Naughty Girls....

The girls were playing in Makenzie's room yesterday morning while I folded laundry in the living room. The telephone rang, and after confirming an appointment I quickly hung up. I realized it was too quiet and went to check on the girls. I found them both not in Makenzie's room, but mine. They had gotten into their makeup and had it all over them and all over my room (my sheets, pillow cases, walls, and picture above my bed). I wanted to be furious, but I could barely keep myself from simultaneously laughing and crying. Makenzie immediately knew I was upset, and when I just sat down in the floor from shock, she came over, put both of her hands on my cheeks, and said, "Mommy, I'm so sorry...I won't do this ever again. Please don't cry." Presley had come over by this point, and she too kept repeating I'm sorry over and over again. They know they're not supposed to play with their makeup unless I'm helping them (I don't like messes), and they had to climb to get it down because I keep it out of their reach so things like this don't happen. Needless to say, I couldn't discipline them the way they needed to be disciplined after Makenzie was so concerned about me so instead I threw every bit of their makeup in the garbage which, in my opinion, was worse punishment..lol. I just had to take pictures of them...that makeup was all over them!

They both have lip gloss.
They had lip gloss and eye shadow all over their faces, arms, and legs. It took me forever to get all of it off of them, and I had to practically scrub them raw.



They, of course, thought they looked beautiful!

Since we're talking about them being naughty, I need to share what they did to my poor Mom a few days ago. She's been keeping them and Britlee at Hanna's house throughout the week, and while she was putting her makeup on in Hanna's hall bathroom, the girls were playing in the floor in Britlee's room while Britlee napped in Hanna's room. Mom could lean out the bathroom door and see the girls, and she kept checking on them every few minutes. Mom's cell phone rang in the kitchen, and she went to answer it, and as quickly as she walked away, my mischevious little girls got themselves in trouble!

Mom found the door to the bedroom shut and locked when she returned, and in a panic, Mom tried to figure out how to open it. Presley was crying inside, and Mom kept telling Makenzie to unlock the door to which Makenzie replied she couldn't. There's no way to unlock Hanna's door from the outside, and Mom was considering having to call the fire department to get them out, but finally Mom told Makenzie that if she didn't unlock the door, she would just have to stay in there for the rest of the day. Makenzie said, "Fine!" and unlocked the door...

THEN....when Mom walked into the room, she couldn't find Presley, but she could hear her whining. She looked over and found the closet door shut and thought, oh no, not again....She opened the closet door to find Presley sitting in a baby bath seat (made for babies between 4-6 months old). Presley looked up at Mom with tears rolling down her cheeks and said, "I'm stuck!" Mom tried every way possible to get her out, but she was really stuck. Again, Mom began to panic, thinking again that she was going to have to call the fire department!

Instead, she called my Dad who luckily was in Starkville that day. When she told Dad that he needed to come to Hanna's and maybe even bring a hack saw, he just laughed. When Daddy got to Hanna's and tried to get Presley out, he couldn't budge her either! He got his pocket knife and whittled away the back of the bath seat until they could pull her out! Once she was free of the seat, Presely wrapped both arms around Daddy's kneck and said, "Thank you Popa, I stuck!" Are they naughty or what? I think my Mom was ready to throw in the towel that day! ;)

As a side note, I realize I haven't been able to blog often. Things are just so busy right now, but I had some time today which is why there are 3! I'm trying to catch up.... Now, we need prayers! Wayne and I are leaving on Wednesday for Jacksonville, FL for a cruise to the Bahamas. We haven't taken a vacation (just the two of us, for more than one night) since Makenzie was four months old. After the stress of last semester, we felt like it would do us both good to get away for a bit, but after last week and all the mischief our girls got into, I'm a little afraid to leave them for a week! Please pray that we'll be able to enjoy ourselves and de-stress and that our girls will behave themselves and make it through the week without injury!

Daddy has some big shoes to fill....

I was putting laundry in the dryer the other morning, and I heard Presley come in behind me. When I looked up to see what she was doing, I saw that she had climbed into her Daddy's boots. I couldn't help but laugh when she pointed to herself and said, "I Daddy!"

Of course, when Makenzie saw what she was doing, she had to do it too... They were so funny trying to step in and out of those boots!

Mommy! It Snowed!!!!!

Our girls were so excited about the snow on Sunday morning! We awoke to screams of joy from Makenzie, and we HAD to get up right then and go play in it.

Makenzie catching snowflakes on her tongue...


The girls enjoying the snow...they just ran around in it as long as we would let them, and were upset when they had to go in. It was just too cold for Mommy!

Makenzie even made a snow angel!

After we came in, Makenzie begged for hot chocolate...so, since it was a special day, we gave both girls a little to help them warm up. There's just nothing better than cartoons and hot chocolate in the morning... :)

Makenzie's 3rd birthday!

Makenzie wanted a dress-up party for her third birthday so we celebrated in style at Dance Expressions in Louisville. Her friends and cousins made her special day so much fun! As each girl arrived, they were able to choose a dress to put on then a matching boa, tierra, shoes, jewelry, etc. Next came the make-up, games, cake & ice cream, and presents. Makenzie and her guests were treated like royalty and had a blast!

Makenzie is very much into the Disney princesses right now, and she loves getting all dressed up! Now that she's turning three, she has started telling me that she's a big girl (which is nothing new, but now she says this every time I try to do something for her), and she can do EVERYTHING by herself! It's so hard to let her be a big girl when I think she should still be my baby :( I can't believe how quickly the time flies....
She loved getting to sit in the special princess chair, and she just sat there and waited patiently for her turn to have her make-up applied!

Her "first" dress of the day....She immediately grabbed this when we walked in the door and said, "Mommy! I get to be Snow White!" She wore it for all of 15 minutes until she found another dress that she thought was prettier!

Into her second dress, and finding accessories to match!

Thanks to everyone who helped make her 3rd birthday such a special occasion! She loved every minute of it! She and Presley were so tired from all the excitement that they both were sound asleep as soon as we put them in the car to go home!

The Playhouse

I was finally able to get some pictures of the playhouse on here. It is far from finished, but at least you guys can see it! It has only been primed so it still needs to be painted (inside and out), and Wayne's going to finish the porch and build stairs. There are windows on each side, and it even has electricity.
Makenzie playing inside...notice the ceiling fan? Are they spoiled or what?

We were going to put carpet in, but the more I thought about it, the more it grossed me out. I knew we'd have to rip it up after a while anyway since kids would be tracking junk in on it so instead I just put one of those hot pink rugs in there for now. It's going to be really cute once we get everything painted, curtains on the windows, etc. The girls are both loving it, and they NEVER want to come out of there!

A Very Merry Christmas

We had a HUGE and busy Christmas as usual, but it was great! We always have so many places to go each year, and it never fails, Makenzie gets sick right at Christmas, but despite the girls having runny noses and running low-grade temps off and on, we managed to have a wonderful Christmas. We started the season off by having Christmas with the Scarbrough's and Memee and Pop then Christmas dinner with Mimi and Papaw T. (Audrey and Hermon) where the girls got to open presents. They got the Loving Family Dollhouse that they've been wanting so badly, and after setting it up, we all decided maybe Presley isn't quite ready for it..lol! Instead of playing with Makenzie, she tries poking her fingers through all the windows and moving the furniture, or she tries to push it over. Makenzie on the other hand loves it and spends HOURS playing with it!
Next, we had Christmas with Yaya and Papaw (Ricky and Mary), and the girls were spoiled yet again with lots of new toys. Papaw and Yaya even brought Makenzie and Hailey a beautiful tea set back from the Biltmore! We also had Christmas with the Fulgham's which is always loud and crazy with all the grandkids running around, but despite getting a late start (we didn't get to start opening gifts until nine that night) and the kids being tired, we had a great time.

On Christmas Eve, we visited with the Oglesby's and Morgan's. At the Morgan's, the kids all sit and listen to the story of Jesus's birth before opening presents. My Dad has always read it directly from the Bible, and the kids are really good about paying attention even with the anticipation of presents waiting for them! Mass confusion then ensues as all the kids rip into their gifts...when we were kids we weren't allowed to touch a gift until it was our turn to open, and we had to go in order from youngest to oldest so that everyone could see what the others got. Now with so many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it's hard to keep the little ones from ripping into their gifts as soon as they get them so we kind of have to open in shifts..lol!

On Christmas morning, Makenzie woke up and asked if Santa had brought her a bycicle. When she walked into the living room with Presley (who we had to coax out of bed) and saw her presents and bycicle she was sooo excited. Daddy built the girls a playhouse for Christmas as well, so we also had to walk out there to see if Santa left anything in there for them. They loved it so much that they cried when we told them it was time to come in! I'll try to post pictures of the GREAT playhouse their Daddy built as soon as I can!

Presley riding the trycicle Santa left her. She thought she was a big girl, but she didn't want to have to learn to pedal! She liked being pushed around the house just fine :) Poor Daddy!

Christmas pictures of all our pretty girls

Hanna and I dressed our girls up in their Christmas outfits to try to get a good picture of them, and they actually did a pretty good job! Aren't they precious?
Presley thinks she's such a big girl...she actually got mad because she thought she wasn't going to get to take a picture with Britlee. She was sitting there holding her arms out, yelling "baby!".

I love this one! Poor Britlee looks uncomfortable, but Makenzie took a great picture.

Hanna and Britlee...We had to take lots of pictures because Brent is out of town working on the oil rig. We took some special pictures with Hanna's phone and emailed them right to him so he could see how precious his little girl looked.

Can you tell Makenzie is a big-time Popa's girl? We were taking pictures of my Dad and Britlee, and Makenzie just had to get in the picture too. It was such a cute picture that we tried to get Presley in too, but she'd had enough and wouldn't take any more. :(