Bring on the Weekend

Today turned out so beautiful.  I decided to beat the buses out of the parking lot today (which means I left 10 minutes early) to go for a run before picking up the girls from school.  I felt a little like a kid skipping class... I was a little excited:)

After picking up the girls, we played outside until dinner.  Great start to the weekend!!

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Spring Forward

I was so excited to spring forward this weekend.  Longer days, more sun, warmer weather... so excited!

Friday night started with after dinner drinks with Melissa.  We missed Katy (who got sick) but it was so nice to relax and catch up.  

We all woke up pretty slow on Saturday, then had to get it in gear to get E to swim practice by 9:00.  She was supposed to start soccer, but the rain on Friday made the fields to wet.  She was disappointed but that meant I didn't have to be late for my friend's baby shower.  Not having to rush around on Saturday was such a blessing!

This is her "Ariel" pose.  Not sure why.  It just is.

Saturday night we went out with some friends to celebrate Julie's birthday.  We went to Red Sky, a tapas bar with dueling pianos.  So much fun!

The birthday girl

Elizabeth sang with the Joy Choir in the traditional service on Sunday.  She was really into it this time.  I almost cried listening to her sing, "Jesus is my best friend."  

The weather was so nice on Sunday the girls played outside all day long.  We got lots of yard work done.  I went for a run.  We jumped on our neighbor's trampoline.  Basically, played, played, played!  

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Dr. Seuss and Frozen

The girls celebrated Dr. Seuss this week at school. There was a different theme each day. They wore tacky socks on Tuesday.


Wacky Wednesday was fun especially since we had church after school! Elizabeth was not a fan of dressing wacky. She kept saying, "This isn't cute. I don't look pretty!" I told her she could change but as soon as she saw that her friends were wacky too, she was okay with it. Not excited. Just accepting.





On crazy hat day Caroline was very specific that she wanted to be Minnie Mouse. Not exactly crazy, but she sure was adorable!





I was so proud of E this morning because she figured out all by herself how to get the hat to stand up. Bert was out of town so I was busy getting myself and C ready. She had taken it upon herself to stuff her daddy's newspaper in it to make it stand up. She is definitely my problem solver!


My girls absolutely love Frozen. They sing the songs ALL. THE. TIME! Friday night they put on a performance for Bert and me.

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Fat Tuesday

On Tuesdays (since Bert has class) we eat dinner with my friend Allison and her kids, Gabriella and Brayden.  We switch off every week and it's so fun!  Brooke and her kids, Jackson and Jordan, joined us this week too.  So we had a Fat Tuesday celebration!

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Whirlwind Weekend

On Thursday night Bert left for Memphis so that he could spend the weekend fixing up the old house getting it ready to rent again.  That means that me and the girls were flying solo for a few days.

Caroline "called and texted" her friends while watching sister at swim lessons.

We left on Saturday after swim lessons to go see Aunt Rebeka who is back from New Zealand!  The girls were so excited, and so was I!!

We pulled them to the park in the wagon.

Me and my baby sister taking a selfie together:)

Caroline said she was Ariel as she laid across the rock.  Apparently I was standing in the ocean.  

We tried to take a group selfie before dinner.  The girls' faces make me laugh.  They're not really sure what's going on.

Before leaving on Sunday we had a lunch date with the Odoms!  It was great to let the girls burn off some energy before our car ride and I got to see their new beautiful home.  I so wish these kiddos got to see each other all the time!

Christy gave the girls umbrellas for their birthdays,  They were immediately obsessed.

It was actually raining outside so of course they needed their new accessory right away!

We got home just in time for me to get dressed up for our Oscar Party.  It was the most fun I'd ever had watching the Oscars.  

Even though it was a whirlwind, we got to see some of my very favorite people so for that I am thankful!

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5 Years Old

Elizabeth Joy,
You have been five-years-old for over a week now, and I still can't believe it!  You have matured so much in just the last 6 months.  Here is what you're up to at 5!

• You are 44 inches tall (79%) and you weigh 43 pounds (71%).  You've never been in a height percentile this low.  I guess you're slowing down a little.
• I am buying you size 6 clothes for the summer.  Wow!  You're a skinny little thing, but your height still requires longer sizes!

• You take ballet and jazz at school.  You are also taking swim lessons and start your second season of soccer this month.  
• You are an excellent reader.  Your teacher says you're the best reader in your pre-k class.  Once a week they let you go read to your sister's class at story time.  So sweet!
• You are still very strong willed.  You know what you want, and you try really hard to get it.  But you are way more in control of your melt downs these days.  That's not to say you're not emotional at times.  Just about anything can bring you to tears, but you don't throw many fits anymore.

You love your sister so much and are very protective of her.  A boy in the CFA playground was blowing a whistle at her and she clearly didn't like it.  You quickly got between them and said very firmly to the little boy, "You stop that!  My sister doesn't like it!"  You weren't mean, just firm.  I was so proud of you.  Then you grabbed Caroline's hand and took her to the other side of the play area.  

You are such a sponge.  You soak up everything.  You will ask us questions about things you heard hours before.  I love your curiosity.

Something that you consistently do that makes us laugh is when you're daddy and I hug or kiss each other, you ALWAYS join in.  You will stop whatever you are doing and run over to us to give a group hug.  Makes us laugh every time.

You are so excited to start kindergarten.  You're already telling people that you're going to be a Tritt Tiger.  Unfortunately you don't realize that your current school friends won't be going there with you.  But I'm sure you will adjust just fine.

You have always been independent.  Lately you are really showing that independence.  Last Wednesday we were eating dinner at church.  It was time for Joy Choir which I usually walk you up the stairs to.  This time you matter-of-factly said to me, "I don't need you to walk me.  Livvy and I are going to walk together."  Livvy is a 6-year-old in choir with you.  As you walked out the door, you waved "Bye Mom."  My heart almost melted right there!  Of course, I snuck up the stairs behind y'all to make sure you made it safely.  You had and you were so proud of yourself.

You ask me or your daddy to lay in bed with you every night until you fall asleep.  Sometimes we do.  Who can resist your sweet request?  

I think you're afraid you're going to miss something when you go to bed.  But once you fall asleep, you sleep for at least 12 hours.  Same as you always have.  Although you rarely take naps anymore.  If you are tired, you will rest by yourself in your room.  But you rarely fall asleep.

You still love dresses and skirts.  You don't like it when you only have uniform pants to wear to school.  So I am buying mostly dresses for next year.  Hopefully you won't be over them by then!

You love to play outside more than anything else.  You will knock on everybody's door in the afternoon to see if they can come play outside with you.  

You love to ride your skooter the most!  You still ride our bike and barbie jeep a lot too.

You love to draw and do crafts.  We set up your own desk in my craft room.  You get in the zone just like your mama.  The two of us can work for hours in there!

You also love to write.  You especially love to write notes and do kindergarten activity books.  You call it your "homework."

You are very particular on how you want things.  You like your bed to be made just right and everything in your room has its place. 

Your playroom is a different story.  It is almost always a wreck!

You still love to dress-up.  You have a ridiculous amount of dress up clothes.  You and your sister play dress up together all of the time.  

You also love to complete puzzles and play with barbies.  Caroline really loves the barbies even more than you, but you play with her because it makes her happy.

You love movies and lately have gotten into classic movies.  Annie and Mary Poppins are at the top for you!

You are really into music too.  You've memorized all of the lyrics to the Frozen soundtrack.  Even when we turn it on to the Fish, you really focus on remembering all the words.

I never understood why people make such a big deal about turning 5 and starting school.  But now I get it!  It's like you've truly transformed from our baby girl to our little girl.  You are so full of life and vibrant and joyful and beautiful!  I am so grateful that God continues to bless me by your every single day.  We love you Lovey!

Our Surprisingly Busy Weekend

We started Friday night with dinner with sweet friends.  Then Saturday morning Elizabeth started swim lesson again.  I was a little worried that she would've forgotten some of what she learned last summer.  But my little fish was right at home back in the water.  She was sad when the lesson was over.

Saturday was so beautiful that I decided to risk hurting my tailbone that is still healing and go for a run.  I took it easy but realized how much I missed it.  When I got home I went to the grocery store and got the house ready for our neighborhood girls' movie night.  Ten ladies came over and we ended up hanging out way past the ending of the movie.  It was a fun night.

Walking out to church on Sunday and the weather was perfect!

Both of the girls took really long naps Sunday afternoon.

Sunday night we went over to the Bells house, grilled out, and watched the kids play outside.  Spring is definitely in the air!

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