Fun-tastic Weekend!

A few pictures from Busch Gardens this weekend...

A little fun at our local park...

At Church on Sunday...

Here we go again....

Couldn't leave the house without taking pictures....

Fun in Ft. Myers with Fabulous Friends

This weekend we drove down to Ft. Myers to see our friends Patty & Scott and their adorable five year old son, Ryan (“Ry Ry”). The three hour drive down Interstate 75 was a breeze (especially because Gordon was driving). Madison and I had fun in the van…talking…laughing…singing and simultaneously watching our own movies…she watched Dora the Explorer and I watched the documentary about the fall of Enron….how exciting! We started out a bit late…rough week at work for both of us and we were so very tired. Guy Guy made sandwiches for our trip and packed lots of snacks for Mimi in a picnic basket…so we had no need to stop. After we arrived and exchanged hugs and kisses, we headed out to Ruby Tuesday for lunch…and oh was I impressed. I’ve only been there once and it was a long time ago…boy have they upgraded! Mimi and Ry Ry share a love for French fries and chicken….oh and lets not forget CHOCOLATE cookies!
After lunch we went to a park where we truly had a blast. The kids went on the swings, rode bikes and just had a whole lot of fun!
That evening, Patty and I left the kids at home with the husbands and we went to The Ft. Myers Melting Pot to have a little “fondue fun”. What a wonderful experience! Our server Sean was awesome. We talked, we laughed, we shared our experiences as Mothers and we moaned and groaned over the delicious cheese and decadent chocolate! Sunday was another wonderful day, not only was the weather beautiful, but we spent the afternoon at Patty’s parents house. Her dad made his famous Jamaican Jerk Pork….OH MY GOODNESS…and her Mom made a Pineapple Upside Down cake that was to die for! We spent the rest of the afternoon outside in their very spacious backyard and watched the kids play.
Madison and Ryan really had fun together. He really looked out for her and took care of her, while she just walked behind him and did EVERYTHING that he did! It was so cute to see them play together, yet at times just do their own thing…you could tell they are only children.
We wrapped up our weekend with a short word of prayer with the family and started our three hour journey back home to Spring Hill. On the way back we had to stop at CVS to print some pictures for a school project that Madison had to have completed for Monday morning….so needless to say when we got home, I was up for a few hours working on this project while both Madison and Gordon joined in snoring harmony a few feet away in the bedroom!

Overall, we had a fun-filled weekend and we can’t wait to do it again in May for Memorial Weekend! Here are some more pictures from our weekend....

Wait Mommy....we have to take PIT-CHUR!!!

Ok...so this morning as we are finally leaving the house...Madison says, "wait Mommy, we have to take pit-chur". What have I started, I think to myself? "Madison", I say to her, "we have to leave so you can get to school". She retorts, "noooooo, Mommy...we have to take pit-chur".

CHAPSTICK...(Lipstick)...Don't leave home without it!

I think I might have gotten Madison into a routine with my initial picture taking in the morning when school first started....because now, before we get in the van we have to take a "pit-chur"....and oh...all the posing that goes on! More importantly though, I understand now that we cannot leave the house without our 'big girl' lipstick or in other words...CHAPSTICK!

"I don't wanna go to school...I wanna go shoppin...."

This morning Madison told me that she did not want to go to school....she wanted to go shopping! Hmmm....I wonder where she gets that from...obviously her Dad! LOL She insisted on carrying two boxes with shoes in them to school...What a fight it was to get her to leave them in the car! LOL Madison is getting so big now...and her vocabulary is growing and she is such a good girl. As of late, she's really been listening and she is learning how to use her words instead of crying. We are so proud of her. Madison has even memorized a bible verse and she can say it all by herself....Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

Last week as we were getting ready for school, Madison did not want to get ready and I had to chase her all over the house. I kept telling her to 'come on...Mommy has to go to work....let's go...come and take your bath....no you can't watch tv....let's go Mimi....come on Madison'. Nothing worked...time was passing and I really had to go....finally I took her by the hand and I calmly said to her, "Madison, do you want Mommy to smack your boom-boom?" This usually works and I usually get her attention and she will usually stop what she's doing and refocus and I hardly ever have to follow through. However, this time...she grabbed my other hand and started to pray..."God is good, God is great..." It was so funny...I had to leave the room so that she wouldn't see me laughing. She is just too cute for words!