Allie at the HLSR this year.
Almost a year gone by
10 years ago
Showing posts with label Allison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Allison. Show all posts
Friday, April 29, 2011
out of the mouths of babes...
Earlier today Allie was asking me questions about Jesus. She asked how we were going to get up in Heaven with him. I told her that when it was time, he would return to get us and "zoom us up in the sky." Her reply? "Can you ride me on your back, mom?"
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Baking, and cooking, and frying, and sauteeing...
Can you tell what my daughter and I have been up to lately? Making lots of yummy things to eat, that's what. It has been really fun teaching her- she can already crack an egg at age 3!
I knew we had been cooking a lot when she told me (10/5) that "eggs, milk, and sugar, they are precious in His sight." Got a few little themes of the house mixed up!
I knew we had been cooking a lot when she told me (10/5) that "eggs, milk, and sugar, they are precious in His sight." Got a few little themes of the house mixed up!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The funny things they say!
Update 2/6/2010
Landon asked if we could take a spoon to Heaven in case Allie got an attitude! What a selfless young man!
Dec 17, 2009
The kids are really saying some funny and/or profound things lately and I don't want to forget them!
Landon to his babysitter the other night about a picture in his room: "That's Bethany. She's my girlfriend and we're gonna get weddinged one day!"
Allie tells us, "Y'all are wearing me out!" in the most country accent you have ever heard. She is also requesting pink birthday cake for Jesus' birthday party, which is coming up soon!
Landon asked me not too long ago how people got to Heaven before Jesus died on the cross. Try explaining that to a four-year-old. He also cried the first time Ben explained Jesus' death to him. Wow, that kid has a heart.
One thing Ben and I tell the kids is "I love you to Australia and back." Well the other day Landon told me he loved me to Heaven and back. Pretty sweet until I told him "that is such a loooong way!" He said, "Not really, it's only to the sky!" That stinker.
Well naturally I can't think of many examples since I'm taking the time to "write"
them down, but I am hoping to update as more occur!
Updated 1/1/10:
When we were moving Landon's furniture to paint his room, we asked him if he wanted his bed in the same place or if he wanted us to move it. He said, "I want it moved." We asked him where, and without missing a beat, he said, "Into y'alls room." ha!
On the way home from a Rockets basketball game last night, Allie told Ben (who was driving), "Be careful, father!"
Also, after the game, the kids were talking nonstop about Louis Scola. They want to meet him and talk to him.
Landon asked if we could take a spoon to Heaven in case Allie got an attitude! What a selfless young man!
Dec 17, 2009
The kids are really saying some funny and/or profound things lately and I don't want to forget them!
Landon to his babysitter the other night about a picture in his room: "That's Bethany. She's my girlfriend and we're gonna get weddinged one day!"
Allie tells us, "Y'all are wearing me out!" in the most country accent you have ever heard. She is also requesting pink birthday cake for Jesus' birthday party, which is coming up soon!
Landon asked me not too long ago how people got to Heaven before Jesus died on the cross. Try explaining that to a four-year-old. He also cried the first time Ben explained Jesus' death to him. Wow, that kid has a heart.
One thing Ben and I tell the kids is "I love you to Australia and back." Well the other day Landon told me he loved me to Heaven and back. Pretty sweet until I told him "that is such a loooong way!" He said, "Not really, it's only to the sky!" That stinker.
Well naturally I can't think of many examples since I'm taking the time to "write"
them down, but I am hoping to update as more occur!
Updated 1/1/10:
When we were moving Landon's furniture to paint his room, we asked him if he wanted his bed in the same place or if he wanted us to move it. He said, "I want it moved." We asked him where, and without missing a beat, he said, "Into y'alls room." ha!
On the way home from a Rockets basketball game last night, Allie told Ben (who was driving), "Be careful, father!"
Also, after the game, the kids were talking nonstop about Louis Scola. They want to meet him and talk to him.
Monday, July 20, 2009
"Not my Child" Monday!
This post is courtesy of MckMama's blog- usually she does a "Not Me Monday," but this, week, it's all about the children! I certainly don't have TONS of content for this post!
Wednesday, my son did not come in while I was praying for the women in our small group and throw a temper tantrum, swatting his hands in the air and saying, "I don't want to leave!" And I certainly did not become very... ahem... disappointed in him.
While taking my two little ones shopping on Saturday, I certainly did not turn around to find my 2 year old daughter eating candy straight off the candy rack in the check out line. (Which I certainly did not have to pay for, after I had just swiped my debit card!) I couldn't punish her, though, even if she did that, because that was honestly the first time she has ever been out of the buggy at check-out!
A few weeks ago, my son was not nursing a baby doll in front of about 15 people at one of our weekly ministries. Wow. Certainly he would not do something so embarassing!
Now it's your turn! Share your funniest stories about your child (or yourself if you do not have children) and feel a great deal of relief in the making! :)
Wednesday, my son did not come in while I was praying for the women in our small group and throw a temper tantrum, swatting his hands in the air and saying, "I don't want to leave!" And I certainly did not become very... ahem... disappointed in him.
While taking my two little ones shopping on Saturday, I certainly did not turn around to find my 2 year old daughter eating candy straight off the candy rack in the check out line. (Which I certainly did not have to pay for, after I had just swiped my debit card!) I couldn't punish her, though, even if she did that, because that was honestly the first time she has ever been out of the buggy at check-out!
A few weeks ago, my son was not nursing a baby doll in front of about 15 people at one of our weekly ministries. Wow. Certainly he would not do something so embarassing!
Now it's your turn! Share your funniest stories about your child (or yourself if you do not have children) and feel a great deal of relief in the making! :)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The children are...
Landon is...
...almost 4! So hard to believe that this TALL boy is the same one who made his debut at 10 pounds, 10 ounces almost 4 years ago.
...playing T-ball. He loves it one game, won't play the next! (one game, he hit the ball, then went and sat in a chair and closed his eyes, saying, "I don't want it!"
...OBSESSED with the Rodeo. Ask anybody who has been around us in the past 2 months, and they will tell you. Everything is a bucking bull. Including the chair he sat on while doing a developmental assessment. It "bucked" him off more than once! He also got a HUGE goose egg last week from jumping off the deck. While mommy and daddy were gone. Thanks, Nicky and Mitzi, for taking care of him!
...FUNNY! He told our good friend Danae the other day to come in to his mommy and daddy's room- their door closed and locked. Ahem.
... so sweet. Yesterday morning while we were eating breakfast, he came around the table to me and hugged me and starting singing, "My favorite mommy, my favorite mommy," over and over again! It brought tears to my eyes. I told him that was my favorite song and he had to sing it to me everyday for the rest of my life!
Allie is...
... TWO! And I'm sure the neighbors know it by the fits she throws sometimes! Don't know where she gets that from.
...so feminine, and a tom-boy at the same time! She loves to have her toenails painted and then loves to plow over her brother like a bulldozer!
...talkative. When she decided to start talking, there was no going back! She loves to talk all the time, and I love hearing her sweet little voice. I love how she says, "uh-huh." It's hard to explain in writing, but it is just precious! I also love when I lay down with her for her nap and she wraps her arms around my neck and says, "Don't leave me!" Sometimes I don't.
...also funny. She told her Sunday school teacher the other day, "I like to move it!" Still cracks me up thinking about it.
... beautiful. Sometimes I just stare at her, and think, "She really is gorgeous." No bias here! :) Oh, and in case you were looking for the newest beauty tip, it is to cover your face with spaghetti sauce. Improves one's looks everytime!
...almost 4! So hard to believe that this TALL boy is the same one who made his debut at 10 pounds, 10 ounces almost 4 years ago.
...playing T-ball. He loves it one game, won't play the next! (one game, he hit the ball, then went and sat in a chair and closed his eyes, saying, "I don't want it!"
...OBSESSED with the Rodeo. Ask anybody who has been around us in the past 2 months, and they will tell you. Everything is a bucking bull. Including the chair he sat on while doing a developmental assessment. It "bucked" him off more than once! He also got a HUGE goose egg last week from jumping off the deck. While mommy and daddy were gone. Thanks, Nicky and Mitzi, for taking care of him!
...FUNNY! He told our good friend Danae the other day to come in to his mommy and daddy's room- their door closed and locked. Ahem.
... so sweet. Yesterday morning while we were eating breakfast, he came around the table to me and hugged me and starting singing, "My favorite mommy, my favorite mommy," over and over again! It brought tears to my eyes. I told him that was my favorite song and he had to sing it to me everyday for the rest of my life!
Allie is...
... TWO! And I'm sure the neighbors know it by the fits she throws sometimes! Don't know where she gets that from.
...so feminine, and a tom-boy at the same time! She loves to have her toenails painted and then loves to plow over her brother like a bulldozer!
...talkative. When she decided to start talking, there was no going back! She loves to talk all the time, and I love hearing her sweet little voice. I love how she says, "uh-huh." It's hard to explain in writing, but it is just precious! I also love when I lay down with her for her nap and she wraps her arms around my neck and says, "Don't leave me!" Sometimes I don't.
...also funny. She told her Sunday school teacher the other day, "I like to move it!" Still cracks me up thinking about it.
... beautiful. Sometimes I just stare at her, and think, "She really is gorgeous." No bias here! :) Oh, and in case you were looking for the newest beauty tip, it is to cover your face with spaghetti sauce. Improves one's looks everytime!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Babies Don't Keep
I ran across this poem on the another blog and thought it was worth sharing:
Song for a Fifth Child
Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing, make up the bed,
Sew on a button and butter the bread.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,
Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.
The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.
~Ruth Hulburt Hamilton.
So true. It's hard to remember when my babies looked like this:
and this:
But they'll always be my babies!
Song for a Fifth Child
Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing, make up the bed,
Sew on a button and butter the bread.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,
Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.
The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.
~Ruth Hulburt Hamilton.
So true. It's hard to remember when my babies looked like this:
and this:
But they'll always be my babies!
Monday, February 9, 2009
NMM
It seems that all my blog entries lately are not me Mondays. Maybe that should tell me something about myself? Hm....
Check out MckMama's blog for the rules and regulations, and then have a blast making your own!
Anyway, I did not get on the computer after dinner tonight just to do my NMM post. (Well, MckMama is giving away a prize for this!) No, no, no.
My daughter is not running around here with no clothes on- it's not the best way to potty train! (at least it's worth a try, right?)
I did not go into Sam's today for a few things and spend $150. Man, I am glad I have more self control than that!
I did not fall asleep this afternoon reading the book I am supposed to be reading for church. I mean, come on, I am the pastor's wife after all!
I did not take to my son's head with #2 guard and go right down the middle. Seriously. I did NOT scalp him. Man, I'm glad I'm a better hair dresser than that!
Well people have a great week and I promise I'll post more pictures soon!
Check out MckMama's blog for the rules and regulations, and then have a blast making your own!
Anyway, I did not get on the computer after dinner tonight just to do my NMM post. (Well, MckMama is giving away a prize for this!) No, no, no.
My daughter is not running around here with no clothes on- it's not the best way to potty train! (at least it's worth a try, right?)
I did not go into Sam's today for a few things and spend $150. Man, I am glad I have more self control than that!
I did not fall asleep this afternoon reading the book I am supposed to be reading for church. I mean, come on, I am the pastor's wife after all!
I did not take to my son's head with #2 guard and go right down the middle. Seriously. I did NOT scalp him. Man, I'm glad I'm a better hair dresser than that!
Well people have a great week and I promise I'll post more pictures soon!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I'm Nine!
Happy Birthday to Allie!
Today is our beautiful daughter Allison's birthday. She is two. But don't try to tell her that! Ask her, and she'll say, "NINE!" in the cutest little voice. I have no idea where she picked that up, but it is adorable! The funny thing is, our friend Bethany used to say the exact same thing at this age. And of course Allie wouldn't remember that- she was not even one yet!
We had a fun party with her back in our hometown yesterday, and tonight we're having her pictures taken. Then, we're hitting The Chocolate Bar for dessert first! Yummy. Our nieces are also visiting with us, so it's shaping up to be a fun day, after spending the morning at our great church.
No matter how old you turn this year, celebrate life!
Some Pictures of Allie at her birth- oh, what a great day!
Allie's first birthday. Pictures of yesterday coming soon!
Today is our beautiful daughter Allison's birthday. She is two. But don't try to tell her that! Ask her, and she'll say, "NINE!" in the cutest little voice. I have no idea where she picked that up, but it is adorable! The funny thing is, our friend Bethany used to say the exact same thing at this age. And of course Allie wouldn't remember that- she was not even one yet!
We had a fun party with her back in our hometown yesterday, and tonight we're having her pictures taken. Then, we're hitting The Chocolate Bar for dessert first! Yummy. Our nieces are also visiting with us, so it's shaping up to be a fun day, after spending the morning at our great church.
No matter how old you turn this year, celebrate life!
Some Pictures of Allie at her birth- oh, what a great day!
Allie's first birthday. Pictures of yesterday coming soon!
Monday, January 5, 2009
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Wow, I cannot believe it has been an entire month since I last blogged! What a whirlwind it has been, too.
Dec. 19th-21st, my sister Lindsey and her hubby Alan came to visit us. We took Alan to a wonderful restaurant for his Christmas present, and also Santa came to visit us while they were here:
Dec. 21st-28th, we visited both of our families in East Texas. It was a very relaxing time of fellowship- well, minus the stomach bug that wiped out about 25 members of my family. It was an interesting Christmas, with everyone comparing bodily functions. :)
At Pop's and Mimi's house:
At Uncle Joe and Debo's house:
Dec. 24th, our new nephew was born. He deserves his own post, so look for that later!
Dec. 29th was our 7th (!) anniversary and we went to a Rockets game- Ben's first NBA game ever. It was very fun, and we discovered a great new restaurant as well!
Dec. 30th- my cousin Tasha and her four kids came to visit us for a few days.
Dec. 31st- my friend Mandy came to visit for a few days as well; we had a New Year's Party at our house
Jan. 1st- Tasha and the kiddos had to leave early b/c her kiddos got sick. Very sad.
Mandy, Fabia, and I went to eat lunch, then Mandy and I spent the rest of the day shopping.
Jan. 3rd- Mandy left to go back home.
So much fun! Now back to real life.
I hope that your holiday season was spent enjoying your family and friends, and celebrating Christ's birth.
Dec. 19th-21st, my sister Lindsey and her hubby Alan came to visit us. We took Alan to a wonderful restaurant for his Christmas present, and also Santa came to visit us while they were here:
Dec. 21st-28th, we visited both of our families in East Texas. It was a very relaxing time of fellowship- well, minus the stomach bug that wiped out about 25 members of my family. It was an interesting Christmas, with everyone comparing bodily functions. :)
At Pop's and Mimi's house:
At Uncle Joe and Debo's house:
Dec. 24th, our new nephew was born. He deserves his own post, so look for that later!
Dec. 29th was our 7th (!) anniversary and we went to a Rockets game- Ben's first NBA game ever. It was very fun, and we discovered a great new restaurant as well!
Dec. 30th- my cousin Tasha and her four kids came to visit us for a few days.
Dec. 31st- my friend Mandy came to visit for a few days as well; we had a New Year's Party at our house
Jan. 1st- Tasha and the kiddos had to leave early b/c her kiddos got sick. Very sad.
Mandy, Fabia, and I went to eat lunch, then Mandy and I spent the rest of the day shopping.
Jan. 3rd- Mandy left to go back home.
So much fun! Now back to real life.
I hope that your holiday season was spent enjoying your family and friends, and celebrating Christ's birth.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Allie's words
These are the words Allie is saying as of now. Many of them are brand-new, including her phrase today: Look at Me! (always a girl, right?)
This is more of a list for myself, but thought some of you would enjoy hearing her words as well! She is also saying: (with her pronunication first, then the actual word!)
Mama (at least 1 million times a day!)
Daddy (a close second at 900 thousand times)
Landon (she loves her brother and looks for him when he is missing from the room!)
dog
ditty (kitty)
beh (a dual word: bear, which is her favorite DVD; also "bread")
I want out! (of her high chair, bed, carseat, etc.)
NOOOOOO!!!
bebe (baby, maybe this should actually be in first place!)
babble (another dual word: means Bible and apple)
want MILK!
Mimi
Pop
Anni (our friend Anna)
Ian
donkey (random, right?)
book
Pooh (another favorite DVD)
I stuck!
MINE!
Night Night
poon (spoon)
cookie
Nanny (candy, another favorite phrase)
oose (juice)
nana (banana)
I know there are more, so I will update as I think of (read: hear her say them!)
Have a great day.
This is more of a list for myself, but thought some of you would enjoy hearing her words as well! She is also saying: (with her pronunication first, then the actual word!)
Mama (at least 1 million times a day!)
Daddy (a close second at 900 thousand times)
Landon (she loves her brother and looks for him when he is missing from the room!)
dog
ditty (kitty)
beh (a dual word: bear, which is her favorite DVD; also "bread")
I want out! (of her high chair, bed, carseat, etc.)
NOOOOOO!!!
bebe (baby, maybe this should actually be in first place!)
babble (another dual word: means Bible and apple)
want MILK!
Mimi
Pop
Anni (our friend Anna)
Ian
donkey (random, right?)
book
Pooh (another favorite DVD)
I stuck!
MINE!
Night Night
poon (spoon)
cookie
Nanny (candy, another favorite phrase)
oose (juice)
nana (banana)
I know there are more, so I will update as I think of (read: hear her say them!)
Have a great day.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Allie...
went tee-tee on the potty today!
Yay yay! For those of you who don't appreciate a good potty story, you may as well just browse somewhere else! :)
She was running around saying, "Potty! Potty!" She has done this before and I sit her up there and.... nothing.
But today, she did it! Landon and I made such a hoopla about it that she probably freaked out and thought she did something wrong. I mean Landon was seriously screaming, in the high pitched way that Landon screams, "Allie went tee tee on the potty! Allie went tee tee on the potty!"
Then, what was really funny, was I asked Landon if he wanted to call Daddy and tell him. He said, "Yeah!" I asked what he was going to tell him. He said, "That I want to go to Lindsey and Alan's house!" (my sis and her hubby) Oh, well. I called and broke the news myself.
Sorry, Sam's Club. You may soon be losing $35 a month from the Hays family on diapers.
Yay yay! For those of you who don't appreciate a good potty story, you may as well just browse somewhere else! :)
She was running around saying, "Potty! Potty!" She has done this before and I sit her up there and.... nothing.
But today, she did it! Landon and I made such a hoopla about it that she probably freaked out and thought she did something wrong. I mean Landon was seriously screaming, in the high pitched way that Landon screams, "Allie went tee tee on the potty! Allie went tee tee on the potty!"
Then, what was really funny, was I asked Landon if he wanted to call Daddy and tell him. He said, "Yeah!" I asked what he was going to tell him. He said, "That I want to go to Lindsey and Alan's house!" (my sis and her hubby) Oh, well. I called and broke the news myself.
Sorry, Sam's Club. You may soon be losing $35 a month from the Hays family on diapers.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
This needs no explanation....
.... or does it?
They did it on their own, I promise!
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I want to update on Church in the Center , but eleven o'clock-ness is preventing brain clarity. I'll write more soon, I promise. (2 promises in a very short post!)
Have a great week.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Company, company, company
Over the past month or so, we have had TONS of company! I have enjoyed it so much, and know that it is over for a while now that school is starting. :(
Thought I would share some of the pictures from over the weeks: top left is Landon with my cousins Peyton and Emilyat the Hays family's first Astros Game! (Emily is 2 days older than Landon!). They were visiting with their parents, Stephen and Holly. (Stephen is my uncle, but we won't tell! :) )
Second pic is Landon with Cameron, one of our former youth and now a very good friend. Happy 21st birthday this week, Cameron!
Next is Allison, with my college friend Nicole's daughter, Allison. Yes, they are both Allison! So cute. Mine is Allison Danielle and hers is Allison Noelle, which was almost our Allison's name! Wow, that was a mouthful!
Then, Landon is shown with Nicole's son Zethan. They had such a good time together!
The last picture is of my cousin Mitchell. We went and saw his family in Galveston, and then they visited us in Houston! (yes, that is Caleb buried in the sand behind him! My mom did that!)
I'll have to add more pics on another blog because I couldn't put all of them on one post!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
suckers for sweets!
Just to show you how much my kids love sweets, here are some pics of them actually sucking through the gum wrappers to get to the flavor! Came up with that idea all on their own, I'm sure!
When I caught them doing it, I took the gum away, but then gave it back for a few pics! Decided I needed to capture the moment, and not stress about it!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Random Child thoughts and actions
I love having children- they really do say and do the cutest things. For example, one day Landon and Ben were talking about God. Landon said, "Where is God? I want to go to his house. I want to hold him and hug him and give him five!" That just melted my heart. And it made me think- how badly do I want to go to God's house (in this instance, I'm talking about Heaven, not church), and how happy am I in my current home (earth)?
Allie is getting her own personality, as well. She just loves her baby dolls and.... her toothbrush! That's right. She will carry that thing around as long as we let her, and screams when we take it away. So she has one we let her carry, and one we brush her teeth with. Now that is not to say she doesn't get the good one, and Landon's, and mine, and Ben's whenever she has a free chance. She will drag Landon's stool around just so she can reach up on the counter! So if your toothbrush goes missing, check the Hays house!
I would love to hear cute things about your kids, or kids you know, say/do!
Allie is getting her own personality, as well. She just loves her baby dolls and.... her toothbrush! That's right. She will carry that thing around as long as we let her, and screams when we take it away. So she has one we let her carry, and one we brush her teeth with. Now that is not to say she doesn't get the good one, and Landon's, and mine, and Ben's whenever she has a free chance. She will drag Landon's stool around just so she can reach up on the counter! So if your toothbrush goes missing, check the Hays house!
I would love to hear cute things about your kids, or kids you know, say/do!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Beach Bums
Yesterday, we went to Galveston to pick up my sister, Lindsey, and her hubby, Alan from a cruise (jealousy inserted here!) While we were waiting for them to arrive, we took the kiddos to the beach. They LOVED it. We had so much fun just playing in the water and sand for hours. Landon and Allison were laughing the whole time (until Allie fell asleep in my arms!)
I love living only an hour from the beach. It reminds me, above all other of God's creations, of his magnitude and greatness. Can't wait to go again!
What reminds you of God's greatness? I would love feedback!
**Thanks to Daddy for the great pictures!
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