May Merriment

I LOVE the month of May!  For many reasons....the top three being my birthday, Mother's Day AND our wedding anniversary.  J and I aren't big "gift" people.  I like to keep it simple so this would be how these days would go in my perfect world.

Birthday:

Sleep in (Yeah!)
Have someone else take the kids for the day so I can go get a mani/pedi and maybe have an uninterrupted meal with friends.
Dinner out with my hubs and babies
Arriving home to some DELISH cake

Mother's Day:

Sleep in (notice a trend?)
Flowers would be a nice touch!  My personal favs are stargazer lilies and roses.
Have my hubs get the kids ready for church by himself lol
Church
Lunch out with my kiddos
NAPS all around
Grilling out a nice dinner at home

Anniversary:

Seriously all I want is a nice dinner out with J and MAYBE...just maybe something small like some cute inexpensive jewelry.  Would be even better if the kids spent the night OUT with the grandparents!

See I don't ask for much haha?  What's your idea for a perfect birthday/mother's day/anniversary???

About Me

I saw this on Sarah's blog and decided to give it a whirl.

1. The Basics
Who are you: Leigh Anne
Where do you blog: There's No Place Like Memphis Mama
How did you pick your blog’s name:  I'm from Memphis (born, raised and proud) and I'm a mama to two sweet babies:)

2. Location, location, location
Where did you grow up: Greater Memphis area
Where do you live now: Greater Memphis area
Where would you live anywhere in the world: Probably out in Colorado.  I love the mountains and the hubs and I would love to hike more.  Or the beach but that would be more my preference than J's.

3. Let’s talk beauty - what is your favorite or signature:
Lipstick: Right now...Wild by Tarte.  I'm testing out the bright red lips and loving it!  I change it too much to consider any color my signature.
Perfume: Burberry Body

4. Yummies - what is your favorite:
Cocktail: Margarita on the rock with salt
Dessert: Anything but chocolate.  I'm more of a cheesecake/creme brulee type.
Pizza Topping(s): Any.  I prefer thin crust but I will eat about any topping.  I really like canadian bacon and pineapple.

5. I always have these three things in my refrigerator:
Un: Milk
Deux: Cheese
Trois: Turkey

6. Get artsy - what is your favorite:
Movie:  J laughs at me but I love the Rocky movies ahaha!  Anytime one is one I start watching it.
Book:  No way on earth to narrow this down.  I am a voracious reader.  
TV Show: Right now I really like The Voice and I watch Big Brother every summer.  I'm into Vikings on the History Channel as well.

7. Kid stuffs - three questions about your youth:
What did you want to Be when you grew up? a paleontologist...and oddly enough Super L told me this is what he wanted to be last night!  Weird huh?
Who was your favorite teacher and why? Mrs. Mattingly.  She was my kindergarten teacher and I would always stop to talk to her even after I had gone on to 1st and 2nd grade.
What was your worst sickness/surgery/hospital visit as a kid? Gosh.  I had ear surgeries over and over.  I had tubes twice, and then perforation repair 3 times.  And I had my appendix out in 6th grade.

8. The Pretty Things - what is your:
Favorite color: Memphis blue
Favorite flower: stargazer lily
Favorite artist (painter, photographer, etc.): My kids!

9. Shop ‘Til You Drop
What’s one thing you buy the most often: shoes
Do you prefer to shop online or in-store? in-store BUT I do shop online a lot b/c its hard to haul tow kids into a store and get anything done.
Imagine you open your own store - what would you sell? Clothes for women in their 20's and 30's.  There is a deficit b/tw the Forever 21 and the Chico's crowd.  You can still be trendy without your butt hanging out or dressing like your mom.

10. Be a Hater: what are three things you would like to go away?
Ein: cancer
Zwei: child molesters/abusers
Drei: BILLS

11. The Final Three (x Three)
I hand you a genie - what are your three wishes? 

1. To have all of my family live long healthy lives

2.  To be able to travel the world...having the money and time 

3.  Too take all the anxiety out of my life

(Sarah if you read this I totally left your answers above b/c it was perfect!)

List 3 things you can see out of your window right now.

1.  a gorgeous blue day

2. trees

3. the parking lot;)

Who are three people, living or dead, you would invite over for dinner?

1.  my mom

2. My grandparents (all 4)

3. my mom (yes I said it twice but there is nothing I'd like better)

He's a baller!

A tee baller that is;)  Great now for the rest of the day in my head I will be singing, "Wanna be a baller...shot caller...twenty inch blades on the Impala..." lol!!!

Here is my little baller ready for his first practice:

Of course I spent the entire practice chasing this wild animal:

Love her but she is a MESS!!!  

Our first big game is Saturday and my Super L is ready to PLAY BALL:)

Now that's funny!

It's the happiest place on earth!

I am so excited to say that we have just booked our very first family trip to...

DISNEY WORLD!!!

Meet Sarah:

Sarah is a fellow blogger.  You can find her here:

She is planning our trip to Disney and we CANNOT thank her enough for all of her help!
She can plan YOUR trip too!!!  I would highly suggest it:)  I would not have known where to start.
If you want more info about trip planning just click right here:
http://moskemonkeybusiness.blogspot.com/p/let-me-plan-your-trip.html
I am pinning away ideas for our trip.  I really want to make some fun goody bags for the kids.
Here are some of my favorite pins:

Tote

Goody buckets

Freezer paper stenciled t-shirts

If you see our kiddos remember SHHHHHH it's a surprise!!!

Miss Whiny Pants

http://reasonsmysoniscrying.tumblr.com/

Funniest thing ever!

I'm seriously considering doing this with Little Missy if, for no other reason, than to show her what her daddy and I had to go through when she was little ahahaha!!!

It would go something like this...

Reasons Why Little Missy is Crying:

8 AM  She's awake

8:15 AM She hates to be fed

9 AM Super L has made the unforgivable error of trying to hug and kiss her

9:15 AM I tried to put her new balance on her feet instead of her silver Toms

...and so on and so forth the rest of the day.

GAHHHHH girls are DRAMA!!!

Tid Bits

Well it was a gloomy, rainy Easter in M-town.  Oh well!  My kiddos still had a great time and it was a beautiful service at church.  My brother and his family came in town so it was great to visit with them.

Some Randoms:

I FINALLY bought the new Bruno Mars CD "Unorthodox Jukebox."  Get it now it is FAN-tastic!

Super L has school pictures on Monday and needs a haircut STAT

The Little Missy had her first public meltdown the other night in Best Buy.  Oh the joys of having a 15 month old lol!!!

MUST get back on track with my healthy eating and working out!  Easter weekend was a total failure on that front.

Nothing else to say other than this:

LOL!  I know it's wrong but it's funny!!!