Homecoming Week...

This week was Homecoming week at school , which means "dress up" week. I hate dress up, Anna Lauren pretends to like it, and Cooper loves it!  

Monday was western day...anyone that knows Cooper knows he was most excited about this day!!!

His teacher sent me this picture and said, yes...I did!  Cooper was so proud of his mustache...was the first thing he told me about when I picked him up Monday afternoon.

Kindergarten is exhausting...once this little guy gets home and gets still, he falls sound asleep.  Sometimes as early as 5:30/6:00.

Tuesday was twin day...since Anna Lauren and McKenna are not in the same class this year, I agreed to pick McKenna up for school so they could at least walk into school together.

This cutie couldn't wait to get to his classroom to see his twin...

I may be biased, but I'm pretty sure they were the cutest twins in kindergarten.  Cooper's smile and hair...really...could he be any cuter!

Wednesday was dots and stripes day...

Love when my favorite big girl sends me pictures...just a day in the life of PT students...

After school Wednesday, the kids had a dentist appointment...this cute thing put on a show for the new dental hygienist, who was eating him up!

He told her that light was too bright, and he really needed some sunglasses.  Yes, she went and got her Ray Bans out of her purse and put them on him.  He is too cute to tell no!!!

Thursday was neon/color run day...and yes, they are eating a popsicle for breakfast.  Don't judge...they are smiling aren't they?

This boy...he truly is "awesome"...such a super fun kid!!!

You have heard about his "main man" Keyontae.  And then there is Danny...all I know about Danny is that he eats the cheese out of Cooper's lunchable everyday...ha ha!



Popsicles were a last minute thought...like Ms. Wells asked us if we could bring some at 6:45 that morning.  Matt saved the day and went to Kroger and back before we needed to leave and the kids had popsicles after their run... 

Anna Lauren and her friends getting ready to start...

I didn't get any pictures of Anna Lauren but by the look of her shirt, she had a fun time...

Friday was school spirit day...and...if you cannot tell from the picture, it was cold (finally feels a little like fall) when we went out. Hence, the shivering teeth/fake smiles.

Not sure this is the new style, but it is for sure Cooper's style. 
Some battles are not worth fighting...

Friday afternoon they had a little Homecoming parade...

And this little girl ended her week playing teacher...her most favorite afternoon activity.  She loves pretending to be a teacher's kid in the afternoons.  

The kids had a super fun week, and I love all the pictures their teachers and others sent me throughout the week.  Unfortunately, dress up doesn't end...next week is red ribbon week.  Seriously, two weeks in a row???

Just Me and Mom...

It is very very rare for my mom and I to spend time together just the two of us, but we spent all day Saturday/part of Sunday together...just the two of us!!!  Thought this was a good time for us to do it since it is her birthday month...

I let her pick what she wanted to do and she chose to go to the coast for the night.  We arrived around lunch time, had lunch at the Half Shell, spent the after shopping, and then had dinner on the beach with this view...

Sunday morning we went for a walk on the beach...

She hates pictures, but I made her take at least one.  After our walk, we showered, had breakfast, and then headed back home.   

It was a nice little birthday getaway...just the two of us!!!

MS State Fair...

While I was on my road trip with Sam, Matt and the kids enjoyed their Monday off work/school at the state fair...

This picture right here 100% sums up his personality...

When you have to wear your Daddy's tennis shoes because no open toe shoes can be worn in the fun house...

They had a fun day with the BEST Daddy!!!

Road Trip with Sam...

Although Matt and I have told Sam over and over and over again that all she has to do is ask, it is still very seldom that she will actually come out and ask us to do anything for her.  Yes, we've learned her well enough to know when she needs something (even without her asking), but we want her to be comfortable enough to just...ask!  But...she actually did ask me to help her make the drive back to Miami from her clinical so Matt and I made it happen.

Last Monday morning I got up at 3:45 AM and boarded an airplane at 5:10 AM headed to Baltimore to meet Sam...

Sam left Boston on Saturday and spent the weekend with her cousins in New York.  The earliest I could get to New York on Monday was noon so we decided for her to drive 4 hours that morning while I flew and meet in Baltimore.  Relieved our plan had worked logistically and happy to jump in the car with this favorite big girl of mine!  Our plan was to make it 9 hours to Savannah...

Due to Hurricane Matthew, we had to change our route due to interstate closures.  Thankfully it only made our drive about an hour longer.  After traveling through the "wilderness" on back roads through North Carolina, we realized there was no power.  We finally found a gas station with gas/power and decided it was going to be gas station food for dinner.

We choked down some of this...at this point, we were so tired that we were just focusing on getting to Savannah.  We finally made it to Savannah around 11:45 PM.  It was a LONG and TIRING day, but we made the most of it and managed to have fun!

Ready for day 2...and at this point, ready for some "real" food. Pretty sure that Cracker Barrel breakfast has never tasted so good.

By mid-morning, we crossed the Florida state line.  That doesn't mean much though...we spent the entire day just driving through Florida to get to Miami.

Tuesday was for sure not as long of a day...we were in Miami by 4:30 PM and having an early dinner at Sam's favorite place.  After dinner, we went for a walk on the beach.  

Pretty sunset, fresh air, and stretching our legs...just what we needed!



Loved getting to spend a few days with this special girl...

As luck would have it, two blocks from Sam's house her car started making a weird noise.  So...before I flew out Wednesday I wanted to go with her to the dealership to make sure everything was ok. We were there at 7 AM only to find out Sam had run over a coat hanger that had wrapped around her axle.  They removed the hanger, it had not caused any damage, and and we were done by 8 AM.  Since we had extra time, we felt the need to treat ourselves to a pedicure before I had to be at the airport.  And just look at this place...isn't it awesome?  I had gone in December and was dying to go back...

I was walking through the airport in my own little world exhausted from the trip and a little nauseous from the flight and these two precious little ones jumped out from behind a column and surprised me.  Always hard to leave Sam, but I do LOVE coming home to these precious little ones of mine!!!

We didn't go anywhere "cool" but when we ran in Target, Sam picked out a mask for Cooper...he loved it!!!

And you know...this is just how we roll.  Love these boys of mine!

Sam is actually flying her on the 27th for a long weekend, and we CANNOT wait to spend a few days all 5 of us together.  We haven't all been together since May...she is ready to see the boys, and I'm pretty sure they are ready to see her too!!!  Counting down the days until she comes...