Bixie Loo Hoo!!!
Carly starts school tomorrow and her dairy free snack box is all ready to go! It is such a relief to know that she has one of the same teachers again this year! I'm not AT ALL worried about her being exposed to dairy ... this time last year, I was a wreck! Carly is in good hands! :)
...that's just what we did today! We hung out at our neighborhood pool for a couple hours! AND, we had the whole pool to ourselves! Not another sole was there! We had a great time! No risk, no reward - right?!?!
Carly was VERY excited to meet her new teachers today! And she was almost as excited to find out that she has a big girl folder for important papers that she has to keep in her backpack ... just like her sissy. But even more than that, our Bixie is CRAZY excited that school starts on Monday ... just like her sissy!
I think that you’ll probably agree.
Wellllllll.......our newest member of the family, William Hall Leonard, was born yesterday at 3:33pm. He weighed 8lbs, 2oz and was 20¾ inches long! And he has a mane of dark hair just like his big sissies!!!
...this is the new dance bag that Macy picked out this afternoon?
All you Hannah Montana lovers are absolutely correct ... those are some of the lyrics from Hoedown Throwdown! The girls have been singing it non-stop since Dance Camp a few weeks ago! And, well...it seems like a pretty appropriate title for this post! :)
$1 socks at Old Navy! All of them ... even the 3 packs. I so love a bargain! 
Well, we met Macy's teacher today. Her first grade teacher. 'Cause she starts first grade in 3 days. You know, since she's a first grader now.
Our girls love – I mean LOVE – to listen to books on cd together! Tonight they must have sat on that trampoline quietly listening to stories for close to an hour! And for some reason I just think it’s the cutest thing! :)
As a parent, I am constantly wondering why I didn't come up with some totally great kid or parent friendly idea. Uncle JJ, Aunt Rebecca, and the girls gave Carly this cool star shaped bath crayon and foam coloring pages from Pottery Barn Kids for Christmas. I stuck them in a closet to save for a "rainy day" because the girls got quite a few bath toys for the holidays. 
I love Craig's List. I have had a pile of stuff in our "junk closet" for a long while now that I wanted to get put on Craig's List {including this unopened bedskirt}, and today I finally got a bunch of it listed! YES! And I even cleaned out the closet it was all stuffed in. I love being productive AND I love organizing!!! Now, let's just hope that I can actually sell some of it! :)
Well, technically Carly was feeling hot, hot, hot literally, until today. She busted out with a fever at 4:45 AM on Saturday morning and proceeded to run one on and off all weekend long {while we were in Houston...NICE}. She was fever free all day today, but I am pretty that she's still not feeling so hot, hot, hot because she has a virus.
...the ONLY landmark between the Big D and H.Town!
Per the rules of summer weather in Houston, it was a HOT day today! Paige found a blow-up kids pool at target in the shape of a pirate ship! Yep...The Scurvy Dog came complete with a mini slide, a steering wheel, AND a canon water sprayer! It kept the kiddos cool and they had a blast! ARGGGG, MATEYS!
Today, we headed to Houston to visit The Rodriguez Crew! Paige and I threw this "end of the summer" trip together super spur-of-the-moment, which I love! We got to their house around lunch time and had a fantastic, fun-filled afternoon ... well, after Jagger and Carly took a nap, of course! :)
My kids never cease to amaze me and today was one for the books. Macy has been having a bit of trouble cleaning up her room correctly. She has a habit of sticking stuff in whatever nook and cranny she can, rather than where the stuff belongs. Today, I walked around her room with her, pointing out all of the stuff that needed to be put away. But, when I can back to check {after she told me it was done}, all the stuff I pointed out was still in all the wrong places!!!
And when I say “chew gum”, I mean text. And talk.
…Between 5:00-5:30pm . Bryce’s house . BBQ . hamBurgers and hot dogs . Buns . Brownies . Bobby . Bill . Bobby’s wife . Bill’s wife . Big girls . Bitty girls . skipping Bath night . up past Bedtime . Best friends . Blabbing…
We had a full and fun day of swimming today ... and no nap for one Carly Anne. Both girls are exhausted! When we got home from swimming, we popped the kiddos in the tub, had an early dinner, and turned on a movie for those tired monkeys - Barbie the Island Princess. Just look at those serious faces on those cute sisters cuddling under that yummy soft blanket. I don't think that there is anything more adorable!
Grilled asparagus and burgers for dinner tonight!!!!!!! YUMMOOOO! My charming hubby outdid himself this evening! Dinner was DELISH!
So…ever since we got back from Gulf Shores, Bill and I have been playing gin a couple nights a week! We take turns being in the lead, but for the past week, I have been dominating. 
D.O.G.G.Y!!!!!
We had a tiny and unexpected visitor in our backyard tonight. Now, our backyard is not stranger to visitors ... squirrels, birds, and rabbits have been know to stop by. But this was a first. At around 7:30pm, the dogs started barking on and off, which is not unusual because they often bark at squirrels and rabbits, so I didn't think anything of it.
However, a few minutes before I was going to get the kids in bed, Carly shouted, "Mommy, Mommy...I see a baby puppy in our backyard!!!" Upon glancing out onto our patio I realized that she was indeed right. There was a random dog on our patio, although it wasn't actually a baby, just a small black Chihuahua. RANDOM! I have no idea how he got in. There are a few holes along our fence that the rabbits have dug and the dog was definitely small enough to fit through one, but still...pretty freakin' random!
I put the kiddos to bed and assured that that I would take care of the dog situation. Then, I got our dogs inside and I headed out to make friends with the little thing. It took about 10 minutes, but eventually he let me look at his collar. I discovered that his name was Mickey and called his owner, who as it turns out is our neighbor! DOUBLE RANDOM!!!
Had a little adventure tonight, we did. A strange and random and little bitty Chihuahua-sized adventure.
So. We surprised the girls tonight. And boy was it ever fun ... clowntastic actually!
It seems like just yesterday that these two BIG GIRLS were only BABIES! I snapped this picture at dance camp today {the director sweetly asked if they girls would like to do the Hannah Montana camp again and OF COURSE they did}. Anyway, I wanted to get a quick picture of the girls on our way out the door in their cute matching outfits {which was scarily completely UNplanned} and this is what I got…two way grown-up big girls. I personally just cannot believe my eyes…sigh.
This afternoon, Macy Gwynne had her first tennis lesson! Back in June, we signed our big girl up for private tennis lessons {and got her a pink tennis racket and pink tennis balls}. We have been trying ever since to get her first lesson scheduled, but between our two vacations and the instructor’s extremely full summer schedule, we didn’t make it happen until today! Macy has been dying to start, so she was thrilled when today finally arrived!
Today was a lazy day around the Leonard house! It was one of those days where we just sat back and let the kids get after it and make a total mess! In their defense, the playroom was already a bit messy from the party last night, but they definitely had no problem adding to the mayhem over the course of the day! WOW!
tiny maracas
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enchiladas
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queso
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guacamole
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margaritas
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the crew
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A FIESTA!!!
yep, that’s how we say “party” in Spanish … and English!
