Laugh. Love. Learn.

Tanner calls herself “Nanner.”
When I saw this commercial today, I laughed for at least 10 minutes. Enjoy!

This seems like a long time ago, yet just yesterday all at the same time…


And now she’s all grown up:

Katelynn turned 9 today, and we celebrated by taking her bowling with her friends. It’s crazy to us that she’s that old. She is such a blessing to our family. She is the most intelligent, creative, helpful, generous, witty, caring, hilarious, talented daughter, not to mention a phenomenal big sister, and we are so thankful that we get to be her parents! It’s incredible to watch God molding her into a young lady with a heart for Him, and tonight I’m praying that He’ll continue to make her into who He wants her to be and give her a passion for making Him known. My favorite thing about Katelynn is her heart for the least, and the way she wants to give so generously…it’s inspiring to us and to others. Happy Birthday, K-Dawg! We love you and we are very proud of you!
(Or, as Tanner would say, “Happy Day!” “Happy Day!”)

All I wanted for Valentine’s Day was for us to spend time together. So, after Nick surprised me with beautiful hot pink tulips, we headed to Chick-fil-A for heart shaped biscuits.


I’m not sure what happened, but all of the sudden the K-dawg looks 16. Goodness. Tanner loved flirting with her daddy while eating some chicken nuggets. In the second picture she wanted to show you how she was eating like a big girl! haha

We always love eating breakfast with the grandparents. One of the funniest things was when the sweet little Hispanic lady who works there (and is apparently BFF with my mom b/c they eat there every Saturday and my mom talks to random people) said, “Oh! This your son? He come here everyday.” Mmmhmm. So that’s why he leaves so early…

Later that night I cooked dinner for Nick: Alfredo from scratch with Grilled Chicken and Portabella Mushrooms. Yummy. It was a LOVEly day.

Here’s a glimpse of one of my responsibilities at The Vine….Vine Production is off the chain! what-what. Seriously, the people on our team work so tirelessly and selflessly…
I love them. Check it:

Represent: Vine Production from Rebecca Moon on Vimeo.

The baby party.
Tanner’s first Valentine’s party, to be precise. She had a ball.
What organic kid wouldn’t love a day where she got apple juice, cookies, “cheeeeps,” AND gummy candy? Here she is sharing her kiwi, and then thinking, “is mom really going to let me eat this cookie?!?”

She had fun distributing Valentines to her friends,

Hugging Miss Debbie,

And saying, “Candy! Candy! Candy!” Apparently the kid likes Sweettart heart gummies. And she wanted to share!

She was very excited that big sister and daddy came to the party, too!

And I was reminded, once again, that Katelynn’s practically a grown-up. Her head barely fit through the table where Tanner sits!

We had a great time. For 35 minutes. And I seriously have no idea how those teachers do that all day! EIGHT one-year-olds. Goodness.

We’re ready and waiting! I’m not sure why I love Valentine’s Day so much….probably because of all the opportunities for glitter and sprinkles. Katelynn’s excited too, and she made a bag to carry her Valentines in tonight.

I’m taking fruit to the one-year-old party, so it was fun making that themed.

Tanner got in on the fun by helping make cards for her friends! She kept giggling while we brushed paint on her hands; it was precious.

Today was a beautiful day for a photo shoot. Tanner thinks she’s a princess in her tutu; she wore it all day and refused to take it off! Absolutely precious.

Custom tutus available here…

Remember when K asked me how Jamie Lynn Spears got preggo and I told her to never sleep in the bed with a boy, and left it at that?

Today we went to see a new baby at the hospital and she said something about “when they have another one…” I responded, “I think this is the last one; they’re done.”

K: “How do you know?”

Me: stalling… (Do I explain birth control?)

K: “I mean, how can you control what you do in your sleep? You could just roll over and be facing daddy while you’re asleep and not know it and then wah-lahh.”

Me: “Um…K…it takes a little more than accidentally brushing up against someone to make a baby.”

Maybe she took my Jamie Lynn Spears explanation at face value?

Oh goodness.

Tanner sure does like baths!
The silliest things make her laugh.

Bath Time January 09 from Rebecca Moon on Vimeo.

What’s your typical day look like? Here’s what I did Friday… and, really, pretty much everyday… slightly insane, but there’s never a dull moment!

4:30am Baby’s crying; rock, rock.
5:00am Baby returns to crib.
5:15am Beep. Beep. Beep. Hit snooze. Baby cries again.
5:20am Give in and get up. Dress quickly.
5:30am Email. Facebook.
5:45am Fix hair (times three.) one white bow, two pony tails.
5:58am 3 lunches, 2 snacks, milk in sippy cups.
6:11am Medicine for baby. And a handful of halved grapes.
6:13am Garage opened. Two kids in car seats. Three bookbags in car.
6:21am Turn car around…forgot my phone.
6:30am Kid two’s eating a banana and kid one’s eating barbecue chips. Strange smell combination.
6:34am Kid two is screaming because she smells the BBQ chips, too. “Cheeeeps!” “Cheeeeps!”
6:40am Kid one screams at kid two to stop screaming.
6:42am Drop off kid one. “buh-bye!” “buh-bye!” “buh-bye!”
6:45am Drop off kid two, who’s acting mildly psycho thanks to prednisone.
6:55am Arrive at work.
6:57am Grab cheap breakfast in the lunchroom…French Toast Friday! (the only day worth buying.)
7:00am Respond to work emails over orange juice. With ice crystals. Yummy.
7:10am Check the status of new work proposal.
7:13am Hall duty.
7:20am Ding. Ding. Attendance. Facilitate small reading groups.
8:18am Announcements. Pledge.
8:25am Fire drill. Brrrrr.
8:35am Explain MLA format, Parenthetical Citations, and the almighty Thesis.
8:40am Researching in the library. Try to explain why it’s useless to look for “control of modern epidemics” in the encyclopedias…from 1993.
8:58am “Yes, ‘Muslim’ and ‘Islamic’ refer to the same religion.”
9:07am Attempt to explain the purpose of a Jihad…to someone who speaks Vietnamese.
9:26am Thinking about octuplets….seriously?!?
9:52am Curriculum maps and watermelon.
10:15am Review: “A Rose for Emily” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
10:39am Imagist Poetry. Random. “So much depends on a red wheelbarrow. Glazed with rainwater. Beside the white chickens.”
11:10am To cafeteria for unsweet tea with lemon.
11:30am Chicken salad with almonds on this fabulous new bread. http://arnold.gwbakeries.com/product.cfm/upc/7341013547
11:52am Copy room. Unit Test. Short Story Quiz. Romeo & Juliet Anticipation Guide.
12:03pm Handshake with the Superintendent. Goodness knows that doesn’t happen in Gwinnett.
12:06pm Check daycare camera online. Babies are sleeping.
12:07pm February Calendar. February’s a busy month.
12:08pm Just realized that Jaxson is 22 weeks old today! Yay!
12:15pm Spent a few minutes laughing with the Special Ed. teachers.
12:47pm Back in the library, researching the Bubonic Plague.
1:11pm Editing thesis sentences and studying for Physics.
1:23pm Contemplating whether the family will notice if I sneak veggies in the lasagna tonight.
1:26pm Grading “I Am From” Poems
1:30pm Mint Truffle Hershey Kiss. I was unaware those existed.
1:35pm Class Number 7. English In A Flash and End of Course Test practice on the computers.
2:14pm Grading Projects.
2:45pm Entering Grades.
3:05pm Retrieving child number two.
3:25pm Retrieving child number one.
3:55pm Arrive home, turn water on to boil for lasagna noodles.
4:00pm 10 minutes of Oprah with Tanner climbing all over me.
4:10pm j/k on the noodles. Nick isn’t in the lasagna mood. (and hallelujah! I didn’t want to cook anyways.)
4:45pm Arrive at Cracker Barrel, my happy place.
5:17pm Watching Tanner eating ketchup with a fork.
5:40pm Exiting Cracker Barrel, sweet tea to go in hand.
6:00pm Baby’s in the bathtub.
6:10pm Meds, teeth brushing.
6:30pm Sitting on the bed, inputting lyrics and sermon notes for Sunday.
7:25pm Tech Sheets for Production.
7:45pm Email. Facebook.
8:00pm “I’ll just lay here for a few seconds and watch some Paula Dean…”
8:10pm Sound asleep. Didn’t even make it past the first recipe.