Pipers

Piper's little friend in South Carolina used to call her Pipers - I was thinking about that the other day, hence the title. I threw in a picture of Bailey because they were just so gosh darn cute in their matching dresses! I love this picture of Piper because she looks SO confidant!! Like 'here I am!'

Anyway, today was a sad day for Piper. She woke up with...























PINK EYE!!! Sadness! I've never had pink eye and wasn't really sure that's what it was but I figured I'd better take her to the doc just to make sure. Thank Heaven I did because...


One of her tubes fell out and she actually had an EAR INFECTION!!!! OH NO THEY ARE BACK!!!!

I couldn't believe it! I told the doctor I wasn't sure it was pink eye because she really wasn't complaining about them or itching them. The doc asked if she had a runny nose or cough. And actually she JUST got a cough on Tuesday. THEN she asked if she was complaining about her ears. I said 'no' because she wasn't and then explained that she had tubes blah blah. So the doctor looked her over and turns out ONE of her tubes has fallen out and GUESS WHAT, that ear has an infection. So poor little Piper(s) has an ear infection, a cough, and pink eye in BOTH eyes!! She's so tough, though, and never complains about being in pain! Anyway, thank heaven for antibiotics and happy 4 year olds. HOPEFULLY, this is her only infection and we won't have to re-do the tubes thing!! NOT FUN for her or my wallet!

Summer Fun!

We've been having tons of fun this summer and keeping super busy!! I just love the Houston Children's Museum and so do the girls! We went a couple weeks ago with some friends and I think we could have spend a couple days there!! We loved it so much we got a year pass!! The girls LOVE LOVED the shopping center and could have spent all day just there!! Then they have the vet clinic which, of course, was a huge hit. Bailey adopted the big brown dog and wanted to take it home:) I think the girls want a dog:)

And THANK HEAVEN for POOLS!!! We've been keeping relatively cool this summer thanks to the many pools around. We LOVE the pool where we live and have been taking advantage of it weekly! The girls have turned into fish!

This last week Piper took swimming lessons from a girl at church. She had such a blast and has really gained a lot of confidance. She kept begging for more... can I dive again, can I jump in again, is it my turn again. Too fun!

And of course there is gymnastics! WE LOVE
gymnastics!! Piper has gained SOOOOO much self confidence doing it and just LOVES it. I was going to quit when summer came but I just can't bring myself to pull her out. She loves it and i love watching her and Bailey loves watching her!! So for now we're sticking with it:)

New Post

So last night I was looking at blogs and Curtis asked if I had blogged lately. I said no, of course, feeling a little guilty because I said I would be better...but used the excuse that I hadn't uploaded pictures to the computer yet and that was why- whatever. Anyway, so I decided to put the pictures on the computer today and do a little blogging but then of course which pics to you choose there are so many! Then I came across these...and HAD to show these first because you HAVE to understand the sequence of events that day...

Grandmommy and Daddy sent the girls a package that came the night before these pictures but curtis told them they had to wait until I got home to open it. Well I ended up being late that night and they were in bed when I got home. So the next morning I woke up to Piper holding this package in my face asking if we could open it. So we all get up and open it...the girls were SOOOO excited that they sent them new matching dresses and just HAD to wear them!! Super cute...life goes on... fighting happens, I yell, I shower, more fighting and screaming, I threaten lives, more fighting, more yelling...

Fast forward to today. I'm looking throught these pictures and realized I didn't take them...

I don't usually shoot pictures of the back of Bailey's head or the floor - right...


Then I see this!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! What is THAT!!!
What the heck kind of face is THAT?!?!?!?! She looks ready to POUNCE! NOW I know what they were fighting about while I was showering!! Piper had gotten ahold of the camera and Bailey WANTED IT!!!!! (Bailey is TOUGH - she will BEAT on Piper if she feels justified)

By the end of this fighting and yelling I did manage to get a happy picture of them in their dresses - thanks Grandmommy and Daddy!

Memories

So the other night we were eating dinner together and Piper did something that sparked a memory of when she was a baby. So I proceeded to tell her the story which she laughed and laughed about. Then she said tell me another story about when I was a baby. So I thought of one and she loved it and laughed and laughed. Then she said, 'tell me a story about Bailey when she was a baby' and so I did and they laughed. Then, yup you guessed it, she asked for ANOTHER story and...I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY MORE!!! SAD!!!! How sad is it that I can think of maybe two funny stories about Piper and one for Bailey. So I told her I would before bed and hurried and grabbed my journal to see if it would spark some memories. Sadly it did not. they were all pretty boring entries but there would be pages that said..."write about Piper's Christmas when she was scared of Santa and the reindeer...Piper buying crocks at walmart... and so on. BUT guess who never wrote about those things:( So I've been pretty mad at myself and Curtis keeps telling me to write in my journal more or I'll regret it which is so true (how come it doesn't apply to him though - I never see him writing in his journal!!) So that's a new goal of mine. However, today I have been bored and was looking at the blog and realized I blogged about a bunch of stuff I never thought worthy to journal about HOORAY! SO now I am committing to being a better blogger!

SO what's new in Claytonville...

We just got back from Disney World a couple weeks ago! We had so much fun and I need to post pictures but there are SOOOOOO many that I just can't deal with going through them right now! So those pics are to come. The picture above is the day after we got back of the girls playing with the legos Grandmommy and daddy got them. Piper is OBSESSED!

The girls are doing great. I think Piper is allergic to the sun!! Well probably not really but she had a rash all over her body that only comes out when we've been outside. Not sure what to do about that one...

Bailey's little personality is SOOOOOO increadibly fun. I just love her. I cannot get enough of her little personality. She cracks me up DAILY. This is her most recent cuteness... (note: she just started saying yes, no has been her word of choice thus far in her little life, and she says it "da" AND she just started saying Piper's name which is "Pa Pa" and she says meow meow for cat.)

so saying prayers at night, we of course help her and this is what I heard the other night...

Curtis: Dear Heavenly Father, we're grateful for this day and our many blessings...

Bailey: silence

Curtis: We're grateful for mommy

Bailey: mama

Curits: We're gratefull for Daddy

Bailey: dada

Curtis: We're grateful for Piper

Bailey: Pa Pa

Curtis: We're grateful for doggies

Bailey: doggy

Curtis: We're grateful for kitty cats

Bailey: meowmeow

Curtis: We're grateful for the fun we had playing with our friends and for all the good food we have

Bailey: Da

Curtis: Please bless that we can have a good night sleep

Bailey: uh - huh

Curits: In the name of Jesus Christ - Amen

Bailey: Amm

Green Beans

So the other night I made green beans. Like REAL green beans =fresh not from a can. I didn't think the girls would like them as much because well I didn't why I was a kid BUT they loved them. Hooray! Well that's what I thought... (keep in mind green beans have been Bailey's favorite veggie for all time) but then...Bailey discovered something... Green beans actually have little beans inside of them?? I decided that since the green beans were such a success I would make them again. Well this time Bailey decided she would examine the bean and guess what she found... Yup that little bean thing inside her green bean. And guess what...She did NOT like it! She proceeded to examine EACH and every green bean to see if there was in fact a little bean thingy in each and of course there was and that of course ment that NONE of her green beans were edible. Guess we'll have to see if she ever eats green beans again.

Preschool

For Piper's "preschool" we took a little field trip to the Blue Bonnet fields. It was actually really fun and we got a couple cute pictures in the pretty "flowers" (or are they weeds?) I kindda wondered what could possibly entertain us for very long sitting in a bunch of flowers but the kids actually loved it! We took pictures (that they did not like) then had a little lesson on Texas (did you know these are the Texas state flower?) and then the kids entertained themselves with fireants and spiders for the rest of our outing. Pretty fun!

It's a girl!

I asked Piper this morning if she wanted a baby brother or sister. She said she wanted a baby sister because ... "I don't like boys, I only like daddy boys." Well, she got her wish - we are having another GIRL! Hooray for girls!