Princesses have arrived.

Anna found her old crown tonight. She loved walking around and making "beautiful" faces with it. Scott took my camera and decided he wanted to take a picture of the Princesses. I guess a mommy in the pajamas counts as a princess too?

Valentine's Day is in the house! (well, it was last weekend)

Well, we had a graet time at our first Valentine's Dance in the neighborhood. Our sweet neighbors had this at the Club House down the road. Scott was dahsing, don't ya think? They had the best time. Dave and I were fighting massive colds but managed to dress up ourselves. Next time, I am going to look into an old bridesmaids dress of some sort! Very excited!

Anna was a lucky girl adn got to wear a dress that was mine when I was her age. I decided this was the best time to break out the old retro clothing. I am not sure how many times she will be wearing this but I thought it was perfect for this occasion.

Daddy always makes heart pancakes on Valentine's Day. The kids love it!

Anna was surprised to wake up to a heart shape box with chocolates inside! Daddy knows how to treat his Valentine!

New Playground!

I am not sure Anna is very excited about the new play area.

We are so happy to have this amazing new playground in our neighborhood! We were even more excited to see our kids being KIDS! They loved all of the new fun equipment and Mommy and Daddy love the extra stuff to entertain the kids!!!!!!!!

We love this neighborhood!

Update! Update! the Gilliam family Update!

Dave and I liked the name of this wine. We had an "issue" at our old church and for some reason..the name of this brings a nice smile to our faces. I think that after a few glasses, the smile gets bigger. Ahhh, freedom! We are now on the market for a new church.


Well, maybe the wine should be named after this cat and not the poor sole at our old church.



Scott was able to do all of the monkey bars! Who knew????? We must say that we are very proud. More gloating pictures of this to come.




The boys on their way to church. I love a bow tie!






Anna is wearing my old coat from when I was her age. I just had to share.

Cathing up on our our life

Scott and Anna decided that it would be fun to try Mommy's boots on. In this picture, you can see that it was Scott's turn!

Here is a picture of Daddy and Anna watching Scott's first musical! They were very proud. Anna was contemplating the strength of emotion in Scott's character, the Chick.

Here, Scott is grabing the mike like it is American Idol! He was very intent on using his "big voice." At least, that is what Mr. Ben always told him to use!

Here we are....introducing Scooter in his first solo performance. Scott is playing a chick in the musical "The Little Red Hen." We are waiting to get the Oscar Nomination.

25 Random things about Scott

1. I was obsessed with letters and numbers when I was 18M old.
2. I freaked my mom and dad out when I could spell by 2. My first words were Cow, Moon, Jump, Scott, Daddy, Mommy, all the colors etc.
3. By the time I was 3, I could write and read. I was using both my left and right hand at the time but I could write Bear, Cow, and every other word that I could spell.
4. At 3 1/2 I could do math problems. This is when Mommy got a little bit jealous because she got held back in 3rd grade for some of this stuff!
5. I am starting to love Spanish. I come home every day with new Spanish words and it is so fun!
6. I use to love the US map and then loved the world map. The Wii is awesome because I can pull up different places around the world and see what the 5 day forecast is!
7. I love finding out temperatures!
8. I can shoot basketball. I can make 100 pts within 10 minutes. When Mommy asked me if I wanted to play on a team, I said "no, I want to coach." Mommy said I had to actually play before I could coach.
9. I hate swimming and Mommy is going to make me learn.
10. I am a "master" bowler and tennis player on Wii.
11. I am obsessed with Math now. Daddy and I do it every night before bed. I love fractions, multiples of 20s or 30s etc, division, multiplication, square roots..YOU NAME IT!
12. I am my Daddy's son. ALL DADDY!
13. I love listening to music and finding out what kind of beat it has. (Quarter notes, half notes etc) I then list it on a sheet a paper next to each sone title.
14. I love TAR HEELS basketball. I remember all the scores! (even from 2 years ago)
15. I do not like breaking the rules.
16. I am a teacher pleaser. I want to do everything right and perfect.
17. Pizza is my all time favorite dinner. I could eat it every night forever.
18. I have been obsessed with letters and words since I was 18m old but do not love to read very much. I can read anything but don't really gravitate towards it. Did I mention I LOVE math and the Temperature and music???
19. I don't love running around that much. I like playgrounds and stuff but have a hard time just "playing" outside. Sometimes Mommy has to push me to go.
20. I am getting better at bikes but it was not my favorite thing.
21. I chose choir school over karate. I think Mommy is going to try and get me to take Tennis this spring though.
22. My favorite color is Orange and Carolina Blue
23. I love to play Pathwords and my highest score is 500. My Mommy didn't like that.
24.I am a gamer and could play Uno, Aggrivation and other fun games ALL DAY!
25. I am just like my Daddy and that is way cool.

25 Random facts about Anna

Well, we were doing this on Facebook and now it will be brought to the blog. Here are 25 random facts about Anna Ramsey.

1. I was 5 days late and screamed as soon as I entered the world.
2. I never stopped screaming until I was almost 1.
3. I am strong willed and can outlast my parents with my tantrums
4. I was born with the name Anna but it has quickly switched to Anna Ramsey because I am always getting into mischief.
5. I love the color purple even though it is my mommmy's least favorite of all colors on this earth.
6. I love to run and have an amazing gate! I might be athletic and my mommy is VERY excited about that.
7. My eyes are as big as saucers and I can bat my long lashes to lure Daddy to do what I want.
8. I sleep with 25 plus stuffed animals.
9. I love baby dolls.
10. I started talking before I was 2 (ha, ha, before Scott) and know my alphabets and numbers. I can sometimes count by tens but I don't realy know what I am doing. I can also recognize words...they all say Anna.
11. I love my friends and always want to play with them.
12. I am the terror of the preschool class. Maybe it is because I am the oldest and they are all scrawny weaklings.
13. My favorite food is frosted mini wheats and pancakes
14. I eat like a bird and I did NOT get that from my parents!
15. I have never liked being a baby and love being a big kid. The freedom!
16. My favorite show is Tom and Jerry but since Scott slapped me in the face today, we may not be able to watch it anymore.
17. I am the toughest sick person Mommy knows. I will be throwing up or sick as a dog but never show it! I am not the lie around and feel sorry for myself kind of kid. I am a keep on keepin on kind of kid!
18. I like mornings..Mommy does not
19. I love music and singing! I knew all of the pageant music this year and sang like an angel. Well, I thought I did. I don't care about what you think!
20. I love doggies.
21. I always ask my Mommy if I can paint, but she doesn't like me to for some reason? Maybe it is because I like to paint myself more then the paper.
22. I wear bows all the time and ask for one if Mommy forgets.
23. Mommy makes me wear cutsie clothes a lot. Maybe that is why she doesn't like me to paint?
24. I love to talk and could talk all day long if Mommy did not go nutso!
25. I keep getting told that I am my Mommy's daughter. I am not sure if that is a good thing or not yet.