Archive for April, 2009

“TA-DA!”

Never mind the wrong foot shoes, sticky hair, one arm, inside out and backward bubble…she dressed herself!

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Little Miss is obsessed with dressing herself these days.  She is very opinionated about what she wants to wear and puts up a good fight if you at least suggest another option.  (Sounds familiar….will it ever end?)  She is pretty good at finding arm holes and can throw on a dress in no time.  Shoes are always on the wrong foot, but she always pairs them correctly.  The “Flick-Flocks” in the above photo are her latest obsession.  Who would have known?  Of all of the cute sandals and summer shoes I’ve bought her lately, a $1 pair of rubber flip flops are her favorite.

Does life get any better…

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…than a girls weekend at the beach…

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…making new friends for the summer…

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….and eating sandy Cheetos?

A whole week at Mimi and BaPa’s!!!

The girls gardened, painted, shopped, beached, museumed, stayed up way too late, ate candy and chicken nuggets and macaroni all week, played in the mud, played on playgrounds, played with neighborhood kids, read lots of books in makeshift tents, lost paci’s, found paci’s, laughed hard, played hard and got lots and lots of Mimi and Bapa kisses!

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Easter Sunday

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Nothing like a green Peep for breakfast to jump start the day!

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Mary Clare did not want big sister in the photo!

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After church, we headed to Grandmother’s house for more candy, more eggs, and lots of family!!

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NaNa, Aunt Liz and Mary Clare

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Mel with NaNa

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Mary Clare did NOT want to share the piano with Reese and McCanless

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Later on we went to Nonnie’s for dinner and for the annual, yet dangerous, big kid money egg hunt!

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More candy, more eggs, more family!!

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William and Mary Clare

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The hunt…

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Mel piling on top of  Kacy, Kate and Alston in a closet after one of them spotted an egg and all dove for it.  It gets brutal.

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McCanless has her very own egg hunt,  a much less rowdy one.

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MC in KC’s pink heels


The Five Second Egg Hunt at THA

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One…

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Two…

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Three…

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Four…

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Five…

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McCanless found the golden egg!

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WHEW!

We are here .  We are well.  Spring Break 2009 was fantastic!  We are tired.   I will post all about it when I finish unpacking my car and scraping Easter candy and chocolate from floorboards, carseats, dashboard, windows,etc..  (I had to give the girls something to keep them occupied for a four hour car trip to see Mimi and Bapa!)

The Heart Ball was a huge success!!

The 2009 Pee Dee Heart Ball was a huge success and I just have to say that I am so proud of both my sweet heart baby and my non-stop hubby!  Mel was a co-chair of the ball this year, and it was one of the best I’ve been to.  (Of course, I may be a bit biased!)  Mimi and Bapa and Nonnie and Bubba also joined us for a very special night.

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Daddy looking dapper at a little pre-Heart Ball gathering we hosted at the Midnight Rooster here in Hartsville.

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Nonnie took this just after a video of Mary Clare was played on three huge screens in the ball room.

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The band was blasting, so of course, Mary Clare hit the dance floor!  After the live auction, the open gift bidding began…it didn’t take long for her to steal the hearts of the entire room…and raise lots of $$!

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Everyone wanted to dance with Mary Clare, even total strangers fell in love with her!  (above)

Mary Clare danced the night away and helped raise more money than the American Heart Association has ever raised at the Pee Dee Heart Ball!!  She didn’t slow down the entire night!  (82 oxygen saturation levels..so what?!)  We didn’t make it home until 11:30 p.m., and she didn’t even fall asleep on the car ride home!  She had so much fun!  We are so very proud of her and love showing her off!  She is certainly our little heart miracle!

Here comes Peter Cottontail…

Virginia Anne invited us to her annual egg hunt again this year, which means kids, cupcakes and colored eggs galore!  As usual, McCanless wasn’t the least bit interested in egg hunting, so we came home egg-less, but we had a great time!  Now we are ready for the Easter Bunny to visit this weekend!

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Anne Frances and Mary Clare are best buds!

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Reese, Mary Clare, Carver, McCanless, Anne Frances and Katie

There were a ton of kiddos at the egg hunt, however, this is the crew that followed big kid, McCanless, to the front yard to hang out around the front door.

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Sweet Reese, always hugging and loving on Mary Clare!

Quiz for the day…

Last Thursday after Mel left for Atlanta, I found a drawing to him from McCanless on the rug in front of the door. The outside cover read…

Plezgedit PlezOpn Doown

On the inside, McCanless had drawn an elaborate orange and pink landscape with a hill, half sun and grass. (A sunset, she later explained to me.) It read…

SuneDa 200 in 9 DAD

I (heart) U

McCanless (In her signature dot letters)

Figure that one out! I got it rather quickly. It took Mel a while.

Translation…

Please get it. Please open. Down. (As in look down.)

Sunny Day 2009 Dad

I love you,

McCanless