Daddy/Daughter Date Night- Princess Party

Bailey got to go on her first date with her Daddy last night. It was pretty much adorable.
Chick-fli-a has lots of different events throughout the year, and this one was a "Princess Party"

Bailey was so excited to get to wear a princess dress and get all "dolled- up" to go out with her Daddy.

Here are some pictures of my little princess. Doesn't she look adorable?

She sat so still so I could curl her hair and loved wearing that dress and crown. 

When her Daddy got home from work, we snapped a few more pictures. The one on the left is Daddy and Bailey playing "ring-around-the-rosie". It was so cute. She loves her Daddy so much. And I just love the picture on the right. How sweet are those two?

Chris said when they got to the restaurant there were princesses everywhere, but Bailey was in heaven. She loved the "Princess Cow" and the chocolate fondue fountain. She also got an autograph from Miss Arkansas. She loved her date with her Daddy. 

And since Bailey and Daddy were spending some time together, Tanner and I decided to do the same.
Since Tanner's favorite restaurant is "McDonald's" we decided to eat there. 

He was so excited. On our drive to McDonald's, I asked Tanner what his idea of a perfect date would be. He told me "We would go to McDonald's, order cheeseburgers, eat our food and then play at the play place." After further prodding, he also told me that he would want to go see the "Lego Movie" after we ate our food. Quite the date right?

He was so excited. He told me "This is going to be a perfect date, Mom. McDonald's, here we come!"

We didn't get to go see "Lego Movie" again, but Tanner was pretty thrilled with his happy meal. 

I love my little man and I look forward to more dates with him in the future and I know Bailey is looking forward to more dates with her Daddy. 

Our Spring Break "Stay-cation"

This week was spring break for our school district, so Tanner didn't have preschool. We decided to take advantage of our week without any obligations or appointments. We planned a different activity in the area for each day of the week.

Day 1- we went to McDonalds and got lunch. Tanner especially loves their cheeseburgers so he was thrilled with lunch. Then they played on the play place for about an hour.

Tanner devoured his cheeseburger so fast and then waited patiently for Bailey to finish hers. 

Tanner's favorite thing at the McDonald's play place is this wall of computers. They have lots of different games and he loves it. Bailey loves this jump/spring thing. They played really hard and then took awesome naps. 

Tuesday morning our playgroup met at Denny's for a "Superhero Breakfast". It was pretty adorable. 10 kids all dressed up- we got some pretty funny looks and comments- but it was so fun. 

Tanner and Bailey loved the costumes I made for them. 

Super Bailey to the rescue!!!

Tanner as "Captain America"

SUPER KIDS!!! 

The night before our breakfast Tanner told me that if I didn't have a costume then I couldn't come. Well I couldn't have that- so here is the extent of my costume. Tanner loved my "Super Mom" mask. That's what he called it- not me. lol. 

The kids ate so well. They ate their strawberry pancakes in record time. So fun!

On Wednesday we went to "Jump Zone". JZ is an inflatable bouncy house place. Lots of different inflatables and the kids love it. We played for two hours and then ate the lunch we packed. The kids were so exhausted after playing all morning. But they had a blast and that made it worth it, since the crowds were pretty bad. 

Thursday we stayed home but had a "Frozen" movie party. It mostly consisted of snowflake cupcakes and watching the movie. Tanner was so cute. He saw the cupcakes and said "Mom, you always make the coolest cupcakes!". That pretty much made the work worth it. They loved their  cupcakes.  

You've got to love these little faces. 

YUMMY!

We love the movie frozen but I'm pretty sure Bailey mostly just loves the songs and musical parts. She loves to sing the songs. 

Today, Friday, the kids went with Daddy to work and at breakfast with him. I had a doctor's appointment but then after that I picked the kids up and we went to "Barnes & Noble".

We walked into the store and Tanner and Bailey both got so excited. Tanner said "Wow, this place is awesome." and Bailey said "Soooo many books!!!"

We love books.

So we played for a while in the kids area and then read a ton of books. Before leaving both of the kids picked out one book to buy. It took Bailey forever to narrow down the selection. She finally settled on a "Pinkalicious" book. Tanner spotted a "Little Golden Spiderman book" and that was it for him. 

I love their passion for books and the excitement they had at the prospect of getting to buy one and take it home. 

Now our little "stay-cation" is over and tomorrow we are moving into our new house. So crazy. We are going to have a wild weekend. Stay tuned for pics of our new house, new van and eventually- new baby. 

My Birthday and St. Patrick's Day Fun

So I turned 27 on Saturday, March 15th. Seriously, 27!!! That seems much older than 26. But luckily it doesn't feel that different. My parents drove over Friday night to stay with our kids. Saturday morning Chris and I packed up and left for a weekend alone together. SO wonderful!
We went car shopping, got lunch at "Panera" and then went appliance shopping. Then it was over to the dollar theater for a matinee showing of "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit." It was pretty good. Then we went to dinner at my absolute favorite sushi place- Kobe. It was amazing. After dinner we did some shopping, grabbed some ice cream and went to our hotel.
It was such a nice day with just me and my sweetheart. 

My kids did not even notice we were gone because they were having too much fun with Nanny and Papa. They went to Chuck-E-Cheese on Saturday afternoon and spent 3- hours playing and eating pizza.  My Mom was gracious enough to send us a few pictures of the kids having fun. We missed our kids a little, but they could have cared less that we were gone.

They had so much fun! Tanner was so thrilled with the pizza. 

But Bailey sat on Papa's lap and completely out-ate Tanner. That-a-girl B!

Anyways, Sunday morning we slept in as late as our parental bodies would allow and then ate breakfast at our hotel. We woke up to rain, which soon turned into ice/sleet/snow.
With the bad weather, we decided to head home and try to get there before the roads got bad. 

When we got home, my mom was making a birthday cake for me. She's awesome like that. 

Eventually my parents had to head back to Mtn. Home. We didn't want them driving back in the dark with the yucky weather. 

After dinner, we ate my cake. The kids were so excited. It was so funny. Tanner kept commenting on how many candles there were. Luckily, he's pretty cute so I didn't get real offended. It was beyond cute when they sang to me. Love my little family. 

Anyways, it was a great birthday and I feel very loved and extremely blessed!

Monday was March 17th, St. Patrick's day. I made sure we were all set to celebrate.
Sunday night I read "The Night Before St. Patrick's Day" to the kids so they knew what to expect the next day. 

While the kids slept I cut out and taped little leprechaun footprints all over the house. 

They led from each of the kids' rooms all the way to a little bucket of treats that our leprechaun left for us. 

There was also a path of "footyprints" (That's what Bailey called them) to the fridge where the kids found green milk. They were so excited about that. 

So we had "Lucky Charms" with green milk for breakfast on St. Patrick's day.

Tanner and Bailey are kind of HUGE fans of St. Patrick's day. 

And Tanner was beyond relieved that he had a green "Leprechaun" shirt to wear so he wouldn't get pinched. He's so funny right now. 

Besides the cereal, these are the other treats our leprechaun brought us.

The best part of the day though was watching Tanner "examine" the prints left by the leprechaun.
He told me that leprechauns are really small so he had to use his magnifying glass to find him. 

Pretty dang cute, right? He ran back and forth all day making sure the footprints were still there and that the leprechaun hadn't come back. He really wanted to catch him!

I think next year we will set a trap for our leprechaun. Tanner is really excited about the prospect of building a trap and catching one.
I'm enjoying this age so much. Tanner imagination is so fun right now. He has me laughing all the time. 

Anyways, Spring is almost here and we are so ready. Stay tuned for some Spring Break fun and our move into our new house. All happening next week... wish me luck!