Look Who's Here!

this past weekend, we had some special stuff planned! i had told the kids a few weeks back that mommom and poppop were coming to visit, but they sort of forgot about it and i didn't bring it up again. so when they pulled up in front of the house on friday night, the kids were pumped. it was right when roman recognized mommom getting out of the car that he remembered i had told him about their visit. gianna, of course, didn't remember, but went sprinting for mommom and didn't let go the whole weekend.

it was a great weekend for a visit. i thought that mommom could watch gianna at ballet class, but gianna had a different idea. she went into the class, but it wasn't long before she broke down crying. this has happened once before, and really, there is no going back. it's only a half hour and she ruins the rest of the time for the other girls by crying the whole time. so, we headed back home.

it was also opening day for baseball! luckily, this year, there wasn't the big parade onto the field, so we just got to show up at gametime and cheer on the boys.

the boys, anxiously awaiting their turn on the field.

alright bulls, let's have fun and play ball!

cousin chase is up at bat, roman on deck. poppop was giving advice through the fence...

this was a swing and a miss, but a good swing.

yes, we are just sitting like a lady with our green apple over here. i bet this was the longest she sat down. she was all over the place, this one!

it was a bit chilly, but the sun was shining and there were no bugs, so i call that a win!

colella boys with a win on the first game!

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holly gave me this bracelet at the game. her sister made it and holly has one that has chase's initials on it. isn't that just the sweetest? i love it!

the kids had fun decorating easter cookies. this was a bit reminiscent of a gingerbread house, with inedible edible cookies and sugary icing and rock hard candies. but, the kiddos enjoyed it!

like i said, these two were inseparable. they were always side by side, snuggling and cuddling.

nice pic with the grandparents...

goofy kids...

roman started hiking his pants up and acting silly. he would stroll out of gianna's room with a serious look on his face, but then he couldn't hold it. he would bust up laughing! which in turn, had us cracking up too!

see....he can't keep a straight face!

mr. eyebrows...

then, gianna saw what a reaction roman was getting and she wanted in on that action too.

ta da!!!

look at me, look at me!!

stuck like glue, these two!

 

then, gianna took our picture.

selfie with mommom!

gianna took this too!

silly mommom took my glasses by accident when she already had hers too. don't get greedy with the glasses mommom!

story time for mommom and gianna as roman reads them a book.

and just like that, they were gone. we had a lot of fun, ate a lot of food and gave good hugs and snuggles. we hope you'll come back soon!!

 

A Weekly Wrap-up

last weekend, gianna had her friend emma over to play after ballet class. surprise, surprise, they played dress up! and found some fun things in g's toybox too!

we went out to dinner...someone dressed as a cheerleader and looked super cute in her poppa's hat.

these two were snuggling on one side of the booth...

...while these two were being goofballs on the other side!

i think we have our holidays mixed up here. it was st. patrick's day and roman was allowed to wear his favorite green shirt. but, he's looking more like a bunny...silly boy!

i love this picture. he's all sweaty, her hair is a rat's nest, but it's sunny and momma had snacks in the car, so they were happy happy happy!

love this crazy silly boy of mine!

gianna and momma had a date at the movies to see cinderella. i worried that it would be over her head because it wasn't a cartoon, but she didn't do too bad (although it was a bit beyond her). i mean, when momma promises popcorn, you go, right?

a little sunday morning grocery shopping after church...

the kids were keeping themselves occupied taking pictures of themselves!!

how cute are these two?

 

 

Weekend Warriors

this past weekend was fun in an unplanned kind of way.

on friday night, we made an impromptu bowling alley visit and it was a lot of fun. this was the first time that everybody bowled independently and that was quite a milestone for us.

look at him fling that ball down the lane!

roman would push gianna's little helper out to the lane for her and she would carry her own ball to it. and, of course, who doesn't wear their fairy wings to the bowling alley?

on saturday after dance class, gianna and momma and miss kelly went to charleston to visit miss allie and adeline. because mr. jason was out of town and miss allie's mom was there, we ended up spending the night and having an all girls night. so fun.

when we returned on sunday, we rested a bit and then headed outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. roman is getting ready for opening day soon, so he did a little batting and fielding practice.

 

poppa planted some new flowers out front and the kiddos are really enjoying taking care of them.

does anyone else see management in his future?

so, that's what our weekend was like. we are already looking forward to next weekend!

 

Celebrating

it seems like we always have something to celebrate around here!

my birthday was a couple weeks ago, but we had a nice evening together, and that is my favorite way to celebrate.

the boys seemed to be lighting a small bonfire with all my candles...

roman shaped them into my age. can you see it? i hope not!

and then, we got to have some treats!

my chocolate boy

my vanilla girl!

and sometimes we don't even need a reason to celebrate, we just get to eat ice cream on the couch

roman had president's day off of school and had his buddies over. they went to sonic on the golf cart. lucky!

she LOVES this dress from mimi and puts it on any chance she gets!

gianna dressed up her doll in her halloween outfit and they pretended to take her trick or treating.

celebrating the last game of the season, undefeated, baby!

this group of boys are so fun!

i love walking in and seeing my kiddos like this.

we even got to celebrate our friend adeline's baptism with miss allie and mr. jason. gianna sure does love her miss allie!

celebrating learning to spit! woo hoo!

this past weekend, we traveled to sumter, sc to watch macee and her teammates play in the state championship game and guess what? they won! to add the cherry on top of that...mimi flew down just to watch the game! what a great day!

who doesn't love a popsicle in the tub?

monday was dr. suess's birthday and roman got to wear a dr. suess shirt to school. since he knows that thing 1 and 2 always come and wreak havoc, he wanted to get in on the fun and be thing 3. but, they don't really make those shirts, so we made our own! he was so proud!

and when roman asked for pancakes, of course, i had to add a dr. suess flair to them and made a couple of hats, green eggs and a thing 1 flapjack. too fun!