Year in Review--2011

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in.
A pessimist stays up to make sure the Old Year leaves.

I think I fall somewhere in the middle...except I can't ever stay up until midnight.
We really like to live it up on New Year's Eve. The last MANY years have been spent watching the ball drop with Dick Clark. The only difference is he's in Times Square and we're on the couch. Really exciting I KNOW! Sometimes we even stay up until like 11:00..because we are just.that.cool! :)
This year some friends are trying to cramp our style by inviting us to their house.
Perhaps we'll be adventurous and stop by for a bit. Could I sound any more thrilling??

What sticks out for you in 2011?
For me it's been the weather:
*We experienced record breaking everything...a tornado on New Year's Eve last year, 24inches of snow, flooding, and record breaking temperatures (hot and cold).
*The mini started kindergarten. I can not enough how great his teacher has been for us. She relived my anxieties about the whole thing by the first day. He's ready for winter break to be over so he can go back to school. He loves learning which has been great for us!
*The kids became Imagination Mover groupies. They watch them on TV daily and we saw them live twice.
*The mini played on his first t'ball team and the Wild Thing participated in a weekly play group at the Little Gym.
*Both kids participated in swimming lessons at the swim ranch.
*we had several sets of friends move to the area...made our year!
*We enjoyed time spent with our families.

I don't typically make New Year's resolutions, but this year I decided to challenge myself to organize 30 drawers in 30 days and so far I'M ROCKING IT!! My kitchen is almost done and the playroom has been "containerized and labelized".
The guest bedroom is next and if I'm still going strong then my closet is on the list after that. I love getting ideas from pinterest. How about you? Do you make any new year's resolutions?

Polar Express

We went with some friends to Branson last weekend and boarded the Polar Express.


The Wild Thing was the most excited to see Santa. He cut him off in the aisle and started jumping up and down with a huge smile on his face. It was the cutest thing ever!! We stayed at the Big Cedar Lodge which was really fun once I got past all the dead animals mounted to the walls. The raccoon mounted to the entertainment center freaked me out a bit. Ours rooms were next to each other so after the kids went to bed we were able to hang out and play cards. It was a fun weekend AND I was able to get this Christmas money shot of the minis!! My new favorite picture:

Merry Christmas!!

My Baby Turned THREE....

I sometimes wonder if my blog followers have slowly trickled away with so my not so entertaining posts that have become few and far between...sigh.


Well my baby turned three and all the "greats" were there along with a few friends and family.

I have to admit..this was my favorite birthday party so far! We celebrated with a Polar Express theme. It's one of the Wild Thing's favorite movies. He watches it year round so it was fitting. We had a hot cocoa bar complete with candy, chocolate shavings, marshmellows, chocolate covered spoons, red hots, and peppermints. YUM!
The kids enjoyed decorating train cakes with candy, playing with trains, and watching the Polar Express.



Santa stopped by at the end to hand out party favors, pose for pictures, and listen to those last minute requests. The party favors were train whistles, magic reindeer food (oatmeal and glitter), and a bell of course.




I can't believe he's three!
Now I'm going to go fight back the ugly cry!

Oh Lord It's Hard to be Humble..

When You're an Arkansas Razorback Fan...GO HOGS!
What a season! We're ranked 3rd and lost only to Alabama and LSU. It was such a fun season for us because we set up the first of our annual tailgate complete with tents, a tv, great food, friends, and family. I enjoyed being the interior decorator and adding new stuff each week. :) The Grandparents took turns taking care of the kids so they could get naps.
It's very important to be rested when calling the HOGS!






The blog posts have been few and far between lately, but most of our weekends for the past few months have been scheduled around Razorback football. For the most part we had beautiful tailgating weather. One game day brought a torrential down pour and strong winds on another, but it was still fun watching the HOGS WIN, WIN, WIN and I'm looking forward to growing our tailgate and continuing our tradition next year.
GO HOGS!