My 3 favorite girls

Here is a quick update of my 3 favorite girls.  They each  make me laugh in their own ways and there is never a shortage of laughing with them.  Riley loves to show off and one of her favorite things to show off is her awesome belly.  She takes after her BertBurt but we are hoping before the teenage years that won't be the case anymore:)  Kelly still gets a panicked look in her eye when Riley is near but Molly can make her laugh.

Riley showing off her belly

Trike - A- Thon

Molly's school had a trike-a-thon for the kids at St. Jude.  The school raised over $2,000 for the hospital and all the kids got to ride.  Molly has been very excited about this event, as we practiced for the ride she would ride around the culdasac yelling I ride for five dollar.  She now thinks every time she rides her bike she is helping the kids.  I have yet to be able to get her to understand the concept but oh well better a cheerful giver than nothing.  After this event I realized that my camera phone will not cut it on all events in life - a little too much of a glare but this is the best shots.  I followed up with a video and you can hear Molly yell whooohoo after I cheer her on. 

The start line for the 3 year old

Cheering sister on

Molly and and her classmates riding for the kids at St. Jude's

 

The newest McP - Sally the horse.  Thanks to friends who are moving

 

5-73 Cav Ball

Jon's unit held a ball this past week and we got all dressed up to go.  He is in a Calvary unit so they wear Stetson's which only look a little funny on a non cowboy but I think he pulled it off well.  Also he has participated in what is called a spur ride where you go to the woods for a few days and others in your unit "smoke you" as Jon told me.  So along with a cowboy hat he wore spurs with his formal.  I met my prince charming at the ball since he had to take care of some things ahead of time.  I rode with another friend since both our husbands had responsibilities and neither of us really wanted to drive to the ball all dressed up by ourselves.  Erica a good friend was able to babysit the girls and brought Cinderella so that they could see a ball while mommy and daddy were at one.  I asked Erica to come 30 minutes early to give me time to get ready - do my hair and makeup without the help of my favorite 3 girls!  The best part of the night was putting on my dress only to notice a small hole where the seam had come apart - praise Jesus for stitch witch!! I took it off grabbed the iron and melted my dress together for the night:)  I was so glad to have a friend lend me shoes for the night so I didn't have to go barefoot- and unlike my last formal I didn't even go to Kohl's to do my makeup. 

Meeting Prince Charming at the Ball

Jon needed a haircut for the ball and Kelly wanted to hide.

Hard to leave these three.
Had Erica come early so I could get ready without their help!!

Hubbs Corn Maze

Since moving to NC we found an awesome corn maze not to far from us.  Each year we have gone and loved our time getting lost in the maze, eating way too much sugar and having some fun family bonding.  The barrel ride is always a favorite - having a grandpa drive kids around on his riding lawn mower pulling barrels is funny to watch.  Molly and Riley did not enjoy the pillow jump but they did like the slide.  Kelly got to eat her first food - COTTON CANDY!! All three girls have had it as their first food but let me tell you that Kelly was not fond of going back to regular food after that experience.  It was a fight to get her to eat cereal or milk and I think we are in for a long road now. 

Our corn maze is now sorghum which makes it harder to cheat since it grows so tall and they don't plant it in rows.  We went with our friends the Ruff's and it was fun to see the difference between 2 boys and 3 girls - let me just say less whining and more running:)  Can't wait until next year but don't worry there will be no more McP additions coming with us this time!!

McP tradition.
Maybe not next year since we seem to bring 1 more kid each year

 

First real food - blue cotton candy

She really liked it - trying to make her eat cereal tonight was rough

Loving the slide

Molly learning how to line dance from the professionals

The barrel ride - She loved it

Molly and her friend Aidan driving

Riley needed her daddy

Preparing for the corn maze
Mirror Maze

Firsts

We have had a few firsts this week: 

Molly is participating in her first trike-a-thon Oct 12 so we have actually been working on riding around the circle.

Riley had her first fort named after her!  After bible study on Tuesday we had a picnic lunch with some friends and the kids played for over 2 hours and with all the pine straw the big kids decided to make a fort to contain the mover and shaker.  They named it Camp Riley and showed me the cubby they made, toys (pine cones and sticks) and high walls.  She loved playing in there - who would have thought!

Kelly ate her first round of cereal - after a week of waking up every 2 hours at night instead of sleeping through the night like she used to I had to do something.  This however is not considered her first real food - she won't be eating anything with taste until after she has had cotton candy like her sisters!  Molly's first taste of food was cotton candy at the AK state fair, Riley's was at an Astro's game last year in TX and Kelly will not be left out of the tradition.  Now to find a place worthy of buying cotton candy for her first taste of the good stuff!!

 

I needed a break after a few laps, Molly is inspecting my tires.
Kelly and Riley love being in the trailer

Camp Riley with 2 feet of pinestraw for walls

FEED ME! She loves food.

All About Molly - Preschool Open House

This past week Molly's preschool had open house.  For open house we got to meet her teacher, learn about an upcoming trike-a-thon and eat pizza.  Molly was so excited to have us all coming to her school that she could not walk only jump along.  When jumping into school Molly pointed out where she waits for me in line at the end of the day and how she opens the door to walk to class. Walking into class Molly had an all about Molly book.  Ms. Jodi her teacher helped her demonstrate how she sits and works on her morning activity, circle time and getting her job for the day.  Afterwards we learned about all the fun after school activities she could do like Spanish club and music club.  The school had a pizza dinner fundraiser - I think Molly and Riley loved getting to eat in school.

 

What I learned about my child from her book about her:

(the underlined part is what she wrote as her answer)

My name is Molly

I have brown hair

I have brown eyes

My favorite color is purple

My favorite toy is foam (which she translated to me as hand sanitizer)

My best fried is my baby sisters

I don't like when mommy spanks me (my thought is what about daddy??)

She has 11 fingers on each hand

She has lots of them toes on each foot

My birthday is on Friday

 

Welcome to Reilly Road Presbyterian Christian Church Preschool

Molly sitting on her honeycomb

Pizza and capri-sun at school!

The Battle of the Millennium

After many weeks without a date and a few nights where we alternated having things we decided it was time for some fun as a couple.  I asked Jon on Wednesday if we could play a game, any game Thursday night instead of our normal rut of talking about our day and then watching an episode of either Top Gear or Burn Notice before going to bed.  He agreed but little did I know that a simple game would be turned into the Battle of the Millennium by the next morning.  As I sat in PWOC getting ready to pray with my group I received a call from Jon - which never happens - so I thought it was something important.  He was calling to talk smack and ask if I had read him game list for the night - after gently letting him go I could not wait for the meeting to be over so I could see the rules for the night.   Our games where - with the names he gave them (winner):

Spoon me up some Egg - obstacle course with an egg on a spoon (ASHLEY)

Croquet Horseshoe - using a croquet ball who could get closet to the stake (JON)

Target Practice - water balloons and the pool in the middle of the street (JON)

Sudanese Taxi Ride - a short ride around the block (ASHLEY)

Who Wants to be a winner?  - bible trivia book (ASHLEY)

So you think you can dance? - X-box highest score wins in Dance Revolution (JON)

Farkle - first to 10,000 (ASHLEY)

Monopoly Deal - first with 3 properties (JON)

Carcasonne - highest score (JON)

 

As you can tell the first 4 games were made up by Jon and the girls got to participate with us.  A few neighbor kids were curious so we let them in on the fun too.  Eggs and kids don't mix!!  After baths were completed a kids put to bed we continued the game night with the final 5 games. We were tied at the half but I was sure I would be able to take Jon in the final 3 games because I never lose them but last night was not my night.  I take pleasure in knowing I beat him in a foot race (with eggs) and in the bike race though. 

 

 

Spoon Me Up Some Egg

This is about where Molly lost her egg

They decided to just hold the cracked eggs in their hands and finish the course.
Had to hurry and wash hand for the thumb sucker in the family!!

Croquet Horseshoe

Target Practice

Sudanese Taxi Ride

Last few minutes of fun in the obstacle course before bedtime

Watch out some awesome dance moves

Seriously I scored 1/4 of Jon's score - I didn't think I was that bad

The card games and trivia were not as exciting to get pictures of - sorry just imagine us sitting around playing games and me getting frustrated as I saw victory slip through my fingers!

I am so thankful for a husband who takes my simple idea of a game night and turns it into a family affair that ends as an awesome date for us and is FUN!!