party like a princess

ellis went to a birthday party this weekend where she met "the real" cinderella. it was actually my friend's 16 year old cousin who dressed the part. it was so cute though...ellis totally bought into it. but not before asking me if she was the real cinderella :) after getting confirmation from me, ellis asked if she could go talk to the real cinderella. sure thing. so she chatted her up...asking where her mean step sisters were and things of that nature. what really impressed ellis was that the real cinderella (she adds "the real" to it every time) knew her name. that was big.

here she is before the party...it wasn't a dress up party but you know ellis has to have a little fun :)
a close up...how cute is her flower pin? that and the bracelets...crewcuts :)

and after the party...sleeping beauty tatoo? check.

princess hat? check.
and princess cape! check. that was the party favor!! how cute right?? the mom got them on etsy...love it!

we went to a spider b-day party 2 weekends ago...ellis did pretty good given the fact that she hates bugs or anything that comes close. this coming weekend one of her girlfriends is having a dinosaur party @ the museum of natural science. all ellis wants to know is if the dinosaurs will be real and why a girl would want them at her birthday party when "those are for boys"...

status update: major

we took maj to the emergency room on saturday afternoon. ok, not "we" exactly...brandon actually took him while i stayed with the kids. our regular vet had closed @ noon. damn. 5...yes, FIVE hours after his arrival to the ER (in the heart of white trash humble), brandon had a diagnosis...and an invite to a fish fry taking place at a nearby trailer park- dwayne & denise's son was being released from prison. this ain't no joke. he made lifelong friends with the people in the waiting room that day...he had to witness many of his peeps lose their family pet :( at one point, many hours into it, he got a room...only to be kicked out 20 seconds later...hit and run...bad abdominal injuries. the good news was that the neighbors got a good description of the "mexicans" that hit him...and they were going looking for them that night. wow. after hearing all of this, bebe has decided she might start spending her saturdays at the animal emergency clinic. it should be a reality show at the very least.

also...this place is banking. you have to pay before they will see your animal. major's treatment was "only" 1K...some people were paying THOUSANDS. craziness...but what choice do you have right? major ended up spending 2 nights there. pancreatitis. IV and a catheder the entire time. i had to go get him this morning before 7 a.m...they are only an after hours facility. come monday, you have to pick your animal up and take him to his regular vet. no problem. i get there @ 6:30...they hand him over to me and say he still has his catheder and IV in so that the vet doesn't have to redo it all. ok...that sounds fine. i still have an hour before the vet opens so i take major home. the kids are still sleeping so i hop in the shower. i get out of the shower and walk into what looks like a crime scene. major is in my bedroom surrounded by a pool of blood...probably 1 ft in diameter. he has undone one end of the IV...so that blood is just pumping out of the tube onto the floor. OMG. i am freaking out...is he going to bleed to death? i have no idea how to fix it so i put a plastic bag around his leg and stick him in my half bath. the kids are now awake. did i mention i don't have a car? 2 kids, a dog that is bleeding to death and no car. i call bebe and say i need you ASAP.

long story short...he is ok now. he spent all day @ the regular vet back on the IV. he seems to be doing well...he has meds and special food. they say dogs that get pancreatitis tend to get it again. let's hope not. i am already thinking about whether i should have a car wash or a bake sale to raise funds for his hospital stay. or maybe ellis could have a lemonade stand??

the boys of summer

yes. beckett had his first haircut. the pictures here pretty much sum it up. he didn't love it. but ellis sure did...she loved watching him in agony...

mama, i can't believe you are letting this happen to me! you can see from this picture just how bad he really did need a cut though :)

still not happy...sucking it up...
almost finished...
the whole thing lasted maybe 3 minutes. he got it cut @ a baseball themed salon...here they are in the "stands"...
he is still upset with me...

a smile :)

baseballs make everything better...

cutie patootie. still has the curls...no worries there!

and i called this post "the boys of summer" because someone else got a summer cut on the same day...poor maj. he really looks like a rat now. beckett is brushing him here...

ellis was like "what happened to major...why is he so little?"

i think he is a little depressed...

the mess

my brother has a friend he lovingly calls "the mess". sometimes i use this little nickname for beckett. it is next to impossible to get as gross as he does on a daily basis. if he has pizza, he takes the slice and rubs it all over his shirt. same goes for everything he eats really. we were eating @ redstone after church today...beckett was a mess, per usual...and it reminded me that i hadn't posted a picture that i took of him a few weeks ago there with my phone. check it out:

i mean, really?

a chocolate chip cookie was to blame for both incidents. everyone just runs from him :) i know a lot of it is his age...but my little ellis was never like this. she has been a VERY clean eater since a very young age. she can have on a white dress and eat spaghetti...spotless. she did have trouble with syrup and pancakes...until recently. a few weeks ago, she told me she was finished with syrup..."she didn't want it getting her jammies dirty anymore". i love it.

beckett is so much like max :)

max & ruby

our favorite cartoon on noggin is Max & Ruby. it is about a little girl and her kid brother who is always getting up in her business...basically the story of ellis' life :) no matter what she is doing, max (beckett) somehow screws it up...but then they always make peace by the end of the show. noggin describes the show on it's website as this:

a half-hour animated comedy series based on the children's books by Rosemary Wells. Each episode centers on Max, a determined three-year-old bunny, and his big sister, Ruby, a smart, goal-oriented seven-year-old. The show offers an empowering message for children by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences in ways that are respectful and supportive.

it is really cute :) and ellis will sometimes call beckett "max"...in the same tone ruby says it when she is upset with him...maaa-aaax...i think bebe started this. if ellis is doing a craft, he is right there...pulling the paper down, reaching for the crayons and putting them in the dog's water. if she has all of her ponies lined up to play, has a tea party set up, or even just watching tv...you can bet beckett will be there to destroy her plan.

there was one max and ruby in particular that hit close to home. max got into ruby's jewerly. oh. my. god. beckett lives for ellis' jewelry box. i have no idea why...maybe it is all the shiny little trinkets??? maybe because he wants to be like his sissy. whatever it is...almost daily he will come out of her room w/ bracelets and necklaces on. and believe me...she doesn't put them on him :)

here are her jewelry boxes...the one on the left is her travel case :) i wonder how many more years of disney princess i am going to have to endure?

just a few of her baubles :) i actually just ordered her some DARLING jewelry from crewcuts. it is all so cute...i can't stand it. i figure if she is going to be such a jewelry nut, she is going to wear cute jewelry. she has a minimum of 3 rings, 2 bracelets and 2 necklaces on lately. and she counts how many rings you have on (including strangers) to make sure she has more.

and PLEASE look at this one. it is a christmas ornament. but she wears it as a dangly bracelet. her obsession with sleeping beauty is getting out of hand.

i am off to the movies...yippee!! and i get to sleep in tomorrow!!! kiddos are w/ bebe and bo. i hope they are good so they are invited back :)

trucks and airplanes

that is what we have been doing. spotting trucks and airplanes. i happen to have the perfect house for it...gosh, that beckett is one lucky kid :) "truck" and "airplane" are two of his favorite words right now. we take a snack out to the front porch, turn the fan on, and wait. it takes maybe 30 seconds before you see an airplane...they are non-stop in fall creek obviously. and for some reason, they are moving an INSANE amount of dirt from one side of fall creek to the other...so there are trucks constantly passing my house. a lot of them...probably 3 per minute all day long. we are the front house so we look out onto the golf course/main street through the neighborhood. beckett would sit out there all day if it weren't for ellis getting tired of his little hobby real quick...

here we are on the front porch...just waiting...

concentrating...

AIRPLANE!!!

mama...i see it!!! "airpane"...

and a "tuck"!! ellis is so over it.

life is good...

a double truck sighting!!!

thrilled...

look @ his gorgeous hair. i know...it is too long. i am taking him in this week for a cut. heartbreaking.

looking a little w.t. here...need to go make that appointment...

take it off :)

neiman market

i told ellis @ breakfast this morning that we were going to the market w/ bebe today.  she said, "oh...neiman market??  perfect...i am going to eat all the pink butter...my favorite!"  

she is referring to neiman marcus :)  and the cafe inside w/ the DELISH bread and strawberry butter.  so funny.  i had to break her heart though.  we are going to the mexican flea market @ 610 and airline...looking for a new beer cooler for the austin house.  neiman marcus it is not!

destin part VI: silbings

when they are sweet to eachother, they are so sweet. when they aren't...lookout. here are a few of the munchkins at happy times...no toys being stolen, no hitting, no screaming.

just the other day, they were in the bathtub...where lots of fights happen to go down. ellis started crying...she said beckett hit her (this is not out of the ordinary)...she then said while crying...very dramatically... "mama, he doesn't like me...he just doesn't want a sister"...it was sad. but funny too.

he will tackle anyone/anything laying on the ground...

ok...they might have fought over this water spout a little...

here was my attempt at a picture of them in front of the ocean...in their coordinating swimsuits. if you will notice, ellis looks perfect in every shot. well, except the ones that she is shielding her face from the sand coming her way. here are a few outtakes...

he picks up sand the second you put him down...double fisting again...

really?

not horrible...if you don't mind the drool...and sand everywhere
this was the best i got :)

thanks again to bebe and bo...we had the best time!!!