Finally, a nice couple of days....

... though I would not know, I was at work from 10am-9pm on Saturday and 11-6 yesterday...

 oh well, I got a full report that the Triple Trouble and the Dat Dat had an awesome time at the PLAYGROUND,

both days....

However, I was off last Thursday night and Dat Dat said we should come down to the beach to watch the sunset... so, we did....

Yes, they are all in their coats and I had on two jackets and two shirts, but it really was beautiful.

Before we left to head down there, Grady started taking all his clothes off...

you know, we were going to the beach...

and what do you wear at the beach?

Your swim suit!!!!

I told him it was still too cold...

"But Mommy I WANT to!"

Ahhh, Boys!

Anyway, as I said I had to work this past weekend but I had a couple of nice surprises when I got home....

First, I want to share with you a couple of photos Grammie and Dada sent in a special email....

just for me....

The following are photos from one of my very favorite restaurants, Columbia...

I really hope you enjoyed the sangria, Grammie.....

this stuff is sooooooooooooooo good...

This is a photo of the 1905 Salad....

Honestly, I do not think I have ever ordered an entree from Columbia...

this salad is so very good, why would you want anything else!

Yeah, um, thanks Dada...

I am hungry, are you?

Worst part is the closest one is probably in Tampa... PC just doesn't know what it is missing....

Probably best we don't have one here... I might NEVER cook again.... God Forbid we ever get a Columbia and a Cock of the Walk... never been there?  Exit 5 off I-10 in FL near Pensacola.... check it out if you ever come through....

You know, usually Grammie and Dada call me from Columbia... they decided they could better express their experience through photos.... Thanks (can you hear the sarcasm)

Really, Grammie and Dada are true Angels... their halos may be a little crooked sometimes,

but Angels non the less...

Look what else I had waiting for me when I got home....

My favorites... Purple Tulips....

Someday, I am gonna get Todd to take me to Holland when they are in bloom.

My boys are all so sweet.

Also, I came home to a clean house... how awesome is that....

Finally, I have to admit, I am dreading the next few days....

the what ifs and regrets always haunt me...

can you believe tomorrow will be 6 years? 

Monkeying Around!

Hope you all had a great President's Day Weekend!  Ours was cold and a little disappointing.  Todd Jr, Grady, Grant and I had planned to go to Montgomery to see Beeka Beeka and family,  but unfortunatly the threat of SNOW in Montgomery kept us home...

we were all so bummed but we took a raincheck and will make plans to go again another time. 

So, we decided to go to the mall to do the bungee jump... um, doesn't open til 3...

it was only 10am and Mommy was NOT going to hang around the oh-so-exciting Panama City Mall any longer than she had to...

MAJOR disappoinment again all the way around and lots of pouty faces...

So after lunch and a nap, we headed out to the mall again....

Here is Todd Jr., waiting to get harnessed... he loves to do this and enjoys flipping forward and backward and making people sick as they watch him go round and round......

Here is Grady, all hooked up and ready to go, this was his first time and he was sooooo excited.... he has to do what ever his big brother does.  He even did a couple of FLIPS!

Yes, even Grant had a turn.  He did not go very high or do any flips this time, but give him a couple of months and he will be out doing his "partners in crime..."

Hope you all also had a great Mardi Gras Day!  I still always think it is strange, other places trying to do the "Mardi Gras Thing".... they even try here... I have to admit, it is just not the same as the real thing... where are the MOONPIES and COCONUTS!!!!!  Anyway, our Mardi Gras excitement was the Pancake Dinner at Church, I realized after we left that I did not get any photos of Todd Jr being the official Pancake topping runner... he was very helpful...

Today was a HUGE day!

Grady Joe had his first visit to the dentist!

A few weeks ago he told me that because he was big that he needed to go to the dentist like Todd.

So, I called and made an appointment. 

Needless to say, Todd Sr and I were very skeptical... I mean Grady Joe is our "hesitant" one and can be quite an over reactor.... but, check out the smile....

He was PERFECT.  He was polite, listened and was very helpful!

This is Melissa, she was amazing and so great with Grady...

she told him all that she was doing and let him help with the suction.

Here he is ready to open wide...

Cool Shades, Dude....

Nice pearly whites!

We had to wait a few minutes for Dr. Gerlecz, so Grady got to dig in the treasure drawer because he was soooooooooooo good...

and what else would a little boy pick....

noise/potty putty...

you know that stuff that makes extremely inappropriate sounds... it was so funny, we were all having a good laugh....  but the very best part is that Dr. Gerlecz gave him a glowing report. 

He said everything looked wonderful. 

What a relief, not that I had any specific concerns, but you always worry.

We all left with big smiles on our faces and as we were walking down the front steps...

Grady said, "That was fun, Mommy!" 

Yes it was Grady, yes it was!

On a side note, for any of you that don't really know Grady, he loves music and in the van Dat Dat has an old Hip Hop/Rap CD with various artists like Rob Bass, Vanilla Ice and Salt n' Pepa... well specifically in reference to the last one... Grady asked for his favorite song, well every song is his favorite, but he started singing "Shhh, smush it...."  Ladies and Gentlemen.... "Push It" by Salt n' Pepa as interpreted by Grady Joe... I laughed so hard...

If only we could have had one child with personality...

(I can hear Foe Foe laughing all the way from New Orleans!!!)

Hello there!

Look at that... Grant, Grady and I found the playground version of the Swan Station... It was finally a decent day yesterday, so we headed to the playground... unfortunately, we are expecting rain tonight.

Here is my little red dancing in the car when we went to drop off Todd Jr's homework folder Tuesday morning....

Apparently Grant was hungry on our journey and decided to eat his shoe... um, do you know where that shoe has been little boy... it used to belong to Mason, then Grady, and now you... YUCK!!!!!!!

However, as you can see, he did greatly enjoy his dinner... shoe free!

Today is the Day!!!!! It is time to get.....

I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, the time has come to get all the answers.... yeah, right!

I think as long as the "final answer" isn't the easy cop out of Aliens then I will be okay with it.

I still agree with Todd... we think it is purgatory.... any way... if you don't watch lost, you should still get the first 5 seasons from Netflix... watch... and then catch up on abc.com with this seasons episodes after they air.

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!