Girl Scout Rodeo

Last weekend we went to a little party that the Girl Scouts here had. It was a birthday party for Juliette Gordon Low who founded the Girl Scouts almost 100 years ago. We went to a restaurant just off base called the Crazy Horse Saloon. It was like a country western restaurant with Turkish food-ha! They played American country music, had some old playground equipment and even had horses and stables. After the girls ate and learned some things about Juliette Gordon Low, they all got to go and ride a horse. They all had a blast! I didn't get too many photos of Ruby and Lilly because they were all over the place. In one place one second and you turn around and they were gone. I'd say they were bouncing of the walls but we were outside so there weren't any walls :)



Sadie was so excited to ride the horses. I have never ever seen her this excited/nervous/anxious about anything. She didn't even look like our normal Sadie-Mae. She is usually really skiddish and shy when it comes to things like this. She loves the idea of something but when it comes down to actually doing it she would rather just watch everyone else and not go near the animal. She was just so excited and it showed all over her face. And when she actually rode the horse, she just had such a peaceful, contentedness look on her face. Like it just came so natural to her. She was just so happy.

All the girls had so much fun. It was really a nice afternoon. Now the girls are just trying to convince Daddy to get them some horses to keep :)
-K

A Lunch Date and Lilly Starts Golf

I know I have mentioned this before, but Steven has been working nights for over 9 months now and has had a weird work schedule. It was upsetting everyone, but Lilly most of all. He would have just1 day off at a time and then be sleeping most of the day and up all night, and the day off was usually a week day.
Last Saturday we all had a lunch date at the bowling alley and then Lilly started some golf lessons at the golf club. She loved them, plus it was an hour with just her and Daddy. Steven said she did really well. He said she did get frustrated once though. When she put the tee in the ground she didn't put it in straight, so when the she put the ball on it it kept falling off. Other than that she loved it.
Lilly will go to golf lessons every Saturday for the next 5 weeks for an hour or so. I don't know who is more excited for it, Lilly or Steven. I'm sure that in the next few years she'll be playing golf with Daddy a lot.










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Trick or Treating

The girls started their Halloween festivities at Daddy's work. They got to go trick or treating at the squadron and had a blast. As soon as we got there, Ruby started waving her bucket around and chanting, 'canny, canny, canny'. She was thrilled about the whole process. They had a lot of fun and were excited about all their candy! And where else could you go trick or treating alongside some very large planes! Sadie was Belle, Ruby was Cinderella, and Lilly was Ariel!















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Her Boots Were Made For Walking

Steven and I have always said that Sadie is an old soul trapped in a 3 year old's body. When she started talking, it wasn't a word in baby talk, it was full, structured sentences. She complains about her hip hurting and that she's cranky and grouchy and to just leave her alone for a while. She only wants to wear dresses because boys where pants and boys clothes are ugly. Well this outfit is what happens when Sadie chooses her own outfits. Every time I looked a her "These Boots Were Made For Walking" started playing in my head. This is why we love Sadie-Mae so much!




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Our Week in Instagram Photos

There really isn't way too much going on here, other than everyday life things. On Monday Lilly and I had Daisy's. I usually bring Sadie-Mae with me and Ruby stays with Daddy. Sadie has been really enjoying spending time with the bigger girls. She is so mature for a 3 year old, it's really hard to tell that she's not one of the kindergarteners. She does everything they do and is memorizing the promise just like the others. Lilly is thoroughly enjoying herself. She would have it everyday instead of every other week. I'd be exhausted if it was like that- ha!

 Tuesdays are Story Time days. You know how much we love Story Time around here! Ruby has had such an attitude lately. Even worse than normal. She's been driving me nuts! She has one molar coming in hgvband is trying to do away with naps completely. This day was no exception- I ended up strapping her into the stroller and make sure the straps weren't loose. If they are even just a little loose she can maneuver herself out in seconds.

We got Lilly a new bike this week. She was getting pretty big for the one she had. Girl has grown ridiculously since we went back to the states last November. Every time I turn around she is outgrowing something else. She usually rides her bike to school so it got a lot of usage. I picked her up from school on my bike with Ruby in the trailer. Ruby was ecstatic and we had a nice bike ride home.

Sadie has been pretty interested in taking pictures lately. The only problem is when we let her, she takes a billion random photos of a billion random things. Like the other day, she was taking pictures with my iPod and I caught taking photos of the couch cushions. No exact reason as to why, they were just there. Occasionally I'll try to get her to take a picture of the two of us to distract her for a bit, but the child just makes silly faces and I'll get maybe one or two of her actually smiling. She's such a stinker.

 We started Christmas shopping on Friday. Luckily Sadie's a genius and lacks in the common sense department. You've just got to love the girl. Last year I managed to actually shop for Christmas with her in the cart and she had no idea. At all. This time Steven and I tag teamed to shopping by him actually doing most of it and then I'd go in and give him an opinion/find some stuff to add to the cart. He paid for everything and then asked to leave the cart at the store and he's be back in an hour to pick it up without me or the kids. Best part, Sadie looked in the cart of already paid for gifts and sighed because it was all the stuff she wanted. Poor kid had no clue, but we love her anyway! I swear she's a genius, just without the common sense. She reminds us of Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory. She's hilarious.

That day, Lilly had a half day of school. Steven picked her up and we headed out to lunch at the club. Steven has been working crazy days and then one day off, but he's still working nights so half the day he's sleeping and awake all night. It's been especially hard on Lilly because he usually has a week day off and she's at school. We tried to make the day as fun as we could for her. And don't you just love how Sadie and Ruby are making the same face?

I'm happy that we got most of the kids Christmas shopping done. We need to get each of them a movie for their stockings and a few books for each of them. We have a few ideas for movies and the books will probably be the best of whatever the BX has. And hopefully, God willing, next Christmas we'll be in the states!

And these are just a few more photos from the week. All of them except for the last one are from Monday while we read bedtime stories. The last one is of Sadie when we went to pick up Lilly from school. She's getting to big!

-K

I Heart Faces- Tickled Pink

Lilly and the playground merry-go-round, you can't get more tickled than that!





Check out more tickled pink photos or join the fun at I Heart Faces.

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Kids Say the Darnedest Things & iPod Dump

Whenever someone asks Lilly how old she is she first tells them that she is 5 and that she is in kindergarten. Miss Thang thinks she is seriously hot stuff being in kindergarten. Well, I guess Sadie got tired of just saying that she is 3 and she felt a little left out. So the other day at the commissary, they were asked again how old they are. Here's how it went:
L- I'm five. (puts a hand on her hip) And I'm in kindergarten.
S- Yeah. And I'm 3. And I'm in Story Time.
Got to the love the them! What spunk they have :)


I was on the phone talking to Cindy and Ruby started talking to her Minnie Mouse stuffed animal. She was telling Minnie that she was "cute cute". Then she looked at me and said "Roo Roo cute." I
Me - Ruby's cute?
R- Uh-huh. Momma cute cute.
Me- Mommy's cute too?
R- Uh-huh.
Me- What about Ninny? (That's how she says Cindy.)
R- Ninny cute cute.
Me- Aw! Ninny's cute cute too.
R- More.
Me- More cute?
R- Uh-huh.
Me- Ninny's more cute?
R- Uh-huh.

Sadie has really been into science fiction lately. Yes, I know she's almost 4 but the heart wants what the heart wants, ha! She was watching a show with me and it had a giant bug creature looking for it's babies and it attacked people if it thought it was a threat. Sadie watched it and when it was over, she turns and looks at me and says, "Dat was da scarweiest thing I eber saw in my life!" I tried so hard not to laugh, but I told her again that if it was too scary I would turn it off. She said no because she knew it was fake, it just scared her heart out of her, aka startled her.



Lilly and Sadie were talking to each other in the car and Sadie started telling Lilly to stop saying that because it freaks her out in the head. She often says that when she wants Lilly to stop talking. She then told her to stop saying those "freaking words because they freak me out." We asked her what she was talking about and she meant that they were words that freak her out. NOT trying to use the f-word, thank the Lord, that would have been a whole other story about where she heard and why she can't use the that word.

Since the day we got our cat, Milo, and our dog, Sophie, the girls have been asking for one more cat and one more dog. They want another boy cat and to name him Figueroa because Minnie Mouse has a cat named Figueroa. Sadie told us yesterday that she needed another cat and dog again, and what to name the cat. She took it one step further and told us the dog had to be named Pluto because Mickey Mouse has a dog named Pluto. And that Mickey and Minnie Mouse come together, so the animals came together like that too. Sometimes I think that girl is too smart for her own good.

Lilly may be in kindergarten, but her maturity level is way above that. She'll come home and tell us that someone called her ugly and that wasn't very nice. She's just letting us know what happened and that she knew it wasn't true, because she's beautiful. She just seemed annoyed that kids actually act like that and she has to hear instead of doing something productive. Poor kid has too many years ahead of her to have to listen to foolish things like that. We're just grateful she has such strong head on her shoulders.



Sadie keeps asking when we are going to live in a hotel again, aka moving. But she not only wants to live in a hotel, she wants to live in a hotel near Memaw and Papop. "You know where Memaw and Papop have to drive two cars?" I think she's missing Memaw and Papop!

I was clearing out my ipod pictures and realized I've never shared any of the photos on it. The camera on it is one of my favorite features. These photos are all within the past year. And the ones of Ruby and Steven are some of my all time favorite. These little girls really love their Daddy♥ And yes, those are Starbucks cups in Lilly and Sadie's hands. The best part about this base is that there is a real Starbucks. Not a coffee shop that 'proudly brews Starbucks coffee', but a real Starbucks. It's at the club complex which also happens to house the base barber as well. When Steven stopped shaving his head for a while, we would got and get treats while he got his hair cut :) Those two girls are Starbucks snobs. The are so proud walking around with those cups of warm hot chocolate!

-K