Staying Busy

The pictures from the fight.....Parker 1, Gramp 0









Last Thursday I had the honor of taking a personal day from work to take the boys to the zoo with their class from Mitchell's Place. This time we rode the carousel and also got to see a sea lion training show. The boys were hot and tired, but really enjoyed sharing this trip with their buddies, Jack, Grant, Matthew and, of course, Cali. This time mom wised up and brought along the wagon, since it was up to me to get both boys around that zoo--yes, daddy is in Georgia again:(. I pulled the empty wagon for the first hour or so and eventually pulled Parker and some of the other friends- Carson wanted to walk the whole time....not sure what that's all about....but some of his buddies were glad to get a ride:)

Friday night headed out to the ballpark for the Viper Memorial Day Tournament. Got to see a few innings and then the boys got to experience their first lightning delay at a ballpark..
"Mama, is the game over?" "When will they start playing again?" "Do we get to go to the place where they have food while we are waiting?" "Are there anymore snacks?" "Is it done lightning yet?" --- really, we could only take so much...then we had to head back to the car to go home. We did get to visit with some of our softball friends, so all was not lost...

Saturday brought a birthday party for a little friend Matthew from Mitchell's Place. It was at a place called "Pump it Up"- which is a huge warehouse filled with moonwalks, slides, etc. The boys had meltdowns upon arriving, but soon changed to fearless and climbed to the top of the slides, sliding down backwards and upside down, and jumping non-stop, climbing through obstacle courses, the whole bit. They were completely exhausted when we left! We then headed to Carley's graduation party. The boys were great and kept asking when it was time for cake and presents....oh, and why there wasn't any ice cream- they can't discriminate between bday and graduation parties I guess. They got their cake and on the way home at 10PM, we hear Parker say, "I think we ate too much cake. Too much cake makes me sleepy." Carson confirmed, "Yea, too much cake makes me kinda sick...I ate too much too. Mama, is it time for us to go night, night? We ate too much cake!"

Happy Graduation to Carley- it took a little longer than she wouldn't have liked and it wasn't the path any of us would have chosen, but she persevered and overcame the toughest odds. I'm so proud of her and glad to know her and her sweet family.

Sunday we headed to BeBe and Pop's house to eat and swim. While playing in the pool, Aaron was squirting Carson with a water gun (in response to him being squirted most of the time in the pool). Carson told him to stop...a few times and when Aaron didn't stop Carson finally got mad and said, "Stop it Aaron, Stop it right now!" For anyone that doesn't know, the boys always call him "Guncle", never Aaron...it was like a mom pulling out the middle name when you're in trouble. Hilarious!

Sunday night and Monday brought a visit from our friends the Breedloves- minus their daddy who was busy searching for a house in Virginia. We enjoyed our visit with them. The kids played outside and inside, we all took a trip to the McWane Center and ate some Full Moon BBQ. Carson and Emily seem to be becoming an item now...Kayla and I even witnessed them laying in bed together pretending to take a nap! We're gonna have to keep an eye on them;) Chad's next assignment will be at Langley AFB in Virginia- so we'll definitely miss having them so close-- but who can hate having friends that you have to visit in the Hamptons, right?!?!?

Usually when the boys play in the bathtub, they pretend to make cakes and drinks, pretend they are at the beach (asking each other for sunscreen, playing in the ocean)....but tonight we had a first. I'm getting pajamas out when I hear, "Hey, tattoo man, what kind of tattoos do you have?" They proceed to take turns being the "tattoo man" and give each other tattoos. Luckily they were mostly Little Einsteins and Handy Manny....but who knows what they will choose next! As they were getting out of the bathtub, Carson piled a drum, a cup and a drum stick on the side of the tub and said, "Mama, don't move those ok? They are my tattoo tools and I'll need them again tomorrow."

The boys and I will be jumping into summer this week....I'm done with school and the boys are only going on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this summer....Daddy is in GA again this week, so we'll have to stir up some trouble by ourselves 'til the weekend gets here!!