Be Careful What You Wish For...

Tomorrow my sweet Ainsley will be turning 2, and in 2 weeks my other angel will be turning 4! I know, I can't believe it but it's true! I remember this time, 2 years ago, when Ainsley was soon to arrive and thinking of what it would be like when Ainsley would be the age Kaylee was at that time, which was almost 2. Kaylee and Ainsley as a 4 and 2 year old seemed so far away, yet it came SO fast! At the time I thought of all the fun things we would be doing. We definitely do many fun things, and as they both get older it gets more exciting. As with most good things in life it's a little bittersweet. As one phase ends it's exciting to enter the next, but I'm always a little sad of what we are leaving behind. How is it possible that I can't remember what I ate for lunch yesterday but I vividly remember the day each of my precious girls were born, and it seems like just yesterday they were. In such short time I came to never remember what my life was like without them. They have brought more happiness to us then ever thought possible and each day I enjoy them even more, even on the trying days. I know time will only continue to fly by and seem to move faster and faster. Even so I treasure today, reminisce of yesterday and look forward to tomorrow. More posts to come as their individual birthdays arrive, but for now enjoy these photos of a yesterday gone by.

Kaylee McKenna Busing
5/17/05

Ainsley Isabella Busing

5/1/07

My Tiny Dancer

Kaylee has always enjoyed dancing. One of the activities she has expressed interest in is ballet. She currently does tumbling and we are looking at some places for dance for the fall. She has decided when she grows-up she will become a Princess Ballerina, so we can look at it as early job training. She loves doing twirls and dressing-up to do so. While I think she may need a more active dance class than Beginner Ballet, I have found a couple I think she might enjoy. We will visit that closer to fall, but for now here are some photos of Kaylee in her ballerina best!

(Please note these photos are all original Kaylee poses...)

Happy Belated Easter!

We hope everyone had a great Easter. Ours was busy but certainly filled with fun! Friday the girls and I colored eggs. I let Kaylee pick out the kit she wanted to use, of course she picked glitter. Most of you know I am not a huge glitter fan, unless it's already in glue, because it NEVER goes away. Since I had given her freedom to choose I let her have the glitter. The eggs turned out nice, but we will never use glitter again :)

Saturday morning we went up to my Dad and Sallie's and did breakfast. We then went up to the Library Park for an egg hunt that was sponsored by one of the churches in town. Before the egg hunt started the Minister told a story that recapped the events leading up to the resurrection. At one point Kaylee looked at me with a panic look on her face and said "Mom, Jesus died!" I said just keep listening it will get better. It was kind of funny. We talk about God and Jesus, but at her age I'm sure a lot of it is somewhat hard to conceptualize. After the hunt we went back to the house and did another egg hunt and some gifts.

Here is Kaylee with her bunny she got.

The girls: Ainsley, Kaylee and Skyeler with their baskets after the hunt.

Saturday night we set out the baskets for the bunny. Ever since Kaylee caught on to the whole Santa thing we have also had to set a snack out for the bunny. Below are the carrots Kaylee put out, along with her bunny she got earlier that day; she felt the Easter bunny would think it was cute.

This is what the girls woke-up to find from the Easter Bunny. The presents in their chairs were from Mommy and Daddy.

The girls rummaging through their baskets.
After destroying the baskets we went hunting for eggs.
We loved getting to be outside and enjoy the nice weather! We played out a lot while awaiting for the rest of the extended family to come over for dinner, and of course more baskets. Here Ainsley is showing off her new skill, that Daddy helped her perfect, of climbing up all by herself and then sliding down, as show in the next photo.

We have flowers that grow in the back of the yard, by the timber, and the girls love to pick them. I took this of Ainsley and loved it so of course I had to post it!

I contemplated posting ALL of the photos I took just to get this one, but it would have been a really long post just on that. Thank goodness for digital!

"I have some VERY exciting news"....

Kaylee, A.K.A. High-Maintenance Barbie, can be a little on the dramatic side at times...shocking, I know. This can sometimes be good and sometimes not so good. Another interesting thing about Kaylee is she REALLY likes magazines and getting them in the mail. When she was younger my mom got her a subscription to Animal Baby. She enjoyed that and as she got older I renewed the Animal Baby subscription for Ainsley and graduated Kaylee up to Highlights. She loves them, and whenever anyone else gets a magazine and she doesn't it seems very unfair to her. Drama! We keep all the old issues and probably read at least one a night.

Awhile back my mom was talking to me about ideas for gifts for Kaylee's upcoming birthday. I had seen an advertisement for Nick Jr. magazine. I looked it up to make sure it wasn't unreasonably priced and then gave my mom that idea.

Fast forward to this past Tuesday night....we got home from our weekly tumbling class and dinner at Dad's and I was standing at the counter going through the mail. There was an envelope with a sticker of Sponge Bob on the outside that Kaylee noticed and asked what it was. So I told her as part of her birthday Mee-Maw got her a subscription to Nick Jr. magazine. Well, you would have thought I told her we were leaving that minute for Disney world. She was so excited and in her dramatic way said "I have always wanted a subscription to Nick Jr. magazine." She proceeded to have me read this thank you note the company had sent; which is really an advertisement to encourage you to tell others to subscribe. So I read it and told her she would be getting her first issue soon.

A little bit later I came out from putting Ainsley to bed and can hear Brad downstairs reading the same note I had read earlier. I chuckled a little and didn't think much else about it. The next day Brad and I are talking and he said I forgot to tell you what Kaylee did last night. Here's what I learned:

(Please note the photo associated with the below story is not one from the day that story events occurred. This photo was actually taken the last time that Kaylee got a new Highlight magazine and had Brad read it to her ASAP!)


Kaylee (going into the Family Room to Brad): Daddy, I have some very exciting news for you!

Brad: What's that?

Kaylee: I am the new owner of a subscription to Nick Jr. Magazine.

Brad: Really, that's great!

Kaylee: Read the letter, Daddy.

Oh, the little things that make us happy, especially when you are one for the dramatics!

Discussions

Kaylee has come up with a new game called “Discussions”. This all started one day while we were driving home from my dad’s house, after tumbling, and Kaylee asked if I could be the teacher. Giving that I used to be a teacher I wasn’t sure what she was talking about so I asked for some clarification. In short she explained I would ask questions, she would raise her hand, I would call on her and she would answer. I agreed and asked what she wanted to talk about and she said “Can we have a discussion about Ariel?”

Now whenever we are in the car she will say “Can we have a discussion?”, I’ll ask what she wants to have a discussion about, and the game begins. We usually do 1 or 2 questions about Disney movies, mainly one’s starring a princess, and each one begins with either “Can we have a discussion” or “Let’s have a discussion”.

Milton-Bradley watch out!

Does Your Life Have a Theme Song?

I don't know about any of you but I am easily able to relate to songs. I have always loved music, singing, dancing, the whole works. I enjoy a variety of music and listen to most anything. If people saw my CDs, or listened to my MP3, I'm sure they would think it was a very eclectic collection of music, or songs. Time to time a song will make a lasting impression on me and will cause me time to pause and think, and ultimately becomes a new theme song. How does the theme song play into my life? The theme song is one that is somewhere in my collection. Either I have purchased the CD, sometimes because of a different song and get an added bonus in the CD, or I download it. The song will then get played in the car, loudly, at least twice each day, depending on who is in the car with me. As the song plays I reflect on what the song is saying and how I'm connected...and of course singing. I have quite the collection because I never get rid of a theme song. They just become part of my own montage of personal theme songs.

My latest theme song is really more of a song that talks about things I feel for my girls. I have been listening to this song daily for the past month, or so. I had gotten the I Can Only Imagine CD series and it's on one of those CDs. The song is called Find Your Wings by Mark Harris. I love this song. If I ever do a photo montage for my girls (which you all know I will do at least one in their lives if not more) this will be one of the songs.

Here are my lyrics:

It's only for a moment you are mine to hold
The plans that heaven has for you Will all too soon unfold
So many different prayers I'll pray For all that you might do
But most of all I'll want to know You're walking in the truth
And If I never told you I want you to know As I watch you grow

Chorus: I pray that God would fill your heart with dreams
And that faith gives you the courage To dare to do great things
I'm here for you whatever this life brings
So let my love give you roots And help you find your wings

May passion be the wind That leads you through your days
And may conviction keep you strong Guide you on your way
May there be many moments T
hat make your life so sweet
Oh, but more than memories

Chorus: Repeat

It's not living if you don't reach for the sky
I'll have tears as you take off But I'll cheer as you fly

Chorus: Repeat

Do any of you have a theme song(s)? What are they? Just curious.......