Blowing Out Five Candles

Monkey #4 is blowing out 5 candles today!!

and she even lost her first tooth on Tuesday

in true Cybil form . . .

just flipped it out of her mouth in the aisle at Kroger and had all the other shoppers helping her look for it.  But her first lost tooth couldn't be found anywhere!  Mommy did write a note so the tooth fairy would know what happened.  And to top it off, Mommy and Daddy didn't even know the tooth was loose.  That's our Cybilishious!!

Happy 5th Birthday, Cybil!!!

Mimi and Granddaddy love you to the moon and back!

What's Blooming

Since there will be no family gathering on the Acre this weekend for Mother's Day, Mimi thought she would show ya'll what's blooming . . .

one day ya'll will have to take a little trip with Mimi to see all the beautiful wild hydrangeas in the mountains.

it's a sight to behold!

maybe one day Mimi's 5 little ones will be as big as those.

you just can't beat the old fashioned orange daylilies for a great show

even if the pictures are a little blurry

the red cannas from Mrs. Sandy are just beginning to pop out ~

before long that little corner will be solid red.

when the yellow daylilies join in the show, visitors to the Acre will get a little surprise as they drive down the driveway.

and

in the house

in honor of our last night of six year's worth of serving as officers in the homeowners association

No, Mimi didn't cut all my hydrangeas (I even forgot to take pictures of my little bushes) . . .

Mrs. Opal picked me some from her huge bushes by the bridge to use on the table at the meeting tonight.  Beautiful, aren't they?  Maybe one day Mimi will have enough blooms on mine that I will be able to cut a bouquet this big.

Well, that's it for the burst of color on this wonderfully cool day.  Hope ya'll are getting ready for this B.I.G. weekend ~ a state basketball tournament and a Saturday full of recitals ~

WOW, fun times are just around the corner!!

May and the First

just happens to be a very special birthday!

and a belated birthday wish to you, too, Tay Tay!!

are you really going to be a Junior in college next year?

someone else will be turning 9 soon ~ wonder who it could be?

like Mother, like Son 

well, except in the height department ~ you've won that race, Pate!

Two of Mimi's Beauties!

Sweet Josie will also be having a birthday this month!

Happy Birthday, "Doo Dah" or "Doodle" or "Hop Pop"

whatever we call you, you're wished the best birthday ever!

We love you all the muches!

(and guess what?  you're quickly catching up to your Aunt Sissy's age ~ how can that be?)

Monday Update

on my Five Little Monkeys

The oldest . . .

played in a basketball tournament in Atlanta this weekend

and this is who she had to guard in Saturday's game

just a little uneven Mimi's thinking!

but you played great, CJ

this one went in and so did the next one!

the next in line . . .

got braces

love the pink, AG!!

Mimi's so glad they are feeling better!!

and caught a fish while fishing with her daddy

Way to Go!!

the middle monkey . . .

was sick with strep

Poor Baby, Mimi's hoping you are feeling better and taking your medicine like a good little patient!

Monkey #4 .  .  .

played another soccer game this weekend

& took care of Mommy while Daddy and Sissy were away playing ball.

and the littlest Monkey . . .

is such a mess!!

(We should have been warned from these earlier pictures)

Quotes from Sweet Baby A:

While at the store this weekend with her Daddy:  "Why can't you just be a Mimi cause she always lets me get 2 things?"  He was letting them pick out one 'prize' each.  She already had hers but obviously felt the need for a second one.  And I guess I'm guilty as charged!

Then tonight while trying to get out of eating her pizza when the family was eating dinner out:  "I just heard God tell me . . . Adelynn, you feel like you should have dessert.  Then he died and fell off the cross and got back up."  This said as she looked straight at her daddy without so much as a grin.  The positive side . . . she is listening in her little Sunday School class.  Oh, the mind of a 3 year old, especially Baby A!

All in a Day's Work

Just a little yard piddling today because I realized last week when A and J were swinging that I never got around to fixing a place to 'rest' by the playground, so . . .

now I do.

Notice Miss Gigi is resting behind the left chair on the plowed ground where Granddaddy and I sowed grass seeds on Tuesday.  Just in time for the pictures.

But here's where she spent the afternoon while I worked.

   Tommorrow's piddling . . . replacing some azaleas and adding pine straw to this bed.

Before I went in to fix supper, I discovered this beauty as I sat down on the rabbit bench.

One more chore checked off  the To Do List!

Two Weeks of Fun in the Sun

Not for Mimi exactly; but different parts of the family celebrated for 2 straight weeks . . .

guess that's what happens when spring breaks don't coincide.

Mimi started spring break (actually every day of spring is Mimi's break now, right?) on the Saturday before Palm Sunday watching CJ play in a softball tournament just up the road a piece.

Sorry this is so blurry, CJ but you can still tell your friend you had your picture made in front of her cousin.  Although Mimi didn't get to see the end of the tourney, Daddy kept me updated and it sounded like you played awesome with a team 1st place!!  Congratulations!

Saturday night, Mimi traveled south to help Mande with her MJ 'last release' clothing party before we started making our way to the sugar white sand.

From Monday to Friday, just building sand castles, playing in the ocean and the pool that was right beside our door, and eating in all the wonderful places from Rosemary to Grayton Beach.

 and, of course, we spent just a little time in the precious shops of Seaside, Seacreast and Rosemary

always ending with a treat from the Sugar Shak

or

ICE CREAM!

then Week 2

found the P family in historic Charleston playing in the sun and sand.

 swimming in the ocean and pool, riding bikes and even finding alligators!

Mimi can't wait to see all those pictures of ya'll in your bikinis.  When Mommy posts some, I'll borrow them for here, okay?

Now it's back to reality . . .

washing clothes, cleaning house, and the thing Mimi likes best, playing in the dirt!!

All the while dreaming of July and when all my babies will be under one roof on one white sandy beach together!

You've all grown just a little since the last time, don't you think?

Visitors

Tuesday we were blessed to have a little visitor to the Acre . . .

Sweet Baby A came up to spend the night.

She had to check out the flowers

and play a little golf because Granddaddy was off playing golf.

Then today . . .

Sweet Josie spent the day.

The most favorite thing to do was play on the "playground" but it's hard for Mimi to take pictures and push swings so hopefully ya'll can remember those fun times and also the cookie baking experience.

Of course, silly faces are a must!

Thanks for brightening Mimi's week, sweet girls!!

And . . .

This Mama Robin built her nest while Mimi was off to the beach last week.  I tried to tell her before I left that Granddaddy wouldn't like it if she built there.  Guess she wasn't afraid of him.  Adelynn said she was "wooking" at her with a mean face.  Mimi thinks it's a "stay away from my nest" face.  Either way, I'm amazed at how perfect the nest is ~ before I left there were just 3 little long twigs up there and you can still see 2 of them flapping in the wind.  Wish she wasn't so high up so we could see the eggs.  But it won't be long until we can hear those little chirps wanting food.

Hopefully, Mimi will get Spring Break pictures posted before the weekend is over.