Terrific Kid

Mallory got selected by her first grade teacher to be the Terrific Kid. Her teacher is Mrs. Cox, but she is out on leave because of her voice, so Mrs. Sabetti is her teacher now until Mrs. Cox comes back. Her teacher said that she is a hard worker and team player. She also said that Mallory is a Peacemaker and that everyone likes her. Papa, TG, John and I were in the audience watching her receive her award. She was so proud of herself. When she found out yesterday, she called John at work, and my parents at home. She picked out her special outfit to wear today. The outfit was cute, but she pitched a fit at home before going to school because of her shoes. That girl and her shoes!!!

Sunset Beach Annual Trip of Memories

We had a wonderful Spring Break! Those there were: Lulu, Kay-Kay, Hope, Amy Reynolds and her girls, Amelia, Palmer, and Caroline, and Livvy Lawrence, and the three of us. The girls had so much fun with their playmates. They were so good and found something to do at all times. their highlights were, playing on the beach and yes in the cold water, kayaking, digging for crabs, painting flower pots, swimming in the canal, shopping, etc... The adults had fun too. Dancing, drinking, reading books, watching American Idol, shopping, lying in the sun, eating, etc...
Taylor Grace, Hope and I had to leave Thursday night instead of Friday morning because Taylor Grace was sick. She slept the whole way home and probably only said 5 words. I knew she didn't feel good when she didn't talk. I took her to the doctor and he said it was just a virus...sore throat, fever, headache, and no appetite. Today is Saturday and she is still complaining of a sore throat, but seems to have more energy. Hopefully it is on the tail-end.

Day 2 at the Beach

We had a great day at the beach. I think that the girls were colder today because of sunburns from yesterday, but it didn't stop them from getting in the water and going boggie boarding. They stayed out there until 3:30 then we came back to the house and they played in the canal. The most fun had by Mallory was taking a shower outside. She told Hope that she wished her daddy would build a shower outside at home. TG went Kiaking again and now looks like a champ. We then went to the Island Grill across the bridge. They have AWESOME burgers!!!! We had a fun time singing, dancing, and playing putt putt. Kay-Kay and I have a video of us dancing to a song that had moves to 1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, a dollar. We had to move our hips certain ways to the cents. Dollar was moving our hips forward and at one point of the song it said dollar, dollar, dollar. Ha! Ha!
On the way home I told Mallory that she had to sleep in my room again. She became her drama queen self and Lulu said that she could sleep with her and she suddenly stopped crying and has been in Lulu's lap every since. She got what she wanted. I guess Lulu is kicking Hope out of the bed and she is going to sleep on my floor.

We are all now watching our Spring Break show, American Idol. We watch it every year while we are here at Sunset at the beach. I think that it is funny to hear them all critique them. Oh... what will tomorrow bring??? Oh, I do know that we are fixing our famous Margarettas!!! Watch out Sunset!

Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach, NC is the setting for many memories for Spring Break. We have made our official Sunset Dip, drank our favorite drinks on the beach, but wait, not yet, that is to come, but our next to favorite, Miller lite, and enjoying great afternoons on the deck while the kids play in the canal. Mallory found a new spot at the end of the street at low tide for catching crabs with Livvy, and Taylor Grace conquered her fear of kayaking in the canal. It is funny what TG will do with Millie, Amelia Reynolds, around. She did really good too. No drama like last year when all of the people that lived on our canal came out to see what was the matter because TG was screaming and crying so much because she was scared. Lets hope the rest of the night goes well because Mallory went to bed last night at 10:15. I have already warned everyone that if everything goes south that just to turn their heads and let me put her to bed. We are going to think positive though and hope that we can get her fed and to bed before that happens.

Tequila's Karaoke

What a fun night with friends from work!!! We were all sitting around at lunch trying to help Mary Frampton Whitesides come up with something she had to do that would embarrass her for a paper she had to write for Winthrop. Well singing karaoke was what we came up with and of course I told her I would sing with her to help her. ( You know that I love the mic and just wanted an excuse to sing!) We sang "Honey I'm Home" by Shaina Twain. What fun I had! It had a lot to do with the Dos XX I had before hand. We all had so much fun that I called my daddy at home to get him to come to Tequila's restaurant to sing with us since he loves the mic too! What a wonderful way to kick off Spring Break! The weather was beautiful, the company was great, and the food was delicious.

Questions on Christmas Eve about Santa

There are always tons of questions on Christmas Eve about Santa and what ifs. Here are some of the few from Mallory and Taylor Grace:
-What if Santa comes and we aren't asleep?
-What if I have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night?
-Does Santa ever bring the wrong presents?
-Does Santa ever change your name to the naughty list if "I" have already seen that it was on the good list? (Mallory) I said no, and she said, "Well what if you were bad"?
-How does Santa know when we are asleep?
-What about the people who are up late working? When does Santa come to their house?
-What time can I get up to see what Santa brought me?
-What if I get sick during the night?
-Taylor Grace said, "Mallory get a glass to put the milk in because sometimes you can hear it jingle if he hits it."
Oh the sweet things that children think about and say. Oh how I wish they would stay innocent forever.

Cooking on the Mallory and Taylor Grace Show

The girls love to help me cook. I baked sugar cookies and then let the girls decorate them. They had a ball. They were really creative too. Mallory loves to pretend that she is on a cooking show. She will say, "and today we are in the kitchen with Beth and Taylor Grace making cookies". It is really cute. She calls Rachel Ray Ella Ray, which is my mom's neighbor and Paula Dean, Paula Deana.