Meg’s first grade class did Seussical the Musical for their musical production this year. All the children wore red or white shirts and had on Cat in the Hat hats. She was super excited about the production this year. I love her enthusiasm for anything musical or stage related.
I video recorded parts of the production, I will download them and post a few.
Jarrad, Meg and I loaded up Joey and headed to the ranch for Easter weekend. Meg and Dixie sat in the backseat watching movies all the way out there.
If I’m being honest, I didn’t want to go. I had already made plans to take Meg to Boompaw and Nawnaw’s house for Easter Sunday. Sometimes I feel like even though I’ve made plans, it doesn’t matter. In the end, we will do what Jarrad wants.
Whether I wanted to go or not, we still had a good time. Meg and Dixie love being out there with Jarrad.
***Meg and Dixie watching movies on the way out***
***Pulling into the ranch – she’s so happy***
***the girls are ready to drive around***
***Sweet, sweet Dixie Belle***
More to come…I think I took over 250 pictures while we were there for less than a day!
Meg was so excited on Sunday morning when she woke up to see that the Easter Bunny had come to visit. He hid eggs all around Joey and left her a few goodies in her basket.
After the first day of being stuck in the house, Meg found her own little space for some privacy in my hamper. Thankfully we were doing laundry so all the hampers were empty.
Meg spent a good part of the day in the hamper reading and playing with her baby dolls. She hung her lantern from Gunner’s collar to light up the hamper so she could close the doors. I think she really needed some time to herself.
She was so happy to be in there and was so content to have her own little space. I think that being cooped up in the house was starting to get to all of us, so the hamper was her little get-a-way.
She begged me to let her sleep in there and tried to prove to me that it was comfortable. She did get her way, she actually fell asleep in there, but Jarrad moved to her to her room before we went to bed.
Saturday, Nawnaw and I took Megan to the rodeo. This was actually my first time to sit through the entire FW rodeo as well. Jarrad and I tried to go with Luke and Patty one year, but Jar had an asthma attack, so we had to leave early.
Meg and I had to go up super early to pick up our tickets from will call. Since it was a little cold, we headed straight into the coliseum. Meg had tons of questions (and I had very little answers).
While Meg and I were waiting for Nawnaw to get there and for the show to start, Meg claimed she had to have some cotton candy. She said she wanted to have some before Nawnaw got there because she didn’t want Nawnaw to eat it all. While she was eating cotton candy, she asked me if I knew why it was called cotton candy. Before I could answer she told me that it was called cotton candy because it “gets caught in your throat.” All these years I thought it was “cotton” candy…turns out, it’s “caught in” candy.
Megan has mixed feelings about the rodeo. She has such a big love for animals, so the calf roping and steer wrestling were a little much for her. When the first calf was roped, she gasped audibly when it hit the end of the cowboys rope and flipped. While the cowboy was tying the calf up, she had huge tears in her eyes. When I asked her what her favorite part of the rodeo was, she told me “when the baby cows got away from the cowboys.” She did love the barrel racing and the bull riding and has already asked if we can go back.
Meg had an overall good day and we were super happy that Nawnaw was able to spend it with us. Nawnaw, thank you for being such a big part of our lives.
Meg has finally lost another tooth! So far, we haven’t had to pull any of her teeth…it’s working out better for me than I had hoped. I HATE teeth, they gross me out more than almost anything.
If you remember back to last May, Meg pulled her first loose tooth in the bus line. Her second bottom tooth was handled by Boompaw and his trusty pair of pliers.
Over the past few weeks, her top left (if you’re looking at her) front tooth has gotten wigglier and wigglier and wigglier. It was so loose that he was sticking out of her mouth, see the evidence below.
Jarrad and I tried our best to get it out, but it just wasn’t ready. He tried about four times to pull this one, but wasn’t successful.
On Saturday night, Meg and I were at some friends house playing. Her tooth was sticking out pretty bad and seemed to be getting looser by the minute. Enter Mike – my teething pulling hero. He wrapped some dental floss around and tried to pull it that way, but to no avail.
Turns out the old fashion way was the best way. He grabbed a tissue, dried her tooth off and pulled. It came right out without any problems. I was even able to get some pictures of the event.
She was so happy to finally have that tooth out! It was a great play date (stay tuned for a post about our play date).
Saturday night, we had a visit from the tooth fairy.
When Jarrad asked me what I wanted for Christmas this year, I knew the exact answer. I wanted a pair of boots. So, on Sunday Jarrad took me to Cavendars Boot City to shop around. As luck would have it, I found the perfect pair.
Jarrad wouldn’t let me have them until Christmas. While Jarrad and Meg were busy wrapping my boots, I snapped a few pictures of them working together to get my gift ready to put under the tree.
It was the sweetest thing to watch Meg helping Jarrad. She would help hold the paper and pass him the tape. These two can get a lot accomplished when they work together.
I can’t wait to see what’s wrapped under the tree for me this year!
While the boys are away, the girls will play. When Jarrad and Boompaw go to the canyon, Meg and I always plan something fun with Nawnaw. Last year, we saw 101 Dalmatians at DSM, we had brunch with Santa at the club, and we went to the Big 12 championship game between Texas & Nebraska.
This year wasn’t any different. Meg and I spent the entire weekend at Nawnaw’s this year. Friday after I got off from work, I picked Megan up and we headed over to Nawnaw’s house. Friday night, we went to dinner at Chic-Fil-A and then hung out at the house. Meg was exhausted from our first week with a new schedule, so I wasn’t surprised when she fell asleep in Boompaw’s chair.
Saturday morning, Nawnaw had something she had to do, so Meg and I rant a few errands, then met her in Irving at the car wash. From the car wash, we headed out to the Dallas Arboretum.
Of course, I was happy when Nawnaw asked us to go out there. I needed to get my Christmas card picture taken. Meg was a trooper and never complained once when I asked her to sit still for a picture. Here are a few shots that I was able to capture – unedited.
After we spent the afternoon at the Arboretum, we headed to dinner at On The Border to celebrate Nawnaw’s birthday (it was Saturday). After dinner, we headed back to Nawnaw’s to hang out for the rest of the night.
Sunday morning, we got up and had breakfast. After breakfast, we took Max and Maddie for a walk at the park. Sunday afternoon, we had tickets to see Rudolph at Casa Manana.
After a wonderful weekend with Nawnaw, it was time to say goodbye and get ready for the boys to return from the Canyon.
Jarrad left back out for the canyon on Wednesday…yes, he left me in my first week of a new job and Meg’s first week in a new before and after school program.
Anytime Jarrad is out of town, Meg always spends the night in bed with me. I think I love it more than she does. We always head to bed around her bedtime and I let her stay up a little past her bedtime so we can snuggle up and watch some TV or read a book.
***our first night***
***Meg having a snack before bed on the second night***
***my sleeping angel***
While we were in San Antonio for Thanksmas, I snapped a few sweet moments. I didn’t really know how to blog about them individually, but after looking at the pictures over and over again, I realized I didn’t want to keep these pictures to myself. These moments are too sweet not to share with everyone. I hope everyone enjoys them.
***Poppy, Megan & Gunner***
***Megan reading to Luke***
***Megan and Jarrad – she was so happy he finally got to SA***
***Dylan having his 1-year cake – he didn’t like it***
***Luke wondering why Dylan was so upset***
***A post about sweet moments wouldn’t be complete without Dixie***
