Our First Born is 5

On Thursday, our first born, Holly Ann Belle Scott, turned 5 years old!

Or, 35 in dog years!

Sadly, we did not have our usual "family" birthday party for her or a birthday cake, but we did sing to her and she was lucky enough to get a bunch of birthday kisses and a bag full of dog cookies!

Holly's Poppy (my dad) was admitted to the hospital last Sunday afternoon and was not discharged until Friday afternoon, which is why we decided to skip out on the family birthday party...and I'm sure she's okay with that!

Thank goodness my dad is home and feeling "almost" back to his old self!

Poor guy was SICK and that's just not like him at all!

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY HOLLY ANN BELLE SCOTT...WE LOVE YOU SWEET GIRL!!!

Any Guesses?!?!

Can you guess what tomorrow is at school?!?!

Eeek...Arachnophobia!

Have you seen the waaaaaay cute spiders like the two below at Hobby Lobby?

My mom has them all over her living room and B&B LOVE looking for/at them.

They LOVED them so much that she went out and bought them each one and we had so much fun finding a special spot for them in our living room.

They are constantly walking around and pointing out the spiders to us...it's so cute and funny!

Nana, Cory's mom also bought them a super cute ghost that sits on our mantle (I'll have to snap a picture of it and post it) and the twins know that the ghost is always watching us (they will point to the ghost and then point to their eyes...super cute)!

Above: Brooks spider hanging out on top of the lamp shade on the sofa table!

Below: Burkley's spider hanging out in the palm tree!

Well, if you thought "those spiders" were cute, wait until you see these!!

Ha, Ha, Ha!

Don't you just LOVE them?

These two pieces of artwork are on each side of a huge mirror in my living room above the couch and I thought it would be cute to cover them with web and put Brooks and Burkley's spiders on them.

My friend Katie saw this super cute idea in a magazine years ago when we were teaching together and my class made them each year in October.

Since B&B were in LOVE with their other spiders, I thought it would be a neat idea to make them a spider each year.

When they went down for their nap this afternoon, I made their picture spider (picture from last year at 10 months old) and had them in the web for them to see when they woke up.

Burkley noticed them right away without me saying anything and it took Brooks a minute or two to recognize them!

I can't wait to make their picture spider for this year...just need to find the perfect picture!

Aren't they the CUTEST spiders ever?!?!

21 Months

Man, it's hard to believe these little cuties are already 21 months old and that their SECOND birthday is right around the corner!

Here's a few pictures of them from last year!

My, how they've grown!

An official "21 month" post coming soon...as soon as I can snap a few pictures of them!

One little princess has been under the weather the past few days!

Horns Up (Guns Down)

We are ready for another Longhorn WIN tonight!!

(poor baby girl wasn't in the picture taking mood either...her sinuses are sooooo bad and she was ready for a nap)!

Brooks was in the middle of showing his Hook Em Horns sign, but I wasn't quick enough to catch it.

And of course, he wasn't going to do it on cue again!
Two little pumpkins posing by the pumpkins!
They are sooooo excited about all the fall decorations around the house!
It's so stink' cute...all we've heard is pukin, pider, and ghost!

I've been teaching them to "look and not touch" but this picture was an exception!

Sister didn't want to pose with a pumpkin...she was in my lap!

Hope your team wins tonight!

Hook Em Horns!!

"Fun" Friday

I had a ton of things I wanted to get out and do today since I was not subbing, but the rain and Burkley not feeling 100% kept us home.

So as soon as I put the twins down for their nap, I went into my closet and began working on my "crafts" for the day!

And since I'm soooooooo far behind, I decided to work until they woke up (which for Burkley was a little over 2 hours and Brooks...well, school must have worn my little man out because he napped from 10:30 to 2)!

Avery's (my niece) pumpkin shirt
Brooks' mummy shirt that glows in the dark

Avery's witch hat shirt

Avery's CHEER shirt

And Avery's "A" shirt!

I know it doesn't look like I accomplished a lot today, but I did.

Now, I just need to make a pumpkin, witch hat, witch boots, and a turkey shirt for Burkley and my nieces, Kyla and Shea.

I hope they get them in time...if not, there's always next year!

Toodles..I'm off to sew since everyone is sleeping!

As Promised

Here's a few more pictures from our weekend at the beach as promised.

As you can tell from the pictures, we all had a blast (always have and always will)!

Things don't seem to be quite a hectic as they were last week around here.

But, I'm still tired and I'm thanking God that tomorrow is my Friday!

(and I'm also thanking God that Nana and PaPa are going out of town so that I can have Friday and Monday off:))

I'm ready for a break and I'm ready to spend more than just a few hours at night with my babies.

Starting next week, I will be working in the afternoons, and will be able to take B&B to school and run a few errands (which will be nice)!

Well, I'm pooped and off to bed.

But I didn't want to break my promise!

EnJoY!

To Hold You Over

First of all, how do you like my new look?

Thanks to Katie at the Polka Dot Pig, for making my blog look so spiffy

(check out her link on my sidebar)!

Things have been a bit crazy here in the Scott household, which explains my lack of blogging!

We (Myself, Cory, B&B, and my parents) spent the weekend at the beach and had a FANTASTIC time!

Here's just a few of my favorites to hold you over!

I'm subbing at the school where I taught for 4 years (and tutored last year) for the entire month of September, so who knows when I will have time to update my blog.

It's not a bad gig at all...all day 4 times a week the first two weeks in September and the last two weeks I will only have to sub a half day in the afternoons.

I'm enjoying what I'm doing and it's nice seeing everyone, but I'm not going to lie...it's HARD work trying to get EVERYTHING ready (my stuff and the kids stuff)!

Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it!

If I can just make it through this week I will be fine because the next two weeks I won't have to be there until 11:30 (and I'll be able to take B&B to MDO)!

Oh, and if I'm not blogging, I'm going to be sewing.

I've got a ton of new designs for my embroidery machine that I'm dying to play with!

Don't worry, I'll be back soon...just wanted to give you a heads up in case you don't hear from me for a while!

We All Survived the 1st Day of MDO

Whew, we ALL survived the first day of MDO!

We are all exhausted, but we survived and are looking forward to day 2 on Thursday!

Cory and I got up bright and early this morning so that we could get ready before the little ones woke up.

We ended up having to wake them up at around 7:15 so that they could eat breakfast, get dressed, load up and be there by 9.

Thank goodness I decided to get everything together last night (and I already have Thursday's things ready too)!

For being "rushed" this morning (and what I mean by rushed is not getting to sit to wake up for a bit, watching a few minutes of cartoons, and having some milk before sitting down and having breakfast) they sure were in pretty good moods!

I really wanted to take pictures of them outside this morning with all of their "gear" on, but the weather was not cooperating and they really weren't into pictures this morning either!

Don't you just love Burkley's shirt and matching bow that I made for her?!

So the whole 15 minute drive to school was not fun for me.

I had a severe case of the "what if's" again!

But it didn't last long!

Because they walked right in and started playing!

THANK YOU GOD and thank you for praying for me!

Burkley wanted to hold her lunch kit for a bit, but by the time we were about to sneak out, she turned around and handed it to Cory!

It all happened so fast, that I didn't even have time to cry!

And I'm so THANKFUL!

I did get teary eyed in the car, but I was just so glad that they both walked right in and started playing!

I sent the director a text about an hour after Cory and I dropped them off to check on them, and here's the report I was given:

*Both crying on and off, playing with toys in between, having a snack, and doing GREAT for their first day!*

It broke my heart knowing that they were crying, but I know that is normal and that they didn't cry for long (or they would have called me)!

Since B&B were at MDO and since MDO is a nice way of saying "giving mommy a break" I made an appointment to get my hair trimmed.

It feels soooooooo much better!

Then I went home and picked up the house and got everything ready for Thursday!

Since it was POURING, Nana and I met up at the church around 1:45 to get them.
When I walked in, I could hear them talking and playing...it was so cute.
I just stood there for a second thinking that when they saw me that they would come running.
Ummm...YEAH RIGHT!
Brooks looked at me and smiled and kept playing and Burkley was getting her diaper changed, was talking up at storm and then got up and went to wash her hands!

Mrs. Lara and Mrs. Lynda then gave me the good reports!

Both had a GREAT day!

Cried off and on for a bit, but they are thinking they did because there was another little boy there that cried the entire time...might have scared them or made the nervous!

They went to music today and Brooks was the only one who danced to the music...that's my boy!

They didn't really eat, but that's to be expected!

And the biggest news is that they both took a nap.

I couldn't believe it!

I would have bet money that someone was going to have to walk Burkley around the church, but sister girl proved me wrong!

They were both worn out tonight and went to bed fairly early!

Overall, their first day of school was a HUGE success!

Thanks again for praying for me!

Here's hoping that Thursday is just as good as today!

I'm off to bed...preparations for MDO wore this momma out!!!