Best Frienemies!

Rylee and her BFF, Maddie, are in the same class this year. Also in her class is Gus, the lil' boy that Rylee said was her boyfriend last year because his hair is like her daddy's. Well, Gus is now both Rylee AND Maddie's "boyfriend" and it's gotten intense between the two girls.

Yesterday, Maddie came over to play before dance. The girls were in their dress up stuff and we're pretending that Gus was there. They started to bicker a bit about who Gus was going to marry and why. Gus was going to marry Rylee because her dress was white and Gus likes white. Gus was going to to marry Maddie because her dress was pink and he likes pink. They didn't break out into a screaming fight, just were bickering - like friends or even married couples do (I know of a few married couples who bicker like this that I could use as prime examples!) and it wasn't anything I was concerned over too much. Yesterday, my concern was more over Rylee becoming such a control freak when she is with her friends and wanting everything to be the way she wants it to be and not being as willing to share her things with her friends. We chatted that out lastnight and I thought we were good...

Today, Steffani and I are waiting to pick up the girls and Ms. Julie keeps sending out other kids to their parents ahead of us. Jokingly, Steffani and I say something about us being in trouble. We weren't in trouble, but close enough! Ms. Julie pulled each of us into a room one at a time to inform us that today Rylee and Maddie were fighting over a boy - Gus. Today though, it had gotten physical and the girls were tugging and pulling at each other's shirts. Ms. Julie had to take the two aside and talk to them about it.

Needless to say, I'm at a loss at the moment! It's like I told Steff as we were walking out, I didn't think I would deal with this type of stuff until AT LEAST Middle School! I asked Rylee about it in the car on the way home and she said that her and Maddie both wanted to be behind Gus in line. My response was that one of them should have been infront of him and the other behind him, but of course, today he was the "Line Leader!"

So, what about Rylee and Maddie? Back to being the best of friends when we picked them up!

The joys of parenting!

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Marty and the girls surprised me with a birthday cake this year for my birthday! I felt special! Rylee had said she wanted hearts and flowers on it, so there were hearts and flowers!

The cake that they had made for me! It was banana split and it was sooooo yummy!
Me with my cake!
(What's up with that chunk of hair right in the middle of my face ... in all these pictures?)

My favorite girls and me with my cake!

Blowing out the candle! We decided to go with just one - I think 26 on that small cake may have been a bit gawdy looking!

Cheers to another year!

WARNING: GRAPHIC MATERIAL ... Macee's Newest BooBoo

So, Labor Day. A day to relax and enjoy with family and friends. Our Labor Day WAS to be spent shopping at my favs, TJMaxx and Marshalls, and eating out for MY birthday! We got to TJMaxx ... we did a little bit of shopping, had a couple items picked out to purchase ... but while we were in the children's furniture section, Macee decided that she needed to climb up onto some children's chairs that were on a small platform. Marty called it, right before it happened he said, "Macee, you're going to fall and hurt yourself." Then it happened, as if it were cued by that of which he had just said! She and some of the chairs fell off the platform! She was crying - only wanted Mommy - I had picked her up and we were walking a bit when I pulled her away from me and saw the pool of blood inside her mouth. That's when I started freaking out! We, of course, rushed out of the store - leaving all our treasures behind - to get to the car so we could look at the damage without everyone and their momma looking at us! Yep, we headed to the ER! We were going to try Urgent Care, but when we called, they informed us that they would be able to stitch her up but that it wouldn't be pretty!

So, Labor Day. A day to relax and enjoy with family and friends. Our Labor Day was spent at Baptist Hospital East ER!

I have said that Macee would give us our first trip to the ER!

oooOOooo, I've got a boo boo!

We were able to get it to stop bleeding before we went to the hospital, but my Nurse Mommy instinct was that it wasn't going to heal without some help!
A close-up! It doesn't look that bad in the pictures, but trust me, it was bad! It was bad for it being my baby!

We still went out to eat afterwards! We went to Bucca's, meatballs and ice cream can make any boo boo better!

The next morning. Macee looks washed out, but that is the flash on the camera. You can see how big her poor lil' lip got - poor baby!

So, here is to prove how daredevilish Macee really is. Her and I went back to TJMaxx last Thursday and she was determined to climb on top of that platform of chairs ... AGAIN! It was a battle to NOT let her!

Pre-K First Days

Rylee has started Pre-K - her final year of preschool!

She loves it ... as we're all NOT suprised by!

Rylee on her first day of Pre-K!

This was a half day - she went with half the class for a half day!
Her first day of ALL DAY Pre-K!
Posing with her Hannah Montana lunch box! She loves taking her lunch and eating with all her friends!
(Look at this pose! She went from sweet and innocent in the first picture to diva in this one!)

Ellee sleeps ...

... behind the toilet!

When Ellee isn't sleeping in her kennel (which is at night and while we're gone during the day), she sleeps behind the toilet. I've decided she does this because it's cool behind there ... the coolness of the toilet and the floor.

(I'm looking at this picture, taken a couple weeks ago, she's getting so big!)

Birthday Tour Pt 4: Our Lil' Family

The final horrah for Rylee's 5th birthday was a small lil' celebration with our little family!

Rylee saw this skirt while we were at Macy's in Terre Haute, I was able to get it for her WITHOUT her knowing! She was so excited when she pulled it out of the bag!

I love expressions like this!
Sharpay and her Mustang!

Sharpay's prom dress! Something Rylee had been wanting!

A Sharpay doll with the matching dress!

Blowing out the candle for the final time as a 5 year old!

She's already started talking about when she turns 6 ... geez, can't we get past Christmas?

Birthday Tour Pt 3: ChuckECheese

We celebrated Rylee's birthday with two of her best friends, Avery and Maddie, at ChuckECheese! The girls had so much fun and we are so grateful for friends that we can share moments like these with!

Hannah - I mean Rylee - on her horse!
Avery, Rylee, Macee, and Maddie posing for the camera!
They're all divas!

Best buds - riding in the school bus!

Hilarious!
The girls with their ChuckECheese cups!

Macee wants a SmartCar ... haha!

Rylee with her Hannah Montana birthday cupcake!

Celebrating with friends - fabulous!

Hannah Montana!

Rylee wanted a Hannah Montana outfit to wear for her birthday party with her friends at ChuckECheese ... and doesn't they saying go: What Rylee wants, Rylee gets?

Rylee with her super cool Hannah Montana concert outfit!
Rylee posing in her fabulous Hannah Montana concert outfit!

Of course, Macee needed to try it on! We're getting better at the sharing thing - we have way too many dress up outfits to fight over just one!

Dance Dance!

Molly and Nick got Rylee a High School Musical dance game - check out these pictures of them playing!

Rylee - swinging her hips!
Aunt Molly and Macee dancing!

Raise the roof, Macee!

Go girl!

Our Nephew: Remy

Meet Remy! Remy is our new lil' nephew, Nick and Molly's new baby! Remy is a German Shorthaired Pointer! He's a cutie!

Look at his pretty blue eyes!

Ellee LOVED having her cousin here to puppy play with her!

Birthday Tour Pt 2: Laritz Extravaganza

Grammy, Grandpa, Nick, Molly, and Remy traveled down to Southern Indiana to help celebrate Ry's 5th birthday and Rylee got some great stuff!

Rylee POSING with her new goods!
The cookie cake I made Rylee for her birthday party with the Laritzs!
Get it, HSM5 - because she's 5!
Rylee with her cookie cake!

Nagged

Well, I just got nagged by my mother that I haven't updated the blog since we got Ellee. (Geez, she's been worse than like having a newborn at times, what do you expect?) Anyways, here goes to updating the blog! Enjoy!