August!

I figure I will just fill you in on the month, since I seemed to have missed it on the blog! Sorry.

First things first, the big dog started Pre-K last week! He really loves it. He was praised today, seeing how some other kids locked the teacher out of the classroom and Mason was trying to let her back in. At least I know now that I don't have the WORST kid in the classroom! Ha!!! The reason I say this: Monday we hear from the teacher and she says she had passed out a color sheet of a butterfly to all the kids and told them to color pretty. Mason takes a brown crayon and scribbles over the whole sheet. The teacher comes by and asks Mason, "Mason, is this really the best you can do?" Mason replies, "Mrs. Carmen, this really is the best I can do for a butterfly flying through a mud storm and getting mud splashed all over it." Trying to contain her laughter, she told him good job and to play quietly. Boy, are we in trouble. He may be a politician!

Secondly, our daughter seems to have found her personality! Whooohoo! After eight weeks of straight faced seriousness, we are smiling, laughing, and cooing quite a bit. Even for daddy occasionally! She loves her bath time and gets very excited while bathing. She is sleeping a lot better now as well, only wakes up once per night. I think if we could get the moons aligned just right, she would sleep all night...it will happen eventually.
I was sick all last week, so Amber took Mason to the splash park in Tyler one evening to get him out of the house a while, and Granddad wanted to go along! He is just a kid at heart, he couldn't stay out of the water any longer than Mason could!!! They had a blast and came home exhausted!

Anslee went on her first scooter ride already. I know, you think she is looking at her mama asking, "When will daddy get me off this thing?" But really she was saying, "Why are we going so stinking slow, I wanna go fast like bubba!"

All I can say is, she is getting plenty to eat! What a chunkalunk! She is perfect. Mason adores her...always wants to hug and kiss her. He hums to her in the car when she is crying...the volume of his hum goes up with the volume of her cry...it's a circus, but sweet! I do apologize for my absence from blogging. I will try harder.

6+ weeks

Well, here we are at a little over six weeks old, and still the grumpiness! Really though, it's not that bad...she has a good day, and then four bad ones! Ha!

This is the look I normally get from her...really serious...not sure if she is about to scream or shoot holes through me with super laser beams that come from her eyes!!! All jokes aside, she HAS smiled a few times in the past week. It may have been gas, but we are counting them as smiles!!!

Since No.2 has been such a hand full lately, No.1 has had some obedience problems. He is so sweet and well mannered...I'm sure his life hasn't settled from the shell shock of Anslee yet. Still, that is no excuse not to use your manners, and mind your mama! Ha! He has had a good week with exception to the heat. We play outside each evening for around an hour, that's about all any of us can take after a long day at work. We are ready for November!!!


On a sweet note, I just polished off a whole role of Wild Cherry Life Savers. Yuuummmm-O! How excited was I the first time I found out they made a whole roll of cherry flavor?! They are my favorite hard candy in the whole world, I think?! Mason's favorite at the moment is grape bubble gum...he is always asking for it, so I have to keep a stash in my truck console to dole out on special occasions! Anslee's favorite is Similac. Ha! Have a great day!!!