Three Year Old Temper Tantrum

Little Girls

After weeks of illnesses and being quarantined from our friends, I just couldn’t stand the thought of facing a few hours in the playroom this morning with the girls.  So I called Caroline and asked if I could borrow Margaret Anne for the morning.  It made for one fantastic morning.  They headed upstairs and played quietly and sweetly for TWO HOURS.  There was hardly any mess to clean up.  I love these two, I could just eat them up. 

They ventured into our closet to play for a while.  When I peeked in on them, they were playing with James’ shoe stays.  Lily sweetly looked up and said, “we are playing Karate class.”  Then in true little girl fashion, it doesn’t take long before they start trying things on.

When Lily woke up from her nap, she said, “can we call Margaret  Anne to come play.” 

Later on in the day, Abigail joined in the fun and we were treated to another fashion show.

Love me some little girls.

First Day of School

Monday marked Lily’s first day of three year old preschool.  Little stinker refused to let me  get her picture before we left. As soon as she jumped out of the car, she ran to her classroom.  I was thrilled to see this.  Lily usually has anxiety when leaving for school, but she showed nothing but excitement.I am also thrilled that Lily is in class with both Margaret Anne and Porter this year. Lily and Porter even share a cubby this year.  Settling in to circle time without a look back at mommy.  Off to a great start.

Pawley’s – Week in Review

Despite illnesses and some rain we still had a fantastic week. I think I last posted about my doctor’s visit. It was amazing how fast those Z-packs work. I was feeling better by the afternoon. James’ cold also turned into a sinus infection, so he went the next day and got a Z-pack as well. We soon were both feeling better and able to finish a great week at the beach.

The following are random pictures from the week. I should put them in order, but would rather just get this posted, so please excuse the randomness.

Darn she is cute.Did I mention we did a little rearranging for the babies room? Not too bad for a makeshift nursery. It was rather cute to see them peek around the mattress at one another. I think they came to really like having each other.
Good thing we had a doctor in the house for all our ailments.Wouldn’t you love to hear this conversation?Sarah Ellen never sits still for us to read books, but there was just something about Mr. Trey. Dance party.Loads of fun in the baby pool.Molly with her hands full.One morning was rather overcast, so James and Molly decided to take Lily and Thomas on a kayaking adventure. They were gone most the morning and had a great time. Sarah Ellen and I went on a shopping adventure.Nothing like a naked baby.Hard at work. I can’t tell you how many castles were built this week.Queen of the castle.Mother nature provided us with the best tidal pools all week. I think Lily and Thomas probably ran a marathon the entire week. They had a blast running up and down the beach and exploring tidal pools.Lily concentrates so hard.Fun times decorating daddy. Notice the shells decorating his chest.We were so proud of Lily going out in the water. At the beginning of the summer, she would barely put her big toe in the water. She and James went out to the breakers and she had a blast jumping the waves.Please excuse my naked baby. By the end of the week, I just saw no reason to wrestle her into a bathing suit. She was much happier in her swim diaper, and it was one less step for us. Best friends forever. Let us over!!!!Since it was raining one morning, we decided to kill some time at the mall. Well, of course, even the malls in Myrtle Beach are tourist traps. The kids immediately ran to this fun set up and the daddies were dying for them to try it. Thomas had great fun…Lily, on the other hand, wasn’t so sure. Notice the “not so sure” face.Notice the “get me off” face. I was proud of her for even trying, and she got a lot further than I thought she would. Even the mall can wear you out sometimes.Lily airborne.

FABULOUS FOOD, FABULOUS FRIENDS, FABULOUS FUN!!

Vacation Hump Day

So not every of vacation day can be perfect and I think today can certainly count as “not perfect.” The day started with me waking up with one eye crusted shut and my throat still on fire. I haven’t mentioned that for a week now I sound like a 70 year old man that has been smoking all his life. I keep thinking I have to get better soon, but every night I end up coughing my head off.

I come down stairs (my wonderful husband let me sleep in until eight) to discover that Sarah Ellen had a 101 fever. We had already decided to skip the beach this morning, so my amazing husband braved the Hammock shops with both girls while I hit Doctor’s Care. I left there with four much needed prescriptions – I can already feel the Z-pack kicking in. I also just took my first dose of cough medicine with narcotic, so hopefully the end of this post will make sense.

I got all my prescriptions just in time to meet everyone for lunch. By the way, you know I’m feeling bad when I am sitting in a Walgreens and can’t make myself shop the deals. If only we could have had a camera in the room at the restaurant. (The staff knew what they were doing when they gave us our own room – they even came to shut the door at one point). Sarah Ellen was screaming her head off and all four kids were just not in their best restaurant groove.

Mid afternoon, the men and kids head to the grocery store to get some chicken to grill. Daddies definitely get a gold star for the day. Long story short, after a great collaborative effort, dinner is ready at 7. Yikes, children with no naps, late dinner – you can only imagine the chaos. Numerous time outs, two children throwing up, sick mommies.

Finally, with babies off to bed and big kids in front of the TV, the adults sit down to enjoy a fabulous meal together and laugh over the mishaps of the day. And, of course, thank our Lord for all it. Even with craziness, we are truly blessed. I thank God for my helpful husband, my sweet baby girls, and good friends to share these times with.

The House is Rockin’

Literally. Our beach house is rocking. As I was laying in bed last night, my bed started to rock. Every now and then, it would gently rock back and forth as would the curtains. Panic wasn’t allowed to set it because my Ambien was taking effect. Today, however, I started to get a little (okay a lot) nervous about our swaying house. I decided to test it out. I went upstairs, planted my feet, and rocked back and forth. Sure enough, the entire house swayed. Everyone felt it downstairs. In typical Taryn fashion, I started to worry.

I posted the following Facebook status: I’m staying in a two story beach house on stilts that sways. Yes, if I rock back and forth, the whole house sways. Someone convince me that it is not going to fall down!

Here are some of the replies:

• “you must be at Pawley’s”
• “wait until you turn on the washing machine.”
• “so…can you put a marble in the center of the room and place bets on which way it will roll.”

There were many more similar comments. Evidently beach houses on stilts just sway. I’m not saying I feel whole let better about the issue, and I don’t really care to be rocked to sleep tonight, but I suppose I will let go of my fear of the house toppling over.

Might as well just rock with it.