is two consonants that begin the word and will say the second one (for example tree, she might say r instead of t). But, mostly she gets them right! It is so fun! I am going to try to start teaching her sight words soon. I hadn't really heard of them before, but my friends were talking about it at Relief Society, so I want to try. I don't really know how I am going to teach them, but Cheyenne is really into letters and sounds right now, so I think I should keep teaching her new things. Cheyenne is really bright and picks up on things really quickly. I wish I was a little less lazy about teaching her new things.

Dress-up

If you haven't seen this video of Katy Perry on sesame street with elmo, watch it (especially if you have a three year old):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHROHJlU_Ng

Cheyenne asks for it over and over and ever since has wanted to play dress up a lot more. Here is Berkeley and Cheyenne playing dress-up in the playroom:

I made that little picture schedule on the wall during football and basketball seasons so we could learn the days of the week by what days they got to see daddy, what days we went to what sporting events, what day was family night, etc. Love Berkeley's little kissy face!

Hairstyle

So this hairstyle was supposed to just be a side braid in the front of her head. I wanted to try only pulling from one side. I did and I couldn't find a good stopping point and I just kept braiding. It looked kind of weird so I pulled it up into a pony tail bun thing and I actually think it turned out really cute!

I will be so sad if Cheyenne ever decides to not let me do her hair... it is my favorite part of having girls! Thankfully she still lets me pick out her outfit everyday! Although, lately she has been requesting everything red, because red is her favorite color. She doesn't really have any red clothes, so maybe I should get her some. On the other hand if I get her something red she will probably wear it everyday and never want to take it off, so maybe we are better off just not having anything red!

First Big Haircut for Cheyenne

BEFORE:

DURING:

AFTER:

Okay, so Cheyenne actually got her first haircut already, which I already blogged about, but that was just a little trim. This actually happened before Valentine's day, but I am behind! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Cheyenne's long hair, but it just got so tangly and she would be overdramatic and scream and cry every time I brushed it. We took her to the Beauty school on our way to work out, which proved to not be the best idea. The girl took an entire HOUR just to cut her hair! Poor Cheyenne was so good, but she was having a hard time holding still at the end (understandably!). The girl was sweet and gave Cheyenne a little bracelet that she makes for the little kids hair she cuts. The girl did do a good job, but to be honest I don't really like the haircut. I asked for it layered, but it was my fault I wasn't specific enough. When Cheyenne's hair grew out, she had these really beautiful natural subtle layers. Well the girl who cut her hair totally went 90's Rachel from Friends 30 year old hair cut. The layers are way too chunky and the shortest layer was like to her ears! Its okay though, it will grow out and then I think I would like to just stick with one length. She, of course, still looks adorable, but some days I miss her long hair. Thankfully, the shorter hair doesn't get as tangly either and is pretty quick to brush out.

gymnastics today

I seriously love this. I hope we are able to keep her in these classes, they are so great for her. She is becoming less scared of things and more brave. She is learning to obey, follow directions and become independent. She is getting exercise, having fun and making friends. She is saying "I'll try" for everything I ask her to that she doesn't want to do (they aren't allowed to say I can't). Last week Berkeley finally noticed where Cheyenne was and what she was doing and she was crying and trying to get out there too. She finally realized what she was missing out on!

Georgia upsets 11th Ranked Florida

I am sitting next to Robyn, but you cant see her... this old lady in front of us was seriously reading her kindle during the game! Haha... I just didn't get it.

Jeff and Steve:

Our friends, Steve and Robyn, have season tickets to the UGA mens basketball games. They were so sweet to take us to the UGA/Arkansas game and we had SO much fun! They are some kind of all you can eat seats, so before the game and at half time we got to go in this little room and eat some delicious food. Anyone who knows me, knows I love all you can eat stuff! We had a great time. Then they also invited us to the Florida game on Saturday- so much fun! We got these cool black Georgia basketball shirts on our chairs. It was a great game and a great win, and we got to hear Mark Fox talk in the little room about the game afterward. I am totally becoming a UGA fan. It is so fun to live in the town of a big division 1 school like UGA. Love it!

Babysitting

So I watch this little boy Anders once a week and I love it! He is seriously such an easy little boy. Like when he gets tired he just grabs his blanket and walks to the crib, he doesn't even cry when you lay him down... really? Cheyenne gets so excited when he comes over and they all just play really well together. And of course it is nice to have the extra money, right? I am just so glad this has been such a good experience! Oh yeah, and the other reason I love it is because I think he looks just like Jeff's baby pictures (or maybe how I picture Jeff to have looked like as a kid). I think he is so cute and I think he looks like he could be one of my kids, it makes it easier to love him!

Valentine's Day 2012

Last year was by far the best Valentine's Day of my entire life, but this year, Jeff had a basketball game and I had volleyball practice. Chelsea's party was so so much fun, but we didn't have anything big planned for the actual day. I left Jeff a note on his truck the night before to see in the morning on his way to work. If I was a good wife, I would have gotten up to make him breakfast, but no such luck... sorry boo! Anyway, so then that day the girls and I had a great day. We went to the gym then the grocery store and I got stuff to make Jeff a candy bar card and these cute fruit valentines I saw on my friend Christine's blog. I also got Jeff some powerade because he loves it. We got sugar cookies to decorate too. We baked the cookies, but didn't have time to decorate them until the next day. I also got some chocolate and strawberries, but I never got around to making them, it is still on my "to do list." The candy bar card was fun, but holy cow when did candy bars get so expensive? It was my fault because I waited til the last minute, but I went to Ingles and CVS and they were all regular priced over $1 for a regular size- what the heck? I remember in high school only ever buying them for 25 cents. That would be on sale, but I would see them that price all the time. Luckily they had like a buy 2 get 1 free deal, but I had to get some random ones because I wanted to get ones on sale (for example the snickers is dark chocolate instead of regular).

Anyway, when I was making the fruit Valentines, of course Cheyenne wanted to "help." The one in the middle is the one she made. I cut it out for her, but she traced the circles herself and colored them in.

Then the girls and I went to Chic-Fil-A, because it was buy one meal get one free for Valentines day and the girls got balloons and we each got a carnation and they had a little candy table too. It was so fun. Then Jeff surprised me at the end of volleyball practice with a balloon and bag of candy and a little present. It was so cute because he doesn't usually do something so public like that:) Anyway, it was a great day and I am lucky to have such a great guy on that special day:)

Just because...

I love these two.