Daddy, I think you are sick

Last Friday night Finley insisted on 'checking out daddy'. He may have been overly full due to the delicious cheese ravioli I had just made for dinner and he was not moving on the couch. Finley said to me, "momma, I think daddy is sick." I said, "Hmmm,, ya think so?" Well a few minutes later I came around the corner to this...

She was carefully checking his temperature... 

His feet and knees...

and his heart rate. 

Such fun moments in the Morris house. be.still.my.heart. I love this kid.

The playscape update

Even though it wasn't complete in this picture. I thought I should share the excitement in her voice as she slides down her slide for the very first time! 

This makes my heart melt! The sound of kids laughter! 

Fun filled weekend

Two weekends ago, I took the girls on a 3 hour car ride to visit one of Finley's first childhood friends for the weekend. Jeremy was working both weekend days so I used both fire stations as potty breaks to and from. Saying the girls were excited to see one another was an understatement. 

They fished together like two peas in a pod!

Landry was happy to be outside in the fresh August air, which happened to have a nice breeze!

And then the most EXCITING thing happened!

Yup! It has gotten much better since that day. She says 'momma' ALL.THE.TIME. - And I couldn't be happier. 

The big girls caught fish and played outside some more. 

And even momma did some fishing with Finley's pink fishing pole. 

We spent some time at the playground before dinner.

I tell you... these girls love each other so much! It makes me teary-eyed knowing we are 3 hours from them. Avery's mom and I have made a deal that we promise to visit as often as we can. 

This was right after lunch at the 'Putter's Parlor'

Until next time...

Fun Day Thursday

About a month ago, we found out that Finley's FIRST childhood friend will be moving to Huntsville. (About 3 hours from Austin) Short story - Finley and Avery go to an 'at home' daycare along with a few others. There are 5 total 'little' ones. Finley and Avery have been there since Day 1 together so they are total BFF's. So when Ms. Stacey text me and asked if I was interested in picking up Avery from school that day I jumped (literally) at the chance! 

Here they are all loaded in the car headed to our house.

I called J on the way home and told him I was bringing Avery home with  us for a few hours his reply was "Ah, what's another girl? Bring her on!" When we arrived they both wanted to sit in his lap. It was the cutest.thing.ever.

They crashed the John Deere into the garage.

Then they got thirsty. So they sat and cooled off in front of the fan J put out.

I  knew I wouldn't have time to cook, so we made a pit stop on the way home and got pizza! After dinner, I bathed ALL 3 girls, washed hair and got their jammies on.

They sat in my bed and watched a few minutes of cartoons until Mrs. Stacey arrived! We Finley had such a great time. I hope we get to do it again before she leaves. We absolutely love our favorite red head! We are really going to miss her. Stacey and I have promised ourselves that we will try our best to meet halfway throughout the year so the girls can have play dates together.

World of Fantasy - Disney on Ice

On Thursday, Finley and I had our first 'Disney on Ice Date'. We went with a girlfriend of mine and her daughter. Finley and Avery go to the sitter together. Being a school night, they did surprisingly well. We first stopped at Chic-fil-A for a quit bite to eat and then it was off the Ice Show.

On our way to pick up our friends

Finley and her BFF 

Getting ready for the show to start. I may have been a little more excited than her! 

There was Mickey Mouse and Friends...

And To-Mater...

from the movie 'Cars'

and then there was 'The Little Mermaid' and 'Tinkerbell'

Group photo during intermission

Then finally 'Toy Story 3'

This photo really looks like Avery is asleep, but she wasn't. Finley was telling her to say 'cheese'

Over all, SUPER GREAT show and we CANNOT wait to do it again next year. If you haven't been to a Disney Ice show, it is a MUST. This would be momma's best date yet! Daddy was nice enough to watch Landry while Finley and I could go out and it was a perfect day!