Sweet little birdie


Justin took this picture at Hatcher Gardens on Friday and I just love it. I love how you can see the food in the bird's beak. Very rarely can I capture a picture of the birds there because I tend to have the kids all underfoot and stomping around making noise so this a rare pic for us.

Hatcher Gardens 01.23.09

We took advantage of the warm(er) weather yesterday and headed out to Hatcher Gardens to give the kids a chance to run off some energy. The kids ran around like the cage door had been left open and had a good time. Plus it was nice to be outside without my feet going numb.

Zachary practicing for next modeling gig. Not really but it looks that way, right? This is a creek bed that is normally flowing with water during the summer.
Alden doing his version of the "funny face."
Eleanor's big leaf
Eleanor and her "baby"


Oh Snowy Day


Today, we woke up to a winter wonderful. Schools were closed and cars were in the ditches- all for 1/2 inch of snow. But not being one to look a snowy gift horse in the mouth, I bundled the kids up at 7:30 am and out we went. This was the first time in snow for the little kids but Zachary has experienced the cold stuff in the past. Alden wasn't much of a fan because it was cold but Eleanor, being the tough cookie that she is, stayed out much longer. Prior to going in, they held a conference and decided that the snow tasted like an Icee and were esctastic about the idea of a yard full of free Icees.

Musket Practice

We took Zachary to Cowpens National Battlefield this weekend for their Anniversary events and he got to line up for kids musket practice. Apparently, he was ahead of the class since he was shooting left-handed. According to the re-enactor dude, soldiers were supposed to shoot left-handed because the gunpowder discharged on the left side of the gun so if you shot right-handed, you would get a face full of pain. Very interesting. Of course, I was totally geeking out over all the history stuff so it has hard to drag me away despite the 40 degrees of coldness going on this weekend.

Four

On this day, four years ago, my sweetest little baby boy was born. It had been a long road to having a second child and this was the baby that we had to wait for- it took us close to 2 years to conceive him and I was beginning to wonder if we would ever have another baby. But then, four years ago, Alden was born and arrived with a firm grip on my heart. The time has passed entirely too too quickly and while I have loved every second of watching him grow into this great little boy, I am so sad that he's not my little baby boy anymore. He is such an amazing little spirt- he is quietly brilliant and so laid back. He is devoted to his DS but still loves to play with his cars. He loves to hug "his" Harper and tries to avoid crazy Eleanor. When cimbs up beside me and says "I yuv you, mommy" I feel like my heart is going to burst- that is until he follows up with "can I play Wii?" Of course, he could probably ask me to rob a bank and I am pretty sure I would at least consider it very seriously. He's a clown, he's rough and tumble when he needs to be, he's a gentle little giant, he's my little Noni. And today he is four.

Up on the Mountain

Zachary has been learning about the Revolutionary War in school and being the good mother that I am (as well as a bit on the nerdy side and happy to finally have someone else excited about visiting state parks and historical monuments with me) decided that we needed to head to Kings Mountain National Park so he could learn more about our local chapter in the history of the War. Actually, we had planned on going to Cowpens Battlefield but found out that they will have re-enactors and all that good nerdy stuff next weekend so look for pics of dudes dresses up with ponytails and old muskets next week. But the Kings Moutain museum is way cool- it has all of these huge cool "trees" that you can walk in with presentations and artwork on various commanders and weaponry and whatnot.



What Eleanor Wore- 01.10.09 edition

It's been a while since we've had a WEW posting but don't think that is because Eleanor has stopped her crazy dressing. It's simply that I haven't taken any pictures of her outfits. Believe me one day, she had 4 differnt shirts- at the same time! But yesterday, when she emerged from her dressing chamber (aka her bedroom), she had on a real combination of clothing.

Look at that pose! I'm going to have to cut her access to celebrity blogs because she is starting to pose like all of the twenty-something starlets. In case, it's not apparent, she's not wearing any pants. She has on a pair of tights from last winter (size 12 months), with a pink and green polka-dot shirt and underneath that is a lavender Tinkerbell shirt. Then she tops it all off with a pair of navy and red shoes with apples. Apples!

Don't Shoot Me, It's Christmas!

As I have mentioned before, Eleanor DOES NOT like having her picture taken. At. All. She will occasionally sit for a pic but that generally involves bribing. And even then, she is usually making a goofy face just to spite me so we now have about 19384 pics of the side of her face or the back of her head as she runs away. Well, Justin, being the wonderful and caring father that he is, thought that we needed some pics of Eleanor in her new Dora pajamas on Christmas morning and the following scene ensued.
And the award for Most Dramatic Overreaction goes to......Eleanor. And lucky(?) for us, this tends to be a daily performance even without the camera. Poor kid. Or maybe, poor Amy.

Christmas Craziness

Wow- I have been really remiss in not posting anything from the holidays, haven't I? I have been battling what turned out to be a Vitamin B12 deficiency (which resulted in some not-so-fun, I-think-my-lips-are-on-fire-and-going-to-explode pain) and Justin was home so we spent the majority of the time after Christmas doing absolutely nothing except sleeping late and playing Mario Kart against each other on the DS and Rock Band on the Wii. And as it turns out, I am not that bad of a singer so look for my new CD to be out sometime in the next year. Hey, I've got to have a backup in case this whole raising my kids gig doesn't work out. But back to Christmas, it was great. The kids were spoiled beyond belief and got so many toys, we are still trying to figure out where to put everything in our tiny little house. It was nice to be home this year and settle since we moved back to SC from FL this time last year- it was, shall we say, a little stressful to try to unpack and get things organized just 2 days before Christmas especially when you have 3 kids underfoot and are fighting morning sickness. But this year, it was completely different and utterly wonderful for the most part- especailyl since we all got to be together for more than a weekendHere is the fam as we prepare to open our traditional Christmas Eve presents before heading to my mom's house. We always get the kids Christmas pajamas every year which works out great because then they are all cute and matchy-matchy on Christmas morning. Although, this is going to be the last year that Alden and Eleanor are going to match since he is getting too big for the toddler pajamas (which makes me want to cry so I'll not dwell on that). So I guess he is going to be moving up to the big boy pajamas next year and get to match with Zachary.
Harper spent most of the morning trying to eat all of her new toys. Look at those cheeks! I love them.
Could she be any cuter? I am pretty sure the answer is NO.
Zachary in his "old man" pajamas. He has gotten a pair of these in various colors for the past 4 years and loves them. I think that he was digging through his stocking at this point.
Alden with his new favorite best friend. Seriously. We've had to start placing restrictions on the DS use because he was starting to skip meals just to play.
Eleanor had to be woken up (awakened?) so that the boys could go into the living room to see the Santa presents (I refuse to let them do it separately- everyone has to go together) so she was a wee bit grumpy. Plus she HATES having anyone take her picture so this was a good as it got on Christmas morning.
So there is your little glimpse of craziness that was Christmas Eve and Christmas mornign at the Wilson house. Lots of fun, lots of toys, and no less than 598784 wire twisty things to untwist. And lots of family time which is the best present of all for us.

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