5 year olds

Having

 Two 

 Five

 Year

 Olds

 Is

 So 

 Much

 Fun!

 There's

 Never

 A Dull

Moment!

Tanner's Birthday

We had a long fun weekend. I don't think we could have packed anymore into our Saturday. I'm not commenting on each of the pictures...there are a ton of them I wanted to include. On Saturday we went and rode horses at Oak Hollow farms in Fairhope, went shopping in Fairhope, ate lunch at Fly Creek Cafe, went to the zoo in Gulf Shores, went and rode go carts at the track, went to Bass Pro shop and randomly ran into some friends of ours and then went and ate dinner with them. Ryleigh ended up spending the night with them. Sunday morning we had some special things for Tan like rainbow pancakes (BIG hit!) and a little birthday party at MiMi's. She always cooks whatever we ask for on our birthdays. It's been a great weekend! I hope you've had a wonderful birthday! 

Happy Birthday Tan Man!!

Happy Birthday to Tan Man!!!! I can't believe how fast you are growing up! We love you so much and you bring so much joy to our lives! 

 I wish I would of started doing this when they were younger but I asked Tanner 20 questions last night and I'm going to start doing it every year on their birthdays.

How old are you?  5
Who is your best friend? Austin
What is your favorite thing to do? Play with my lizard, frogs and bugs
What is your favorite color? Yellow
What is your favorite food? Lemon Pie

What do you like to do with your family? catch bugs and ride go carts
What is your favorite toy? remote control cars
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to work at Austal
What makes you happy? riding my 4 wheeler
What makes you sad? No Toys

What's your favorite show to watch? Funniest Home videos
What's your favorite book? A snake book
What do you love to learn about? God
What was the best part of your birthday? going to the zoo and bass pro
Who is your teacher? Mrs. Carter

Where do you like to go? Bass Pro
What is your favorite treat? Bananas and Lemons
What do you think about when you fall asleep? God
If you could meet someone famous who would it be? Tim McGraw
What is your favorite movie? Cars and Cars 2

I hope you have a great birthday Tanner! We are looking forward to a great year! Love you!

Really Ryan?

This is just the week of posting text messages...

Come on Ryan. Galvanized is a boy color. You never hear anyone say that's such a beautiful galvanized colored dress. If the color isn't used to describe colors of clothing then I don't know what it is. It would be like me texting you and saying what about the color periwinkle. I wouldn't expect you to know what the heck that was. (and if you do know I would be a tad bit concerned.) So yes, I think galvanized roof with red sides will look wonderful just like my periwinkle dress.

J E Turner

When Ryleigh first started Turner this year I was dreading it. I knew it wouldn't be the same as ABC and that made me really dread it. I had heard great things about it and I loved the fact that it was a newer school and was really close to our house. Well the first part of the year was hard. Ryleigh's teacher was out on maternity leave the first part of the school year. This meant we had a sub. Granted she is a sub who is a certified teacher but it still just wasn't the same. I'm all about the teacher and connecting with them. I honestly want Ryleigh to be her favorite (which I know sounds selfish but since when do I care :) I just know that teachers have a lot going on and they relate differently to kids whose parents are very hands on. Anyway I say all of that to say that now we are in the 2nd half of the school year and things are going great!! Ry's teacher is back so we are staying much more informed. We have both connected with her and have a great relationship. (I'm not sure if Ry's her favorite though...is she Mrs. Cooper?? lol!)

A few weeks ago they celebrated 100 days of school. They were 100 days smarter! Each child was asked to bring 100 of something in (pasta, candy, buttons...) we took in 100 pennies. Of course Ryan wanted me to send 100 quarters and then let Mrs. Cooper use the money to buy the whole class snack the next day. He's insane.

Ryleigh also was selected as the Star Student for the month of January. They had a little awards ceremony for them and we were all very excited!

I wasn't able to go to the ceremony but it was on a Friday at 9 am. Ryan went so guess who got out of school at 9:30 on that Friday...the two of them together is TROUBLE!

They are also taking accelerated reading test at school now. They have to get a book from the library and bring it home. Once they've read the book 3-4 times they take a test on it in the library. So far Ry has had 4 test and she has 4 100's!!! We are very proud of her for that! She is also in the Blue reading group. (My friend Allyson, who's a teacher, told me that was the highest level.) I'm so exited with how well she's doing in school.

Ryleigh Claire, we are so proud of you!!!!