Reese has recently become acquainted with a few of the Disney princesses and she cannot get enough! She has memorized just about every line to The Little Mermaid and Aladdin and frequently asks Michael and me to act scenes out with her. Whenever we miss or forget a line, she is right there to help us out; which, by the way, she also does when we read the books to her. You cannot miss one word in Aladdin without her busting you! My favorite is listening to Michael and Reese's bedtime routine...if they don't sing the Cougar fight song while marching to bed, then they recite the lines to the scene in Aladdin when Jasmine and Aladdin sing A Whole New World. It is hysterical! Reese gets really into it and totally has the intonation down!
One afternoon while we were sitting on the balcony, Reese broke into song and she started so softly that it took me a minute to figure out what she was saying. She was sweet enough to start over after I got my camera out; unfortunately, my battery died halfway through. It's still pretty cute, if you ask me.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Baby Blair
Reese and I had the best time a couple weeks ago when all of my sisters and my mom, and my two new nieces (whom I had not yet met) came to visit for a girls' weekend in Birmingham. I have a lot more to say about that weekend, which I will save or another post; but I just saw this video on my sister's blog and had to at least link to it.
Reese loved playing with her baby cousins! She loved to talk to them in a high, squeaky voice and tickle them. It was good for her to practice being soft around little ones. One day, after Lindsey and Tessa had gone home, Lauren and I took the little girls to get manicures. Reese loved it--she got hot pink polish on her fingernails and I have NEVER seen her sit so still! As long as she thinks her nails are wet, she won't move a muscle. ( I should figure out a way to use that in church!) Whenever Lauren is around, Reese wants to follow her like a shadow. Lauren can't go anywhere without Reese right by her side. While we were waiting our turn at the salon, Lauren had to change Blair's diaper and, naturally, Reese wanted to help. While Lauren was changing Blair, Reese found a way to make her start giggling--her very first time to laugh! When they all came back, we tried to recreate the scene. So darling!
http://lallycakes.blogspot.com/2011/02/she-laughed.html
Reese loved playing with her baby cousins! She loved to talk to them in a high, squeaky voice and tickle them. It was good for her to practice being soft around little ones. One day, after Lindsey and Tessa had gone home, Lauren and I took the little girls to get manicures. Reese loved it--she got hot pink polish on her fingernails and I have NEVER seen her sit so still! As long as she thinks her nails are wet, she won't move a muscle. ( I should figure out a way to use that in church!) Whenever Lauren is around, Reese wants to follow her like a shadow. Lauren can't go anywhere without Reese right by her side. While we were waiting our turn at the salon, Lauren had to change Blair's diaper and, naturally, Reese wanted to help. While Lauren was changing Blair, Reese found a way to make her start giggling--her very first time to laugh! When they all came back, we tried to recreate the scene. So darling!
http://lallycakes.blogspot.com/2011/02/she-laughed.html
Monday, January 10, 2011
beach getaway
What better time to reminisce about a fun beach trip than when you are stuck inside because of cold, icy weather? (That and I have some serious blog catching up to do!) Montgomery was supposed to get hit with some nasty weather last night and today. Schools were canceled on Saturday in anticipation of the Sunday night storm! The storm must have mostly missed us down here because while Tupelo, MS and Atlanta, GA got a few inches of snow, those of us in Montgomery just woke up to icy windshields. But, hey, I'm not complaining--my husband got the day off!
We went to a friend's house in Florida for conference weekend back in October and it was the perfect mini-getaway! The drive down wasn't too bad...except after it was dark, we ended up on this 50-mile stretch of road that was completely pitch black and there was a sign that had a picture of a bear on it. No joke. It was a little bit hard for me to relax after that. But we made it to the house in one piece. The weather that weekend was absolutely gorgeous and perfectly warm. This was the view from the house.
Paradise! I could have stayed there forever!
And there were dolphins swimming back and forth the entire weekend. It was amazing to watch! We even saw a few jump way out of the water, which made it feel like we were in an even more exotic location!
Michael and Reese did some fishing...
...and built sand castles and went swimming in the ocean...
...and played with friends in the sand. What could be better?
It was the perfect weekend and right now I am wishing that we could go back. Down with January blues!
We went to a friend's house in Florida for conference weekend back in October and it was the perfect mini-getaway! The drive down wasn't too bad...except after it was dark, we ended up on this 50-mile stretch of road that was completely pitch black and there was a sign that had a picture of a bear on it. No joke. It was a little bit hard for me to relax after that. But we made it to the house in one piece. The weather that weekend was absolutely gorgeous and perfectly warm. This was the view from the house.
Paradise! I could have stayed there forever!
And there were dolphins swimming back and forth the entire weekend. It was amazing to watch! We even saw a few jump way out of the water, which made it feel like we were in an even more exotic location!
Michael and Reese did some fishing...
...and built sand castles and went swimming in the ocean...
...and played with friends in the sand. What could be better?
It was the perfect weekend and right now I am wishing that we could go back. Down with January blues!
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Alabama State Fair
Michael and I took Reese to the Alabama State Fair when it passed through Montgomery and it was a blast! Reese loved all the rides and it was so fun to watch her on them. Every time she went around she would wave to me and squeal as if she has never had more fun in her life! Hilarious.
(of course she picked the pink horse)
Yes, that is Reese squealing every time she goes around--I could not stop laughing at her! Oh, to be two and at your very first fair!
Reese was a real trooper--I made her pose on every single ride!
It was hilarious to watch Reese in the bumper boats! It looks like she is in the tank alone, but I promise there were other kids (it's just that the rest of my pictures from this ride were blurry). I think the boats must have been a little tricky to control because the kids couldn't move on their own unless the ride worker gave them a push. One poor kid got stuck going around and around in circles and started balling. Once Reese realized that she could stick her hand in the water, she quit even trying to steer and just started splashing around.
(I mean, is this kid having fun, or what?!)
We got Reese and ice cream cone with rainbow sprinkles, which she thought was the best thing ever! (until it started melting and Michael started eating the cone...that did not go over well) I finally got to try a deep fried candy bar (I have wanted to for years!) and it was yummy. I thought the outside would be a little bit crisper, but it basically tasted like a funnel cake with gooey chocolate inside. How bad can that be?
And the night ended with a performance by Blake Shelton. Not a bad get for Montgomery, AL, eh? I can't wait to go again next year!
(of course she picked the pink horse)
Yes, that is Reese squealing every time she goes around--I could not stop laughing at her! Oh, to be two and at your very first fair!
Reese was a real trooper--I made her pose on every single ride!
It was hilarious to watch Reese in the bumper boats! It looks like she is in the tank alone, but I promise there were other kids (it's just that the rest of my pictures from this ride were blurry). I think the boats must have been a little tricky to control because the kids couldn't move on their own unless the ride worker gave them a push. One poor kid got stuck going around and around in circles and started balling. Once Reese realized that she could stick her hand in the water, she quit even trying to steer and just started splashing around.
(I mean, is this kid having fun, or what?!)
And the night ended with a performance by Blake Shelton. Not a bad get for Montgomery, AL, eh? I can't wait to go again next year!
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Columbus Zoo
Reese and I went to Ohio a while ago to visit Tessa and Duffy while my parents were also visiting. It was such a fun week! We ate yummy food, shopped a little bit, visited my grandparents in Zanesville (whom Reese met and charmed for the first time!) and went to the Columbus Zoo. Reese and I drove the 9 hour drive alone and she was a champ! It was such an easy drive that I'm wondering why we haven't gone more often!
Once everyone was present and accounted for, we went to Graeters...home of the most delicious ice cream in the world!
One of the highlights of the trip was our visit to the Columbus Zoo! We started our visit with an animal show created for the Columbus Zoo with incredible antics of nearly 100 exotic, barnyard and domestic animals including many cats and dogs adopted from local shelters. It was hysterical and Reese was giggling the entire time.
The kangaroo is pumping up the Jeep tires so that Jungle Jack can make it to the Into the Wild shoot on time.
After the show, the trainers brought some of the animals out to meet the audience. Reese got brave and went to make friends with the talent!
These cute little larakeets would eat/drink right out of the little cup in your hands! They may or may not have mistaken the skin on my hand for the yummy juice in the cup, which wouldn't have been that bad--it didn't really hurt--but it did scare me, so I screamed, flinched and dropped the juice, which freaked Reese out and she started balling. That was one rule--you were supposed to use calm, soft voices in the bird cage. Oopsies.
This baby elephant, Bohdi, pushed its blue toy around the whole time we were there and Reese thought it was the funniest thing!
The keeper had some apple pieces for us to feed the rhino. As soon as she could smell it, she came right over and stayed until all the food was gone.
The trainer was pretty impressed that Reese--a two-year-old--was more brave around the rhino than his six-year-old son. She had no fear!
another shot of Bohdi playing on the way out
The Columbus Zoo takes in manatees rescued from the wild and cares for them until they are healthy enough to be released back into the wild.
Kinda hard to tell from this picture, but Reese was throwing heads of romaine lettuce to feed the Manatees. The manatees became Reese's special friends because she was able to feed them. She got a stuffed manatee in the gift shop and has wanted to sleep with it every night since! (Also, it looks like she is really close to the edge, but not to worry, I had a death grip on her--there was no way she was going in without taking me with her.)
We were pretty lucky to see this koala awake--apparently they sleep between 18-22 hours each day!
This porcupine-looking animal was in the same habitat as the koala. It's not actually a porcupine, or even in the same family, oddly enough; but for the life of me, I cannot remember it's name! He liked to bury himself under some wood chips, but we got him to come out for a quick peek.
We got to see the polar bears right at feeding time. The polar bears saw the keepers coming over with some fish and some fruity ice pops and when the keepers started to throw them in, the polar bears dove in so gracefully. It was pretty unbelievable. There was also a place under the water that you could go to see a view from below. That had to have been one of my favorite things to see!
I took this picture of Reese in the garden at my grandparents house. She is such a ham. It was so nice to see them and to introduce them to Reese.
It was a blast to spend the whole week with Tessa and Duffy and my parents. Reese LOVED playing with Tessa's dog Harper and had a blast taking him to the doggie park...but she needs to work on respecting dogs that are bigger than her before I let her go back...to the doggie park, that is. Tessa and Duffy were such gracious hosts and I can't wait to go back!
This picture pretty much sums up the week.
Once everyone was present and accounted for, we went to Graeters...home of the most delicious ice cream in the world!One of the highlights of the trip was our visit to the Columbus Zoo! We started our visit with an animal show created for the Columbus Zoo with incredible antics of nearly 100 exotic, barnyard and domestic animals including many cats and dogs adopted from local shelters. It was hysterical and Reese was giggling the entire time.
The kangaroo is pumping up the Jeep tires so that Jungle Jack can make it to the Into the Wild shoot on time.
After the show, the trainers brought some of the animals out to meet the audience. Reese got brave and went to make friends with the talent!
These cute little larakeets would eat/drink right out of the little cup in your hands! They may or may not have mistaken the skin on my hand for the yummy juice in the cup, which wouldn't have been that bad--it didn't really hurt--but it did scare me, so I screamed, flinched and dropped the juice, which freaked Reese out and she started balling. That was one rule--you were supposed to use calm, soft voices in the bird cage. Oopsies.
This baby elephant, Bohdi, pushed its blue toy around the whole time we were there and Reese thought it was the funniest thing!
The keeper had some apple pieces for us to feed the rhino. As soon as she could smell it, she came right over and stayed until all the food was gone.
The trainer was pretty impressed that Reese--a two-year-old--was more brave around the rhino than his six-year-old son. She had no fear!
another shot of Bohdi playing on the way out
The Columbus Zoo takes in manatees rescued from the wild and cares for them until they are healthy enough to be released back into the wild.
Kinda hard to tell from this picture, but Reese was throwing heads of romaine lettuce to feed the Manatees. The manatees became Reese's special friends because she was able to feed them. She got a stuffed manatee in the gift shop and has wanted to sleep with it every night since! (Also, it looks like she is really close to the edge, but not to worry, I had a death grip on her--there was no way she was going in without taking me with her.)
We were pretty lucky to see this koala awake--apparently they sleep between 18-22 hours each day!
This porcupine-looking animal was in the same habitat as the koala. It's not actually a porcupine, or even in the same family, oddly enough; but for the life of me, I cannot remember it's name! He liked to bury himself under some wood chips, but we got him to come out for a quick peek.
We got to see the polar bears right at feeding time. The polar bears saw the keepers coming over with some fish and some fruity ice pops and when the keepers started to throw them in, the polar bears dove in so gracefully. It was pretty unbelievable. There was also a place under the water that you could go to see a view from below. That had to have been one of my favorite things to see!
I took this picture of Reese in the garden at my grandparents house. She is such a ham. It was so nice to see them and to introduce them to Reese.It was a blast to spend the whole week with Tessa and Duffy and my parents. Reese LOVED playing with Tessa's dog Harper and had a blast taking him to the doggie park...but she needs to work on respecting dogs that are bigger than her before I let her go back...to the doggie park, that is. Tessa and Duffy were such gracious hosts and I can't wait to go back!
This picture pretty much sums up the week.
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