Week 4

Week 4 was our least eventful week of summer thus far. She was sick, I was sick, so we stayed at home the entire week and pretty much watched every Disney movie known to man on the couch.
On Friday, we were beyond stir-crazy, so we headed to Zaxby's for a quick bite to eat for dinner and then headed straight back home.
On Saturday evening, the mister and I went to an engagement party/shower for a college friend of his while one of LL favorite honorary aunts watched her. They had a ball!
Sunday, we headed to church and then to lunch with a few friends which was a disaster. LL was the worst that she has ever been at a restaurant, and I doubt that we will be taking her back to one anytime soon.
Luckily, we are getting back into the groove of things this week and have enjoyed some outings with friends! I can't believe that it is already time for July to be here!!

Week 3

Last week was such a fun week! On Monday, we headed over to boyfriend's house for a playdate. The two of them had so much fun playing in the water table and on his little playground.
On Tuesday, we took the two of them to their first play! We had such a great time watching The Little Red Hen, although boyfriend was much better behaved than LL (as was the same at lunch afterwards)!!
On Wednesday, we packed up and headed south! We stayed at my parents house Wednesday night and then headed to the beach on Thursday. We had so much fun at the awesome pool (which was like a mini-waterpark equipped with a lazy river, wave pool, zero-entry pool, a toddler zone with slides, and waterfalls!). We also enjoyed some yummy food and great times with friends while we were there! Saturday evening, we headed to my college friend's wedding, which was beautiful!!
Yesterday, we headed back to my parent's house to pick up the pets and then headed home.
Last night, we had a yummy father's day grilled dinner complete with shrimp skewers and steaks!
Pictures will be up at some point this week-hopefully!

Week 2 in Photos

2nd Week of Summer

We have been busy, busy this past week and I have a lot of pictures to post. I am quickly learning that it would be much easier to start doing daily posts again, but that probably won't happen just yet. So, I will tell all about our week in this post, and then have a photo only post next-who knows when that will be since it is taking FOREVER to upload the 150 photos-no worries, won't post THAT many:).
So last Monday, we had fun at the pool with some friends. We hope to invite them, as well as others, back with us in the near future:)That evening, the mister set up LL's sprinkler and she had a blast!
On Tuesday, LL and I decided to have a stay at home day-the first one of summer! We played in the backyard forever in our little pool and had some fun with some sidewalk chalk.
On Wednesday, we ran several errands. LL was such a trooper, although at times she pulled out the terrible twos in full force.
On Thursday, LL was able to play at her caregiver's house with some of her friends and had a "water day", while mommy cleaned up the house. That evening, LL's Granna came down.
On Friday, we had a very hot trip to the zoo. However, a lot of the animals were out and about, so LL was able to get up-close to several of them. She also was able to enjoy running around on the splash-pad as we enjoyed the shade! We then enjoyed a yummy lunch and headed home to rest. After we were all up, LL enjoyed some playtime outside with her Granna before she had to head back home. That evening, we enjoyed a yummy dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant followed by a trip to Coldstone.
Bright and early on Saturday morning, I headed to boyfriend's house to help get everything ready for his 3rd birthday! Soon after, the mister brought LL over and the festivities began! The kids had a blast and the birthday party was beyond perfect! The theme was "Cars" and future MIL left out no detail-it was precious!
That evening, we headed to BWW to have dinner with some friends.
On Sunday, LL had her 2nd tea party photo shoot! We enjoyed these SO much last year, that we decided to do them again. My VERY talented photographer friend took the photos and I know that they will be precious! Later that day, we headed to the pool for some fun-filled family time and then grilled burgers for dinner.
We have a LOT of fun planned for this week, but that of course will be in another post-probably next week! Stay tuned for some precious pictures of week 2!

1st Week

We had a wonderful 1st week of summer! The majority of last week (Tues-Thurs)was spent at the pool each day. We especially enjoyed having boyfriend meet us there Wednesday and Thursday!

On Friday, we decided to change it up a bit and head to the Science Center. We had a great time!


On Saturday, we met some friends at the zoo and had SO much fun seeing all of the animals and splish-splashing around. Although LL was a major pill, we really enjoyed it. We headed back to the pool with daddy for a little while Saturday evening, as well as just a few minutes yesterday.





We have started week 2 off at you guessed it-the pool! We meet an adorable litle boy and his mom there today and had a lot of fun (even if my child's "Mine" phase was in full effect). However, I forgot to take my camera and was so disappointed-maybe next time!
This week is full of other activities including an out of town guest, a birthday party for a very special boy on Saturday, and of course more pool time! I swear, my child is so much like me when it comes to not being able to stay in the house-she has to get out or goes stir crazy. At least we both think alike in that sense and it will be a fun-filled summer:)

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a busy but fun Memorial Day Weekend this year.
I finished up everything at school on Friday, had lunch with some wonderful co-workers and friends, and then packed up and headed south. We were able to arrive at a very decent time, so we headed to dinner at a new local favorite. This restaurant has delicious seafood and is located on the water, so it has a beautiful view of sunsets that we were able to enjoy before eating.
On Saturday, the mister and I headed to the local outlets to hit up the Memorial Day sales. I scored some great deals and the poor mister had to chase LL around (obviously he did not know the #1 shopping rule of NEVER take her out of her stroller). That evening, some great friends came over for a shrimp boil-YUMMO!!
On Sunday, we loaded up and headed to New Orleans for the day. LL was able to experience Cafe Du Monde, the Riverwalk, Lousiana's Children's Museum, the French Quarter, and some yummy food! We would have loved to have done more, but we ran out of time and were exhausted by the end of the day.
Here are some pictures from breakfast and the children's museum. The kid-sized grocery store and cafe is the cutest thing ever!! They have not missed a single detail to make it realistic!
Yummy, but messy!

Grocery shopping....loading up on the good stuff!




Clean up, clean up!


Planning a city and making a sketch:


Would you like for me to check your eyes? (although I am sitting in the patient's chair)

Welcome to LL's cafe! May I take your order?





Riding the horse in "Jackson Square"

Riding the "trolley"....Where's LL?

Watching the trolley go by in Mr. Roger's Neighborhood:


Yesterday, we enjoyed a delicious breakfast with my dear friend and her little sweet Emme. I can not wait to try out some of those yummy recipes! We relaxed some and then loaded up and headed home. Last night, we decided to take advantage of the pool and enjoyed the first dip of the season.



Our first official day of summer (today) has been filled with tearing up the house ( I am determined to teach her how to clean up this summer), going to the pool again, and running several errands. I am so fortunate to have a job that allows me to fully enjoy the summer and can not wait to see what the next several weeks entail!

180

I can't believe that 180 days have come and gone. This year has flown by and it has been a great one! However, now it is time for my favorite part of my job-being able to spend the summer with LL! I can't wait to see what all this summer has in store for us. We are already looking forward to a few trips and starting to count down the days until the big one!