A Lazy Morning

Friday mornings tend to be lazy around our house because Henry does not have school.  Last Friday they pulled all of the cushions off of the couch and played with them for well over an hour.  Then they decided to take a rest so Henry made a bed out of them for he and Charlotte.  :-)  

P.S.  Henry does not have a shirt on because he is "Muscle Man"!  I don't know where he comes up with this stuff!  Haha!  :-)

Krispy Kreme Grand Opening

A couple of weeks ago we decided to head to the grand opening of Krispy Kreme for breakfast!  

Mommy and Charlotte were very excited!  

And Henry was thrilled about his sprinkle donut and chocolate milk!

"Yummy, yummy!"

I know I keep mentioning it but we are loving spending the weekends with Trey!  We went from having maybe one full weekend off a month with him to now having him home with us every weekend!  It has been fun! :-)

Sleeping Beauty ;-)

We are still trying to figure out a good nap schedule for Charlotte.  She is down to one nap a day but we have to pick up Henry from school right during that nap time.  She will usually nap in the car on the way to pick him up and then when we get home I can move her to her bed and she will sleep another hour or so.  That works most days but there are days that she wakes up early in the morning or sleeps in later and then that nap schedule is thrown off.

On those days we will walk in a room and find her like this...

...lying down underneath the kitchen table...  

...or fast asleep on the couch!  ;-) 

Mommy loves her Charlotte time but it is always nice to have her still, peaceful, and quiet!  :-)

A Football-Filled Weekend!

We just had a weekend filled with football fun!  On Saturday night we had some friends over to watch the South Carolina/Georgia game!  Boy, was that a fun game to watch!  Well maybe just if you were a South Carolina fan!  ;-)  Trey and I are fans of teams that tend to blow it when things are going well so we are really hoping South Carolina keeps the winning streak alive at LSU next weekend and then at Florida!  Yikes!  

"Go Gamecocks!  You can do it!" 

And then on Sunday, Trey was offered two tickets to the Carolina Panthers football game so Trey was able to take Henry to his very first NFL game!  :-)

That is one handsome Carolina Panthers fan!

Henry received the royal treatment at his first game.  He not only got to eat a hot dog, chips, and orange soda but he got to eat in the club level lounge complete with heat and a band!  :-)

He and Trey stayed through the 3rd quarter and had a blast although a Panthers win would have been nice!  ;-)  What a fun weekend!

A Visit From Memére, Aunt La La, And Kate

At the end of August, Trey spent five days in Germany for a conference. The kids and I were absolutely thrilled when my mom, sister, and niece (who is three months older than Charlotte) decided to visit us from Nashville during that time! Naturally where would we take them while they were here?  Parks! :-)

Kate and Charlotte taking a ride on the big, purple dinosaur...

Three cousins enjoying some time on the swings...

So I feel really bad but while they were here we introduced Kate to The Wiggles and she became as obsessed as her younger cousin.  I do not know what it is about that group but Charlotte gets unbelievably excited when she hears their music and she passed that love onto Kate!  We sent them home with a Wiggles DVD and Laura said that she has not wanted to watch anything else since!  It certainly is unfortunate that The Wiggles are not nearly as enjoyable for the parents!

Charlotte and Kate dancing to their first boy band crush, The Wiggles!  ;-)

"Memére, Aunt La La, and Kate, we cannot thank you enough for making the long trip to visit us!  We loved every single minute of you all being here and we cannot wait to be together again!  We love you!"

(How beautiful are these three?!)

Who needs expensive toys?!

One of Henry and Charlotte's favorite toys is a plastic bin. I will fill the bin with plastic balls and the kids will pretend it is a ball pit.  Their absolute favorite though is when they take turns sitting in the bin and I pull them around the house.  (Good for lots of laughs, bad for my back!)

Or they will each have a bin and sit in them side-by-side to watch television.

They also use them to make funny faces. :-)

"Squishy face!"

Old-Fashioned Soda Shop

A couple of weeks ago we treated ourselves to dinner at an old-fashioned soda shop here in Charlotte. The food was delicious and the kids were dancing throughout dinner to the fun music. And of course, we had to test out their homemade ice cream after dinner!

"Of course! All of our meals end with ice cream!"

"Next time we should skip dinner and eat LOTS of ice cream!" :-)