3rd Time's a Charm

We saw The Princess and The Frog again. Yes, this was our third time seeing it. It comes out on DVD on March 16th and we (I mean "I") can't wait! We have the soundtrack and my kids seemed to know way too much about the movie and the music. About 10 minutes into the movie, my friend Jenn leaned over to me and asked me if I had seen it before. Who me? Yes, twice before.

I did make an amazing discovery this evening, the Keller movie theater. Actually, I cannot take credit for it, my brilliant friend Jenn recommended it. Movie tickets are $4.00 after 6pm and children under age 3 are free. The movies that play there are a few months old, but for less than half the price of a regular ticket, I can wait. For less than $10 I got 1 movie ticket, a large popcorn, and a medium soda. Genius!

It's a Messenger Bag, Not a Purse

The theme at Storytime this week was of course, Valentine's Day. We have been obsessed with Valentine's Day because I've been preparing for our playgroup's Valentine's Day lunch by making cookies, decorating the house and stocking up on conversation heart candies. Aidan asks everyday if today is Valentine's Day. We were so excited to read stories about Valentine's Day and make Valentine holders.

This is Aidan's Valentine holder. I told him it was a messenger bag. It's not exactly a Jack Spade, but whatever. It's made out of yarn, construction paper and a glue stick, so it has the life expectancy of about 1 day.

I made this Valentine's Day tutu for Reese. I've become even more crafty with my kids' clothes since I've been home with them. I'm like Maria from The Sound of Music, without the vow of silence.

Are you ready for some football?

We were invited to a Superbowl party at our friends the Walton's house. They are Colts fans, we are Saints fans. I think we all know how that turned out.

I must warn all of our friends, if you invite the Gourleys to your house for a major sport event, your team will lose, sorry, that's just how it is. I don't think we will get many more invitations.

Yes, Aidan is wearing goggles. He told me he needed to wear them because all superheroes wear these.

My potluck contribution - fruit platter in a football shaped dish. I do not believe in fruit salad because I don't like when the fruit mingles together - too many juices and it changes the flavor. Plus I'm allergic to pineapples and I do not like honeydew melon and both are always in fruit salad (they are just filler fruit and we all know it - so please stop using them). Everyone must have loved my presentation because...

Aforementioned fruit platter 1.5 hours later.

Official food to represent the Indianapolis Colts

We also had jambalaya and I brought cake pops and these chocolate covered pretzels in Mardi Gras colors. I love New Orleans and had to represent. I also brought our Mardi Gras beads, which my kids refused to wear, but all the other kids loved them. Just to be clear, I purchased the beads at Michaels Craft Store, I did not "earn" them, thank you.



Reese loved playing with all of their toys including their dollhouse. She had a big night - she successfully used the potty. It was a shock to all of us. Aidan even told her how proud he was of her. We will start potty training boot camp next week.

Happy Birthday Max

Our friend Max is 4! We met Max and his parents, Andrea and Jason at Robert's Music Together two years ago. I'm so glad we've gotten to know them over the past two years and we were thrilled to help Max celebrate his 4th birthday!

Max's party was at the Creation Station at the Transportation Museum. We had never been there and I cannot wait to go back! It is must visit!

Aidan loved to dress like a pirate and climb around on the pirate ship. He kept saying "Arrg matey!"

Bins and bins of train tracks and trains!

If there is a train table, my children will find it. My next project will be constructing our train table and using a nail gun to nail the tracks down. The one at our house always looks like Godzilla just hit it. I'm scared of commitment, so this is why I haven't done it yet.

More dress up... an astronaut. He told me he will get in a rocket ship and blast off to the moon.

Reese loved the little village

I love these signs

Reese loved the post office.

Getting read for cake.

Yum! Cake! Notice that this piece is larger than Reese's hand. It was too much for her and I had to help her taste it.

What a HOOT...

After the car show, we went to one of our favorite restaurants, Hooters. I love the Daytona Sauce - it's a little sweet and a little hot - yum! I know this doesn't exactly make it a "family restaurant," but they do have excellent kids' meals.

Reese can't figure out what to order...hmmm.... Three Mile Island or play it safe with Mild? Tough choice.

Reese is blowing kisses and laughing at the Hooters owl.

Waiting patiently for her meal.

Aidan: Hey, Dad, check out this cool app Mom just got for her iPhone.

All smiles after a great family night out.

Zoom, zoom...

An annual favorite of mine... The Auto Show!

Reese had to climb into every car.

EVERY car!

My men in a Mustang.

Aidan desperately wanted to get into this Jeep. I told him if he wanted to get in, he would have to use his muscles and do it himself. Yes, I'm cruel.

He gave it the old "pre-school try" for a solid 2 minutes, and then...

Ahh! Victory! I Live, I Ride, I Am. JEEP.

They are still LOST????

I have never seen one episode of LOST. Please add this to my growing list of cultural phenomenons that I am not a part of - Trader Joes, Twilight, Harry Potter, and now LOST - I'm sure there are more, but let's keep this post short. My understanding is that you cannot just start watching unless you've been there from the beginning. My friend Tim (who is shaking his head shaming me as he reads this) even offered to lend me the first few seasons so I could jump on board. I just cannot commit to another show, so I declined.

The highly anticipated final season is upon us and several of my friends are really into it. The plane crashed and they are still stuck on the island 5 seasons later? Really? The cast of Days of Our Lives had a similar plot line and they were back in Salem in just a few weeks. I'm just saying.