weekend catch up

a few weekends ago my mom drove here to watch some of her little gymnasts compete in the missouri state meet so of course Reese and i had to go watch for a little bit. oh man did it bring back tons of memories of sparkly leotards, silk screened shirts (that I always wanted but never got :) nachos, little brothers playing under the bleachers, the awards stands, judges.... oh my. can't wait to see if reese decides to be a part of that world?! it sure is crazy. haha. R's eyes were soooo huge when we walked in the gym and watched those little level five girls doing their routines, the music blaring (about sixty billion times over and over) and she LOVED it.... for about 12 minutes. ha. then she realized the little girl next to us had an iPad. that quickly won her attention. it was still fun though. a lady there gave her a little bracelet that has a gymnast or something on it and she is still wearing it around and talking about na-nastics. we went to open gym again the other day too and she was BELLY LAUGHING so hard about playing in the big foam pit. it was hilarious. 

1st place winner for sure :)

the next day we went on a walk on the MKT trail and ended up at this really pretty spot and taught reeser how to skip rocks. it has become a new favorite pastime. she even has a rock "collection" for the next time we go by any sort of body of water. 

the next weekend Mark had to work the whole weekend so Reesie boo and I drove to Branson to help my mom throw a shower for cute Rebecca Cooper. I cannot believe she will be a little bride in a few weeks! It was so so so fun to catch up with my neighborhood friends. We hadn't been all together in a very long time. there's just something about being with people who have known you since you were born. so special. so real. so honest. forever friends. 

and reese and my dad found this in the closet and spent hours watching the marbles go down and down and down. so cute. most of the weekend Reese kept saying, "common pajoe. common gigi. lets go." then she would look at me and say, "no mommy. mommy stay downstairs. mommy no outside." haha. she just wanted her gigi and papajoe and that was fine with me :) 

and then 'pajoe' introduced her to her first real life turtle.