February Randomness...

Just a few "randoms" from February...

I got this sweet picture from Cooper's teacher...this little man finally knows all of his letters!!!  It didn't come easy for him, but he never gave up.  Now he is working on his sight words and to our surprise doing pretty well...we are proud of all he has accomplished this year in kindergarten.

Anna Lauren got strep throat for the first time and along with strep, came her first penicillin shot.

Cooper's friend, Danny, wants his hair to be like Cooper's...when Ms. Wells sent me this picture I am pretty sure I laughed out loud at my desk.

Cooper brought home his very first love note...his teacher says it's the hair...all the girls love it.  Oh boy...maybe we need to change that hair...

Kindergarten is just exhausting...

Our first injury...wasn't such a happy day...

No wonder our upstairs toilet wouldn't flush...this was stuck in the pipe.  Plumber said it was a tool that had probably been in the pipe since the house was built.

And then they found bigger plumbing issues...$3,000 later I hope it is all fixed now!!!

We go to cheer and this little man stays with his Nanna and gets to do ALL things boy!!!

And I FINALLY went to the eye doctor and picked out glasses...hopefully we'll be much safer when I drive now.

The Pink Cast...

We saw the "specialist" this week, and he told us that Anna Lauren has a hairline fracture.  He said she could stay in the boot, but a cast would speed up the recovery process so she quickly said...let's cast it.  Our saving grace is that she can walk on the cast...think it would be another story if she couldn't put any weight on her foot.

I have never had a cast or seen one be put on...nor has Anna Lauren.  Which means, she asked a million questions...

Of course, she chose a pink cast...and let me just say...it's PINK! We go back on March 7th and hopefully the cast will come off, and we can go back to the boot for probably several more weeks.

She has been such a trooper...like she told me from the beginning...it is what it is.  She doesn't complain, she isn't asking for extra attention, etc.  I've always thought she was tough but this injury has proved she truly is one tough little girl!

5th Cheer Competition ~ Cheersport Nationals in Atlanta...

On Wednesday before leaving for Cheersport Friday afternoon, Anna Lauren fell running down a hill at school.  We went through Urgent Care at Mississippi Sports Medicine and were told she either had a bruise, strain, or stress fracture to her navicular bone. They put her in a boot, said she could stunt only, and she would return in a week for an appointment with a specialist.  Right in the middle of competition season, the thing she loves so much, and she is injured. However, she is more mature than me at times...she looked at me and said, "mom, we can cry about this or just deal...it is what it is".  

Quick team picture before warming up for Day 1 of Cheersport...

What we didn't discuss at the doctor is that she couldn't actually compete with the boot on...she begged, and begged, and begged to please just let her do it...so we did.  She squatted in the back or side and only came out when time to stunt...

On Saturday (Day 1) she showed no signs of being hurt...

We stayed at Aunt Kelly's house and Anna Lauren was excited that she and Maddy came to watch her on Saturday.

Kennedy is Kelly's niece too, and she competed earlier in the day. Therefore, Kelly and Maddy had a full day of cheer.

Quick picture with the cousins as she heads off for Day 2 of Cheersport...

Just a singing to their music...

At this point, I had tears in my eyes...I knew she was in PAIN, and I was thinking to myself I made the wrong decision to allow her to compete.

She is SO tough and pushed herself through the routine...

Sunday was bad...she made it through the routine, but she came off the stage in tears.  We finally got her foot elevated, iced, and some ibprofen in her and thankfully she slept all the way home.  We can say she for sure stepped it up for her team and was one tough little girl...Matt and I were so proud of her!

Valentine's Day...

I do a Valentine's post for myself only so that I can look back through previous years and "recycle" an idea.  Because this year was one of those years I wanted something cute but didn't have the energy to pinterest for days, get Leah to create me a card, etc.

Fruit by the Foot is still one of Cooper's most favorites so I did AGAIN what we did when he was in K3...he's at a new school with new friends...no one had a clue this had been done before...ha ha!

For Cooper's teachers I did do a "new" idea...we picked up bath bombs for them and thankfully there was a free printable on pinterest.

At the last minute Anna Lauren decided maybe she wasn't too cool to pass out Valentine's so we found an easy idea with a free printable on pinterest.  All things begin changing in 4th grade...think she may have brought home 3 cards from friends. They didn't have a party and cards were optional...

Anna Lauren loves to bake so she made cupcakes to take to her class since they were not having a party...

We picked up bundt cakes for Anna Lauren's teachers and "recycled" a card from a previous year...

That morning, my loves had a little happy from me...



I couldn't go to lunch that day so Matt had lunch with Anna Lauren and three of her friends...

 Then he went to Cooper's Valentine's party...

And when I got home, this sweet man of mine had my two favorites.  Valentine's Day is not a big deal to us...we prefer to express our love everyday...but..."little" happies are still fun no matter what day of the year it is...

Senior Day...

On February 5th, three of our favorite Millsaps kids had Senior Day.  I have gotten to know these three girls both on and off the court and let me just say, it is going to be hard to watch them leave. They have done just as well in the classroom as on the basketball court, and I couldn't be more proud of them.

We really got involved with women's basketball three years ago and over that three year period it has been so fun to not only get to know the girls but their families too.

They were winning by 20-30 points so the three of them got to sit side by side and just take in all in...their last time on their "home" court.

So special to see the seniors from the previous year come back to support the seniors this year.  It's fun to watch the bonds that these teammates make throughout the years of playing together.



We thoroughly enjoyed watching this group of girls play this season.  As Matt says, it's time to "adopt" a few more of them.  I'm going to see about taking a couple freshmen out to lunch soon and get to know them.  One of the many things I love about my job...the opportunity to get to form relationships with the kids.

Kim's brother went all out for her last game...

And he even painted Cooper's arms...

Not sure who loves these girls more...me or my kids.  Think it is safe to say, we all love them (even Matt)!!!

So thankful to have been a part of their journey, and I couldn't be more proud of them!!!

If you cannot tell, Kala LOVES to aggravate Anna Lauren...they are constantly going at it with each other.  As you can see, Anna Lauren loves every minute of the "attention".