How We've Spent Our Spring Break

Jeff and I signed up to participate in the Cooper River Bridge Run (1oK) in Charleston, SC and it was this past weekend. Our goal was to complete the 6.1 mile course in under 100 minutes...and we finished in 96! We did a little bit of jogging, but mostly it was weaving in and out of folks along the route.

Savannah didn't have much going on at school on Friday, so we left Macon about 9pm on Thursday night. The kids fell asleep before we even got out of Macon, so it was a very peaceful 2.5 hr trip to Savannah, GA where we spent the night. Savannah fell right back to sleep once we got checked into the hotel, but Vincey was another story...it was as if he had gotten a 2 hr nap and was ready for the rest of the day, only it was 1am. We spent the morning in Savannah and the kids loved riding the water taxi and shopping on River Street. We drove on up to Charleston around lunch time and got checked into the hotel there and Jeff picked up our race packets, then we trekked up towards Litchfield Beach where we met G-Mama for the kid drop-off.

The kids loved being at the beach and playing in the indoor pool! Savannah met new friends and was dog-tired every night. She said she didn't want to take any naps because she was afraid she would miss something fun! One morning we went to the state park and we saw this alligator.

Jeff and some friends left out this morning for Indianapolis for the Final Four weekend and he was excited to hang out with the guys. The kids and I went to a neighborhood park earlier today and they had a blast playing there. We have an Easter Egg Hunt at church tomorrow and we are looking forward to the Easter Service on Sunday. Happy Easter to everyone!

Mr. Manners

Vince surprised me last week when he responded "yes ma'am!" I was finally able to catch him on video saying it, so I included it on the blog. We are very fortunate that Savannah continues to use her manners and all of that has rubbed off on little Vincey. He is speaking so much better now and is able to communicate what he wants. Oftentimes he will grab our shirt or arm and say "walk, walk, walk" or "let's go" and takes us to show what he wants. It may be the pantry, it may be the refrigerator, or it may be to the TV so that we will put on a Dora or Diego episode.

Savannah continues to be very patient with him and she and her friends love to be around him. Speaking of Savannah, she started her girls t-ball league last month. She is getting better and now that the weather is turning nicer, Jeff and I hope to work with her on her skills more during the week.

A Date with Daddy

The sun has finally come out! The weather here this weekend has been wonderful, so we spent some time hanging out in the backyard and on the trampoline at the McCart's house yesterday too. Jeff took Savannah out to the A-Sun basketball championship game at Mercer University on Saturday night; Mercer was playing in the game, so there were lots of people there that they knew. While they were waiting for the doors to open, Savannah had her face tattooed and a Macon Telegraph photographer snapped her photo. It just might be in the newspaper today!

Sweet Savannah Turns Six Years Old!

Savannah and her teacher, Mrs. Ellard


Savannah with Alex and Evan Jordan




The whole birthday party, minus a couple who are camera-shy

Savannah's Backyardigans birthday cake

Last Friday we celebrated Savannah's birthday at home and I took cupcakes to her class at school. On Saturday, we had her official birthday party at Michael's Craft Store and the kids painted door hangers for their bedrooms. Everyone seemed to have a great time, and I was very glad that the moms stayed around to help and to take pictures. A HUGE shout-out to my friend Ani who took lots of wonderful pictures at the party! Thank you again :-)

Vince got very upset when he didn't have a craft to do so Jeff sat with him and they did this one

Savannah enjoyed opening her gifts up with her friends and she received lots of art projects that she has been diligently working on for the past few days. Vince likes to try to help and we will oftentimes look in the dining room to see him perched in the center of the table using her Color Wonder markers.

The school called me this morning to tell me that Savannah wasn't feeling well, so I picked her up early and we went to visit Dr. Bush to get her checked out. She woke me up last night saying that her ear was bothering her really bad, so I gave her Tylenol for that. Lucky for us, the diagnosis was a head cold, so he told me what kind of medicine to get and that she could go back to school tomorrow if she felt ok. After her 4 hour nap this afternoon, she woke up feeling much more refreshed and is ready for school in the morning.

SNOW DAY!

Olivia, Luke, Jackson, and Savannah built a snowman in the backyard
The makeshift "LUGE"

Happy Birthday Little Vincey-V!

We already had a long weekend with Friday and Monday off, and we were so happy to get snow! Vince had a wonderful 2nd birthday and some neighbors and friends came over to celebrate with us. It was too snowy and icy to get on the tractor, but we did makeshift "luge" in the backyard and the kids loved it. Here are a few pictures. Vince didn't like the snow all that much, but he and CJ played inside with the new train table.

Birthday Extravaganza!

Vince playing with his new trains and table that we got him.

Well, my birthday was February 8th, Vincey's 2nd birthday is today, and Savannah will celebrate her 6th birthday next Friday, the 19th. Then, throw Valentine's Day in there, and it's lots of festivities for the family over a two week period!

In Charlotte we had a small party with my siblings/family and G-Mama. Then, the kids and I were able to meet up with Nana and Grandaddy for a special Japanese dinner, and Savannah loved that!

Today we have invited a few friends over to celebrate Vincey's birthday. It has just started snowing and they are expecting 2-4 inches of accumulation. Our friend, Dr. Clark, brought over his tractor for the kids to play on...weather permitting. Vince was so excited to see it in the driveway this morning and the only way I could get him off of it was to tell him we were going to McDonalds to get french fries.

Wilson's Baptism Weekend

We spent last weekend in Charlotte for Wilson to be baptized at Sardis Presbyterian, where Gary and I were both baptized, and the church that we grew up in. Wilson did great during the service and it was nice to spend time with Lin's side of the family. Aunt Jean and Uncle Harold were also there and we enjoyed seeing them again.

Savannah really likes to play dress-up these days; she especially likes it at G-Mama's house because she has lots of old costume jewelry and one of my grandmother's wigs! Both of the kids had their hair cut while we were there and Vince still doesn't like for his hair to be cut. I guess we'll have to start cutting his while he is asleep or something!

We head back to Charlotte in two weeks for my friend Leigh's baby shower and I am looking forward to that. I hope that the kids will do as well this trip as they did last time...still, 5 hours in the car all strapped in is difficult for anyone, regardless of how many cool movies and shows they can watch.

Our birthday month is only a few days away, so check back for birthday party pictures on here!

Screen Time

My desktop computer's power something or other went out the first week of December. You know, right as I was finishing up my Christmas card list, but before I printed out the labels...Anyway, we were able to have the data backed up to CDs and just today I picked up the computer from Best Buy after the Geek Squad worked on it.

Yes, those are black olives...




I am glad to have it back. I enjoy working on a desktop as opposed to a laptop: the keys are spaced out, there is a separate number pad on the right, and the mouse works much better than the touch pad. The laptop is nice, don't get me wrong! It even has a "touch screen" so when Savannah would point to it and say "go there" it would take us there, often times sooner than I wanted to leave "my" site.

Happy rest of January!

Hanging Out With Luke

Savannah's friend, Luke, has been riding to and from school with us the past week and the kids love having him come over in the morning and stay late in the afternoons. He and Savannah were in Pre-K together last year and he lives across the street from us. When he comes in, Vince gets so excited and shouts Luuuuuke...Luuuuuke...Luuuuuke! Luke even attempted to help brush Vincey's teeth before school yesterday and he helped pick out his clothes to wear. He'll be a great babysitter in a few years!

We exchanged Christmas gifts with him at the end of last week-he gave Savannah a Christmas ornament of a piano since we have one here and he and Savannah always like to play it. Savannah and Vince gave him a Bubble Rocket Launcher and we all tested it out that day. They seemed to enjoy it and Vince loved chasing the bubbles in the driveway.

Happy New Year!

In my haste to prepare for Thanksgiving, I didn't get to post many pictures (or any) of our trip to Stone Mountain. We stayed there at the park and we all had a great time. Friday night we went up to the top of Stone Mountain to take a look around and enjoy being outside. The kids had a ball running and playing.

As we were awaiting the ride back down, Vince puked all over Jeff. The worst thing was that the diaper bag was in the car. Oooops! Luckily we all had on layers, so Jeff got out of his sweatshirt, I gave my sweatshirt to Savannah, and she gave her shirt to Vincey to wear until we got to the bottom. We were very fortunate that he threw up 2 minutes before boarding rather than on it. Little did we know that he had a stomach bug...we realized it on Thanksgiving Day because I contracted it.