THIS WAS WRITTEN TUESDAY JUNE 2nd. JUST NOW GETTING AROUND TO POSTING.
Man, have I missed blogging! Happy to be back!
It's officially day 4 of summer, but since our first two days were a Thursday and a Friday, I didn't feel like summer REALLY started until Monday--which was yesterday! Our first FULL week of summer! =)
Yesterday started off with a BANG, which is why I've decided to blog about my/our days. So far, they have been too comical not to share, and I want to be able to look back on them and laugh.
I know that Ryder won't always be "little" and "stuck" hanging out with his mom all.summer.long. He'll be off with his friends doing his own thing, wanting me to just drop them off at the pool, and not stay and "hang out" and "work on my tan".
Last summer, R still went to "school" everyday until after lunch/before nap...I had to pay for it anyways to keep his spot for the upcoming school year, but that's not the case any more. So, he is stuck with me all day, 'er day....poor guy! ;)
We...or more like I am trying to create a routine, but that's just so hard to do when we can totally be "fly by the seat of your pants" during these days.
My last day was Wednesday, but my whole entire room had to be packed up and I didn't get it quite finished, so I had to go back up there on Thursday (which wasn't TOO bad). This was R's last day of school, because he had graduation that night.
So Friday OFFICIALLY kicked things off for both of us!
I laid down with him at 1 PM to take a nap, and no lie...we both woke up at 4:45 PM! We both obviously needed to catch up on some sleep, and I was NOT complaining! =)
After our nap, I spent some name in the hammock, and R road his bike at KeeKee & Poppy's before having some grilled hot dogs to officially kick off SUMMER!!
My last few days of school and first couple of days of summer, we got to babysit this sweet girl! Her name is Q and I am NOT a dog person...but this lil one stole my heart! R's too! I offered to keep her while a friend of mine left the state unexpectedly. We'd keep her around if we could! She was the sweetest lil cuddle dog...and to think I actually made her sleep in her kennel the first night!! ;)
Day 1:
Everyone always tells R he has a "kind heart" and that is true. 99% of the time...example above. But there IS that 1% he is ALL BOY and not so much "kind hearted" like they say!
Point proven yesterday as I walked out the back door to find him PEEING ON Q. Poor dog! He acted like she "got in his way" at first...but I didn't believe THAT for a minute!! He told me he "didn't think I would ever know about it". Little do you know buddy! :P
So...I made him give her a bath outside (when we had JUST given her one the day before!) which turned into ME giving her a bath. I did NOT have time for that, but I had to make time...
I was going to spank him again, but then I told him he was going to have to tell Mr. Nick what he did to his dog and that seemed to be enough punishment for him. But seriously? Who pees on a dog?!!
I am facilitating a bible study/small group/get together of ladies on Monday nights with a group of ladies who are doing She Reads Truth's Women in the Word together, and Monday night was our first night. I made my fav sugar cookie fruit pizzas and some dip for everybody to enjoy! They seemed to be big hits!
I went to bed after the first day of summer thinking "this is gonna be a LOONG summer if it is anything like today!!" But...again, I am trying to be thankful and make the most out of each of these days with my lil guy! So we woke up to a clean slate, which I am so thankful for!
Day 2:
Coffee date at Blue Sail with Allie on her day off starting things off on the right foot...
We were walking out...and it was about lunch time, and saw all the food truck park trucks set up down the road, so we decided to hit them up for lunch! We needed cash, so we just walked to the bank to get some...it all worked out! Made me love my lil downtown even more!
R went with the hot dog which he LOVED, and I went with the fajita tacos! OMG...I'll be back for more. They were $1.75 a taco--can't beat that!!
From there, I had an eye appointment...not much has changed, but got some new contacts. We were right by Poppy's bank, so we stopped in there for a little bit, and I charged my phone....story of my life. Then since we were half way there...we hit up Target to exchange some stuff and get something I needed. But who needs an excuse to go to Target?!
R behaved...meaning he didn't push the cart into anyone's heels, so he got an ICEE before we left. I am not an ICEE person, and I kinda always wish I was. :(
I wrapped up the evening at Tacos 4 Life with my mom and two of her best friends. We were celebrating her "resignment"/retirement! It was nice to sit and visit with grown ups...REAL grown ups at that! I'm just thankful they let me tag along! ;)
We've got a busy weekend ahead, but a FUN one. Here's to doing spontaneous things last minute! ;)
