Cold Weather Blues

This morning when Brady and I went out to the car he said,
"It is cold mommy!! Turn the heater on. Why is it so cold?

I said, "because it is that time of year, it is almost winter and it gets cold outside"

Brady : "Oh no! I don't want it be winter. I don't want ice to grow on my teeth!

Morning Funny

This morning driving to school I asked Brady, "Are you proud of mommy? I'm doing so good not smoking." Brady said, "Yes, but you aren't driving that well." LOL.

Girls Day

Ally and I had our first girls only day when she was 6, a few months after I met her. We got her ears pierced, drove around with the top down singing along to"Girls just wanna have fun", bought clothes, jewelery, went to the movies, and went out to eat. We've had girls days since then, but I don't think we'll ever beat that first one.
This year we planned a pre-middle school shopping spree. We set aside money and she got to buy a lot of clothes (and shoes). We had so much fun at the mall. She is now in the pre teen clothes, which is a lot more fun for her. She has a great sense of style and everything looks great on her! She's so long and slim...and beautiful! We got some really great deals and she got really cute stuff. We also went to On The Border. We started out with their new trio sampler dip which was great! I got tortilla soup and she got a beef enchilada with cheese sauce. It was yummy!
I love that she loves shopping now. My mom and I have had some GREAT times shopping and it is fun to get to share that experience with Ally now too. I don't know that she'll ever want to go to Ross three times a week, but I'm brainwashing her the best that I can! :)

Six Flags- August 2009

I'm way overdue on this blog! Zach and I planned a special mommy and son trip the last week of the summer. He had the option to go to Hurricane Harbor or Six Flags. He chose Six Flags. When I took Ally before, she was really scared of all the roller coasters. Zach said he wouldn't be and we would go on them all. I know he was scared, but he was VERY brave. We went on The Titan right away. He was excited until we got up there, and then he looked a little worried. There were only a few people in line so we got on right away. I forgot how fast and big that thing is. Poor Zach!!! I talked to him and held his hand the entire time. He said he loved it when we got off. But when I asked him if he wanted to go again he sure said no fast! We spent the entire day there and we went on everything but the Superman. It was such a fun time!!We had lunch and Zach got a pink thing (ice cream), a Six flags favorite. I had to go on Splashwater falls (not the current name) to get him to go on the batman. We got drenched!!! Next we went into all the stores trying to find a brush. No such luck! lol Mr. Freeze and Batman were great. Zach loved driving the old timey cars. I remember waiting in line for that forever when I was little. We only had to wait five minutes. It was great that we went on a slow day. We didn't have to wait in lines. I love a lot of the rides, but my favorite is definitely the Titan. Zach really liked the mine train. There were a few others that he said were his favorite, but he didn't want to go on them again. hee hee.
Zach told me that it was the best day ever. :) It was all he talked about for weeks! Brady even knew the names of the rides from hearing the stories.
My dad took me by myself to Six Flags when I was little, and it is one of my favorite childhood memories. I have always LOVED roller coasters and it is always fun to have a special one on one day with your parent. My dad and I went back again, just the two of us when I was in my twenties. That was a great day too! I love my dad!
I don't think Zach likes roller coasters quite as much as I do. I think it is precious that he made such an effort to do something that I love and am proud of him for being SO brave. I do think he had a lot of fun, and am thankful for that special time I had with him. I hope he remembers it always. I will. :)

Baby costume

Brady is so excited for Halloween. We've been talking about what he is going to dress up as for weeks. The other day, we found the cutest dinosaur costume at The Children's place. He tried on the size 2/3 and ran around the store (and outside the store after daddy once) and growled at everyone. Several people told him he was the scariest dinosaur they had ever seen. The costume was a little too small and they didn't have a size four, so the salesperson called several other stores to find a size four. No such luck. I checked online as soon as we got home. They had every size but 4. I searched for other cute dino costumes online, but this one was so much cuter, and a good deal! I called the plano location the following morning as the salesperson was unable to reach them when she tried the night before. Yippee, they had a size four!!! We had them hold it and went straight there to pick it up. :)
A day or so later a party city catalog arrived. Brady looks at the catalog frequently. He wants to them all. The kids undoubtedly thinks that every day should be Halloween. He dresses up frequently, but the dressing up and getting candy is the best. No wonder he's counting down the days.
Today I walked up when he was looking at the catalog, and he was looking at the baby costumes. He told me we need to get a baby costume. I said "why?" He said, "because we are going to get a baby." I said "Do you want a boy or a girl baby?" "Both." He replied. I said, "I don't think daddy wants a baby." He said, "Did he say no?" "Yes," I said. He said, "OK, we won't get a baby." LOL

*I went to the Children's place costume so that I could post a picture of the costume, and now they are all sold out!

Quote of the day

"Mosquitos like me, even though I don't like them. Kinda like that girl in my class."

~Zach Dixon

Quote of the day

My little Brady is sooo sweet. The other day, he looked at me and said:

"You are the prettiest girl ever. And Grandma. I'm going to marry you, then Grandma."

Awwww