Hello....anyone....

there? Here is Noah trying to call me at work and apologize for keeping me up all night. Another front tooth came in and let me tell you, he was not a happy camper last night......and I am not one today!!!!! That makes #7.................

Is it appropriate to take naps at work????? I am exhausted...Early to bed for everyone tonight!

First Day of Preschool

They are both getting so big. Yes, I realize the backpack is huge but she insisted on that one!!!!!

Is he really that big????

for tackle footballl???????

Scotty started tackle football last week. He seems to be really liking it. Here he is dressed for practice. Games start on the 5th of September....

Yeah, mom isn't sure if she likes that or not....

Sweatin' to the oldies

Noah joins his mom in work out style............. Poor guy, sister is going to dress him up I have a feeling for quite a while.....

Soap Box Racing

Scotty tried his hand at soap box racing this weekend. He watched many wipe outs and decided to attempt it anyway. He successfully went down twice with no injuries! Yeah! His friend Kelly joined him and did the same.....they seemed to have a ton of fun with it...... The crashes I can say were no fun for the parents to watch.....luckily no injuries for any boys, a few of the cars weren't so lucky....

Crazy Week

Okay, not a lot to report in the last week, but it seems like we have been going and going and going....

Well, first off, Scotty started 4th grade on Thursday! Holy cow, I feel old! He also started a new school which he wasn't very excited about... Well, after the first 4 days, all seems to be going well, he has made some new friends already and away he goes........

He is riding the bus to and from school this year. The difference, when he rides the bus after school, he is riding the bus home and staying by himself for a few hours after school, again, I feel old! He is doing good with it and seems to be obeying the rules...

We went to the fair on Sunday, Scotty and I went into the butterfly place. 5,000 butterflies flying everywhere. I think at one time, Scotty had about 5 butterflies on his shirt. It was neat.
Fair food that we ate: Footlong corn dog, cajun cheese on a stick, fresh oj, root beer, dippin dots, tenderloin... We went with my uncle (who I haven't seen in 3 years) and my cousin (who I haven't seen in 8 years). It was nice to spend time with them. Scotty and my cousin Ronnie rode Big Ben which was a big accomplishment for Scotty. He is ready to take on the Space Shot at Adventureland....

Scotty decided he wanted to join cub scouts, so we went to that meeting last night. He also is playing football. Practices 2 times a week (for 2 hours) and games on Sundays..

Parker starts preschool the first week in September, she is so excited......

Yeah, welcome to the busy school time, see everyone next summer.............

Dr visits...

We went to the doctor yesterday and all was good. Hard to believe that Noah is already 9 months old. He has started to pull himself on everything and everyone! His favorite is pulling himself up on Scotty, Parker and I! Parker went for her 3 year too and I was so excited, she is finally on the chart for her weight. She has always been under 3% and this time around she was at 10%!!!!! Go Parker!

Parker...

Parker has found her girly girl side. She has all of a suddne taken a huge interest in dresses. She won't wear anything else! We go into a store and she will tell me what kind of dress she is looking for (pattern, color) and 9 out of 10 times, she walks out with it.....

She also has found a love for finger nail polish. Check this picture out, her eyes match her dress, which match her shoes, which match her toes.....

Big Creek Weekend!

So, happy birthday to Parker! Her birthday was Saturday. So to celebrate her and Scotty's birthday we spent the day out at Big Creek. We swam, played on the swingset and Mike and Scotty went canoeing. She had a ball!

We also had a minor set back. We got the kids a Wii for their birthdays and the 2nd day, it broke! Go Figure! Well, luckily we got another one (long story!) but all is good. Parker got the Go Diego Go game and she loves it. It is pretty nice because the 2nd player is a helper instead of a competitor so if she gets stuck you can help.

Scotty is also in heavan with the Wii, some Mario Super Brawl or something like that. Myself, I like the sports game that comes with it.

They are in heaven and all in all, it was a weekend of birthday fun!

Happy Birthday Scotty!!

I can't believe that you are 9 today!!! Time is flying by fast....

We are going to have a low key birthday tonight and spend the day at Big Creek on Saturday to celebrate Scotty and Parker's birthday. Tonight we will have steaks, mashed potatoes, and an ice cream log from DQ, special request dinner by Scotty. I am going to sneak in some Grimes corn on the cob as well.

Looks like you have something in your mouth and wouldn't give me a good smile........go figure.....

I luv ya baby!!!!!

Finally Back!

Scotty is finally back from California and it was great to see him. Debating whether I will ever agree to send him away that long again!

Noah and Parker were really excited to see him.

Noah has been fussy, a little on the sick side, and cutting teeth.........bring on no sleep!

Just hanging out...

with cousin Jared at Grammy's.....

36 hours later.....

Big girl, Princess Parker, has had NO accidents, not even night time accidents! I am sooo proud of her. She is hopefully starting preschool this fall and she couldn't go unless she was potty trained!!!!

Big Weekend!!!!

So, it was a big weekend at the Sallee house!!!

Parker and I enjoyed the 4th at Big Creek. Noah got to visit Great Grandma Millies why we went. It was a ton of fun. It was a perfect day, wasn't to hot, enjoyed the huge swingset area and played at the beach. We went and picked up Noah and then headed to Lynzs for prime seating for the Norwalk fireworks! Parker at first wasn't 100% on the fireworks but got into them after the first big booms. She was telling everyone "Hear the booms!"

Yesterday we enjoyed a nice summer day, played all day outside on the swingset and the pool and then went to the campgrounds for dinner with my mother. She entertained everyone with her singing and dancing skills.

Noah broke through his second tooth yesterday too! He is an eating fool! You would swear that they are already through with as much as he wants to eat. He tried chix for the first time last night and loved it!

Then..... the big event.....

Parker finally started going potty in the potty chair!!!! YIPPPPEEEE!!!!! She went last night, was dry through the night, and has gone twice today!!! Way to go Parker!

the good news and the bad

the good news is:The fourth of july party is at a swimming pool.The bad news is theres no swimming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wich sucks.

Noah Loves Chocolate....

can ya tell??? His first dish of Jello chocolate pudding and it was a hit.

the toybox

my uncle owns a store called the toybox.but it has no ordinary toys.here is a list of toys he has,jet ski's,spyders(motorcycle),jet boats thats all he has.

boogie baord'in

hello friends im going to learn how to boogie board today.Iv'e already learned how to body surf it's really fun.you shoud've seen me floping like a rag doll all the way back to shore.

New Toys

So, we got a swingset yesterday, Parker is in Heavan! I don't know how long we were out there yesterday. And this morning, first words out of her mouth before she even got out of bed, "I get dressed and go on my swingset" Yep, I have a feeling that our backyard is going to get used quite a bit now! She is so excited. We did get a little swing for Noah too, so he will be able to enjoy it as well. I still need to fill in the sand box and get that up and going for her and then she will be ecstatic!

The smiles on her face makes it totally worth the hours of pushing that I am going to have to endure!

He is at it again!

Noah is having a big week!!! He started crawling. Now he was rolling everywhere, but now he has figured out that the army crawl is going to get him places faster and will keep mom on her toes now! He is getting so big.

Noah's First Tooth!

So, Noah finally got his first tooth. It started to break through yesterday! YEAH. I know it seems late in the game (he is over 7 months old) but he is actually the earliest of the kids! Scotty got his first tooth at 9 months and Parker got hers at 10 months!

Way to go Noah!

And He is Off....

So, Scotty left for California today. I am so bummmed!!! He is going to be gone for 3 weeks with his dad! What am I going to do! He is so excited and I am sure he will have a great time, but I am going to miss him. I am sure once Parker realizes that he is gone for a while that she won't like it either. I guess the only positive, less money on food since he eats all the time. HEHE.

Have a great time baby! Mommy loves you.

We Got our Nails Done!

So, on Saturday, my sister, and I took my mom out for a day of shopping and pampering. While we were getting our toes and nails done, Parker decided it was time for her first manicure and pedicure! It was fun! At first she wasn't sure about the whole thing. She sat on my seat for about 5 minutes and soaked her feet. She then went and picked out her colors.

The ladies at the salon were so nice to her (and she was being a good girl I might add!) Well, she ended up picking bright yellow for her toes, blue for one hand, and purple for the other. So, they buffed her toes and fingers and started applying the polish. The ladies topped it off with a flower on each big toe and a small flower on one of her fingers!

She is such a girlie girl! I am in major trouble!!!

Adventureland Here We Come!

So, yesterday, Scotty and I went to Adventureland for the day. Let me tell you what, it brought back some fun memories! It was nice cause it wasn't overly busy and we could get on rides pretty fast. He was feeling pretty good about all the rides (in the past 2 years he has been less than receptive to the whole roller coaster thing). We went on the Tornado 2 times (maybe it was 3) the Outlaw 4 times, and he even tried the Dragon! The day was great and it was nice getting out just the two of us.

About 5:00, we went and picked up Parker and decided to take her out to let her ride a few rides. Well, the first ride we went on (which she barely met the height requirement) was the Raging River. This was the request of big brother and she wasn't 100% she wanted to go. But we went, SHE GOT SOAKED!!!! Scotty on the other hand, hardly anything. None the less, we got off the ride and she stated she did not want to go again (as she looked kind of cold). After riding some of her rides, Scotty then got her convinced to go on the log ride. Luckily for her, she sat in front of me and didn't get wet (either time she rode it) so she seemed okay with it.

In the last twenty minutes of the park being open, I think Scotty rode (by himself I might add) the tornado 4 more times in a row and the log ride 3 more times. He is getting so big! They both had a ton of fun!

Look there is a Panda!

So, last night, thanks my job, we got to see a sneak peak of Kung Fu Panda the night before it came out at the IMAX. It was pretty good! Parker kept saying "Look Mom, a panda!" Scotty being the older more responsible child, kept telling Parker to be quiet! Noah was a hoot, because the screen was so big, his little head just kept turning every which way! About the time he got tired, there was a pretty big kung fu fight going on and the movie got loud, perfect timing though, cause if Noah can't just lay in his crib to go to sleep, he has a little fussy period, which was during the fight and by the time the movie calmed down, he was out!

The night was followed by the excitement of a tornado warning. Me and the kids headed down to the basement. Noah, of course, stayed asleep, while Parker didn't know what was going on. Scotty was kind of freaking out, but ended up being a good helper. Except when we went back upstairs, he hit is eye (which in turn he started crying), Parker was crying cause she didn't want to go back in her bed, while Noah just slept in the basement til I could get to him! You gotta love good babies!!!

The Santa Issue

So, the conversation the prompted this was my conversation with my soon to be 9 year old son, Scotty. I was doing the dishes on Monday night (yes, that would be June 2nd!) and he all of a sudden asked me if I was Santa? To my surprise, I was like "What??" as you know, I wasn't really expecting the conversation in the middle of Summer!

Well, supposedly he read it in a book, so I called Mike and we came clean on the whole Santa issue, he is getting so big! But after we got off the phone, he started to question me on other things, you got it, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, etc. Well, after an hour conversation, we ended up digging his baby teeth out and looking at those....

It was so sweet and it was nice taking a trip down memory lane!

Better Late than Never!

So as I had a milestone talk with my son the other night, I realized that I should get on board with the blogging as it could be a nice way to keep track of milestones for the kids and a way for family who live far away to see updated pictures of the kids and keep track of what they are doing. So I will try and keep this updated and see where it goes!

Enjoy!