Drew's Three....

Flashback post to March 23rd 2013

This little fella has turned 3!!!!!  Where did the time go????

We had a Meeska-Mouska- good time at our Clubhouse to celebrate with all of our favorite people.  

Drew was very excited and this was the first birthday that he got the fact that it was ALL.ABOUT. HIM!!!! 

So what is this little guy into these days???

Some of his favorites are:

the colors blue and red

yogurt and hot dogs

 eggs and bacon 

Scooby and Shaggy

playing Pirates and Bob the Builder

riding around in his Jeep and Tractor

being the best little bother... I mean brother

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Amazing Grace and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy DrEW 

RIP Goldie...

Flashback post to around March 10th, 2013

Meet Goldie... also known as Sally 2.... also known as Rapunzel.... our fish that came to us from the Henderson County Fair.  Goldie has been a great pet.  She swam around that tree like it was the best tree... the only tree around.  Goldie loved being apart of our family until.....

 I came home from school one day to find that Goldie was not in the bowl but in the floor.  We were in a hurry trying to get to gymnastics.  Kyle was taking Addie and I was staying home with Drew for the evening.  I was trying to find Addie flip flops and that's when I noticed the lovely orange pet was not in her lovely glass bowl.  I looked around trying not to bring attention to the situation because I knew Addie would fall apart.... and there the fish was on the floor dead!  I sent Addie out the door to the car and Kyle was in disbelief... the fish jumped out of the bowl into the floor... fishicide!!!!

When Kyle and Addie got in the car, I called him to ask about a plan.  The plan would be for me to put the fish in the toilet and wait for Addie to get home to say her goodbyes.

Sounds like a great plan... well you have to remember the Drew factor.... because he does not think anything is wrong with a fish floating in the toilet when he goes potty.  Drew peed on the fish but I was able to stop him before the flush.  So know our fish is floating around in a sea of yellow. I guess it could have been worse.

Well Addie and Kyle arrived back home from gymnastics.  We prepared Addie for the news.  She.was.not.happy.  There were tears, sobs, and more tears.  We took her to the bathroom and what do our wondering eyes should appear... Goldie swimming around the toilet bowl.... She came back from the dead!

Apparently the ammonia in Drew's pee can bring fish back to life for a short period..... 12 hours to be exact.  We are still looking for a new fish... maybe after the beach.

 

Spring Break Fun...

Spring Break came and went.  It was nice to just be.  No dance, gymnastics, or soccer.  No school or work.  Just time with my favorite people.  We had a great road trip to Chattanooga and the Mountains.  We did some swimming at the hotel... the highlight of the trip and then took in the aquarium.  

 Drew's favorite part was running up and down these rocks outside the aquarium... boys will be boys!

We can always find a Nemo...

They do love each other...

 Addie is still in love with the penguins.

After visiting Chattanooga, we headed up to the Mountains to stay at a cabin for the weekend.  We went hiking, ate pizza, rode the Sky Lift for the kids, and watched some movies in the sleeping bags.  

We hiked up Laurel Falls.  The last time we hiked up this trail, Addie was almost 3 and Drew was in my belly.  Kyle and Poppa carried Addie the two miles.  This time around Drew rode in the stroller and Addie hiked up the trail.  She was not excited but liked the end result of the hike.  

After our weekend trip, we stayed close to home for some fun.  I took the kids to the zoo for the day.  We rode the train... looked at the elephants and giraffes (still our favorite)... and had a lot of fun just the 3 of us.