Play Time

Took the kids to my aunt Sandy's house. They live in the country with lots of room for play, a tree house, a go-cart, a trampoline, a huge garden, a tire swing... and lots of room to run! The kids loved it and we can't wait to go back for more! Matthew got to hold his new baby cousin, Kaylee. He thought he was a big boy and was really quite gentle with her. It was very sweet to see him interact with a small baby. Emma stayed with gram last night, she probably doesn't even miss me! That's okay, I have this one, Matthew, who won't let me out of his sight, so it balances out!

Fun, Fun, Fun!

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My kid has hair...

like that guy who was on American Idol.  The young cute guy that was recently axed.  In this picture, Matthew's hair looks like his!  See:

And the kid from American Idol:

Too cute!

"My momma did it"

Those beautiful words came out of my daughter's mouth today at her art class, blaming it on momma!  This was Emma's last day of her 4-week (once a week) watercolor art class.  Mother & child go together and mommy usually just sits and watches and can help when needed.  Well, the children painted a nice blue background and then traced out a vase and painted it another color and then added green stems coming out of the vase and were to paint flowers.  Emma decided to paint a blue flower, but against the blue background it didn't show up, so I offered assistance in getting the background back to blue and suggested she color a flower of a different color for it to show up.  Well, Emma kept playing around and the teacher came over and told Emma that her blue flower didn't show up against the background and to try again and those words, "My momma did it."  Blaming me for her non-flower!  It was really quite cute and the mother next to me just started laughing.  I just laughed b/c when she said it, she gave me an eye roll, like I got her in trouble and she made it clear that it was my fault her picture was a little messy.  But you know watercolors are wonderful and you can fix it really nice and make a very beautiful picture.  I think I will frame this one!

And another one Emma did (with no help from momma!)

Beach Day

Sunday morning, we got up and decided we needed a family day at the beach!  So, we headed to Atlantic Beach just us.  It was so nice to get away as a family.  This was Matthew's first day at the beach this year and really his first ever.  We went last year but he was too young to appreciate it.  And of course yesterday I forgot my camera.  So no pics to share!  Oh well, I will NOT forget it next time.
We stopped to use the bathroom at KFC in Morehead and Wright see's Mike & Heidi Pridgen at the light and so he calls him to let him know we saw them and they asked us to come to their condo.  So, we ate at El's Drive-in and then went to their place.  They have a really nice condo at a great place.  Beautiful pool area and right on the beach.  Emma loved to get to play with Lillie.
The beach was wonderful, not too hot and a nice breeze.  Matthew LOVED it.  He just played with buckets, sand and shells.  He was in heaven.  Heidi fished and caught a little stingray so the kids got to see it before Mike threw it back in the water.  We spent about 2 or 3 hours on the beach.  Then we had to head home, since it was a Sunday.  But we really enjoyed it.  It was one of the most relaxing days I've had in a long time.  And to make it all even better, Matthew slept all the way there and most of the way home!  You can't get better than that!!!