Some of my favorite things...

Top ten favorite things... (In no certain order)

Reading Lama Lama to Austin every night before bed.
The BEACH.
Steven
Austin
Time with my parents and Lauren
My 'old' high school besties, we can always pick right up where we left off.
Millie
Red
Franny & Chloe (they come as a package deal)
A hot bath (anyone who knows me, should know that's on the list)

Update on life...

We play a lot at home.  Between the dogs and Austin our house is a zoo most of the time.  Which that is just how we like it!

Austin has learned how to climb up the slide stairs and slide down on his belly.  This is so stinking funny.  He just does it over and over.  You would think the 'face plant' into the carpet would hurt, but he is a tough boy, I suppose.

Austin LOVES a blanket. Red LOVES a blanket.  This makes for some funny moments.  Red has his own blanket, that Austin thinks belongs to him too.
Austin loves a blanket so much that at school he carries around a pink ladybug blanket.  He loves this blanket so much it was sent home with us one weekend because he wouldn't put it down when it was time for him to leave.  See the picture that makes Steven so proud, haha.

 This is the ladybug blanket...

    

Walking... Walking... Walking...

Austin is a walking machine!  We so are proud of this sweet boy.  He is into everything now.  Cabinets and doors, nothing is off limits!  Watch out world he is going to be a WILD child!

This is a video his teacher, Ms.Mary took at daycare and sent to me.

This is the sign they put on the classroom door the day he started walking.

Valentine's Day 2012

All the traditional for Valentine's Day...  Flowers, dinner, card and chocolate.  Steven definitely does it right each year!  I got flowers at school then after work we headed to Nashville to eat at the Melting Pot.  The food was amazing, as always.  They had a bunch of 'extras' for V-day. During dinner they brought around a love questionnaire.  It was just questions to find out how well you know the other.  One of the questions was Who do you most admire? Everyone knows hands down mine is my mom.  Steven and I had never discussed who he admires, his answer was ME, he said that he loved and admired the way I always put our family first and did everything for all of us. It was the sweetest part of the whole night, I didn't say that's what ALL mom's do.  We can just keep that a secret.  I guess all those things I do everyday really aren't going unnoticed.

 Austin had a date too; with his Great-Granny.  They just LOVE to spend time with each other. Granny gets on the floor and crawls with Austin. Last night he took a few steps for Granny and Pa, too.  I want him to get all the time he can with them.  Two of my favorite people in my life were my great-grandmother and great-grandfather.
Valentine's Day 2012 was great in the Reigle house!

Our Little Cookie Monster

This weekend Steven was in Destin for a golf trip.  Austin and I got lots of one on one time.  Which we both LOVED!  Sunday we headed to Nashville to do a little shopping.  Who can shop without a snack?  Austin had his first chocolate chip cookie.  He LOVED it too.  When sending this picture to Steven his reply was "He is my kid".  Austin is going to be our little cookie monster, I am sure.

Austin's school

When Austin turned one, he moved to a new class.  We LOVE his new teachers.  They are young, fun, and just plain great!  The week Austin was out sick and got tubes, they must have missed our boy.  When we got back to school on Monday this was hanging outside of his classroom. The poster reads We missed you Austin!  All of his little friends colored all over it, too.  It totally melts by heart to know they love my baby.  
Austin just loves Ms. Mary so much.  He will go to her in the mornings without crying his eyes out, that always equals a good day for moma.  My joke is we need to be on Ms. Mary's schedule.  So grateful for Mary and Megan.  The Reigle Family loves them:)

Funny Friday

Since I am a mom, teacher, and wife it seems my life is a zoo.  I always have funny stories.  I have decided to make Fridays, 'Funny Fridays' and share a funny from the week.
This week is dedicated to one of my students:
Teaching 2nd grade is the BEST.  My kids are at an age that they LOVE their teacher and think everything I do is 'cool'.  (Even had a boy tell me this week he had the 'hottest' teacher.  A little embarrassing coming from a 7 year old.)  The girls in my class always play school, I have heard stories from parents how Mrs. Reigle appears in their home at night and all my mannerisms too.  This totally cracks me up.  I got to witness this first hand this week during recess.  The video is hard to hear but this is what she is saying:

We are going to read together, not talk.  Follow along as we read.  Then she begins to read the story.  I know this is exactly what I sound like.  Even as you watch the clip, it is like looking in the mirror for me.  If you know me you know I always talk with my hands too.