Our Friday Night

I was at an elementary school all day Friday presenting our life size whale to all the kiddos...and by the time 3 o'clock rolled around I was exhausted!  I was ready to go pick up my little guy from school!  He was still asleep when I got there and was happy to see me when I woke him up!  They had had a big day at school with gymnastics and a birthday party, so I'm sure they were just all worn out!  

We ended up getting CFA with KeeKee and taking it to the park to eat and play!  He was so excited because he had been asking me to take him to the park, so we finally got to go!

Then we went and saw Pooh while she ate dinner...and just talked, colored and goofed around!  It was a nice surprise to have her in town for a little bit!  R and I enjoyed some of our favorite sweet tea and punch! ;)

Then we wandered into Ace Hardware...they have the cutest stuff sometimes!  It's definitely not your typical "hardware" store!  Saw this cute drink dispenser I'd never seen before!  I liked the "country" feel to it!

I assume this is talking about kids...because it's true, as a parent--you truly don't know what that love is like until you have a little one!  It's the BEST feeling in the world!

I also saw this cool little things...they are silicon stretchy lids for any bowl of any size!  The package came with three different sizes but I even tested one out in the store and they were air tight!  This is definitely a "green" version of cling wrap, etc.  I'll probably be going back to buy these soon!  ;)

Just some randomness for the day!  Happy Sunday--may you and your family be BLESSED!

R's 1st trip to the Dentist!

I finally got around to making R a dentist appointment...he's only been three since September!  :P  Mom of the year, I know!  ;)  I took him to my dentist, which happens to be the only place I've ever been to the dentist, and I started going there when I was three!  They actually have a picture of me on my first visit in my file!  Pretty funny!

R has been excited and ready for his visit and I was so glad!  We saw Dr. Higgs the day before at a restaurant, so it was good for R to see him before actually going the next day!

Ms. Kim looking at his teeth...same lady who cleaned mine at his age!  CRAZY!  =)

 Getting x-rays...he did GREAT the entire time!  and LOVED the cookie dough flavored cleaner!

All freshened up and ready to go!  So proud of my big boy!  But how is he already this big!?  :(  I love and hate it at the same time!  :P

Raving Customer Chick Dinner

Last week I got an invitation to attend a Chick event for "Raving Customers" AKA--we go there too much.  Ha!  I wasn't sure whether to be embarrassed about this invitation or to be excited about it!  :P  The COO Dan Cathy (Truett Cathy's son) was going to be speaking, and FREE CFA food...so we were going!  My parents already had tickets to a concert in town, so it was just me and R!

Everything was perfect and semi-over the top...which I don't know why I was expecting anything less from CFA!  ;)  We were waited on hand and foot, everything was seriously perfect and of course everyone was so overly nice to you--it almost felt like you were in Disney World!  Even Dan Cathy himself was out serving people there food--and that's exactly how CFA people are!

They told everybody to go in and to fill up the front of the room first...so that's exactly what we did!  We were smack dab at the front of the room, at the front of the table.

And...what do ya know.  Dan Cathy himself comes and sits down right beside Ryder.  I just keep praying silently, "Do not let my son spill his sweet tea with no lid on Dan Cathy.  Do not let my son spill his sweet tea with no lid on Dan Cathy...."

Oh ya know...just hanging out with Dan Cathy, generation 2 of CFA...NO BIG DEAL!  :P

There were lots of BIG cows, and then there was this sweet little girl cow R was obsessed with!  She was really sweet!  R kept wanting me to go dance with him and her on stage...but I tried to tell him Mommies can't dance on stage!  Ha!  :P

We learned a lot about CFA and their plans for the future which are really exciting!  We all got cows, cowbells, megaphones, a book written by Truett Cathy, free sandwich coupons, CFA pens, and a gourmet cookie to take home with us!

Getting our book signed and picture taken before headed out the door!  Such a nice guy, and I can't wait to hopefully visit the corporate office in Atlanta sometime soon!

R and the sweet girl cow again!  :P  He just likes those ladies!

Such a fun night I got to share with my lil man...even though we didn't get home till 10:30, it was well worth it!  =)  I will forever be a fan and frequent CFA purchaser as long as I'm around!  ;)

Easter 2013

Our church is currently adding on to our sanctuary, so we have been meeting in our activity center the passed month or so, and that definitely wasn't going to be enough room for our Easter services, so we met in the High School auditorium....but that also meant no childcare (not that R goes to the nursery anyways)...so I am not ashamed to say we took the iPad to church for lil man to play with.  

It was a beautiful service, as always and Bro. Jason NEVER disappoints on Easter--or any Sunday for that matter!  R did great...I was impressed!

Ever since he has started to go to school full time, he hasn't really been all about going to his Sunday school class on Sundays...and I assume it's just because it's one more time to be away from me and I mean he's with his friends at school ALL day!  But I am happy to say he behaves very well in big church and actually listens to the sermon sometimes and talks to me all about it afterwards, so that makes a Mama's heart happy.

The Easter Bunny stopped by at KeeKee & Poppy's house!  My mug matches my kitchen & I love the verse on it!  The Little Rascals was one of me and Uncle G's favorite movies growing up, so KeeKee urrggghh...The Easter Bunny snagged it for R when she saw it on DVD!  ;)

Oh...you know...just trying to get the perfect picture.  Yeah, that never happens.

We were finally headed out the door to Nana & Papaw's for the afternoon which is always fun!

Helping Karleigh fill up some more eggs with tattoos...

{bad mom....I forgot his Easter basket, so he had to use my lunch box, but he didn't mind!}

The number of cousins who hung eggs has drastically gotten smaller over the years...I guess that's just part of it!

& this is what happens when a sweet boy has had a wild afternoon and no nap!  We took him to his Mimi's on the way home so he could spend the night with her and Pawpaw which is one of his favorite things to do every week!

I wrapped up my #shereadstruth study on The Holy Week that night.  I can't express how blessed I was by this study.  You can read more about my experience HERE.

What a special day with family.  I never want to take an Easter for granted.  If it weren't for our risen savior, we wouldn't be here today.  Thank you Lord!

Snuggle Bug Easter Party!

On Good Friday--Ryder had his Easter party at Snuggle Bug!  It was quite rainy and wet, so they just hid all the eggs in the front yard instead of in the back...but it was still a blast!  Mr. Jerry cooked his yummy BBQ and baked beans and everybody else brought the fixens!  It's always so fun to see R with all of his friends, and have their parents all around as well!  Mimi & Aunt Rhonda joined us and R had lots of fun, as always!

He wasn't all too interested in getting more eggs...just eating the candy out of the ones he already had!  Ha!

 R loves his Mimi!  =)

He said this Easter Bunny was different because "it was a person inside.  And...at the mall, it's not a person."  He cracks me up!  

I love this picture--it's a genuine, true, non-forced smile!

 Eating dinner with his friends!

After the party, we came home to dye Easter eggs.  He told me "Dye, just liked Jesus died on the cross"....try explaining the different meanings of one word (especially that word) to a three year old.  Sheeesh!

R loved it of course!  Even though our eggs didn't turn out that great...it was still fun!

We are so blessed by Snuggle Bug and all the wonderful kids and families and so thankful that we get to be apart of such a wonderful place!