Pizza Night!

Tonight we decided to do something fun and easy for dinner. Homemade pizza. Usually I am the frozen pizza or pizza delivery kind of girl but I thought it might be fun for the girls to make our own pizza! I recently discovered (Thanks Terran!) that Publix has ready made pizza dough in the bakery section so I grabbed some this afternoon to give it a try!
The girls had a blast kneading (playing with) the dough and getting all floured up! I only got a few pics because it didn't take long for things to get MESSY so I had to put the camera down and rescue the pizza! :) Maybe next time I'll get a pic of the finished product!

Look what Emma got.....

A BIG GIRL BED! Josh went to Gadsden to pick it up and came home with it yesterday! Emma was so excited! She could hardly wait for Josh to get it put together so she could get in! Check out my girls in their matching beds! (yes, Annie REALLY wanted to get her picture made too!) Adorable!

Growing Girls!

Since school started I have been so bad about taking pictures and just enjoying the things that have been happening in our house...it seems like we are always rushing around! Can't wait for those lazy summer days again (I know,I know, it'll be a while)!
Anyway, my three sweet girls are growing and changing so much! Annie is learning SO much at school and having so much fun! I love to hear about her day when I pick her up and she's always sharing some newfound wisdom! She is such a big girl and especially loves getting picked up in the carpool line! Hilarious, the things that make her day! The newest (and dearest) wish at the moment is to stay for extended day! I've tried to explain how lucky she is that mom picks her up when school is over and she gets to go home and play with her sisters but so far she's not buying it! :)
Emma is also making a big change this week...she's getting a big girl bed! She has been so excited and can hardly wait to sleep in her big girl bed just like Annie! Josh went to pick up her bed in Gadsden today (and also to swap our bedroom furniture) so the girls and I are having a girls night in tonight! The big girls are have a "sleepover" on the air matress! They are so cute! Can't wait to see how Emma likes her big girl bed tomorrow night!
"Baby" Gracie is hardly a baby anymore! She is getting so big and cute and has so much personality! She is so much fun! She has three teeth and eats EVERYTHING! I am not kidding! This girl LOVES to eat! :) She is also moving....she cracks me up because she's not really crawling but she sure is getting where she wants to go! She kinda slithers around on her belly-so funny to watch!
So much is happening....I'll try to post some pictures soon (i'll have to take some first!) :)It sure is fun watching these three sweet sisters grow up!

"Go away Funder!"

That's what I heard coming from Emma's room a mere thirty minutes after I put the girls to bed! We have been having tons and tons of rain and some pretty nasty thunderstorms for the last week or so..BOO! Tonight the rain held off until right after bedtime. I thought that we were in the clear...everyone snuggled into bed before the thunder started but Emma had other ideas. When I went to check on her she said "Mom, make the funder stop!" So cute! I scooped her up and took her to snuggle on the couch with me. It's amazing how brave she got once she was up and playing with mom and dad! After about 30 minutes and several renditions of "God is bigger than the Boogieman" she was finally ready to crawl back into her bed and settle in for the night! I hope she has sweet (funder free)dreams!

Thomas Teddy comes to visit!

The Thompsons have had a very special visitor at our house for the past day or so. Thomas Teddy, the birthday bear from Mrs. Nina's class came home with Annie to help her celebrate her 4th birthday! We had so much fun with Thomas Teddy!
After picking Annie and Thomas up from school, we headed home for lunch with Emma and Gracie. We ate leftover poppyseed chicken and yummy cheesy potatos, Annie's favorite. I think Thomas approved too (he licked his plate clean)! After lunch, we read a few books (we liked Madeline best), colored with Emma, played peek a boo with Gracie and took a short rest before getting ready to go to church! At church Annie and Thomas went to choir and Mission Friends (Thomas and Annie both LOVE to sing)! They also ate a yummy dinner at church (Mommy was so thankful she didn't have to cook or clean the kitchen)! After church it was time for the getting ready for bed routine! At bedtime we had to squeeze Thomas Teddy in with Lovie and Lemur...that was one crowded (but sweet and snuggly) bed!!
Everyone had fun with Thomas Teddy! We can't wait for him to come and visit again!!

Shots!

Today both Annie and Emma had to go to the doctor. Just for checkups. Unfortunately for Annie, it was the dreaded 4 year old check up. This appointment includes not one, not two, not three, but FOUR (yes, I said FOUR) shots AND a finger stick! YIKES!! There was a fair amount of yelling and screaming but all in all both girls did great (Emma had to get one shot)!
These are a few pics of the girls showing off their bandaids (and their toughness)! AND just in case you are wondering...both girls are perfect as expected!!!!:)