PONY PARTY!

This year I decided I wanted to have a pony party. We held the party down at the barn at Wildwood Farm. Mommy had cow boy hats and bandanas for everyone who attended. There were lots of stick horses and my bouncy horse for us to play with. The end of the barn was decorated with hay and streamers. The tables were set up with red table cloths and the center of each table were all kinds of horsey items. Mommy gave each of us a real horse shoe with our name and the date on it. I had a beautiful cake. Mrs. Diane Carroway made it into the shape of a horse. It was beautiful and was good too! Uncle Sam brought out Lou Lou and Romeo (Sissy's Horse) for us to ride. King Arthur put beautiful ribbons in their manes & tales. All of my friends and some of thier parents got to ride horses. It was so much fun. I like being 2 years old!

Mary Catherine and Jen Jen

Jen Jen ( Jennifer Stroup) was my very first nanny. She was with me from the time I was 4 months old until I was 22 months old. I love my Jen Jen. She taught me all kinds of good things. She loves to play with me. She likes to fix my hair and put pretty clothes on me. We also put on makeup and paint our toenails. We like to go shopping. I was sad when Jen Jen got a "real" job and I still don't understand why she has to work. Sometimes I still go hang out with her and spend the night. She came over and helped me cook Christmas cookies. I decided she needed some makeup. I love my Jen Jen!

Toddlers Class at Mothers Morning Out

I have moved up to the Toddlers Class at Mothers Morning Out at Central Methodist Church. I am in Mrs. Tommy and Mrs. Margie's class. I have lots of new friends. Riley Barfield, Tallon Goff, Josh Anderson, Robbie Jordan, Michelle, Murphy Fuller and Walker Lilly are all in my class. My best buddie is still R.J. (Robert) Lee. We like to take our shoes off much to our teachers dismay. Lately we have been sucking each others toes and kissing each others feet. It is totally gross! We make some crafts, watch movies, play and have snack time. We have tables and chairs in this class. It is hard for us to sit still very long in this class. We are also having to learn to share, which is tough. We do alot of pretending in this class.

Bow Baby

Mary Catherine has this strange obsession with not getting rid of anything. She is a MINI PACK RAT of sorts. She wants to keep everything....literally. Even if it is 3 or 4 sizes too small, she thinks she should keep it. If it is broken, or if it is trash, she wants to keep it. She gets absolutely devastated when we pack up clothes, shoes and toys that she has out grown. One afternoon, I was in her closet packing up her clothes she had out grown. She was devastated and was taking them out of the boxes as fast as I could pack them. At one point, I looked and she had one of her baby pacifiers in her mouth, one of the too small dresses on and all of the tiny bows which she had out grown in her hair. It was just too cute for us not to take a photo. We hope she will eventually out grow this pack rat mentality!

Mary Catherine Shows Lou Holtz

Mary Catherine and Lou Holtz made their show ring debut at The Florence Charity Horse show. The show was held in memory of DaDaddy Mac. Mary Catherine was asked to carry the Flag on Lou. She looked so cute in her little blue riding coat. Those pigtails (Mary Catherine prefers we call them--PONYTAILS) were just precious with little white bows on them. Aunt Sissy and mommy had matching coats and they assisted. Lou behaved like a perfect gentleman. After opening ceremonies, they showed back in the leadline class. Mary Catherine and Lou got first place. Mary Catherine made it about 3/4 of the way around the ring and like the organ music so much, she just dropped the reins and did a little dance with her hands in the air. The crowd went wild! Good thing Mommy was holding the pony and Aunt Celia was holding Mary Catherine's back. It was so much fun. We think this will be the first of many show ring performances for this young equestrian.

Dress From Aunt Ella

Mrs. Fran Wright's sister Ella McSmith crocheted this beautiful dress for Mary Catherine. As you can tell Mary Catherine loves to have her picture made. We took these right after church.

Lou Holtz the Pony.

On my 1st birthday Mommy, Daddy andSam(Bubba) began to look for a pony. Bubba found just the right one for me in February. His is about 32 inches tall and is black. He has a little white star and back socks. I call him Lou Lou. Mommy named him Lou Holtz for me since he is a boy and he is tough. I call him Lou Lou and that is okay. I love to ride him. My mommy leads him and Sissy holds my back and walks beside me. Mommy says I will be able to show him this Summer at the Florence horse show. Gaga is having me a ridding coat made. I wanted PINK but mommy says blue is more practical. I am enjoying riding the pony but I especially like when everyone who is watching claps for me.

Will You Be My Valentine?

Mary Catherine is really enjoying Valentines this year. This is the little dress she wore to Mothers Morning Out for Valentines. She is walking good and is into everything. She loves to give big wet kisses and hugs. This photo was just too cute not to share!

MOTHERS MORNING OUT

This week I started Mothers Morning Out. It was harder for Mommy than it was for me. I am in the creepers class with Mrs. Lucille. I have a friend and his name is Robert Lee. He and I both go Monday - Friday 8am-12pm. We have lots of toys to play with and the best part about the day is snack time. Mrs. Lucille has a table with little chairs in it that she puts us all in and then she passes out snacks. We eat Cherrios. Robert and I feed each other. It is very cute. I am still not walking great (still just taking a few steps and falling down) but I do pull up and try to walk. I still have my passy but I am using sippy cups with a straw rather than a bottle.