Happy Birthday Mallory!

We went to Mallory's 2nd Birthday party this morning and the kids had a blast. Only had 1 meltdown and that came when Jake wanted to eat cake during sweet Mallory's present opening time. He had quite a fit but it soon passed when the cake was in front of him. What can I say? He wanted some cake!

Sweet Mallory was all smiles

Our meltdown in progress. It was quite hilarious only I was embarrassed due to the amount of noise he was making. Tara gave him a book and he immediately stopped and started looking at it.

Riding the bikes "together"

Riding the scooter together. If they could always be this content with each other!

Running down the hall with Kyle Caston
And sweet Landry taking it all in.

Planning our Summer Trip!

We have been talking about a Spring Break trip with Matt's family for a while now. Last weekend we finally figured out that not all of Matt's family could go(his dad and aunt). So my mother-in-law asked us if we wanted to go to WALT DISNEY WORLD??? Yes the babies are a little young, but if you were offered a gracious trip wouldn't you take it? Well, you guessed it...we are going in June and have been calling and planning all week! The tricky part about going with young babies is that you really can't get just a normal room unless you want to sleep when they sleep and tip toe around their schedule. We decided on a suite and are staying at the Sarasota Springs Villas on the premises on Disney.

Growing up I was fortunate enough to visit DW numerous times and have my parents to thank for those wonderful memories. I haven't been to the park since I was a senior in high school(1997) and my how Disney has expanded. There are some pretty COOL hotel accommodations that we are super excited about. And although we hated to stay at a deluxe category hotel, we also figured it will be worth it being that we MIGHT be at the hotel longer than most families! Jake and Landry may handle all the activities well and they may not. I have a feeling we will be taking advantage of the zero entry pool(meaning it gradually gets deeper) at least once a day. And yours truly will be going down the water slide with all the kids, yeah I have yet to grow up!

SO now we are just trying to get transportation from the airport to the WDW resort without having to spend an absolute fortune. The direct flight on Allegiant Air from Shreveport to Orlando does NOT fly into the main airport where Disney offers FREE transportation. The cheapest fare from the airport to the resort I have found is $120 each way...SO, if you know of any hidden transportation deals out there, please let me know! Otherwise we will just fork over the money and enjoy the trip:)!

And how glad I was to have had my running buddy meet me this morning for an easy 5. When your rear view mirror says ICE where the temperature should be and the ground is frosted white, it helps to know you have someone to suffer with you! And yes I know there are colder places, and I am glad to not be running there:). After my long run tomorrow we have a birthday party in Ruston to attend. I think when you have children your enjoyment of attending birthdays heightens. But the more I think about it, why else would you be at a b-day party! I love taking the kids to parties and watching them interact with others. So until tomorrow, enjoy your FRIDAY!

Be Careful What you Say!

Some of you might wonder why I am posting this, but I ran into the small town gossip realm yesterday. Without going into too much detail and protecting those who might not want to be mentioned, I now know that one of the ladies that keeps Jake's Sunday school class has called him fat. This has to be one of the moments that people tell you about when they say you don't know hurt until it involves your babies. That comment was a stab to the heart! And besides, you don't call a baby (in a hurtful way) FAT! Yes he has always been a big boy and probably always will be. But please don't call him that!

So I am taking this as a lesson learned. Watch what you say about other people's babies because it may come back to their parents:).

Sleeping Beauty

This is what no afternoon nap will do to you on the way home from Wal-Mart! Landry fell asleep during our late evening run to Wally world . We got home around 7 and I laid her on the living room floor assure that she would soon wake up. Well, this was 30 minutes later......! We just bathed her and put her to bed, bless her heart!

And Jake was just playing away with his new trains that Big Mama had bought him. He is learning to pose:).
Well, Landry decided to take an afternoon nap today and I hear her waking up so I must go!

Boston and Bumblebees!

Do you remember the preschool song "I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee!" ? Jake absolutely loves to sing this song and Landry has started joining in on the action. Here Jake is responding to the part: "Owww, he stung me!" Thought this picture turned out darling. Thanks mom for sending it to me~
Excerpt from the Boston Marathon web page:
The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon. In 2008 nearly 22,000 runners completed the race. Registration for the 2009 Boston Marathon will begin on September 3 at 9 a.m. (ET). The field will be limited to the first 25,000 entrants.

Now click on this LINK. Boston closed YESTERDAY. Yes, I have been twiddling my thumbs while mom told me every time I saw her,"You better register for Boston." And honestly I was just waiting until payday! From what I understand, Boston usually doesn't close until mid-February/early March. Mom said it may have to do with the Olympics being last last year. Don't know, but I called the Boston Athletic Association this morning since my name hadn't been posted on the entrants list yet( I registered Saturday night). The lady I spoke with said they were just waiting on verification of my time from the SA marathon and that I got in "just under the wire". Glad to see that this time was a happy story. Could have been disastrous with plane tickets and hotel reservations already made, although some refunds would have occurred-not 100%.

That's all.

Been A While!

It has been an eventful week for us in the Tyler household! Last Sunday we went to Mer Rouge to visit some friends for the day. They have a horse farm and Jake was very excited to see the horses. To say he has a love for animals is an understatement. He has close to 15 small toy animals and if Landry comes anywhere near them he goes into cardiac arrest-SERIOUSLY. And of course when we got near the horses he would not touch them-until Landry decided it was OK to pet them. Then he reluctantly petted a horse as well:).

I had Monday off for MLK day and then Tuesday was a teacher workday so we had no students. When I went to pick Landry and Jake up from Mrs. Dorothy's, I was holding both of them in my arms and talking away when Landry decided she wanted down. So without warning she toppled out of my arms and hit the ground head first. I was so upset that I immediately dropped Jake. So then BOTH of my children were screaming. NOT a good moment for mom here! So just to be on the safe side I called the pediatrician who told me to take her to the emergency room, which I promptly did. Mom and dad met us there, as did a woman who looked like she had the plague. Mom was more concerned over Landry getting something from that woman than her head-not really! But I certainly didn't want either child next to that sickly woman! We saw the doctor quickly and he assured me that she would be fine.

Then Wednesday morning as I was about to get ready for school, we were informed that Dorothy has the stomach bug and would be closed that day. So I was kinda glad that I was able to stay home with Landry to monitor how she did after her injury. Only thing I noticed was that she didn't sleep very well during her naps that day-could've been coincidental so that was no big deal. And of course Jake slept great during his nap that day-always works out that way!

Thursday and Friday were pretty uneventful, then Saturday came with my weekly long run and that was super fun running in a heavy mist for 2 hours! Sarah ran with me during the second part of my 15 mile run, and I am SO thankful for her company! Luckily I was able to take 2 short naps that day thanks to a sweet husband and then 2 sleeping babies. And I finally signed up for the Boston Marathon-so now it's official. We have our plane flights booked, hotel reserved, and entries paid. Now for the hard part.....all those fun long runs! Yet I am taking it 1 Saturday at a time. The 3 weekday runs aren't bad at all, so I think I can do it:).

Saturday night Matt's parents came over to see Jake and Landry and also to keep them while we went out with Mark and Elizabeth. Had a really good time but who'd have thought the Ruston theatre would be sold out on all the movies we wanted to see! But we made the best of it and came back to visit with the Tyler's.

Update: Landry has been officially walking as of last weekend. She is walking 90% of the time and only crawls of she wants to get somewhere in a hurry. So I will hold off on that dr. appointment after all! Praises for that!

Here are some pictures. They are backwards in order. Didn't feel like fixing them. Sorry!


Elizabeth, Mark, Matt, and me!
Landry before church this morning. Thought this outfit was darling on her. Had to document it!

GiGi and Jake last night. He told Matt he wanted to take a picture. True story!

Playing our alligator and monkey activity. Found this glove at Wal-Mart and he loves singing the song!

Clowning around together in the Lego box one night this week. Landry absolutely loves playing with her brother-when he has the patience!!!!

Big D reading to his grand babies. Jake would read book ALL DAY LONG if someone would read them to him. And we try but sometimes we gotta have a break!

At the horse barn in Mer Rouge with Mr. Joseph!It's very doubtful that Landry will be a girly girl(do you see the mud she was trying to eat???). But I wasn't one growing up either!

Checking out all the horses on a beautiful day!

Well, I will try to be better about posting during the week. Got caught up in the down time last week!

Busy Saturday

Wow! It has been a full day and I am tired! Started out early, got 12 miles in(7 with Sarah and 5 by myself), was home a little before 8am only to be back in the car by 8:35 and headed to Bossier. We made it to Sadie's birthday party by 10 am and the kids had a ball! The birthday party was at Jumpin' Jupiter, which I have talked about before, is an indoor facility with about 6 bounce houses. After the playtime they had plenty to eat!

Jake and his side kick, Ben O'Dell!

Carrie Dunn, Katye Hamby(and baby Bennett..soon to be born!), Julie Martin, me, and Elizabeth O'Dell, some of our Bossier friends
After catching my 2 renegades trying to go UP the slide, I decided to take them down the slide myself.....

They loved it and Jake immediately wanted to go again. I was exhausted after the first round so I opted not to do it again!

And this is Landry as she is screaming about something....always! She has such a fun spirit!

Not sure why I have 2 duplicates of the picture below but I couldn't delete them so enjoy!

So glad we are out of school on Monday. Matt is hunting out of town and we plan to meet up with him after church tomorrow. We are looking forward to a relaxing afternoon.