Happy Birthday, Thomas!

After a very bad eye injury in January (his real birthday) the Pitman's had to postpone Thomas' Pump It Up party until this weekend. What a great time the kids (and myself) had jumping and eating pizza and cake and Kinsey especially liked trying her hand at the climbing wall.

Cheetahs vs. Kickers

Max's first game of the season...

Spajama 2

Last night was our 2nd year going to the Girl Scout fundraiser call Spajama. Massages, manicures and dinner and dessert all in your PJ's. How can you beat that?!? This year, we got up enough nerve to try out the Zumba dance class--LOVE IT! And to top off fabulous girls night out, we won a night at the Ritz in the silent auction--yay! :)

Derby Day

Kinsey had a big afternoon at church today winning 3rd place in the AWANA derby with her orginally-designed, zebra-print car named "Racing Stripes" (notice the shirt she picked/threw a fit to wear today) and also landing a solo in the Kidz Praise performance coming up soon. Way to go!

Cheetah, Cheetah

Pictures from Max's first soccer scrimmage this weekend. Notice he's sporting Kinsey's old jersey! He finally seems to be getting the hang of it. I guess we'll see next weekend for his first game! Go Cheetahs!

Leprechaun Fun

We had a big St Patrick's Day this year! Kinsey informed me the afternoon before that she wanted to wear green from head to toe ("because with a last name last Patrick, you just HAVE to, Mom") and in addition, her homework assignment was to make a leprechaun trap from her class party the next day. So I accepted the challenge and got a good start on the crafting while the kids were at church Wendesday night. I bought and made a tee shirt and pair of flip flops and unloaded the potential trap items for Kinsey to look through when she got home. We ended up making a shoebox trap with a hinged lid and placed rainbow Skittles inside as "bait" for the wee ones. Turns out that none of her classmates actually caught a leprechaun but green guys DID make an appearance in her classroom and made a mess of everything while the kids were at lunch.


A cute slideshow that Kinsey's teacher made:

Personalize your own digital greeting card

That night, while Jack and I took the kids out to dinner, the little sneaks had some fun at our house as well. The toilet water was green, the kitchen table upside down, a picnic on the floor and the kids' rooms were wrecked. Oh the little giggles and squeals!!!

Wild Animals

Pics from Max's jungle birthday party!

Kinsey's First Show

What a beautiful morning it was for Kinsey's first horse show. She was excited to get to ride one of her favorite ponies, "My Pinto Bean" (aka Joe.) She and Joe did a great job together earning a second and two fourth place ribbons. Way to go, girl!

Fabulous FOUR!

What a great day it was for my baby boy! His day started with a big suprise present that he just LOVED!


Sweet moment captured after Kinsey gave Max a Dora game.


After his fun pancake and whipped cream breakfast, my little buddy headed over to his favorite babysitters house with cupcakes in tow. After school, I picked up the kids (I had a WONDERFUL parent conference with Kinsey's teacher) and we headed to a BIG roller skating party. It was my basketball team's championship party, but the girls were great in helping Max celebrate his day!

Happy Birthday, Max! What a wonderful four years it has been! We love you!

You've Gotta Friend in Me

For Max's "birthday eve" celebration, the four of us headed over to Nan and Granddaddy's for a delicious birthday meal--macaroni and cheese and chicken "nunnets" of course! Nan and Granddaddy gave Max his very own Woody and Buzz (and lots of other fun toys) and even Kinsey got a treat--a Jessie doll. For bedtime, these two cuties wanted to wear their Toy Story PJ's and pose with their new pals!

Toy Story Bake a Thon

This week, we had a wonderful suprise visit from Nanny! A super-fun, busy week of dance, gymnastics, Five Guys, a trip to the local museum to see Kinsey and her classmate's art on display, Outback and a shopping trip, EVERYONE got their share of "Nanny time" and we all loved every minute of it. After an event packed week, we welcomed the rainy weekend to spend some time watching movies, playing games and catcing up on housework. Other than some cookie sales, Saturday was almost completely devoted to birthday week preparations. Kinsey and I did a bit of shopping and then Max and I spent the afternoon baking a cake and 2 dozen cupcakes for his two school parties this week. Let the festivities begin!!!

Booth Sales

We've had fun this cookie season at booth sales at Lowe's and Walmart. One sale was beautiful and sunny while the other was cool and rainy. Both were very successful though. Apparently weather doesn't deter one's need for a Girl Scout cookie fix!