Air Show, 2008

Last Sunday we went to the Air Show at the Little Rock Air Force Base. Emma is really into planes, and Daddy had to work his EMRT tent that day, so we thought this would be a great opportunity for her. Both of the kiddos had a wonderful time!! They got to go inside planes and sit in the pilot's seat. They also loved watching the planes fly and do tricks in the air. We got to see the Blue Angels and Fat Albert (the C-130, I think, that flies with the Blue Angels). The cool part about the Blue Angels was that after the show was over, Randall had to stay and tear down the EMRT tent, and I noticed the Blue Angels were starting up to fly back to Florida. The kids and I went down to the tarmac. Everyone was gone except us and the lady from EMRT that walked down with us. As the pilots taxied their planes down the runway to get ready to take off, each pilot waved at the kids. I thought that was very special...and although the kids are probably too young to remember it, I will always remember how friendly those pilots were towards my children. Hopefully we can go back again next year. I know this post is a little picture happy, but I didn't know how to narrow it down. This isn't even 1/4 of the pics I took!!

Finally...18 month clothes!!

We finally had to go up to 18 month clothes!! Mac can still wear some 12 month tops, but the pants were just too short. Of course, the 18 month stuff is still large, but it's better than being too small!! I am so excited. This shows that he is catching up to were he should be.

Get Down Downtown

Searcy held its first annual "Get Down Downtown" last Saturday. After a quick trip in the morning to the Rhea Lana consignment sale in Conway, Emma, Mac, and I made our trek out to the festivities. They had lots of interesting things for the kids to do. They had a huge slide and jump house, and they also had face painting. A former student of mine, Emma Howard, painted a butterfly on my Emma's face. Most of the fun for the kids was held in Spring Park. We spent most of our time actually playing on the equipment at the park. Emma got to show me how she had learned to go across the monkey bars. She is growing so fast...I can't believe we'll start kindergarten next year!!! Mac enjoyed just running around. After a while, he got tired and just sat in his stroller and watched Emma and Job Thomas (a friend from school who showed up while we were playing). We went home to let the kids rest and to wait for Randall to get home from deer camp. Later that evening, we went back down to the court square for a Billy Dean concert. It was great. There were lots of people out with their lawn chairs, and Billy showed up with just his guitar...no band. It made it nice to be able to recognize that he still has his same old voice!! Emma fell asleep right after he started singing, but Mac was all fired up. He kept making circles around his stroller and the chair that Gramps was sitting in. Needless to say, he was ready to crash when we got home!! All in all, we enjoyed the first annual Get Down Downtown celebration and hope that it continues for several more years!! It's always nice to have something "free" to do!!

FOOTBALL!!

You absolutely love it...my favorite thing you do is while watching football. Someone will say "touchdown" and you run around with your arms up in the air just like a football ref!!

19 months old

Ok, so technically, you are abou 19 1/2 months old. You think you are such a big boy now...you love to stand on the stool in the bathroom and brush your teeth. Your big sister actually taught you how to do this. You weigh 23 pounds, 6 ounces, and are running all over the place. You laugh at everything. Your favorite word...Daddy (I guess Mommy will get over that!!) Your favorite thing to play...football. You love to watch Wiggles and Higglytown Heroes in the morning while we get ready to go to Miss Renee's (Nay-Nay) for the day. You also like to sit with Daddy in his camo recliner and watch football and hunting. You like to watch for the "Big Deer." We are so blessed that we have finally found you a great baby-sitter. You love Nay-Nay, and you reach for her every morning when I drop you off. As long as she is standing up, you never cry. We love you, little miracle!!

White County Fair, 2008

We decided to venture out to the fair on Tuesday. Tuesday night is always free night and armband night, so needless to say, it was very crowded and busy. We decided to park in the back of the fairgrounds and come in by all the animals to avoid the rides. The kids got to look at all the horses, cows, chickens, ducks, and turkeys. After looking at the animals, we decided to get a bite to eat. Emma and Mac rode the ponies...Emma loved it, but Mac hated it. They got to pet all the animals in the petting area...everything from cows to goats to sheep. They even milked a cow...Emma's been asking for 2 weeks when she would get to milk a cow. Overall, we have a great experience...Randall and I are going back tomorrow night to work in the church booth.

Caps

After fighing Mac to get him to wear a cap, he has decided in the last week that he loves them. He even wore Emma's Dora the Explorer cap around the house all afternoon one day. This is him trying to put on Daddy's cap while walking around the house saying, "Daddy, Daddy!!" Isn't that sweet?!!

Just Chillin'

Mac has figured out the Emma's camo recliner is just his size. He loves to climb up in it to watch his cartoons (Blue's Clues, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Diego). In this pic, he is just pretending to be asleep!!

Little Miss Curly Q

Emma has decided that she really likes to have her hair curly...which is fine by me. She lets me put pink sponge rollers in her hair after she takes a bath, and she sleeps in them all night. I have figured out that if her hair is extremely wet when I roll it, then the curls seem to hold better. I think it just looks adorable.