It is so frustrating that one incident can ruin a whole weekend!
We had an absolutely fabulous time with Brent, Christa and family Saturday morning when they came to brunch. Then after they left, we had a whole day ahead of us with no plans! After Charlie's nap, we headed into town where Jason and Charlie both got haircuts, and Charlie had his first and second lollipops! He is a huge fan of Mango Dum-Dums (did they even have Mango when we were kids??).
Racing around Target in the cart and chicken nuggets and icecream cones at Chick-Fil-A were topped by a trip to Lowe's. All I can say is that Charlie is just like his Daddy. He had an absolute blast running through Lowe's, high-fiving and fist-bumping the employees and flirting with a 5 year old girl in the checkout line. We might have to see if Lowe's hosts birthday parties!
We closed out the day with a run through the sprinkler and some splashing around in Charlie's new water table...perfect for a hot Saturday afternoon.
Sunday was great, too. I got to work in the nursery at church and watch Charlie play with all his little friends -- once he finally decided that the room was sufficiently vacuumed. Then we all went down to check on the boat and play at Mt Pleasant Waterfront Park -- followed by more icecream.
It was just a perfectly relaxing and enjoyable weekend, during which we learned some invaluable life lessons:
1 - We don't put food in our mouth while we're coughing
2 - Mom and Dad really can ignore 16 miles of worn out screaming
3 - Otis likes icecream, too
4 - Daddy only has 2 handles and those are his hands. NOTHING else on Daddy is a handle.
5 - Yelling makes you run faster.
And unfortunately,
6 - We're not necessarily safe in our own backyard
Jason came up to bed at 11:00 last night and looked out our bedroom window to see someone rooting around in his truck! He grabbed the keys to set off the alarm, but accidentally started it -- serves the thief right! The police came and took a report, and luckily nothing was stolen. The creeps must have made their move when they saw the light go off. Thank goodness they weren't smart enough to wait longer!
The crazy part is that Jason's truck was literally 4 feet from the corner of our house and it was only 11:00 at night. We're pretty sure that it was just some bratty kids, but that doesn't really make me feel any safer. Looks like Jason won't be going on any overnight trips anytime soon...
Post-brunch photo-op
Like father like son!
I'll take one of these, two of those...
Can't catch me!
Woohoo!
You mean I'm allowed to do this?!?!
Following in Daddy's Flip-Flops
