Paint

I know, I know, you are all curious what the 20-month old was up to this afternoon. Well you are in luck as these pictures should give you a pretty good idea.

"Who needs a paint brush when you can use your foot!"

"Look what I did, Mommy!"

"Cheese"

" My footprint"

"That was fun! Now time to clean-up the mess."

"I can wash my feet off all by myself"

"Look at my HUGE water-filled diaper"

"All clean and chilaxing {this is Daddy's word -- hope I spelled it right}"

As you can see, he had fun PAINTING in the bathtub! And, I have to admit, it was a pretty good idea because it was super easy to clean up :)

P.S. The paint was completely non-toxic -- no worries!

P.S.S. The little guy daredevil jumped {literally} out of his bed again early this morning {don't worry, he didn't even cry this time} so we are REALLY going to make the switch to a toddler bed tomorrow night before he breaks his neck. Wish us luck!

Our Week in Review

One week ago today, David and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. It is hard to believe that five wonderful years have gone by already! I had intentions of writing a sappy post on our special day, and reminiscing with pictures; however, that clearly didn't happen {oh well! -- see a little explanation of our day below}. But, in order to redeem myself just a little {something late is better than never, right?}, here is one of my favorite pictures from our wedding day!

Mr. and Mrs. David Harris!!!

And, we did have a very nice anniversary! David took the day off and we spent the morning and afternoon hanging out at home with Ryan, our single greatest joy in the last 5 years! That evening, Dad graciously accepted my invitation to babysit, and David and I enjoyed a nice, expensive dinner at McKendrick's Steak House. Ironically, the total of our dinner bill (before tip) was $108.13 {the date of our 5th anniversary -- if you didn't get it yet}!

The Proof!

Then we headed over to Cafe Intermezzo for some coffee and dessert before heading home to catch the end of the Atlanta Falcons first preseason game {we are very excited about football starting again in this family!}. We enjoyed our night and look forward to what is in store for us and our family in the years to come!

As for the rest of the weekend, I really have no idea what we did with the exception of going to the pool for a quick swim, taking Ryan to Touch-a-Truck {an annual event hosted by the City of Alpharetta},

OLD fire truck

Police car ... hopefully Ryan's one and only experience in the back!!!

Garbage truck -- "pee-yew"!

UPS delivery truck

Army truck

The 'FUN BUS' {it had a slide out the back!}

and having family movie night {we watched Ice Age}. It is nice to have low-key weekends like this from time to time, especially the three-day kind :)

Since then {our week has been nothing but low-key}, Ryan and I have been on two play dates, met our Mom's group at the park to play, had story time with Grandma Snazzy {the sweetest old lady that reads to kids in the community room at Kroger}, shopped for fall clothes, and taken lunch from the Fickle Pickle to Aunt Laura and Grammy at school. And, to add to it, I tutored for 4 hours {Monday and Wednesday nights}, and had two atypical moles re-excised {= NOT FUN}. My favorite part of our week was on Tuesday night, though, as D, R, and I enjoyed a most awesome night together having dinner at CANS Taqueria and then ice cream at Scoops! I love finding new, fun, quaint little places to go!

I can certainly tell that summer is coming to an end as lots of activities are starting up again, and I am so glad that Ryan and I finally have met some other moms and kiddos, and have fun stuff to do to fill our weeks; however, I am glad it is Friday and I am looking forward to another relaxing, do nothing kind of weekend!

Shoes, Sinks and more

A few things for your Saturday morning enjoyment ...

1. If you are in need of some help with your shoes {or really anything for that matter}, I know just the little guy for the job :) This is what I discovered on Wednesday morning when I realized that all my shoes were missing {not one of them was in the closet were they normally are!}.



2. The little guy's new favorite spot is in the bathroom sink, and he fits perfectly! He can also turn the water on, which is slightly scary as he has no idea that one is hot and the other is cold. Good thing our water heater is turned way, way down!

And, if you are wondering what we have been up to this past week, we have been spending LOTS of time visiting with family as my great uncle {Ama's brother-in-law} passed away on Tuesday after being in ICU for about a week. However, despite the circumstances, we REALLY enjoyed seeing everyone from the Hawkins side of my family {many of whom we haven't seen in about 4 years}. Additionally, I can confirm {after spending the better part of the last 3 days there}, that Ryan LOVES Ama and Grandaddy's house ... Grandaddy has about 20 singing, dancing toys that Ryan thinks are the best thing ever, and they have a train {that probably dates back to when Alan was little} that he likes playing with.

Just a few of the entertaining toys :)

So, after a busy week, we are looking forward to a relatively low key weekend at home. Hope you have a good one!