Blue Devil Picture Day 2011

So football season is officially here once again. I always have mixed feelings. In one way, I dread it, because I never get to see my husband. However, it is fun to go to the games and Jeff's team has been really good the past couple of years and should be even better this year, so it is exciting at the same time. We went to picture day, and I spent forever getting the girls and I ready, then we didn't even get a family picture (besides the one that is printed in the program), I was mad at myself. I got the girls and my shirts at Old Navy and my friend Wendi embroidered them for me. They turned out really cute. They were like $10 each if you include the price of embroidery, which is like more than I ever spend on clothes, especially for kids, but I figure we are going on our 4th year at ECCHS and I have never bought any merchandise for us to wear yet, so it was time we had something that said Blue Devil on it! We finished off the day with lunch at Papa's pizza buffet, which is the best place to eat in Elberton hands down! Love their white pizza and cinnamon sugar pizza.

Movie Theatre

Oh man so I am way behind on my posts, but our local movie theatre was offering summer movies for kids during the day. We went and it only cost $1 for all three of us, so they must only charge for 3 or 4 and older. Cheyenne had never been to the movie theatre before and it was Shrek 2, which didn't interest her much, but I liked it. We got there and she had brought her dolls, so she lined them up on the seats. She loved that the seats folded up with her in it too. I had to take her to the bathroom a few times. I think she just wanted to get up and walk around, but I wasn't about to not take her to the bathroom if she wanted to go. It was fun and even though Cheyenne didn't really watch the movie at all, she was quiet the whole time and I nursed Berkeley and she fell asleep. The next day, I put Dora on for her in our room and she went and got her chair and "friends" to make her own movie theatre, it was really cute.

Hives

Cheyenne woke up with this rash last week and I thought it was bed bugs or something. Then the girl at the gym told me it looked like a rash, I was worried, so I took her to the Doctor and he checked her for strep and some other things, but she didn't have that. Then he said it looked like Hives and she was probably just allergic to something. The rash went away and now she is fine. I had no idea what it was, but then my dad said that my Grandma got really bad hives once from eating moldy cheese. We had a bag of shredded cheese that was kind of old that I made her a quesadilla out of. I did check it for mold and it looked fine and smelled fine, but it was white, so maybe mold would have been hard to see. That is the only thing I can possibly imagine it could have been.

Pump it Up

This was actually before our trip to Destin, but my friend Lindsey and I took our girls to pump-it-up (inflatable toys) to play. Lindsey has a daughter, Brielle, who is about 6 or so months younger than Cheyenne and another daughter, Savannah, who is about 6 or so months younger than Berkeley. Cheyenne and Brielle had a lot of fun and we finished up with a pizza buffet at Cici's. Cheyenne totally surprised me by being fearless, climbing up this tall wall without even needing me there with her and going down the big slides. Something must have happened though, because we took her back there again with Grandma and Grandpa and she wouldn't go down any of the slides or up any of the walls. Any tips on helping kids be a little more adventuresome and a little less cautious?

Toomer's Corner

These are the trees an Alabama fan poisoned:

They had little diamonds in the ground like the hollywood stars... here is Bo Jackson's:

Toomer's Corner, delicious lemonade (and shakes too). Jeff, Cheyenne and I shared a shake and it was so funny, because Cheyenne did not want to share! She would drink and drink and I would say my turn and for like 2 seconds I would drink and then she would say, "my turn!" So we would let her have it for about 2 minutes and then it would be daddy's turn and she would flip out if he had it longer than 5 seconds. It was pretty hilarious, because she is usually pretty good about sharing, but that milkshake was obviously delicious!

When we weren't looking, Cheyenne had lined up all the tigers in a row on the ground, it was so cute, so we had to take a picture:

When we went to see Auburn on the way to Florida, we noticed Toomer's Corner on the way out and we really wanted to go, so we thought we would stop there on the way home.

Final Day

When we were at the water slides, we could see the ocean and it looked so blue and beautiful so we decided to stop by there on the way out. It was so pretty and we got an extra hour there! Cheyenne loved to be buried in the sand!

Big Kahunas

So Jeff and I are obsessed with this water slide park in Destin. It is so much fun!! It is a little pricey, but both girls are free so that kinda makes up for it. Berkeley and Cheyenne love it too and the best part is that they can take a nap on you in the lazy river. I LOVE the honolulu half pipe! Oh my gosh it is so much fun!! I love anything that you can improve upon with practice. The last time we went I rode it once or twice, I don't remember. So, it was the first thing I wanted to do. Unfortunately, I was wearing a different swimsuit and I totally bore my butt and boobs to the world when I wiped out!! It was really embarrassing, so I got out of there and stayed away the rest of the day. When it was almost closing time, I remembered Jeff had brought my brother Aaron's rash guard, in case he got burned, so I went and put it on and it was fabulous!! I rode it two more times and I didn't want to stop! It was funny because it was always mostly guys riding it and a few other girls went while I was waiting in line and the same thing happened to them, so I felt a lot better. The guy standing next to me in line had a season pass and he said it happened all the time... Anyway, I wish I could have one of these things in my backyard, it was awesome!

Destin Commons

We spent a couple evenings at Destin Commons with Grandma Connie and Grandpa Frank. The evenings were warm and Cheyenne LOVED playing on all the toys and we loved to just sit on the bench, enjoy the nice weather, pretty lights and palm trees, and listen to the music.

Ocean Day 2- Burnt to a crisp

So apparently no one put on enough sunscreen our first day at the jetty, because everyone had some place on them that was FRIED! Mine was my face, Jeff, his entire upper body, Connie's chest, and Berkeley had a little bit of redness and swelling around her eyes and Cheyenne's face looked like a zebra, because I used the stick and missed a few stripes. The only one not burned was Grandpa Frank, so he got Cheyenne duty in the sun on the 2nd day at the beach. The next day we slept in and recovered a bit. My brother Aaron and his wife Andrea were so so nice and generous to let us stay at their house while they were in Washington on vacation. So, we slept in and watched tv, played some home run derby, and ate lunch. After the girls nap, we set off for day two at Beasley's Beach or something like that at Fort Walton Beach.

Jeff and I were so excited for Frank and Connie to see the true beauty of the Gulf at a different beach, but we were super disappointed when the water was totally gross, because it was full of seaweed! We called around to other beaches and it was everywhere. I guess it only happens a few times a year, but the seaweed comes to the shore and it stays for a few days. This was a total bummer, because usually the water is crystal clear and so blue and beautiful. Most of us stayed in the shade this time nursing our burns anyway.

The Jetty

The first day in Destin, we went to the Jetty. This is the best place for the kids, because there are no waves. It wasn't the best introduction for Frank and Connie to the Florida beaches, because it was a little smelly and the water was a little cloudier than usual, and we forgot there was no bathrooms, but we still had a great time.