'Our' Sewing Room

Chloe and I now have our very own sewing room. It is not painted in her favorite color, but mine!!! Come on in and sew with us... Well, if you're not a boy you can!!!

A Week of Recovery

I had always heard that children recover more quickly from having their tonsils out than adults. While that might be true, it is nonetheless a painful recovery. Chloe had been at GaGa's all week. Monday was a horrible day! We both cried, her in pain, me because she was in pain. We did have a few good moments during the day and were able to color for just a short while.

Tuesday was better and we were able to make a quick trip to Wal-Mart to pick up glasses for GaGa! Since McDonald's was so close we stopped by to have lunch. She ate 3 of her nuggets, most of her fries and drank her sweet tea. What a difference 24 hours can make.

By Wednesday afternoon Chloe was ready to swing and play with PePaw. She picked the Tiger Lillies so that they could play 'Bride'. Then she picked some more so that they could say 'Loves me, Loves me Not'. Funny little girl! So very glad that she is feeling better.

Bye, Bye Tonsils

Chloe entered the surgery center this morning to get rid of those pesky tonsils and adenoids. What a smile!

Who else looks this good in a hospital gown???

12 minutes later - No tonsils and that pretty smile is back. What a Princess!

Now, what flavor of milkshake would you like, ma'am????

Fishing with the Guys

Well, early this morning PePaw and Daddy took Chloe fishing at Graham Lake. It is probably best that Brandi and I do not know all that was done but we do know that she arrived safely back home. PePaw did confess that because it was hot, they let her swim in the lake. Scary! Anyway, she had a good time and caught a fish. She actually is touching it! EEEWWWWW...
Note: The difference in the guys doing something and the girls - 1 picture with the cell phone! I guess we are lucky that PePaw even thought of that!

Honey rolls and a Carnival

Chloe was spending the night last night so of course she gets to pick the place to eat! She wanted to go where they had honey on the rolls [crescent rolls @ Rafferty's]. We went, she grabbed PePaw's roll that came with his salad and had devoured it in no time at all. Her mac and cheese showed up with another roll [at our request!] and wasn't long before it was gone too. She seemed to be quite hungry for those rolls and honey. As we were leaving I thought a quick stop by Big Lots might be a fun adventure, but as we pulled out of the parking lot Chloe spied the carnival in the Plaza parking area. So, here we go [Surprise, surprise!]
Our 2 minute ride to the Plaza was filled with her chattering about all that she was going to do. Since most of the rides were for kiddos and they had measuring sticks to determine if you could even ride, we felt some sense of security [just a little, really.] First things first - gotta get those tickets. Her first ride was a little helicopter that she rode with a face of boredom spending most of her time 'fixing' her hair. After that we checked out a slide, but she just wasn't tall enough. Oops! Then there it was - the ferris wheel! She was tall enough IF an adult rode with her. PePaw refused so those big ole eyes just fluttered right up to me and the next thing that I knew we were miles above the carnival!!!


A fast ride on the dragon roller coaster just made her eager for another. After the second ride we convinced her that we had to leave...

Cotton candy was the best deal of the night - 2 bags for only $3.00!!! We took it home and sat outside enjoying the sugary confection.

A quick golf lesson ended our adventure [actually, it was the mosquitos, but that just doesn't sound as lovely:)]

Mother's Day at the Beach!!!

After ending work and school on Wednesday the 7th we loaded Gil's truck and headed for Meridian, Mississippi - our first stop on the way to ORANGE BEACH!!!! What a feeling to arrive on Thursday and step out on the balcony to this sound.

The guys spent time at the golf course, the girls stayed at the pool!

We were able to spend time at local fun park...and ride go carts...

Eat yummy ice cream afterwards, because the weather was so hot...

See PePaw's happy face at Alvin's Island....

Tried to make the cutest beach pictures ever, but so many distractions just prevented that... Grant flying a kite, a wedding on the beach, wind blowing hair and dresses everywhere, and Chloe's newest BFF was walking and talking along side us. Oh well, Chloe is still the cutest beach doll ever...


And that new BFF - a sweet little girl from Memphis named Mia...

What a great time! Just a few words to remind us of our good times ~ crabs [gotta catch those things every night!] ~ jellyfish ~ Target [of course!] ~ locked out [oops, Who really forgot the key?] ~ red flags [not to be confused with red tags]

And April is Almost Gone!

Wow!!! I can hardly believe the month has just flown by. I keep meaning to get my pictures from the camera to the PC but it just keeps getting put off! Life has been fun though! Chloe and I fingerpainted in shaving cream. I have never seen such excitement in anyone's eyes over shaving cream! Go figure! She wrote and drew all over the counter tops. For days my kitchen smelled of shaving cream [cheap shaving cream, at that!]
Brandi took a quick trip to Florida with some friends so Chloe spent the night Wednesday and since I was off work on Thursday we played all day. I had to go to school for a meeting and took her with me. She got to color and play in Mrs. Leah's room at a big desk. Then we went to the Pre-K classroom and met Miss Annie and Miss Candace. What fun! Miss Candace announced that they had visitors and they all stopped and waved and said, 'Hi!' Chloe just smiled so big. She looked around for a minute and then was ready to leave.
I had picked up an owl pellet at school for us to dissect when we got home. We took it apart and looked at the bones with a magnifying glass and glued them on a paper plate. She is never put off by anything!
Thursday, the 24th was her daddy's birthday. We wrapped his gift that she and mommy had bought before Brandi's trip. Chloe had got him some candy, a Target gift card so they could go shopping, a note pad shaped like a 'D' for DAD, and some dinosaur stickers! She had written her name on him card and called him earlier on the phone while he was working. She squealed with glee when he rang the door bell to pick her up. She had said earlier that we needed to go to Logan's to eat for supper, but Grant inherited Gil's genes for being a party pooper and we didn't go:( She was okay as she knew she was going to spend the night with Daegan and Levin.
Today, the 25th, is Bland's birthday. Wishing her lots of birthday surprises today!
Well, maybe pictures will get loaded soon, but that fish is getting awfully close to the beach. It won't be long now! Thank goodness!