Just like Mom use to make.

I hope this is how it turns out anyways.

(No, this is not what our table looked like!)

After making a Turkey dinner for Clay to surprise him, we ended up having to wait for him to get home from work. I had been sick lately so a yummy dinner was out of the question and the last Turkey breast I had attempted to make burned while we were at church. Clay was in dire need of some GOOD nourishment. Dinner turned out super good. Moist Turkey, perfect buttery potatoes, excellent gravy, and delicious corn (if I do say so myself). Clay didn't get home to late after the girls and I had eaten. WOW, was he excited when he walked in the door to smell Turkey. I'm so lucky, he's easy to please with food.

Clay has been asking me to make this dessert for some time now. Whenever we go out to eat, he always orders this dessert and tells me ALL ABOUT how his mother use to make it. So tonight instead of planning our meal around him (we're just having boring chicken tacos and rice) we decided to plan dessert around him. Maybe he'll even make it home on time to get some! This is that super yummy, super easy, banana pudding wafer stuff. Layer wafers, bananas, pudding, yadda yadda yadda. EASY is the key word. I put cool whip on top with a few crushed up wafers. I can't wait until he gets home. I'm going to win the Wife of the year award, I know it! Hopefully, it's as good as his Mom's if not better!

This is also a HUGE thank you to Clay for letting me go to the TWILIGHT costume party. What a blast! A much needed break from the ho hum's of home life! Had a great time, didn't win a door prize and stayed up way past my bed time. Love you Clay. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!

Turn out the lights.........

The Party's over!Spring break was a bust for us this year. I'm glad we had a whole week to visit doctors and get our bodies healthy and strong so we can return to work and school tomorrow. My poor kids have been so bored. Next year I know it will be better. We're excited to go back to school tomorrow. Anything is better than staying home yet another day! I loved this picture so much I borrowed it from my Aunt Bev. Thanks Aunt Bev!

Hop Scotch

Finally after years of waiting and trying to teach the girls how to play hop scotch. Sydney gets it! In the years before she has gotten how to play but after a couple of hops she would grow bored with the whole hopping part and want to move onto something else. This year is different, she wants to play with me! And for as long as I want too! Yay for me! I love hopscotch. Alex is not to fond of the whole hopping thing but I know that will change one of these years. Until then, Sydney and I will hop to our hearts content!

Chalk drawings

Sick of being cooped up in the house yesterday, we spent a lot of time outside drawing with sidewalk chalk. Here are a few of our favorite drawings of the day. Nana's star on the Dozier walk of fame
I'd like a pot of gold!

Sydney's star on the fame tour

A destination we have always wanted to go to, me and the girls that is.

My star for all the famous meals I make

Alex's self portrait

Alex's star on the star search walk

Now dad will know where to park the car.

And last but not the least famous of all. Daddy's star for all his hard work and love. That's the end of the Dozier famed star tour, exit to the right, don't forget to tip your tour guide!

Spring Break!

Yeah! Finally another break from school. We have been looking forward to Spring Break! I, once again, am sick. Yes I said it, sick again! Vitamins will soon be a daily part of my everyday habits. If that doesn't work it's off to the doctor, because something is REALLY wrong with my immune system. Ok, enough about that. On to Spring Break!!! We had plans to go to phoenix. We may still make it up there before the week is through. I finally made myself get out of bed today and do something with my poor neglected children (sick in bed since Friday, major mommy time withdrawls, my perfect angels even started fighting to get me out of bed. My kids fighting?? What's the heck is going on, time to get up!!!) They're awesome and have been such good nurses.
We decided to draw outside with sidewalk chalk. I love to see their drawings.
Alex's self portrait
Sydney's hip flower

Alex's ice cream cone (sorry forgot to flip the picture before I uploaded)

Mommies attempt at being an artist

Sydney's pterodactyl

Alex's love message to Nana

Sydney's dragon

and her family portrait

What is sidewalk chalk without HOP SCOTCH!

If tomorrow goes as planned we'll be heading to Phoenix to see the new aquarium at the zoo!! We've been looking forward to it since we first heard about it. Dad of course has to work so there will be plenty of pictures to show off. This was a great day!

The softer side of Daddy

I can't imagine what my little girls would be like without their father. I do know this, their jewelry (and mine) would be very Ho Hum without him! I'll try to get to the point of this little happening without writing a book about it! So Sydney came home from school the other day with two friendship bracelets. She announced proudly she was in a girls club and needed to make her friends in the club each a bracelet. She had on two bracelets. She was so excited about them. They weren't really much, just some yarn braided but she loved them! She wanted to make some (5 to be exact) for each member in the club. She asked me if I knew how to make friendship bracelets. I said I use to but didn't know if I could remember how. So on I went making dinner and forgot all about the club.
Next day we went to Alex's parent teacher conference. While I met with the teacher the girls played. Then we went home. This was on a Friday. When we got home Sydney remembered she had taken off her treasured friendship bracelets in Alex's classroom. I told her we could look for them on Monday. Sydney wasn't very happy, she looked so sad. Monday rolls around, I check the classroom. NO bracelets. Talk about crushed! I asked the teacher to keep her eyes open for blue yarn looking bracelets. She said she would. Sydney was sooooo sad. She kept saying she couldn't be in the club now! Poor girl.

Daddy came home from work one day and said he was going to the store for a second. He was going to buy floss to make Sydney a new friendship bracelet. Now, why didn't I think of that?? So off he went, I started dinner and wondered what had gotten into my hubby. He was very excited when he got home. He was going to surprise Sydney. He then got on YOU TUBE and watched some teeney bopper walk him through the steps of how to make a bracelet.

I was off to a meeting at the school shortly after dinner. I was gone a few hours. When I get home Sydney is all smiles and has a brand new bracelet, made by her dad no less. What a happy girl. Dad had totally come to the rescue. I was a little jealous I hadn't thought to make her a new bracelet. I was also wanting a handmade special gift from him too! What a lucky girl. A few days later Alex got a much coveted handmade by daddy friendship bracelet too! Talk about a cool guy! What did mommies bracelet look like you ask?? Hmmm, all he said was, you don't really want one do you??

Well, yes I do want one. How special would a girl feel knowing her husband spent time making her something! My kids are so blessed to have such an amazing dad. The littlest things can make me fall in love with him all over again. It's nice to know that Daddy has a soft spot just for his girls and would do just about anything for them, even make jewelry (we're still working on him letting us paint his toe nails). We love you Daddy!

Just a little side note. The bracelets Sydney's friends had made her were later found by Alex in her classroom. Daddy is now teaching Sydney how to make bracelets for her friends. Go Dad!

Silly Sydney

I know if I don't post these stories they will long be forgotten. Sydney has said a couple of things lately that have just cracked us up. These are mainly for journalings sake so if you don't find them funny......... sorry about that!





Sydney is eight. Sometimes she acts and says things that a teenager would. I'm one of those parents looking forward to the teenage years. My mom was awesome during my teenage years. We had some WILD times, but we both survived. I want to be a fun understanding mom, one that my daughters will actually WANT to talk to me when they grow up! So, on with the story. I was picking on Sydney the other night. I was bugging her while she was trying to watch T.V., I can't recall exactly what I was saying to her but this was what she said back. Now mind you, this is after me picking on her and bugging her for a good ten minutes. She says " So what, you have pink eye! Worry about yourself!" I just laughed. I really can't wait to have a teenager and all the attitude that comes with it. I just wish my EIGHT year old would stop growing up so fast (and get rid of the attitude ASAP!).
Next funny little story happened today. Clay and I had dentist appointments so my mom came up and got the kids from school since it was a half day. So when we were done with our appointments and heading home we had my mom meet is to eat. We decided to eat at Golden Corral. My mom decided to go on home and not eat with us. Our meal was very good but mostly uneventful. Then came dessert. Sydney got a cookie, a small brownie, some mini marshmallows, and some candy corns. As she was sitting down her plate tipped a little spilling a few marshmallows and some candy corns. She bent down to pick them up. I said, "just leave them on the floor Sydney, they're yucky now". She sits in her chair, her eyes get all big and she says" They're good for 30 minutes you know!!!!!" I just busted up! She obviously got the 30 second rule a little mixed up. She left them on the floor but could not stop looking at them, wondering what exactly was so wrong with them that she couldn't eat them. The rest of the day turned out to be pretty normal and not so funny.

Peepers, Homework, and Strawberries!

So as you can see..... Me and my Peepers are back to normal. That also means back to work! I'm loading up on all the immunity building stuff I can get my hands on and hopefully I can stay healthy for the rest of the school year. Alex begged to have Strawberries for our after school snack today. What are strawberries without the yummy fruit dip (cream cheese and marshmallow fluff)? I almost didn't get any pictures because the snack was disappearing so fast. I did get a few good ones though.

Alex taste testing everything to make sure she did a good job mixing. She just wanted to be first to eat I think!

If this is all I have to do to make Alex happy, watch out produce section here I come.

A happy girl after a yummy snack that she got to pick, mix, and eat!

Sydney on the other hand...... had homework. She likes her homework and tends to be a perfectionist. I usually have to tell her to stop erasing, answer the question and move on. She would spend hours on homework if I let her. I also think little girls need some sister playtime so I hurry her along (just a little bit).

Hopefully this is NOT the smile she gave the picture people today at school. Even if she did, I'd probably still buy them. You can never have too many pictures of your kids!

Check the buttons!

Quick Funny Story.....Last night I went into the kitchen to get a glass of ice water. Most of the time, the girls are nominated to get up and get it for me. Sydney is really good at bringing mom and dad a glass of ice water without being asked. Sydney had gotten me my last glass of water so I decided to get up and get it myself this time. I put my cup under the ice dispenser in the door of the fridge and push the button. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. I say "what has happened?"

Clay came in and told me he would look at it. He looked at if for awhile, couldn't figure out what was going on. I went back in to try again. We were stumped. The light would come on but we couldn't get any ice or water! Clay then breaks out his tools and proceeds to take the fridge door apart. I had already called Sears and found out our warranty policy had expired and service plan had too. It would cost over $200 for a new service plan for one year. No thanks!! So we took the door apart, found nothing at all wrong. The girls came in just as we were putting everything back together. I say "It worked fine earlier, what the heck happened?" Sydney pointed to the door and said "Uhhhh, mom!" I was pretty mad so I snapped at her and said "WHAT??" She pushed the UN lock button on the door and everything worked just fine! I felt so dumb! She didn't get yelled at. Instead we had a little lesson right then and there about not touching the buttons on the fridge. You would think we would have had to have this talk earlier. Our kids are 6 and 8 and never before have they pushed any of the buttons on our appliances (hopefully they never will again but if they do, at least we know what to do FIRST). Thank goodness I didn't call the expensive repairman! So always check the buttons first!

For those of you who signed up to play the letter game here are your letters!

Shannon : H

Susan: W

Nora: L

Amy: D

Have fun, I can't wait to see what you come up with!