Summer Fun

Now that we are home from vacation and getting back in the swing of things we had quite a few fun adventures this week! 

On Monday after the Y, Mimi came and ran errands with us. She really has not come with us as much this year since her fall in August so we were happy to have her with us! I think the boys wore her out though. She will sleep for a few days!

Mamaw got here on Tuesday and stayed with us off and on for a few days. We went to the movies on Wednesday and saw Rio about a bird.

Thursday we had PUMC Play group at a fairly new park downtown by the titans stadium. It was awesome! The boys had a blast. We went straight from this activity to an afternoon birthday party for Clara - also outside and water party. The boys had a blast but were exhausted. Will had a major poop in his pants at the party. This is my life right now.

Friday, Mamaw watched the boys were I could leave early for my girls weekend in Knoxville. She took them shopping to spend Will's birthday money and got Gaines a little treat as well.

Garrick took care of the boys while I was gone and had another eventful baseball class with Will on Saturday. He cried for the first half and then started doing it the second half. I'm not sure what is up with this but boy is it frustrating. 

Sunday, Garrick and the boys had "devotions" at the park with their donuts.

Ready for the movies!

Gaines loves the movies and Will did the best he could. He got quite ansy and was hard to keep entertained.

Crazy boys!

Clara's 5th Birthday Party. Gaines loved the slide and Will loved jumping in and out of the pool.

Shopping with Mamaw

Gaines got a Big boot ambulance

Will got a Jake pirate and Loves it! This is the first time he has actually wanted a stuffed animal usually it is a ball.

Picnic Lunch with Mamaw

The first Squad with Mamaw's gift

Baseball class - Will did same threw fit until half way through it.

The text I received on Sunday morning was: Devotions and donuts at the park. Hmmmm....

Daddy's Weekend with the Boys

This weekend Garrick had the boys while I went to my girls weekend and I don't think they missed Mommy at all!

Mamaw came to visit on Saturday

Will watching his first real hockey game on tv. Noted the fighting immediately.

45 minutes later still watching.

Summer Week 4

This week has been a whirlwind! I think i have said that every week so far this summer. School really will be here before we know it (yaaay!). 

Monday we just chilled and unpacked from vacation. The boys had their sunscreen incident as mentioned in a previous post! 

Tuesday we headed to Brentwood for Haircuts and Gaines's first class at My Gym. 

Haircuts!

My Gym is a gym for kids and focuses on coordination exercises (which we need the practice), games, and listening. All the classes are geared towards a specific age group. He is old enough to be dropped off at class! He was so excited and had no hesitation, "Bye Mommy" and "Will, you are not old enough" is all I heard all morning. Will did not like leaving. He kept saying, "I play with Gaines." He ended up enjoying some alone time with Mommy.

 We made an afternoon trip to the library after naps to return our books and get our prize for the summer reading program. Sam Clark's Tree was finished in the library and we took a little picture in Memory of our little buddy.

Tuesday Night, I had Book Club ( a little 50 Shades of Gray action) and Mamaw came to visit us for a few days!

Wednesday Mamaw watched the boys and I went to have breakfast with Lindsay at Pfunky Griddle in Nashville. We had so much fun catching up and the boys had a blast with Mamaw. 

Thursday we headed off to the dentist. This was Gaines's 2nd time going and Will's first. Their reward was a picnic at the park with Mamaw.

Friday was Pool Day at Tatum's House. Their new pool is amazing and the boys had a blast.

 We ended the week with Sesame Street Live with Nonni on Saturday morning. The boys enjoyed it but probably loved the popcorn at 10am the most! Will sat the entire time and just watched and Gaines enjoyed it for about an hour then was ready to go home. Will kept saying Elmo. Nonni and poppy watched the boys the rest of the day while Garrick and I headed downtown for the Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney concert.

The Dentist and Mamaw's Picnic

This morning we went to visit the dentist. I scheduled our appointments for when Mamaw was in town where I would have some extra hands since this was Will's first trip and Gaines's second time. I really did not know how either one of them would act. We promised them a picnic at the park afterwards if they did a good job. It was only 103 degrees so this was a big treat!

Trying to get a grandmother picture in the waiting room

Gaines did AWESOME! He sat in the big chair and he was very happy and excited and let her do a real cleaning.  He is just such a big boy. He is growing up so quickly!

There is lack of documentation on Will since he was screaming bloody murder! He watched Gaines and then when the hygienist mentioned Will being next he started screaming, "No turn! No turn!" He calmed down until the hygienist said to Gaines, "You are all done." Then Will lost it again! He ended up calming down and had a fluoride treatment in my lap. He loved getting a new Buzz Lightyear toothbrush!

After the dentist, we headed to Charlie Daniels Park for our picnic. It has become tradition when Mamaw is in town to picnic at the park. It was so hot but in the shade we actually enjoyed ourselves. Had a little food and played hide and go seek.

love this one!

Visit to the Downtown Library with Gaines & Lucy

Today I took Gaines and Lucy to the Downtown Nashville Library for a puppet show. I have been really wanting to do this with boys and it was so worth it! The Library is awesome and has such a neat children's section. LK and Gaines looked all around, picked out some books, and then we went in to the show. Gaines just sat and stared at the show the entire time. Lucy lost interest about 10 minutes in but in her defense I think she was exhausted! We had rocked her little schedule over the past 24 hours. I asked Gaines if he remembered any of the characters and he said no but then while using the potty he recited the entire play! He is a mess!!!

Ready to Roll!
We played the favorite game in the car. LK's favorite colors: Green,Red, & Black. Gaines favorite colors: Orange and Brown (what?!?). LK fave show: Tangled. Gaines fave show: Max & Ruby (again what?!?!)

Love this one - the library is so pretty and they were just looking around at all the big white steps

Giant Puppet - kind of creepy

They each picked out books and read while we waited for the puppet show to start

Waiting for the puppet show to start

There was a great courtyard with a fountain

Will got ot have alone time with Mamaw and I think they built with every block in the house!