The Wyatts of la Petite Roche

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

a second helping of February

The new look has inspired me to do some posting. Here's an update on the Wyatts of la Petite Roche...

Landon will be 3 in July and is definitely coming out of his shell. Usually quiet and reserved, Landon's new favorite word is, "no". He is a daredevil but can quickly become a sweet little boy who cries for his mommy. He is Presley's shadow and knows the exact buttons to push to annoy her. He's a great sleeper, an ok eater and is giving me a run for my money when it comes to potty training.

Presley will be 5 this week. I can't believe we are parents of a 5 year old. She is so smart. She talks from the moment she wakes up until her eyes close at night. She loves school and is very particular about her wardrobe.

PawPaw and Presley sporting matching watches from the arcade machine at one of our favorite pizza places.

The first of March means it's time for the Little Rock Marathon, well in my case, the Little Rock Half Marathon. The thing about running marathons is that you register for the run 6 months in advance, train for 4 months and by the time it's race day you are wondering why you signed up to do it in the first place. I set out to beat my time from last year and run the race in under 2 hours so I could feel content with it being my last half marathon. The conditions were pretty rough with on-and-off rain, a bitter 15-20 mph wind and a 15 degree temperature drop. The odds were not in anyone's favor for setting record times and I ended up coming in at 2 hours and 24 seconds!

Monday, March 3, 2014

under the knife

Did you notice?

Did you see?

The blog FINALLY got a facelift! It's been almost 3 years since we have been "The Wyatts of West Texas". When it comes to technology, I put myself in the class of "I know enough to get by but am definitely not an expert on the latest and greatest." That being said, I was a little intimidated about changing the background, title and possibly the HTML coding of my blog. It snowed - AGAIN - last night and the kids are out of school - AGAIN - so I decided to sit down and add a new look to the old blog. I didn't change much but I think it's fresh and will hopefully inspire me to post more often.

Here's a little description to clarify the new title:
Located near the geographic center of Arkansas, Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called la Petite Roche (French: "the little rock"). The "little rock" was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing. The "little rock" is across the river from "big rock," a large bluff at the edge of the river, which was once used as a rock quarry.

Friday, February 21, 2014

angels & hearts

Man-o-man, have we been bu...ha! I'm not going to say it! We've had a great February so far. It snowed - again - and we missed another day of school. I've lost count but hopefully we'll get out of school sometime in June! The snow melted and we've been enjoying some nicer weather which makes me long for spring and long summer days. Until then, I'll just warm my heart, and yours, with these pictures.

Chef Landon

Our slightly sad snowman.
Jon & I had no idea building a snowman was this difficult.

My Valentines

We had a costume change for the dance recital.

Thank goodness! Presley was disappointed with the previous selection because she, "hates black!".

Monday, February 3, 2014

31 days gone

I could back date this post (I've totally never done that by the way), so that it looks like I did more than one post in January, but I'm gonna keep it real. I am beginning to think that every story I tell from here on out will begin with, "we've just been so busy". It is what it is and between the second semester of pre-k starting back, birthday parties, snow/ice, dance, training for a half marathon, we truly have been busy. Here's a recap of our January...

Winter style.

Making birdseed pinecones.

Practicing our acrobatics.

Winston enjoying our new gas logs.

Ice!

A souvenir from one of my runs.

No wonder there were sparks flying while I was logging 10 milers.

Smart and Sassy.

Time to sell the kids summer clothes.

The new trampoline park. Landon and I went twice in one week!

Daddy isn't too thrilled about this place but Mama and Landon LOVE it!

New kicks (see above nail picture).

Into the rabbit hole.

Bowling party for a school friend.

It's hard to see but Presley beat all the boys she was playing against and won the game!

I was one proud mama.

Landon and his new Razorback hat.

He didn't want to take it off for days.

Snow!

Look how perfect that flake looks.

Landon hanging with the big boys at dance.

Presley's first dance costume.

I'd like to think that I will be better about blogging during February, but I am sure I will come up with an excuse as to why this is my only post for the month (and it's about January!). I mean, come on, we are just so busy...

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

oh christmas tree

There are definitely lots of perks to living in the same city as both your parents and your in-laws, but probably the best one is NOT having to travel for the holidays. This is our second round of local holidays and it's so nice not being on the road or in the air during times that are already insanely stressful. We had a wonderful Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with Mimi & Poppie. The kids got to open their presents, make cookies and we all got to eat a yummy non-traditional Italian meal. Jon was scheduled to work Christmas Eve so we all kept our fingers crossed that it would be an uneventful day and night. He had a late night but nothing rolled over into Christmas Day so we really lucked out. Christmas Day was spent with Grammy & PawPaw and lots of aunts, uncles and cousins. The celebration continued as Ava, Macy and Aubrey arrived the Saturday after Christmas.

As the decorations come down and life returns to "normal", I am reminded about all the amazing people we have in our lives and how truly blessed we are. 2013 was a wonderful year and I can't wait to see what 2014 will bring.