Mother's Day

We had a great Mother's Day! Yes, I know this post should have been done before the beach and recital pictures, but at least I am posting it! Eric kept asking me what I wanted to do for Mother's Day, and I reassured him each time that all I wanted was to picnic in our den (with him grilling out of course!) and watch a Braves game. Yes, actually sit and watch them from start to finish...ahhh! We all donned our gear and had a great time - we even had Braves peanuts from Publix so it was like being at the game only cheaper and cooler! Anna didn't make it thru the whole 9 innings, but we didn't care. Molly Kate, Eric and I cheered on Francoeur and McCann without her. What a great day - hope you enjoy the pics!

Dance Recital

Molly Kate had her 1st Dance Recital on May 30th. She was so excited to be able to "dance on the big stage with the red curtain at Mommy's school!" She has been saying that since watching Maggy and Mallory in last year's recital at Samford's Wright Center. Her routines were to Toyland for ballet and Lollipop for tap. She was "leader" for the tap routine which definitely made me more nervous than it did her and I have to say, her little class did great!! They looked so cute in their outfits and I even did a successful bun! There is a first time for everything, right! I have a sneaky suspiscion that this is only the first of many dance recitals for Molly Kate! She has found something she truly loves!

Gulf Shores

It has been a long time since I have blogged - sorry! We went to the beach the week of May 15th and had such a great time! It was Anna's first trip so we were a little scared that she would either hate the sand or just want to eat it (like she does everything else) but she loved it and was content to play and play in it. It was hard to get a picture of her face since she was concentrating so much on the sand and kept her head down. Nana went with us and we all had such a great time! We just has to stop at Peach Park on the way down and once we got to the condo, Molly Kate found the bunk room and got so excited! She slept there all week and was never scared or begging to sleep with one of us. Anna's room, on the other hand, was her pack N play set up in our closet. She slept like a champ in the darkness! Molly Kate and Eric couldn't get enough of the sand castle making and wave crashing. They even went crab hunting at night. MK liked it but from a distance. She wanted to see the crabs Daddy caught, but didn't want to get too close to them or the waves that were crashing in at night. There was a lot of seafood consumed, of course, and we even got a book or two read. I am sad to say though that as usual on one of our trips, poor Molly Kate got sick at the end. She ran a high fever the last 2 days of our trip and started throwing up the say we left. She was so pitiful that she didn't even want to go out on the balcony to see the beach much less play. We know a good pediatrician in Foley should you ever need one and I recommend traveling with lots of Walmart bags if you have a sick little one in your car on a long trip - they saved my life (and my car!). Enjoy the pictures - we had a blast!