Face-to-Face With the Driveway

Yesterday, Cassidy had her first big booboo. She was happily playing outside and fell face first onto the driveway. You could hear the thud echo and then the crying. We just thought it looked bad yesterday(the top picture), but today, her poor nose looked really bad(bottom pic). I've been calling her Roudolph.

We Made It!

Carolina is all better after a bought with throwing up Tuesday morning. She woke up and got sick in her bed. When I got in there she was crying and said "what is that?". She was fine after 6:30a.m. Thank you God for it being short lived and for protecting the rest of us from getting sick. And another praise, Lance is off of nights. He has been on nights for the past 4 weeks and has really gotten off schedule. All of have. Now, it will be back to regular schedule! Praise ye the Lord, halleluia!

Anyway, we went to a birthday party this morning. The girls always love that. Then, went to eat lunch with Lance. That has been our week. Here is a video of Carolina doing her math.

Jewelry Making

These pictures are from a few weeks ago, Carolina got out the canister of old beads I had kept for just such an occasion. Hard to believe she is already big enough to use them. She strung herself 2 bracelets and a necklace. She really enjoyed it.

I have to give a praise God report too. Cassidy has slept all the way until 7:30 or so twice this week and almost every other night she at least made it til 6 before I laid down with her. Last night Lina woke me up 3 times within an hour for silly stuff. Thankfully Cassidy slept til 6 and started crying, so I went an laid down with her. She tossed for a while, but then we fell back asleep and ended up getting out of bed at almost 9:30. Wow, I havn't done that since, well I never sleep that late. Anyway, my prayer is that Cassidy has turned a corner and will keep sleeping through the night. God is good, all the time!

Sweet Deals

Me and Cassidy took Lina to school and then did a little shopping. Belk's has ton's of clearance and right now its an extra 40% off the markdown. Old Navy had a good bit of clearance in women's and was suprisingly very organized. It is an extra 50% off the markdown. I did find myself a black cardigan for 5.99. And I got some great deals for the girls. I found these cute snowman dresses for next year $2.99 each(Belk's). And the deal of the day was a long sleeve t-shirt at Old Navy for .47. Another one was .99. A white shirt for 2.50 and leggings for 2.50.

I also got a 20% off coupon for Payless, along with a $2 off coupon and Lina needs spring shoes, so I went and found her some cute pink plaid converse-type shoes (on sale for $12.99), white leather sandals and found some Ki-Lan sneakers (on sale $6!). All 3 for about $26!

Thank you Lord for providing good deals!

pictures

Just a little something for the grandparents.

Valentine's Treats

So today we woke up to a nice coating of snow. We went to church and now we are just chilling. Last night we went out to eat with our friends Don and Angela to Charleston's, yummy. Then, we went to the mall. As we were playing in the play area (super crowded) a mom lost her 16 month old baby. It was scary, she freaked out of course. Thank God, they found her out in the mall around the kiosks somewhere. Needless to say it was a reminder to keep my eyes on my girls at all times. We also drove by the Extreme Makeover home that was just finished in Tulsa. It was very pretty.
Anyway, it's been a nice weekend. I had to tell a Lina story. Friday she heard the song "Be careful little eyes what you see". She paid very close attention as it played. Then a few hours later, she ran to the bathroom and came back saying "I thought of a new one". I didn't have a clue what she was referring to, she then said "be carefull little bottom what you pee". She was very proud of herself. To funny.
These are videos of Cassidy's latest cuteness. She loves to dance to the Imagination Movers and I tried to capture it here, she had already done some dancing before I shot this part. The other video is of her letting her "little light shine". Everytime she hears that song now she puts up her little finger, just like I showed her.Its really cute.

Valentine thank you

What Nana and Pops sent

Valentine party with friends

What Mawmaw and Pawpaw got them

Here is a thank you to the grandparents for the fun Valentine's presents the girls have gotten. Mawmaw and Pawpaw, they picked out this Ki-lan doll and book along with some Pez candy dispensers. They got a goody box in the mail last week from Nana and Pops. Today, Lina has a school party. She ended up with 2 substitute teachers today. Sorry for them, because it was a party day. I just got Lina back and she was reved up after school, but before we got home she was sacked out.

Good Protein and Good Deal Alert!

I had to tell this story about Lina. A couple of nights ago she wanted to say her bedtime prayers (which is rare for her). So she started the way I always do, Thank you Lord for a great day, then proceeded with ,thanks for a great Mommy and Daddy and Sister. Please help Dadddy get good rest (he was working a night shift) and help Daddy get good protein, Amen. Yeah, she listens when I tell her what is healthy about her foods and I guess she decided Daddy needed some protien. Anyway, I laughed outloud, so then of course she had to pray it again.

She also told me yesterday while we were eating that I was the best Mommy in the whole world! Love it, and last night she said to me, while she was peeing on the potty, that I had the best smile in the whole world. And when I smile,it makes her smile! Too sweet.

These pictures are from the snow last week. The girls love it.

Deal alert!!! I just went to Target, they have the Fusion and Venus razor systems on sale for $6.99 each and when you buy 2 you get a $5 gift card. I paired that with the $4/1 Fusion Q and the $2/1 Venus. Plus I used the Q for a free Olay Body wash with purchase of a Venus system. That was $5.49 value. So I got 2 systems and the full size Olay Ribbons Wash for -2.49 in the end. I got paid to shop! These coupons were in Sunday's paper.

Carolina "Simon"

Carolina has really loved watching American Idol. Everytime she sees someone sing on tv she asks if its AI. She is especially smitten with Simon. When he comes on she just giggles and hides her face like he is really in the room. (She does the same thing for Dr.Oz, she actually picked Dr. Oz over a cartoon the other day). Anyway, this night she first wanted Daddy to be Simon and me to be Kara and she sang. Then she decided she'd be Simon.