thankful for a big brother

Reece is so glad Mariemma can play more with him--I think the feeling is mutual. The past few days have been so beautiful outside--and we had cabin fever really bad. So to the sand box we go. Last summer ME just ate the sand but this year she like to play in it. She has learned to shovel sand and wipe her hands off with her shirt. Reece has really delighted in showing her how to dig in the sand. They played together yesterday for well over an hour just digging together.
Wipe off the sand!

Lunch outside on papa bear's table!

The two of them just working away!

Papa, R really wanted you to see these football guys. He got them for his birthday and totally loves them. He always picks the blue team to be his team.

Is that duck my Valentine?

It really gets to me that you cannot copy and paste in blogger--so I forgot to put the pictures in before I typed the text so that means pictures first and words later!

Reece gave me such a pretty Valentine!Mariemma learned the word duck and quack today!

They were posed together so nicely just seconds before I took the picture

Reece came dangerously close to the water as always.

Mariemma decided to eat more bread--she is a cute little duck!

Happy Valentine's day! Reece has told me several times today Happy Valentine's Day--he is so sweet. Yesterday our friends took Reece to pick out some flowers for me and a stuffed animal for Mariemma. He was so cute when he rang the door bell with flowers for me. We had a fun day today at the zoo and then we feed the duck at the pond by the library. The ducks were a little aggressive so we fed them from the bridge--it seemed safer. Mariemma ate more bread than she gave away. Reece loved playing in the dirt and throwing rocks. We miss our papa valentine! Here are a few pics from the duck adventure.

Another snow day

Snow days mean you have to try different things to keep spirits up. It is so pretty to see snow covering the ground but I have seen enough for this winter! The kids were going crazy so I enterained them with the ipod--ME has the ear buds and Reece has the ipod. They were both quite while I got layered up for the snow adventure!

Mariemma is fifteen months old today and she has seen 5 or 6 snow days! She now knows what snow is and when she sees it she is noticable excited! Do we live in Alabama or New York? I was thankful this snow shower did not stick to the roads so we did get out later in the day. Reece was happy to play snow ball fights over building a snow man. It is rather hard to build a snow man and play defense with Mariemma. I was really gald the kids could only play out in the white stuff for about 20 mins! It is a whole lot of work to get layered up and dry off for just 20 mins of play but we did it. Here are a few pics from our adventure.

Mariemma did not really like it when she landed face down in the snow!

I had to work on teaching Reece to make bigger snow balls--like this one was not going to do any damage!

My snow angle!!!

They both decided to slide down the small hill between us and the neighbors. It was too cute!

Happy snow baby!

The Furman Football Party!

The party was a blast! Reece has been talking about a Furman football party since August and it was finally time on Saturday. The Sanders family has been apart of Furman football for many years so it was not hard to decorate. In fact the only thing I bought were purple and white M&M's, everything else came right out of the tailgate box! Of course Uncle Pete was the star in Reece's mind. Go figure the most treasured gift from the party are airplanes from none other than Uncle Pete.

A dear friend offered to organize the games for the boys and they had a wonderful time. They raced around baseball bases, played flag football, played hockey, and kicked field goals. I am so thankful Reece enjoyed his special day with all his friends. Thanks to everyone who helped me pull it all together.
Reece, Uncle Pete, and Luke

The treasured airplanes. Yes that is Adam's Furman jersey--I found it in the closet and Reece was so excited for me to wear it.

A Furman helmet cake

Baby Truss came to the party while his mom and dad stayed home with new baby sister. I am not sure if he likes sharing the bath tub. I cant believe Truss has enough hair to stand up! Mariemma looks bald compared to him.

Good kick

For sure this was a highlight of the party. The kids did a few warm-ups! Reece had the best push ups of any four year old! You have taught him well papa bear!

The Huddle!