Sunday, September 8, 2013

Weekend Recap

Disclaimer: I started this weekend with a terrible, no good, very bad cold.  And then successfully passed that cold on to Andy.  The fact that we both survived the weekend and even managed to have some fun times with Reagan is a true testament to our parenting skills Tylenol Cold and Mucinex.

Friday:

Reagan was invited to a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. We've never taken her before and to be honest, I've heard horror stories.  But she was excited and ready to go.  Much to my surprise, it was quite delightful.  They have an area perfect for her age group and the party she attended was the only big birthday party that night. Score! 

She ate pizza and birthday cake, rode so many fun rides, got to high-five Chuck E. Cheese himself and then promptly begged all the way home to have her OWN birthday party there.  I compromised with a daddy/mommy/Rea birthday celebration so we'll see if she remembers that promise in a month. Chances are, she will. :)

















Saturday:

Here's where I thank my wonderful husband for getting up with Rea while I tried to sleep off my sore throat/sore ears/headache/coughing/sneezing fits... He took Rea out for a couple play dates after making breakfast and I got to sleep off my gunk. It worked because I was feeling much better by the afternoon. Which was a good thing as we had a wedding to attend Saturday night of a family friend.

We had a great time catching up with friends, enjoying some good eats and dancing like nobody was watching on the dance floor!











Sunday:

A big Happy Grandparent's Day to our parents for being such wonderful Grandparent's to Reagan. She is so lucky and blessed to be loved by such amazing Grandparents.



We had a family movie day, read lots of books, played our hearts out and had a nice, relaxing Sunday.





Happy weekend y'all- and may you all stay healthy! *achoo!*

Monday, September 2, 2013

Labor Day

Most moms who work outside of the home will tell you, holidays off work are sweet little gems... to be cherished with Little's and hubbies. I was so very much looking forward to having today off and we tried to make the most of it!

The day began early with a trip to the zoo. Rea had a free pass from the library so off we went!

The weather was perfect and the crowds hadn't crowded yet.  We hit the train just as it was loading, Rea was 2nd in line to get her face painted and she LOVED feeding the giraffe after another short line.  The stars were aligned for us to have the best zoo trip we've ever had. We laughed at the otters, Rea squealed at the sea lions, we cooed at the baby rhino, and watched the monkeys put on a show. Fun times!











Deep in toddler thought...



She chose a red fox and loved it!

















 










As we were pulling away from the zoo entrance Rea said, "Mom, that was awesome."  Awesome indeed.


The weather was picture perfect this afternoon so we decided to explore the park in our development. Rea had fun on the slides and the swing-







We are blessed to have such a great park close by. We'll definitely be back!


We must have worn out our toddler because it was so quiet and we weren't sure what she was up to... when we looked, she was snuggled in, reading herself a story.  Made my heart melt.








I'm sad our day is over but looking forward to being together again this weekend. Tomorrow night starts dance class and tumbling so things will be busy!  Happy Monday my friends!


Sunday, September 1, 2013

Labor Day Weekend 2013

Friday night:

Monkey business! 

We loaded up Jacque's van and headed to Monkey Joe's while the guys had a fantasy football draft. I wasn't sure how Rea would do- she's been hesitant of bouncy houses in the past. But we lucked out and it was a slow night, less kiddos running around so she felt more confident tackling the larger houses and slides.

What a blast! The kids had so much fun running, jumping, sliding...she didn't even want to stop playing to eat pizza. Plus we used the Groupon so it was a deal!




















We worked up an appetite for ice cream so headed to Orange Leaf afterwards...





Saturday:

Game day- Go Hawks!

Thanks Gramma K. for the new tennis shoes- they fit great!







Celebrating love!

Happy 40th wedding anniversary to Andy's parents! We love you more than words can say and are so appreciative of all you do for us. 

It was such a great day spent with family-laid back, relaxing, and hearing great stories of their wedding day from 40 years ago. Such blessings...

The guys grilled a feast- delicious!







Attempting to roast marshmallows wearing Pj's and Papa's sunglasses...






All tuckered out after a long day of celebrating...




Sunday Funday:

Goofing around with Daddy...







Quick trip to the mall. It's not a trip to the mall without a stop at play land...



New Pj's for winter...that she begged to wear on an 85 degree day...




Fun with the neighbor boys!

Oh how they make her laugh and squeal...not to mention their love affair with dirt, sand, sidewalk chalk and Popsicles!









Happy labor day weekend all.  Hope it was happy!