tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536251671628287312024-02-07T16:32:16.037-06:00love of our lifeMandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-44972470658325458242012-06-28T13:13:00.002-05:002012-06-28T13:13:50.837-05:00KC Mini Vacation<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
(6/8-6/10/12) On the spur of the moment, we decided to head to Kansas City for a mini vacation away. And I mean last minute....I made reservations the day we left. That is nothing like me...but hey, gotta live life, right!!</div>
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We originally wanted to go to see the new SeaLife Aquarium at Crown Center but found other things to do as well. We picked up Chase early from preschool and were on our way to KC. It was a pretty good ride, Chase slept for an hour or so but we still heard "are we there yet" about 15 times. I hate to see what happens when we drive to Florida or something!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We got to the hotel at Country Club Plaza around 3:30 and quickly changed into our swim stuff to hit the pool. It was an indoor pool so it was a little chilly and Chase just decided he would swim in the hot tub....only my child!! We cleaned up after the pool and decided to head down to CCP to have dinner and walk around. We rode a shuttle down and honestly, that had to almost be the highlight of Chase's trip....he got to ride next to us and with no seatbelt. He thought it was pretty cool. So cool that everytime we went somewhere the rest of the weekend, he kept asking if we could have the shuttle come and pick us up!</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We had dinner at Winstead's, a little old school dinner. Good comfort food! Then headed over to the Plaza to walk around and take some pictures of the fountains. We had to stop for ice cream of course too! Called the shuttle and headed back to the hotel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The next morning, we all slept til 8am...that never happens. Got up and got ready and headed to SeaLife Aquarium. Our review.....neat, but way too short of a tour for the $60 we paid. I swear we went through it in 45 minutes tops! Big disappointment there. I expected to spend 1/2 the day there....oh well....onto something else. Went to Crown Center where they had a fun dinosaur exhibit.....I think Chase enjoyed that more than the aquarium and it was free!!! Then to Fritz's for lunch. We had to show Famous what it was like since we had been there with Gavin and Beth last year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So...what to do next....I begin googling "what to do with kids in KC" and found the Lakeside Nature Center....free....good! Headed there and it was kind of like the Runge Center in JC. One hour down...now what??? Googled again...KC Children's Museum...NOT free....oh well! Headed that way...the drive took about 20 minutes thankfully!! It was a really neat place...they had lots of interactive and roleplaying rooms...reminded me a lot of the PAT school in JC too. Chase had lots of fun there. So finally....it was getting around 3PM and we decided to head back and get a little nap in hopefully...it was tough but we finally all fell asleep! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wake up again and we are heading to the TRex Cafe!!! He was so excited....all while potty training we bribed Chase with going to the TRex Cafe when he didn't have to wear diapers or pullups anymore and we finally got there! What a neat place!! Oh...it wasn't free either :). Dinner was really good though and of course, we had to make a stop at the gift shop and pick up a couple trex tshirts, dinosaur hunting light and a Dino chomper! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Back to the hotel for a good nights rest and headed home on Sunday. Stopped at Bob Evans for breakfast and made it home finally around 12:30. We were all pooped but had a blast. Chase loved it all and wants to know when we are going back...he asked Famous what we could do when we went back and he told Chase they had a zoo and Worlds of Fun....hmmm, wonder how long before we are back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-41087129521122461282012-06-28T12:22:00.003-05:002012-06-28T12:22:49.693-05:00Kidsfest - Downtown JC<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We went to Kidsfest again this year the first week of June...Chase always has a good time. They have emergency vehicles to climb around in, bounce houses (which he doesn't like again), sports stuff, petting zoo and games to play. This year he got to try out some hockey and tennis...he was pretty good at hockey. We got to see some animals...goats, pigs, a huge turtle and a llama. He got to pet a snake (and actually wanted to!) at the Conservation tent and got a tattoo. But the best part of the day.....playing video games at the bar (which he told several people!!). Make us sound like great parents, huh?? We actually went to JPfennys for lunch and I think Famous called it a bar and Chase ran with it.:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Memorial Day was a lazy weekend too. We stayed around town and didn't have a whole lot to do. On Saturday, we finally had family pictures taken...it had almost been two years since the last time...so it was long over due. Famous' family came down from Columbia and came over on Sunday to have some yummy BBQ. And we had to play some frisbee in the front yard too. Monday, Chase and I headed to the park for picnic and some fun. He got some new tennis shoes from Nana and he swears they make him super fast!! Later on to Gammaw and Papaw's for dinner.</span><br />
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<br />Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-72817919295824364062012-06-19T19:26:00.000-05:002012-06-19T19:26:00.111-05:00Mother's Day<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mother's Day was a nice and relaxing weekend spent mostly at home. Chase and Famous got me sweet cards and a Joann's gift card and Chase made me some fun stuff at school. On Mother's Day, Chase and Famous headed out to Nana's and gave me a little "me" time...boy was it nice. Just some time to do nothing...but that never happens!! I think I worked on some etsy orders and did some decorating stuff...if I recall. Then dinner at Gammaw and Papaw's. We played outside and enjoyed a delicious dinner as always!</span><br />
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<br />Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-1148078291893090012012-05-15T19:30:00.000-05:002012-05-15T19:30:00.361-05:00Our first try at organized sports!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So mister man started Start Smart Soccer with Parks and Rec in April. It has been an experience...that is for sure. While I think he enjoys it....the first weeks are drills which are pretty tedious. And tedious is not something this boy does well. To be fair, the majority of the other kids are just like him....he likes to act up, sit and lay on the ground and tell the other kids what to do!! But at least it has been fun for us to watch! First practice game is this week, so that should be a sight!! Big props to Daddy for taking him each week....the parent works with the child one and one...so you can imagine how that goes :)</span><br />
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<br />Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-50908260492492381672012-05-10T08:11:00.004-05:002012-05-10T08:11:52.209-05:00Son's DayHave to post this before I forget....we have the best conversations on the way to school!<br />
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Chase had to borrow my sunglasses because the sun was in his eyes, but quickly decided he didn't need them anymore...so he gave them back.<br />
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C: Mom, if I give you something (as he takes off the sunglasses), it's called a present.<br />
M: Oh, well thank you for the present Chase. You know, Mother's Day is this weekend, so you and Daddy have to get mama a present (good hint there, huh)!<br />
C: Well what do you want?<br />
M: What stuff do you think Mommy likes? (just grooming him for his wife some day!)<br />
C: Umm...candy?<br />
M: No...no candy. What else do you think I like?<br />
C: Makeup? (as I am putting on my powder). Dresses?<br />
M: Yep, that's pretty good. What other things do I like doing? Like in my office?<br />
C: Etsy stuff or something?<br />
M: You do pay attention...huh?<br />
C: Do you like dinosaurs?<br />
M: I guess so...<br />
C: What kind? Like stegosaurus, t-rex, diploducus.....<br />
M: I like dinosaurs, but I don't really want to play with them. <br />
C: You know Mom, after Mommy's Day and Daddy's Day, it's Son's Day.....<br />
M: Really?<br />
C: What are you getting me?<br />
M: It has to be a surprise.<br />
C: But you have to ask me what I like.<br />
M: Oh, okay...what do you like?<br />
C: Dinosaurs, balls, flags (pretty sure he saw a flag at that moment!), cars, construction team.<br />
M: Oh....good now I know what you want for Son's Day.<br />
C: Okay.Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-31979811377688691972012-05-09T12:59:00.000-05:002012-05-09T12:59:19.732-05:00Coloring Eggs and Happy Easter<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a great time coloring easter eggs this year...even if we did it the night before!! Oops...oh well, they were there for the Easter Bunny and that is all that counts right?? Chase loved doing them this year...but didn't want to stop with one color...he wanted to dip every egg in every color...some were starting to look brown! Ick! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easter was a fun day spent with family. The morning started with waking up to find that the Easter Bunny had left a basket and hid eggs. The Easter Bunny was a little late though and Chase just missed him by a few minutes of stopping by our house....close call! :) Then Nana and Herman came by to bring fun stuff, later to Gammaw and Papaw's house for another basket full of goodies. Then around lunch time we headed to Big Grandma's house for lunch and an egg hunt. The kid had more candy from Easter than he did for Halloween! Oh well, he loved playing with all his cousins!!</td></tr>
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</div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-85442073054588688712012-04-10T13:33:00.003-05:002012-04-10T13:37:23.724-05:00Conversations with Chase....This morning on the way to school, Chase was just talking away about coyotes. The kid has a strange fascination/fear of them. Anyway, he is telling me all these things about them, that they are predators and the travel in herds and all the reasons why (which I can't remember now) and I said, wow you know a lot about coyotes....did you learn all this at school? He said "no, guess I'm just smart". A few moments of silence pass and then he says "or I think I learned it from gammaw and papaw"Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-91004885831654616772012-04-07T12:32:00.005-05:002012-04-07T13:03:34.152-05:00April it is!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Six months since I have been here...not even going to try and get this up to date at this point...why put on the extra pressure!! :) Luckily, I have been keeping a journal and I will still have a way to match my pictures to my scrapbooking....since I am so behind with that too!! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Where do the weeks and days go? Let's see...we last left off in September I think. Here's the condensed version....We had a fun Stokes weekend at the Lake in September, Chase was Bumblebee (the Transformer) for Halloween, enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving with friends and family, same for Christmas and Santa was very good to Chase for sure. Onto the New Year, January was busy for me with work and meetings, February brought Chase's 4th birthday party (Lightning McQueen style), he started preschool in March and just loves it. And here we are to April already and Easter this weekend. Promise to get back...need to do it weekly, but we all know how that goes :)<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupNvb3gkaRlOZUwXJqCVzdroaLceP3LLPRKTUQsV1SERdeuOo7a1FmeRDAitAmAANb96pjxCUmF3seM6qtEgUu_5VGke6FBrLA07CHahhW1WpF3LBxElPqVGFtwcRYBxoVSkoIkqNwu8/s1600/IMG_6107+%2528640x427%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; height: 134px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728716136756004098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupNvb3gkaRlOZUwXJqCVzdroaLceP3LLPRKTUQsV1SERdeuOo7a1FmeRDAitAmAANb96pjxCUmF3seM6qtEgUu_5VGke6FBrLA07CHahhW1WpF3LBxElPqVGFtwcRYBxoVSkoIkqNwu8/s200/IMG_6107+%2528640x427%2529.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chase riding his John Deere tractor that he got for his birthday. Had to take it to Gammaw and Papaw's when we went for dinner one night. <br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ko2amZYMnYs/T4B8-NaNHhI/AAAAAAAAET8/ZntDTKk-w04/s1600/IMG_6124%2B%2528427x640%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 134px; height: 200px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728716134208577042" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ko2amZYMnYs/T4B8-NaNHhI/AAAAAAAAET8/ZntDTKk-w04/s200/IMG_6124%2B%2528427x640%2529.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My best effort at getting him to take a picture anymore. Either he has a cheesy smile or he is looking away from the camera....can not get a regular smile and looking at me at the same time. Turd.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Last week was Chase's second week at preschool and it went pretty good. He got two yellow lights but I think he is doing well overall. They say he is so polite!! He loves it....so that is the best thing!! Over the weekend, we spent a nice weekend at home. House work, yard work, etc. It was a beautiful weekend. We had date night on Friday; Saturday a quick trip to Urgent care for a cough that turned out to be just allergies, then breakfast at Hyvee while waiting for a scrip, then Chase and I joined Beth and Gavin at the park, home for a nap, then outside to help Dad with some yardwork, Chase and I put up the tent to check it out and Famous BBQ'd. Whew...what a day. Sunday, it was an easy day around the house and got ready for a birthday party that evening. <br /></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ELVQmF8XyZs/T4B8-KxGtgI/AAAAAAAAET0/YBvsny9MRCY/s1600/IMG_6143%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; height: 134px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728716133499319810" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ELVQmF8XyZs/T4B8-KxGtgI/AAAAAAAAET0/YBvsny9MRCY/s200/IMG_6143%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg" /></span></a><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7epFq9FS9-g/T4B89bf-YuI/AAAAAAAAETs/w7ILWTtdeT0/s1600/IMG_6148%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; height: 134px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728716120811004642" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7epFq9FS9-g/T4B89bf-YuI/AAAAAAAAETs/w7ILWTtdeT0/s200/IMG_6148%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Raking leaves and helping Dad with the yardwork.<br /></span><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GNPwD7nW69c/T4B8sMEM37I/AAAAAAAAETg/KDn7JSK4JXg/s1600/IMG_6167%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; height: 134px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728715824610205618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GNPwD7nW69c/T4B8sMEM37I/AAAAAAAAETg/KDn7JSK4JXg/s200/IMG_6167%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Famous grilling on his new BBQ. Yum!<br /></span><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3CDy5pbVKmA/T4B8rvijncI/AAAAAAAAETQ/UmL3dyptoDo/s1600/IMG_6176%2B%2528427x640%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 134px; height: 200px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728715816952896962" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3CDy5pbVKmA/T4B8rvijncI/AAAAAAAAETQ/UmL3dyptoDo/s200/IMG_6176%2B%2528427x640%2529.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chase and I put up the tent to check it out. We haven't been camping since before he was born and I think we might try and go this year. It is in really good shape still...gotta plan a weekend soon.<br /></span><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlZsmFSing83hAwQTNsanHY1B6p1iuvMZjh5GUnj6HlqreMZn5_vkz-Vz_J3rH1bDn9ALAPCCvvf6SQPZr9OWna59Xd49XBMFsbhKD7M5UP_lNXiVceQTXAfiS46qcvRrE-ZEc5lz5zc/s1600/IMG_6180+%2528447x640%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 140px; height: 200px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728715816658908930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlZsmFSing83hAwQTNsanHY1B6p1iuvMZjh5GUnj6HlqreMZn5_vkz-Vz_J3rH1bDn9ALAPCCvvf6SQPZr9OWna59Xd49XBMFsbhKD7M5UP_lNXiVceQTXAfiS46qcvRrE-ZEc5lz5zc/s200/IMG_6180+%2528447x640%2529.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Reese's third birthday party. It was Hello Kitty!<br /></span><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERLMStWkyo9fZCQUWMIxM9eueA1bD3h00DkBN7WYCZPXIvlMp_MniN6ebB_uhBmJwGThbENsopciKN7wCRy0xLvTDEcWIaUH6LKOWoLB3HcbbSNvHvnhouzwTMk3tkvwcNt5lY-bp5Ys/s1600/IMG_6234+%2528419x640%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 131px; height: 200px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728715807874430690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERLMStWkyo9fZCQUWMIxM9eueA1bD3h00DkBN7WYCZPXIvlMp_MniN6ebB_uhBmJwGThbENsopciKN7wCRy0xLvTDEcWIaUH6LKOWoLB3HcbbSNvHvnhouzwTMk3tkvwcNt5lY-bp5Ys/s200/IMG_6234+%2528419x640%2529.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chase bringing me a flower...what a sweetie!<br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fa3GmFDvAEw/T4B8YnMisdI/AAAAAAAAESA/V3IRJMnNy4g/s1600/IMG_6273%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; height: 134px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728715488295563730" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fa3GmFDvAEw/T4B8YnMisdI/AAAAAAAAESA/V3IRJMnNy4g/s200/IMG_6273%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg" /></span></a><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L_H26JXN1GM/T4B8YcJQ3zI/AAAAAAAAER0/wUtfOFxfhnU/s1600/IMG_6277%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; height: 134px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728715485329022770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L_H26JXN1GM/T4B8YcJQ3zI/AAAAAAAAER0/wUtfOFxfhnU/s200/IMG_6277%2B%2528640x427%2529.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">On Friday, we got to go have lunch at school with Chase...he loved it and was so excited to see us!<br /></span><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-45089565588465799752011-11-23T20:45:00.000-06:002011-11-23T20:45:00.825-06:00September, here we come :)<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">August 29-Sept 4</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Not much happening during the week at all….same old same!! We had planned a Friday night double date night with Lee and Missy but then Miss Reese was running a fever, so they had to cancel. We headed out anyway and Jim and Beth happened to text us and see if we were out, so they came and joined us. We had some appetizers and drinks at BWW and then to the usual spot, JPfennys.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Saturday we headed to Columbia to run a few errands and had lunch a little Mexican place. By the time we got home, Chase said he didn’t feel well and I could tell he was running a fever…round 2?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">It was a pretty low key Labor Day weekend but that is okay!</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UqIDjuYXrKA/Ts00_66VO2I/AAAAAAAAELc/jtPCCYvjmmY/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UqIDjuYXrKA/Ts00_66VO2I/AAAAAAAAELc/jtPCCYvjmmY/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678252977934383970" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Playing outside with his Handy Manny chainsaw....I love his expressions!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnc3WmE9Yt7hyphenhyphenJvnswQdEiVqCYZtSFjE1D5a-SO_qwRw4EBacT8LKqCmHsmtGvLwWptmswCPrIKeA98JAt-Tod3WW-uczJLHUiNAJrBEnN0io9LkMnZF7DPPwGeIU9cX2jpU72d3o6adg/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnc3WmE9Yt7hyphenhyphenJvnswQdEiVqCYZtSFjE1D5a-SO_qwRw4EBacT8LKqCmHsmtGvLwWptmswCPrIKeA98JAt-Tod3WW-uczJLHUiNAJrBEnN0io9LkMnZF7DPPwGeIU9cX2jpU72d3o6adg/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678252976719109442" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Iscq_a9v6Xg/Ts01AOSNx0I/AAAAAAAAELo/U_fXsARC2Ac/s1600/blog3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Iscq_a9v6Xg/Ts01AOSNx0I/AAAAAAAAELo/U_fXsARC2Ac/s200/blog3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678252983134832450" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">That was hard work!</span><br /></div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-73741978458009325542011-10-29T19:37:00.001-05:002011-10-29T19:37:00.134-05:00Lazy summer days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KA7qRmcXlak/TqrulZOammI/AAAAAAAAD_g/JYZkZjGjj1M/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KA7qRmcXlak/TqrulZOammI/AAAAAAAAD_g/JYZkZjGjj1M/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668605407193111138" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">August 15-21</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We didn’t do a whole lot of anything this week.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Everyone was kind of under the weather and not feeling great.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Saturday night I went for a quick dinner and cappuccino with the Jaime, Gina and Amanda.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Nice to get a little girl talk in.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>On Sunday, Gamma brought dinner over for us….it was very good and a nice way to end the weekend. BTW...not a picture to show for it either!<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">August 22-28</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Not a good week again….my sinuses are messed up majorly…no sneezing or runny nose, but just an annoying cough and my voice sounds like a man!!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It is ridiculous and going on days now!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We had a triple date night for my birthday with Lee, Missy, James and Jaime and had dinner at Arris Bistro and then drinks at JPfennys.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Don’t have much to say about this 39<sup>th</sup> birthday….I guess it wasn’t horrible!! ;)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lately, Chase has been very sassy and talking back a lot…I am not liking it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I will chalk it up to exerting his independence but I am still not very happy about it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He very much wants to do things his own way and when he wants it…..regardless of whether you try to convince him otherwise….3 yr olds…it gets better right??</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">On Sunday, we headed to the park to get out of the house for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Rylee and Reese met us there and the kids had lots of fun playing together.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Chase is loving playing hopscotch too! </p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MzIrCsw_YoI/TqruYklbpnI/AAAAAAAAD-4/ceAWuzyldNM/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MzIrCsw_YoI/TqruYklbpnI/AAAAAAAAD-4/ceAWuzyldNM/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668605186904139378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lQs__bhApPg/TqruYicBN0I/AAAAAAAAD-w/igl4P8xX604/s1600/b%253Bpg3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lQs__bhApPg/TqruYicBN0I/AAAAAAAAD-w/igl4P8xX604/s200/b%253Bpg3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668605186327787330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yoFolRTLx80/TqruZSfWWHI/AAAAAAAAD_U/HmaDyuihG8k/s1600/blog4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yoFolRTLx80/TqruZSfWWHI/AAAAAAAAD_U/HmaDyuihG8k/s200/blog4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668605199226656882" border="0" /></a>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-77805992632553505592011-10-29T19:35:00.000-05:002011-10-29T19:35:00.450-05:00Dentist, Doctor, Baseball!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">August 8 – 14</b><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Chase had his first appointment with to the dentist this week.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We saw pediatric dentist Dr Maice Scott in Columbia..it was a wonderful office geared towards kids. He did really well, except he would not let them take any xrays, but they were just trying to get him acclimated to the process anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He especially liked the tokens he got at the end and got to pick some goodies from this tower of toys!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">He had been running an up and down fever for a few days when he woke up at about 5am with a 105 temperature.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I called the on call nurse who suggested I take him to the ER.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They give him ibuprofen and the fever is down in a ½ hour and they diagnose him with an ear infection…grrr.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Little did I know this would be the beginning of 6 weeks course of fevers and ear infections.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>As I type this, I pray he does not have to have tubes in his ears.</p>Friday night we had a double date night with the Holmes and James and Jaime joined us too.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Had a fun time at El Espolon and the usual JPfennys.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Saturday night we went to Edwin Bybee’s 60<sup>th</sup> birthday party and had some fun dancing and gabbing with everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Chase spent the night with Gamma &Papaw and had fun himself!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>On Sunday, we had Gamma over to our house for her birthday dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Chase had the whole family outside playing baseball before dinner. He had such a good time and it was fun watching him.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He would hit the ball and try and run and get the ball before anyone else…we tried to explain that wasn’t how you do it…but he didn’t care!!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYxUR6LSzMfi1zGsUTB_n1OKyQxfupfqi7HCD_JinyVrJXVX8SZZQ8uZcBXdPDShDX83uxivNgDmBnXvKfOj5zV7ht6eqwb443pEBONLr6MBkruZvmRLSR7eOTySS3jx38HgApDJY6U4/s1600/blog4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYxUR6LSzMfi1zGsUTB_n1OKyQxfupfqi7HCD_JinyVrJXVX8SZZQ8uZcBXdPDShDX83uxivNgDmBnXvKfOj5zV7ht6eqwb443pEBONLr6MBkruZvmRLSR7eOTySS3jx38HgApDJY6U4/s200/blog4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668589082508784354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xzWetWxXvw/TqrfuzU7y7I/AAAAAAAAD7g/NyOUZ_mOHvk/s1600/blog3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xzWetWxXvw/TqrfuzU7y7I/AAAAAAAAD7g/NyOUZ_mOHvk/s200/blog3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668589076144180146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OQFOSAVycyM/Tqrfm6EpE4I/AAAAAAAAD7I/sLGlFil1QXI/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OQFOSAVycyM/Tqrfm6EpE4I/AAAAAAAAD7I/sLGlFil1QXI/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668588940515939202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RBdHH2dMsiY/TqrfnqOCx-I/AAAAAAAAD7U/neWbwJyhpUA/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RBdHH2dMsiY/TqrfnqOCx-I/AAAAAAAAD7U/neWbwJyhpUA/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668588953440274402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--cREoxY_P7g/Tqrfml7so_I/AAAAAAAAD64/yxJz0DZ-VeY/s1600/08082011dentist%2B%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--cREoxY_P7g/Tqrfml7so_I/AAAAAAAAD64/yxJz0DZ-VeY/s200/08082011dentist%2B%25282%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668588935109714930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3bbNHq4r8PE/TqrfmJ6dMfI/AAAAAAAAD6w/6kmOpqwiYYg/s1600/08082011dentist%2B%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3bbNHq4r8PE/TqrfmJ6dMfI/AAAAAAAAD6w/6kmOpqwiYYg/s200/08082011dentist%2B%25281%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668588927588315634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f7r5saOa5dU/Tqrfl5vIGtI/AAAAAAAAD6k/U--Tdz7kVsI/s1600/blog1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f7r5saOa5dU/Tqrfl5vIGtI/AAAAAAAAD6k/U--Tdz7kVsI/s200/blog1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668588923245828818" border="0" /></a>Arts and crafts with Dad<br /></div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-75786802832161543952011-10-29T19:30:00.000-05:002011-10-29T19:30:00.235-05:00OMG....terrible blogger here.I just peeked and the last time I blogged was in August...eeks! I was doing so well too. Well, this will be my attempt to catch up...I am going to do a million posts, but as I have said before...this blog is for family and friends to keep up to date but also a visual memory for me too!!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Where I left off.....August 1-7</span><br /><br />I took off work and Chase and I took a fun trip to Kansas City with Gavin and Beth. We decided to visit Crown Center thinking there might be some fun stuff to do there with the Crayola Factory and Hallmark being there. The boys had a great time. We did lots of different things including visiting the Crayola store that had lots of artsy things to do, went to Hallmark visitors center and got a cool recordable story book for free, and went to Kaleidoscope which had lots of arts and crafts stations for kids. For lunch we went to Fritz’s restaurant which is a really neat burger place that has tracks and trains running at the ceiling that drops your food off at your table and a conveyor lowers it down to you. The boys just loved it…not to mention there were other trains running everywhere! Lastly, Crown Center has this huge area with fountains that the kids can play in…we didn’t know about it ahead of time, but saved it for last and the boys had a great time playing. Long day trip but such a good time!!<br /><br />Thursday was Chase’s last swim lesson. He has done really good, but I am thinking that next year we might invest in private lessons. I think this was good for this first year, but I think next year he would benefit more from one on one instruction.<br /><br />Saturday morning, we gave Dad a break and went to Towne Grill for breakfast, not to mention that I was craving their pancakes….they are so darn good!! Sunday was Steph’s party where we all got to say “see you soon” as she departs on her adventure to England! What an exciting time for her…I am sure she will love it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Conversations with Chase:</span><br /><br />Chase is drinking his juice and gets a little choked up…<br />Mom: Are you okay? Did it go down the wrong pipe?<br />Chase: (hesitates) um, yes.<br />Five minutes later…….<br />Chase: Mom, I think I need different pipes.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzrxsqYfRSAOAGrKAZ4dsuUuGX9pd_b00653NApFEwaBryOipNcGUzVNPOgYL-vYWxYaHvBfhyIz8syzXBZJ3zsvy0TnY5iSSl3uFgg4kB5rvkF0slB-MkIWKZ_EzKujlStSdblYRcnc/s1600/blog8.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzrxsqYfRSAOAGrKAZ4dsuUuGX9pd_b00653NApFEwaBryOipNcGUzVNPOgYL-vYWxYaHvBfhyIz8syzXBZJ3zsvy0TnY5iSSl3uFgg4kB5rvkF0slB-MkIWKZ_EzKujlStSdblYRcnc/s200/blog8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584727863069042" border="0" /></a>Playing in the fountains<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTCnZ7g4BBK12wu2CjlG-LwEjAruygkz3HKgp2KJ2VJ2huqkZQ0P5AtwFqfNfuBILyvf90bIsSK-tPpbqNH6h7UbVygU4tmAVbmc4sMHxkSJ8qT-MKpBeSaJHYt_GuS2_Vgfi6hA1YhE/s1600/blog7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTCnZ7g4BBK12wu2CjlG-LwEjAruygkz3HKgp2KJ2VJ2huqkZQ0P5AtwFqfNfuBILyvf90bIsSK-tPpbqNH6h7UbVygU4tmAVbmc4sMHxkSJ8qT-MKpBeSaJHYt_GuS2_Vgfi6hA1YhE/s200/blog7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584714526060242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-29QJYZuhN5Q/TqrbwpCYnII/AAAAAAAADw4/B6qr6ZCrsUY/s1600/blog6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-29QJYZuhN5Q/TqrbwpCYnII/AAAAAAAADw4/B6qr6ZCrsUY/s200/blog6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584709695249538" border="0" /></a>Supposed to be washing their hands.....he must get it from his father :)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GNj7knnP3tY/TqrbxlO15WI/AAAAAAAADxc/9YrfEfCZnLg/s1600/blog9.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TpwAG0MlYzA/TqrbTLMflgI/AAAAAAAADwQ/B3a22yF1DKQ/s200/blog3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584203468379650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwYUSa6nIo6gjp2gDOewywtx8fVFxqsBfLs74zghktOTHqASHYbh8SRRtZT6WaJKtT1duugipWz7LxaGL0mozwnbeHytdrd_BgONR3kS5dXrra0joannTCHs7l_voD3Q3uLre9xy7ZFc/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwYUSa6nIo6gjp2gDOewywtx8fVFxqsBfLs74zghktOTHqASHYbh8SRRtZT6WaJKtT1duugipWz7LxaGL0mozwnbeHytdrd_BgONR3kS5dXrra0joannTCHs7l_voD3Q3uLre9xy7ZFc/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584174871326098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3cmwLw7x3Ow/TqrbRcCCEvI/AAAAAAAADv4/zMNaeJzbVTA/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3cmwLw7x3Ow/TqrbRcCCEvI/AAAAAAAADv4/zMNaeJzbVTA/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584173628166898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZj08gsYYxQ/TqrbTySNBQI/AAAAAAAADwo/hYSA4zjfQvQ/s1600/blog5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZj08gsYYxQ/TqrbTySNBQI/AAAAAAAADwo/hYSA4zjfQvQ/s200/blog5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668584213961311490" border="0" /></a>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-65544648476582792672011-08-08T16:09:00.009-05:002011-08-10T18:12:41.516-05:00Swim lessons and more<div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>July 8-10
<br /></strong>Another lazy weekend…boy, we are getting really good at this. It has been so dang hot that it is hard to do too much outside without having water or a pool involved!! Friday night, we had our usual date night…just got out for a couple hours. Saturday, Famous did a ton a lawn work and I did some much needed organizing and cleaning of my craft room….just needed to get it back in order. Chase took a really long nap which allowed me to do some scrapping in my clean craft room too. Sunday we had a family baby shower in the morning. Gavin and Chase got a chance to play together for a while too.
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<br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After the shower, we went swam with Adam, Stephanie and Harper. It was awesome to cool down and take a dip. We didn’t stay too long as Chase hadn’t had a nap and we were fearing a possible meltdown. We picked up pizza for dinner and he was asleep by the time we got home. Of course, he woke up as soon as we got home and was good for the rest of the night, but we went to bed early and he slept soundly all night. Just realizing now that I didn’t take a single picture from the weekend…oops!
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<br /><strong>July 11-17
<br /></strong>Chase started his swim lessons this week. The first lesson was a flop…at least by my opinion (get ready for overbearing parent to step in here!). The whole scene seemed very unorganized and I was just not happy with Chase’s teacher. The lesson started with all the kids jumping in the water…which doesn’t seem like the most appropriate way to teach lessons…where are the fundamentals?? Then onto immersing under water to pick up a ring of the bottom of the pool??? Hey…what happened to blowing bubbles and putting your face under water?? And the teacher was not attentive at all…Chase wanted to jump in but you could tell he was anxious and she basically left him on the ledge until I asked her to help him. I wasn’t very happy, but like I said, I might have been a helicopter mom for a minute, but my feelings were confirmed after talking to a few people.
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<br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At the next lesson, we got a new teacher and although they basically did all the same things that the first one did, at least the new teacher was more attentive to the kids. The same teacher that had 5 kids on Tuesday, only had 2 on Thursday, so I am assuming other parents felt the same way. </span></div>
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<br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Over the weekend, I showed up to the salon when I wasn’t supposed to work, so that set my day off on the wrong foot. But I did get to join Chase and Famous at Nana’s for breakfast, so that was nice. After naps (yes, me too!) we went for a drive and got some Zesto for a cool treat. Sunday, we cleaned house…man, I love a neat clean house and especially when I have help and it takes half the time. Then Famous did yard work and Chase and I decided to go see Cars 2. He did pretty good for the most part….of course, he spilled ½ the popcorn first thing and about got folded into his seat. He really wanted to play the games in the lobby more than watch the movie…luckily there were only about 20 people in the theater. If they would start the movie when they say, it would have been fine. But the give 20 minutes of previews and cartoons before the movie even starts….and by that time the popcorn was gone!! After the movie, we played air hockey and he won a stuffed giraffe....which impressed him more than the movie…oh well. Sunday night was a yummy dinner at Mom and Dad’s house then back to the grind!
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<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Iy2JkgX4Ck/TkBW4YiD1OI/AAAAAAAADfk/KZ4lvLCA4-c/s1600/blog1.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638602260125832418" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Iy2JkgX4Ck/TkBW4YiD1OI/AAAAAAAADfk/KZ4lvLCA4-c/s200/blog1.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Chop, chop, timber</span></p>
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<br /><p align="left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2ymjYO8Rk38/TkBW7cyaIrI/AAAAAAAADf8/AObLRm3HS5o/s1600/blog1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 137px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638602312807752370" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2ymjYO8Rk38/TkBW7cyaIrI/AAAAAAAADf8/AObLRm3HS5o/s200/blog1.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">
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<br /><strong>Chase’s current favorites:
<br /></strong>• Watching Calliou
<br />• Singing songs
<br />• Pretending to be Bob the Builder
<br />• Yogurt popsicles, baby oranges, eggs, grilled cheese, McD’s nuggets and fries, popcorn
<br />• Sipping mom’s diet mountain dew
<br />• Going swimming and playing in the water
<br />• Playing games
<br />• Thomas the Train
<br />• Monster trucks
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<br /><strong>Conversations W/ Chase (in the car on the way to the sitters)
<br /></strong>C: Mom, is my ‘nother birthday tomorrow?
<br />M: Nope, you’ve got a while to wait.
<br />C: But when will my birthday arrive?
<br />M: Another 6 months til your birthday bud.
<br />C: Wow, that’s a long time mom.
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<br /><strong>July 18-24
<br /></strong>Second week of swim lessons and Chase is progressing. I am happier with his new teacher. He is getting better and less nervous each time. He loves the water but is still so cautious. He will jump in a million times but you have to be right there to catch him…sometimes I don’t catch him and let him go on his own so he knows he can do it, but he is just right on the verge of doing it himself. He is the same way when floating on this belly and back….so scared to let go completely but wants to so badly. Thursday was parent’s night and boy, what a disaster! He definitely does much better with the teacher than with me. You know when people say kids are always better for someone other than their parents…so true and very apparent that night. Truthfully I am glad there is only one parent night…otherwise he wouldn’t learn a thing!! </span></p>
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<br /><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I worked at the salon on Saturday and Chase, Famous and Nana spent the day together. They went to the library, played at the mall and got some lunch. He got some dentist books at the library since he is making his first official visit to the dentist in a few weeks. Now he knows all about going to the dentist…or so he says! Not much else going on…just trying to stay cool!
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<br /><p align="center"></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638602276395377122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1R8NkQWenfFX68XmgPPvcp0YGz0D4rhLOFoB2Yg-gZ3MX8r1RUJ9st1v-HNm3jijR2gdM1f2S4PzENWlfjBVp7Fo-ibHRUSLh4vH-0ejTnlaBJ35EWM63qu4EfqqLaSO55lL2feWSUc/s200/blog2.JPG" /> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Look at that tongue!</span></p>
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<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WKOJ0uOtouM/TkBW4xxn6uI/AAAAAAAADfs/uF51BL1H0OM/s1600/blog1.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638602266901998306" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WKOJ0uOtouM/TkBW4xxn6uI/AAAAAAAADfs/uF51BL1H0OM/s200/blog1.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Love this picture...looks like he is having a blast!</span></p>
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<br /><p><strong>July 25-31
<br /></strong>Third week of lessons….man, this seems like it has been going on for months!! A reprieve on Thursday as a big storm cloud blocked the sun during the lesson…best lesson yet!!! It is so stinking hot at the pool, even at 7pm and of course, usually the sun goes down beyond the trees about 3 minutes before the lesson is over!! Thursday, Chase’s swim teacher was a new guy…and Chase loved it. He just followed him around like a little brother wanting to hang out with his big brother. It was pretty cute. We have a tradition after every lesson….happy meal from the drive thru at Old McDonalds. Chase has to say hello to the cashiers at both windows, so I have to roll down the back window and practically pull past it so he can see them and say hello. He is quite the charmer!!
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<br />Potty training is kind of frustrating these days. He has the peeing down….goes when he needs to go, wakes up dry and has even gotten up twice in the middle of the night to go potty. But the poop is going to be the death of us. He will not go on the potty. He won’t tell us when he needs to go, when he sits on the potty…nothing and by the time we can tell he needs to go, it is too late. We take away toys, no cartoons, time outs…nothing works. He did great for a two week streak when he first started training but now, back to going in his pullup. Same for underwear. I have tried making him go naked, but that doesn’t last long. I am at a loss…..any advice out there???
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<br /><p>Over the weekend, Chase and I and Beth and Gavin headed to Columbia to go to the splashground at Twin Lakes Park but of course, it rained as soon as we got there and didn't stop for a while. So we changed plans and tried Going Bonkers instead. The boys had lots of fun, although Chase didn't want to try the climbing high up...actually, it would have been high even for me. The "floors" of the play structure are made similar to the lawn chair webbing, so they had give to them and you could see all the way through to the bottom, so he was not really into it. But he still enjoyed the low play areas and really loved playing the games upstairs. It was a lot of fun and I know the boys enjoyed the day.</p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_vanOEKHJqE/TkBX3yZIFPI/AAAAAAAADgE/8HQykrvZ-P8/s1600/blog1.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638603349399442674" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_vanOEKHJqE/TkBX3yZIFPI/AAAAAAAADgE/8HQykrvZ-P8/s200/blog1.JPG" />
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<br /><strong>Conversations W/ Chase (in the car as I am putting on my face powder…don’t judge!!)
<br /></strong>Chase: Mom, what you need your marker for?
<br />Mom: This? (holding up my compact) It’s makeup, bud.
<br />Chase: What you need it for?
<br />Mom: It makes mommy pretty.
<br />Chase: Oh….and awesome and stuff?
<br />Mom: Yes
<br />Chase: And beautiful….and cool too?
<br />Mom: You got it!! </span></p>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-41432733245508374152011-07-26T21:22:00.000-05:002011-07-26T21:22:00.225-05:00Fourth of July fun<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Fourth of July weekend</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This holiday weekend we laid low and stayed home. It was really nice and relaxing and made the weekend go by really slow…which was great! It was terribly hot and humid out and we were not really up for melting outside!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Friday night, Famous mowed the lawn and I trimmed trees and Chase played outside…ohhh…we are exciting, huh? We sweated our butts off for sure….it was hot! Saturday, I got some mommy time and headed to Columbia for a few hours for a little shopping. That evening we headed out to pick up some dinner and got a few fireworks for Chase and Famous. We didn’t get too much, but enough that Chase has caught the firework bug for sure. He wanted to do more and more. He enjoyed the sparklers and the parachute trooper the best…the black snakes, not so much! He liked the poppers too…of course, what kid doesn’t!!</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlFNiZRjXui0oBQDOBswRYioFkzkcuL2s39NLXI7z3s0QB6TYXwnveRKR3hNz_mhh4SHkkmdSiAiQR6flewNvrp4VvY8t7msQy9wdWsxuqOsrN02GCokijb3wwTR02jhsT2EH5Ps8dwU/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlFNiZRjXui0oBQDOBswRYioFkzkcuL2s39NLXI7z3s0QB6TYXwnveRKR3hNz_mhh4SHkkmdSiAiQR6flewNvrp4VvY8t7msQy9wdWsxuqOsrN02GCokijb3wwTR02jhsT2EH5Ps8dwU/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633770762530561458" border="0" /></a>That face cracks me up!!<br /><br /></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Sunday we did our usual grocery shopping and headed to Nana’s house for some dinner. Some of Famous’ family from Atlanta, St Louis and Columbia were in town and it was nice to visit with them for a while. A few of them had not yet seen Chase, so that is always fun. Famous and I went downtown for a few beverages, but didn’t stay out late. We decided we are Friday night people…we are not up hanging on Sunday nights!! When we got back home Sunday night, the neighborhood was going crazy with fireworks and we had about 6 different shows going on. We late Chase stay up late and watch them outside. He had a ball!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qkepxS0hcg8/Ti8sp_lBy9I/AAAAAAAAC4Y/pXdxRrSLCd0/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qkepxS0hcg8/Ti8sp_lBy9I/AAAAAAAAC4Y/pXdxRrSLCd0/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633770758816779218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Monday morning Mommy got to sleep in til 9….it was wonderful….and sad that I still didn’t want to get up then! We enjoyed some family time, took a couple of JC roadtrips through the day and visited Gammaw and Papaw that evening for a little while. Then it was time for bed and back to the grind the next day. But it was a nice relaxing weekend and I will take another one like that anytime!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Not sure how many of you have heard of this, but Chase loves the cartoon "Calliou". It is on PBS and I am pretty sure he likes it so much because it is about a little boy about his age and I know Chase very much relates to him. He is always wanting to mimic what Calliou does and so here is the montage of the many things he wanted to do to be just like Calliou this weekend. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">He wanted to have Chase's Pizzaria and we put on our apron, made a chef's hat to wear, got out the rolling pin and made some pizza!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c3fRIIQ3mvw/Ti8sXl7RToI/AAAAAAAAC4Q/z-WI1EAXNdI/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c3fRIIQ3mvw/Ti8sXl7RToI/AAAAAAAAC4Q/z-WI1EAXNdI/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633770442693103234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtvMi0MtpqxeS9NQr3DPdf93_f6kBX_ENvkYacpEO0EBp4-1ONMGSAn4G39cI_PNbfWm1qwWRt-AiHfbyqdSMh4AG82GFCIa3zUAvYIGnGM4VxP-JYx2ppZQOEyNV7YZZW-OUTLgBemo/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtvMi0MtpqxeS9NQr3DPdf93_f6kBX_ENvkYacpEO0EBp4-1ONMGSAn4G39cI_PNbfWm1qwWRt-AiHfbyqdSMh4AG82GFCIa3zUAvYIGnGM4VxP-JYx2ppZQOEyNV7YZZW-OUTLgBemo/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633770439825579842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRl3QPtPbSGUNVuNj6dnIbjRl2JDeRJ1iCk2nRphZccrhNi_l_E1bm9OzbWGxS-IQtES9QboLmLerID24GjtoH2viv3UAwRmc0y29j39Q4UCIKAu6QQaYJ5j0LkVVJQ6-JGcJZA7O4Qo/s1600/blog3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRl3QPtPbSGUNVuNj6dnIbjRl2JDeRJ1iCk2nRphZccrhNi_l_E1bm9OzbWGxS-IQtES9QboLmLerID24GjtoH2viv3UAwRmc0y29j39Q4UCIKAu6QQaYJ5j0LkVVJQ6-JGcJZA7O4Qo/s200/blog3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633770766989086706" border="0" /></a>Couldn't resist this one!<br /><br />Next Calliou wanted to be a drummer in a band and so......Chase did too. He wore his hat backwards and we had three pots for drums and colored pencil drumsticks! He is so imaginative!!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEoPQDA3DM92V8-LL9C2Oe4QV96yQ2AO6S8Rz9Rye2UdIrkhHIK6Md5Td5pgmG0LXgx4Z-99KnMwn_aKWgkRbk8nutzsZ_Yq3gNm-CutixreayxLBdMTik2gEs5UENq4NHnIXdq83ois/s1600/blog3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEoPQDA3DM92V8-LL9C2Oe4QV96yQ2AO6S8Rz9Rye2UdIrkhHIK6Md5Td5pgmG0LXgx4Z-99KnMwn_aKWgkRbk8nutzsZ_Yq3gNm-CutixreayxLBdMTik2gEs5UENq4NHnIXdq83ois/s200/blog3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633770433676331138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil70Ts8qTEHFyeimkGZFrTb4Exs7rrTzrwNg6S9BnPdsTdW1Fl7PAxRaju5wByXRXxG7HVjC4O5I6r2HlqijvRCq-svH64hQmPwg0bryfyyuRQ-DYbYKmcPmsRqmpffolKVdTkkHNmhdo/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil70Ts8qTEHFyeimkGZFrTb4Exs7rrTzrwNg6S9BnPdsTdW1Fl7PAxRaju5wByXRXxG7HVjC4O5I6r2HlqijvRCq-svH64hQmPwg0bryfyyuRQ-DYbYKmcPmsRqmpffolKVdTkkHNmhdo/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633770429107861090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Lastly, he wanted to be Bob the Builder...of course, wearing the hard hat and fixing the clothes basket. The boy loves his Bob the Builder too!!</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-snKLQAhSF5A/Ti8sWvDxNRI/AAAAAAAAC3w/QhsbP3jtlEs/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-snKLQAhSF5A/Ti8sWvDxNRI/AAAAAAAAC3w/QhsbP3jtlEs/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633770427964798226" border="0" /></a>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-18842986377358144082011-07-19T20:28:00.000-05:002011-07-19T20:28:00.425-05:00June comes to an end<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >June 20-26, 2011</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Chase’s babysitter needed another week to recuperate and so Mr Man was home with me again this week. I am so glad my job is so accommodating when things like this happen and am so lucky that I didn’t have anything out of town that I needed to attend and was able to stay home with him. We did more of the same as the previous week, but lucked out and had a couple of play dates with Gavin…one at the park and one at the pool! The boys just love getting together and have so much fun playing. They do really good too, with an occasional push or shirt pull! Hey, they are boys…it’s expected, right??</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Friday evening, Famous and I got out for a quick date night and had some appetizers and drinks. I so enjoy that time with him. It is so hard to have a complete conversation at home or in the car with Mr. Motor Mouth in toll….he gabs nonstop….and I love it, but he interrupts when we are trying to talk, or calls from another room needing the channel changed or something to eat or drink, or he is in your conversation, always asking “you talking bout me?”. I love that this is his personality and he makes us laugh constantly, but sometimes it would be nice to string 6 words together to speak a complete sentence!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Saturday, we hung around the house and put Chase down for an early nap because we had a birthday party to go to….and there was going to be bounce houses!! He woke up from his nap asking if it was time to go to Kenadie’s birthday party. Imagine his surprise when we got there and there were two bounce houses….including a castle with a slide. The last time (and all previous times) that Chase has been in a bounce house…he freezes up and gets scared to move. He doesn’t want to bounce or even move. He really was like that with anything where he felt out of control or unstable…swings, slides, tall playground equipment and bounce houses. I was really getting worried about it and hoped he would grow out of it as he got older. Luckily he seems to have turned a corner with it and basically overnight, he is climbing tall ladders and sliding down big slides and now has conquered his fear of bounce houses. Truthfully, I think he finally just did it and decided it was actually fun and not scary!!<br /><br />Back to the party…he played and played and played nonstop for two hours in those bounce houses….his hair was full curls because of the sweat and humidity! Of course, he had three sno-cones to cool down between bouncing, but he had such a good time and there were lots of little kids to play with…so he was in heaven! Sunday, Famous did some yard work and Chase and I played in the sprinklers and got some sun. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IwAb3Oa3fXY/TiXsFesVtjI/AAAAAAAACP8/8svm7fy7wT4/s1600/tn5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 113px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IwAb3Oa3fXY/TiXsFesVtjI/AAAAAAAACP8/8svm7fy7wT4/s200/tn5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631166487979210290" border="0" /></a>Chase and Gavin at the pool...such hams!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BGQfg3l6QDA/TiXsFsG1avI/AAAAAAAACQE/ShhzT7CiMsA/s1600/tn2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 113px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BGQfg3l6QDA/TiXsFsG1avI/AAAAAAAACQE/ShhzT7CiMsA/s200/tn2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631166491580001010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-01tIt4VGz_g/TiXr_doOirI/AAAAAAAACPs/p8s6yVRZUdE/s1600/blog3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-01tIt4VGz_g/TiXr_doOirI/AAAAAAAACPs/p8s6yVRZUdE/s200/blog3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631166384614312626" border="0" /></a>Down the slide with Jayden<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MWOdxeRhEWQ/TiXr_Oa3sYI/AAAAAAAACPk/pbP6G2dC6Og/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MWOdxeRhEWQ/TiXr_Oa3sYI/AAAAAAAACPk/pbP6G2dC6Og/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631166380531757442" border="0" /></a>Yum...sno cones!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3FGLGCAJhIQ/TiXr_61CalI/AAAAAAAACP0/d006MLGCgNU/s1600/blog4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3FGLGCAJhIQ/TiXr_61CalI/AAAAAAAACP0/d006MLGCgNU/s200/blog4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631166392452672082" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOQ4lOlifkeHynOmvFMRijN9bOdnOA7NmsOS88pMxVLLBj1xV5Du68cDb8l9z3easjYNpRyNtx0dMQ6fXqylz0Cpoo9xD2BcwFT3lcA7Q6m_d52ng3OuH5U8qwM4No-vj33kcBJK_Ndo/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOQ4lOlifkeHynOmvFMRijN9bOdnOA7NmsOS88pMxVLLBj1xV5Du68cDb8l9z3easjYNpRyNtx0dMQ6fXqylz0Cpoo9xD2BcwFT3lcA7Q6m_d52ng3OuH5U8qwM4No-vj33kcBJK_Ndo/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631166374681377234" border="0" /></a>Sprinkler plus play gym equals WATERSLIDE!!<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >June 29, 2011</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Famous is a huge Keith Urban fan and so when I found out he was coming to St Louis, I knew we had to get tickets and it was perfect timing for a Father’s Day gift too. I have not been to a “real” concert ever (unless you count seeing Garth Brooks and George Strait at the state fair…and I don’t!!). Famous went to see Beastie Boys and Run DMC when he was 15 but I think that was the last one he saw too. Boy…have concerts changed over the years!! I like Keith Urban, know a few of his songs but that is about it….but having said that…it was an awesome concert! We had a really good time and I loved it and so did Famous…we want to go to more!! It was really neat because although we had decent seats, he also went and performed on platforms in the middle of the audience and imagine our surprise when he ended up about twenty seats and two rows up from us!! It was so cool. I just might have to burn a couple of his CD’s now.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vh3MxoxLBjQ/TiXrmnmJHJI/AAAAAAAACPU/TkMGR8usQvQ/s1600/blog6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vh3MxoxLBjQ/TiXrmnmJHJI/AAAAAAAACPU/TkMGR8usQvQ/s200/blog6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631165957793193106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cX2BgtH3CMQ/TiXri9fyqgI/AAAAAAAACPE/Z1ZO-oz8SwQ/s1600/blog4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cX2BgtH3CMQ/TiXri9fyqgI/AAAAAAAACPE/Z1ZO-oz8SwQ/s200/blog4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631165894952659458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-myWcpCiQopE/TiXrifUPB1I/AAAAAAAACO8/R50oe2SFg6g/s1600/blog3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-myWcpCiQopE/TiXrifUPB1I/AAAAAAAACO8/R50oe2SFg6g/s200/blog3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631165886851123026" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E1J02A6F5hQ/TiXriOr5xxI/AAAAAAAACO0/q5c7mt8a7wM/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E1J02A6F5hQ/TiXriOr5xxI/AAAAAAAACO0/q5c7mt8a7wM/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631165882386990866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">When he was two rows away...blurry, but I like the effect!</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXaNu-AkBFKU4SAYRtDBqnNMw-grpp696_kv-Qah7ikX_5Rqz_CYRVTjMikQ6z6ftOZHfGj13c8sIn75EKueJUrwsk2S9KVRKri7U6HIoFxobLkACQyPkCyn0M7DL0m5PKEGGUg-NNF8/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXaNu-AkBFKU4SAYRtDBqnNMw-grpp696_kv-Qah7ikX_5Rqz_CYRVTjMikQ6z6ftOZHfGj13c8sIn75EKueJUrwsk2S9KVRKri7U6HIoFxobLkACQyPkCyn0M7DL0m5PKEGGUg-NNF8/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631165880607093762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GgliQ10iGNI/TiXrjTkTUhI/AAAAAAAACPM/zXHY0RzvVxA/s1600/blog5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GgliQ10iGNI/TiXrjTkTUhI/AAAAAAAACPM/zXHY0RzvVxA/s200/blog5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631165900877156882" border="0" /></a>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-78056748555230742612011-07-11T17:51:00.005-05:002011-07-11T18:21:41.408-05:00Summer fun and Father's Day<span style="font-weight: bold;">June 13-19, 2011</span><br /><br />Chase’s babysitter Jean went into the hospital over the previous weekend and so Chase spent the week home with me and Gammaw. I took the morning shifts and Gammaw got the afternoon shift…so not fair, but I figured I better take mercy on Gammaw, especially since she was helping us out so much!! It was fun to have the time with Chase and we got out during the week and went to the park, did some grocery shopping, had some lunch and played at home. He is the definition of busy body and has to be busy all the time. When he was at home, he was asking where we were going next….when we were out, he said he missed his home!! Darn kid, doesn’t know what he wants.<br /><br />Since I work best under pressure, of course I decided on Friday that I would take some pictures of Chase for a Father’s Day gift for Famous. I took various pictures of Chase holding the letters DAD and then tried to choose the 3 best out of the many outtakes. He always had a funny face or wasn’t looking at the camera…but that is the epitome of his personality, so it worked!! It turned out really cute and Famous loved it!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aomoBv6uVE4/ThuDmK4GF7I/AAAAAAAACNk/SwMRaOzNtBk/s1600/blog3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aomoBv6uVE4/ThuDmK4GF7I/AAAAAAAACNk/SwMRaOzNtBk/s200/blog3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628236851107469234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmFrb7OdV8nWOQ3fCg49grtGvIRCk0O-8Ku5VFmWdCBKnMMFbQQx_ZiMKji4GrLdbotxuQ9LMJXOMvJIBQIOg-2AdnFT2jfNGSY0mPquQC6XtwYMDjalX3rSSMljmeRR4ziPD-cQd2Ys/s1600/blog2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmFrb7OdV8nWOQ3fCg49grtGvIRCk0O-8Ku5VFmWdCBKnMMFbQQx_ZiMKji4GrLdbotxuQ9LMJXOMvJIBQIOg-2AdnFT2jfNGSY0mPquQC6XtwYMDjalX3rSSMljmeRR4ziPD-cQd2Ys/s200/blog2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628236836997068882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kauNiIVYAaw/ThuDlGNMVUI/AAAAAAAACNU/n1Zt9P8DUYM/s1600/blog1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kauNiIVYAaw/ThuDlGNMVUI/AAAAAAAACNU/n1Zt9P8DUYM/s200/blog1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628236832673912130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfyUdJC325XNlvzZj2jfrG8s_K-dCxikRkSmlfsFk7oD6tsur0vpdjK7z918iks4A2W1rkEYFqdzI-uCxQNeaw9CuP9fAtooTjTpPOAn_Cn0sTmw1nsZzDhyphenhyphen71h6nAGGL4VhjtJPX8wQ/s1600/blog4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfyUdJC325XNlvzZj2jfrG8s_K-dCxikRkSmlfsFk7oD6tsur0vpdjK7z918iks4A2W1rkEYFqdzI-uCxQNeaw9CuP9fAtooTjTpPOAn_Cn0sTmw1nsZzDhyphenhyphen71h6nAGGL4VhjtJPX8wQ/s200/blog4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628236860926362866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We spent the weekend hanging outside, playing at the playground and running through the sprinkler. We had breakfast at Nana and KK’s house and a yummy dinner at Gammaw and Papaw’s house. It was a nice relaxing weekend.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDIs9MnF910coKl9th2Ag_OUlNINR7h9MXPsCmLPAu14If_LIr2Kg7K6YYQOrtntOYgaHTt9igkQjqTPLXd8i2hHWulI4Sj204eBdSQ4ZI-yMt4yTQeO86bY-2H5AxffEzDxr4xGtzbI/s1600/blog4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDIs9MnF910coKl9th2Ag_OUlNINR7h9MXPsCmLPAu14If_LIr2Kg7K6YYQOrtntOYgaHTt9igkQjqTPLXd8i2hHWulI4Sj204eBdSQ4ZI-yMt4yTQeO86bY-2H5AxffEzDxr4xGtzbI/s200/blog4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628237657236150882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GRSSdJ5_HxM/ThuEU7O-20I/AAAAAAAACOE/4qtHn31LW-Y/s1600/blog3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GRSSdJ5_HxM/ThuEU7O-20I/AAAAAAAACOE/4qtHn31LW-Y/s200/blog3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628237654362348354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kcSysvaNBso/ThuEUEZdskI/AAAAAAAACN8/cMnmzjM8G7o/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kcSysvaNBso/ThuEUEZdskI/AAAAAAAACN8/cMnmzjM8G7o/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628237639642362434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1wl3XNc1qQc/ThuETLVgOcI/AAAAAAAACN0/wpLVO0C33gg/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1wl3XNc1qQc/ThuETLVgOcI/AAAAAAAACN0/wpLVO0C33gg/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628237624324929986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PL8NP6Z3ZHc/ThuEVqmpDqI/AAAAAAAACOU/o7bPsfI0UZg/s1600/blog5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PL8NP6Z3ZHc/ThuEVqmpDqI/AAAAAAAACOU/o7bPsfI0UZg/s200/blog5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628237667078049442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wNGkOdHXgVc/ThuFJqVC1cI/AAAAAAAACOc/FnROrg5kZgM/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wNGkOdHXgVc/ThuFJqVC1cI/AAAAAAAACOc/FnROrg5kZgM/s200/blog1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628238560357438914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0YwI1lKjLK4ZEUlvsLqQcHWzxpqcsEvWIF1y_zJP2kaZAegJFeyH620rPlnGW6uMqFYP-j_hAbDeL1-GqnKZIfTkwDUZqONYKJIauYhL6RcaSkQl-XmhwUCstiA6ZVgNqWu6PQdcKUg/s1600/blog2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0YwI1lKjLK4ZEUlvsLqQcHWzxpqcsEvWIF1y_zJP2kaZAegJFeyH620rPlnGW6uMqFYP-j_hAbDeL1-GqnKZIfTkwDUZqONYKJIauYhL6RcaSkQl-XmhwUCstiA6ZVgNqWu6PQdcKUg/s200/blog2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628238572888806482" border="0" /></a>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-75826869500478884602011-07-01T23:12:00.003-05:002011-07-01T23:24:12.932-05:00St Louis Getaway<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>June 10-12, 2011</strong><br /><br />We decided to take a quick getaway to St Louis for some weekend fun. We used to go to St Louis almost once a month before Chase, but I think have only been twice since he was born. It really is a lot of work to pack to go away with Chase…..make sure you have all the necessities, snacks, toys, blankets, etc!! So much stuff for two days!! Oh well, we had such a fun time.<br /><br />Friday evening, we got to the hotel and were starving, so we ordered some pizza and called it a night! Saturday morning, we decided to head downtown to Soulard Market, one of our favorite places to go. They have such good stuff and lots of fun food, it’s a cool way to start the day. Chase and Famous enjoyed some awesome pistachio ice cream. They also had an art and crafts show too.<br /><br /></div></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pM-BwT7fD0k/Tg6bihS5xnI/AAAAAAAACM8/nfm87l5TKQc/s1600/blog4.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624604001987839602" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pM-BwT7fD0k/Tg6bihS5xnI/AAAAAAAACM8/nfm87l5TKQc/s200/blog4.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ice cream at the market</span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then we decided to go to the Botanical Gardens. Chase loved running through the gardens, playing in the ponds and fountains. The have a children’s garden too with lots of slides, climbing, forts and such. Even a sprayground, with “geysers” as Chase calls them spraying water from the ground at different intervals. He played fully clothed and was soaked but had such a good time. After the gardens, we headed back to the hotel and swam in the pool for a while. It was indoor but still pretty chilly…..our teeth were chattering! After a long day and dinner at Casa Gallardo, we headed back to the room. We were all beat and ready for bed. Chase slept in til almost 8am….he was really tired! We stopped at Bob Evans for a yummy breakfast and headed home. Tired and beat for sure!<br /><br /></div></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k59O5vbL9ZE/Tg6bjLOk22I/AAAAAAAACNE/ZCMUXBz8KFc/s1600/blog5.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624604013243980642" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k59O5vbL9ZE/Tg6bjLOk22I/AAAAAAAACNE/ZCMUXBz8KFc/s200/blog5.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cheesin' with the otters!<br /><br /></p></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X9ySXwEvvW4/Tg6biVgV_FI/AAAAAAAACM0/_FBf1zWGWtA/s1600/blog3.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 142px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624603998822988882" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X9ySXwEvvW4/Tg6biVgV_FI/AAAAAAAACM0/_FBf1zWGWtA/s200/blog3.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRu-0EysCHKYHJiZhvs-5EjwDMFcj0L4qxby3SYX9vjFY_nxnoUn98MD2b1hVNka97cOtKHIRwbWjVnMtlhfTpdrCrznTE269CA7PKGb_Tbb9ZS0x_ZHAB63jxIvEsksJri9gA-JhywQQ/s1600/blog2.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624603994744666066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRu-0EysCHKYHJiZhvs-5EjwDMFcj0L4qxby3SYX9vjFY_nxnoUn98MD2b1hVNka97cOtKHIRwbWjVnMtlhfTpdrCrznTE269CA7PKGb_Tbb9ZS0x_ZHAB63jxIvEsksJri9gA-JhywQQ/s200/blog2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cooling off and playing with animals<br /><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TnBT5CTNbpc/Tg6biFhbLkI/AAAAAAAACMk/DdOeopAeAUc/s1600/blog1.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 140px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624603994532556354" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TnBT5CTNbpc/Tg6biFhbLkI/AAAAAAAACMk/DdOeopAeAUc/s200/blog1.JPG" /></span></a><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Playing with the "geysers"<br /><br /></p></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-olyTQbgWv6g/Tg6bqYv2CGI/AAAAAAAACNM/FKyYoZuq4_o/s1600/06112011st%2Blouis%2B%252811%2529.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624604137132263522" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-olyTQbgWv6g/Tg6bqYv2CGI/AAAAAAAACNM/FKyYoZuq4_o/s200/06112011st%2Blouis%2B%252811%2529.JPG" /></span></a> <br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Pool time</span></p>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-78489811298993042522011-07-01T22:52:00.002-05:002011-07-01T23:01:48.534-05:00Memorial Weekend<strong>May 28-30, 2011</strong><br /><br />Memorial Weekend wasn’t all that great this year for the Lewis family…but it was nice to be home and lounging a bit. Saturday started off with rain pretty much all day…so not fun. We got a decent sized blow up pool for the yard and Chase so badly wanted to swim in it but wasn’t gonna happy on Saturday. Saturday evening, Chase went to Gammaw and Papaw’s house to spend the night and Famous and I went with James and Jaime to see Hangover II. It was pretty good….hard to top the first one, but it was pretty good overall. After the movie, we went to Santa Cruz…ate too much and then we were too pooped to party! Oh well, such is life.<br /><br />Saturday morning, we had to fill up the pool and get some swim time. The water was freezing…but Chase didn’t mind. He is definitely a water bug! After a 3 ½ hr nap, we woke him up to go to Nana’s for dinner, but he seemed very tired and just out of it. He didn’t want to eat at Nana’s and wanted to snuggle with me most of the time. I knew that was not a good sign. He doesn’t stop for much, but that is his one sign of not feeling well. One the way home, we stopped for ice cream and he didn’t even want that…should have known what was coming. Half way home, he got sick in the car….poor guy…he gets so upset when it happens. We had to pull over, undress him and try to get him cleaned up. He got to ride home in the back with just a seat belt because the car seat was “icky” (his words!) and on a normal day, he would have thought it was pretty cool…but he did not feel good. We got home, got a back and snuggled in for the night.<br /><br />Monday morning, he woke with a temperature again but that wasn’t gonna stop him from getting in the pool for a little while. Think he wore out quickly though and we were inside again and resting. Poor guy, he would have times when he wanted to play and then he was ready to climb back up and snuggle with me. I won’t lie…I love it…just hate that he has to be sick to get that time!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ot8qRyRLKeE/Tg6XIzdYA8I/AAAAAAAACMc/4XLDzbn08yE/s1600/blog2.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624599162140492738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ot8qRyRLKeE/Tg6XIzdYA8I/AAAAAAAACMc/4XLDzbn08yE/s200/blog2.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All smiles for a popsicle.<br /></span><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9G0WiVRcEeE/Tg6XIytuVdI/AAAAAAAACMU/zAVx4JVU4Yo/s1600/blog1.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624599161940628946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9G0WiVRcEeE/Tg6XIytuVdI/AAAAAAAACMU/zAVx4JVU4Yo/s200/blog1.JPG" /></span></a>Still feeling a little under the weather<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />On Saturday, we began some serious potty training with Chase. Up to this point, we had tried on several occasions, but had been of the mindset that it would happen when he was ready…but it wasn’t looking good. Happy to report that he went potty twice on Saturday (never had done “anything” while sitting on the potty before) and we were delighted. Of course, Saturday night, he fought Gammaw and Papaw on sitting on the potty, but we started back on Sunday. He came to us on Sunday and said he had to potty and we got there in time and he pottied!! So proud of him…we made a huge deal of it and he has a box of toys that he gets to pick out one each time he is successful….so he loves that.<br /><br />So that was our weekend in a nutshell!</span> </div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-32951763237130967652011-07-01T22:38:00.002-05:002011-07-01T22:51:45.101-05:00must.get.better.at.blogging<div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I realize that I completely sound like a broken record....but I have to make time to do this. I love when I do, I love having a record of our family, I just need to do it!! Bear with me as I recall the last month or so from the Lewis household and try to stay awake through these 27 posts...</div><br /><p align="center"><br /><strong>5/20-5/22/11</strong><br /><br />Famous and I went out to dinner and drinks with Jim and Beth. Nice to catch up as it has been a while since we got together. Funny how the conversation always leads back to Chase and Gavin. But it is so nice to have someone with a child so close to age as yours….especially now when they definitely are in a “terrible threes” stage….at least you can assume if they both are doing the same thing, that your child is normal and not a demon spawn!! Well, some days at least!!<br /><br />The next day, we met up with them again, this time so the boys could play a little and take some pictures of them too. They had so much fun together and it is so fun to see them have their little conversations with each other too. We had lunch at Prison Brews outside and they had some space to play Thomas while we waited for the food, so that was nice. </p><br /><p align="center"></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-euj1AtgA6Js/Tg6TmRiXxpI/AAAAAAAACMM/w7DL8_LObUE/s1600/blog5.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624595270384207506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-euj1AtgA6Js/Tg6TmRiXxpI/AAAAAAAACMM/w7DL8_LObUE/s200/blog5.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cEpN-PKecNo/Tg6TmIGJy7I/AAAAAAAACME/0qhT8HMDERk/s1600/blog4.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624595267849931698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cEpN-PKecNo/Tg6TmIGJy7I/AAAAAAAACME/0qhT8HMDERk/s200/blog4.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Hey...what are you doing over there?<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl4y_obSoTDGfie6-lyO42ZOTJCp-h4_HvU4dREX6NHrYVhDjLf5g8z8q07fOznxmCA0WGMR3Dh32y8uJimDcIWaio7VCJQ8nwy38m4HNTaM5WXY75aQbVVtsul6YAbFqqMJ0OTvB8yY/s1600/blog2.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624595261202220594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl4y_obSoTDGfie6-lyO42ZOTJCp-h4_HvU4dREX6NHrYVhDjLf5g8z8q07fOznxmCA0WGMR3Dh32y8uJimDcIWaio7VCJQ8nwy38m4HNTaM5WXY75aQbVVtsul6YAbFqqMJ0OTvB8yY/s200/blog2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3UO9EuFrsUhTVOS9c_wKu2LZMKUVXYGikn53VGaAZQSZiURZJdqPWjxB38rfDM8vDK1EftiFcysDf61lB7uYa8c5lRE9d14iEGs_ewpxjIyXIbgy_cF9aZBS17DblTecW8yo3jQwRoY/s1600/blog1.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 137px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624595253057997730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3UO9EuFrsUhTVOS9c_wKu2LZMKUVXYGikn53VGaAZQSZiURZJdqPWjxB38rfDM8vDK1EftiFcysDf61lB7uYa8c5lRE9d14iEGs_ewpxjIyXIbgy_cF9aZBS17DblTecW8yo3jQwRoY/s200/blog1.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dinosaurs on the prowl!<br /><br />That evening, Chase and I went for a walk and passed some boys who were flying a kite and he remembered he had a Spiderman kite at home, so we had to go home and get that out! He loved playing with it and running back and forth. He had the biggest grin on his face and so happy to get that kite up in the air!! So cute! I was cheering him on as he ran back and forth, looking back to see his kite fly!<br /></span></p>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-10094321554762366052011-05-11T13:41:00.000-05:002011-05-13T15:29:56.285-05:00I a ArtistChase story to share.....on Mother's Day, Chase comes into the bedroom and had a cup filled with dry beans and a plastic knife from his kitchen toys. As he dips his knife in the beans, he says "mama, I paint you" and begins to use his knife like a paint brush and "paint me". He asks what color I want my nose, hair, mouth, etc and some colors he has and others he is "all out of". He says "mama, I a artist, I paint people". I tell him that he needs to paint Daddy too....he goes to find him.....comes back with a frown on his face and says "daddy said I not have paint, I have beans". So I tell him to "you tell daddy we are just pretending"...he smiles and says okay! <br /><br />How does he know what an artist is and what they do...such a smart cookie.Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-42917888394842318612011-05-09T18:42:00.001-05:002011-05-09T18:46:41.908-05:00Easter, choo choo trains and Mother's Day<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Less than a month since my last post...I consider that a success!! What's happened since then?? Lots of fun stuff. Easter was lots of fun this year with coloring and hiding eggs and Chase had a good time finding them too!! He got a fun dinosaur basket and some arts and crafts fun stuff, shovel and rake for his garden and a lunch box that he kept asking for...filled with M&M's. Of course, the Easter Bunny visited Nana's and Gamma and Papaw's houses too...so he loved it!!</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604413411258761826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NIe5xBp_qIY/TcbgTdiDgmI/AAAAAAAACKg/-KHOrYGOKPc/s200/2011easter.jpg" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5wI5cgMViUjkyubNhEWeTTZi5xCHhwkUfEx4Np7H7eL5-Hgt9BtuQyexG5zHdvgtOWXVMfD1wow4zS68zrfcSZaua39oo42pvCvVi6iWInTjZ3wPwJ6sgpRUIQyRWCtFt3OgUeXCC1U/s1600/2011easter3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 110px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604413417846753458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5wI5cgMViUjkyubNhEWeTTZi5xCHhwkUfEx4Np7H7eL5-Hgt9BtuQyexG5zHdvgtOWXVMfD1wow4zS68zrfcSZaua39oo42pvCvVi6iWInTjZ3wPwJ6sgpRUIQyRWCtFt3OgUeXCC1U/s200/2011easter3.jpg" /></a> Finding the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604413412766751010" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-36t9S0pz0Wc/TcbgTjJlmSI/AAAAAAAACKo/0FiWsWlV2_o/s200/2011easter2.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604413421376606978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-I5x-aoRxjH54rKM6cvY0vkaSSMhlCaWx4wbaNHxcBfpn4iuHcRr4-APmZPKgdD-BRFsAPyJyFa6mtmDAIBdBRon_1ob0nSjeBpDZ0lDhB047YbTLDuDXKLOsvgdhOBN8cfsyqWk93Y/s200/gma+easter.jpg" /> The sweet boys at Big Grandma's house. We enjoyed a yummy Easter dinner and some fun family time. The weather did not cooperate though, but the boys had us hiding eggs about 15 times...and loved every minute of it. Then they had to hide the eggs and let the other one find them! Below they are closing their eyes and counting while we hid the eggs.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604413428801621090" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uf6KArlQ6FE/TcbgUe4mTGI/AAAAAAAACLA/a3qCb7pbHl0/s200/gma%2Beaster2.jpg" /> The weekend following Easter, I had a staff retreat and was in Branson for three days. I got back home and spent some much needed time with my baby boy. The next morning, Chase and I went to Towne Grill for breakfast (to give Dad some much needed downtime!). We were going especially for the pancakes and then he gets there and sees Trix cereal and decides he wants that....until I get my pancakes, eggs and bacon and then he precedes to eat half of my breakfast too. What a ham....err...bacon! :) Then we decided to go down and watch for trains. He still loves, loves, loves trains. We did mostly watching and waiting but at the last minute a freight train was coming our way. It stopped up track for a minute and when it started again, he got so excited cause it was going slow enough that he could wave at the conductor (or ductor, as he says) and the conductor waved back at him. He got such a kick out of that...then he didn't want to leave!!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604413085450791202" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EM881j_ra4M/TcbgAfzYaSI/AAAAAAAACKI/J8K2GYuH2GE/s200/trains.jpg" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeHUIuB3OpqHVyQvAgaV4oRGsWZi8zlpzla-oWvdDzLI1Gk2tqQJ1oBC7LoYkcGzQTbDqMBSi5cha9ynZA5NdkumtOXl4B813x848iYV86KkPpTVmnIPtBJ0Bn8pm3P87nhdBR1cf_iI/s1600/trains3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604413091947092994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeHUIuB3OpqHVyQvAgaV4oRGsWZi8zlpzla-oWvdDzLI1Gk2tqQJ1oBC7LoYkcGzQTbDqMBSi5cha9ynZA5NdkumtOXl4B813x848iYV86KkPpTVmnIPtBJ0Bn8pm3P87nhdBR1cf_iI/s200/trains3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIctNP8os-QTyWKWz_xZpDtXGgcYJWJGavcjfTYwxtrkoRgMCPK-u7WehWVaJD-W-AQv0Pjs_QkZ8fRkxn8jId4Oj9FBBa7tyPo-jHJJkxOCTbU5zbbRwgvALJjiVm37N7JKu3OL_2CBw/s1600/trains2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604413088497802914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIctNP8os-QTyWKWz_xZpDtXGgcYJWJGavcjfTYwxtrkoRgMCPK-u7WehWVaJD-W-AQv0Pjs_QkZ8fRkxn8jId4Oj9FBBa7tyPo-jHJJkxOCTbU5zbbRwgvALJjiVm37N7JKu3OL_2CBw/s200/trains2.jpg" /></a>Whenever we have a nice evening, of course he wants to be outside playing..digging in dirt.....shoveling rocks.....drawing with sidewalk chalk....and more. Here he is showing off his gardening skills!<br /><br /><div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9zW4Ms_gFplDIK8JXTXJE3s0N0dTlR4Vi89bbVoQ71bv4K_QshpG_kphyWxRLtFFKdf8frmmJ3NKHp5eyhvlC3C_QDPwVTvD57RBbqxGQMUuLIn3UpzCsFWETi0-ytGncFZHq9xMs8w/s1600/outside5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412879496896130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9zW4Ms_gFplDIK8JXTXJE3s0N0dTlR4Vi89bbVoQ71bv4K_QshpG_kphyWxRLtFFKdf8frmmJ3NKHp5eyhvlC3C_QDPwVTvD57RBbqxGQMUuLIn3UpzCsFWETi0-ytGncFZHq9xMs8w/s200/outside5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXsuuyvD5gkr9gjPnvdN6BhLGdB18FBmRTIXlpKCSDNU5ur4jvldjwHazsnw4qGjJl0tU_Bi3eRx5agUT4VzHADkGQWW4hx9nftPWM-8PMp_4h_i8jTagbNP1UO1sng91gciYXMHsOZo/s1600/outside4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412873516103090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXsuuyvD5gkr9gjPnvdN6BhLGdB18FBmRTIXlpKCSDNU5ur4jvldjwHazsnw4qGjJl0tU_Bi3eRx5agUT4VzHADkGQWW4hx9nftPWM-8PMp_4h_i8jTagbNP1UO1sng91gciYXMHsOZo/s200/outside4.jpg" /></a>Piggy back rides...love that smile of his.</div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nywmY0MoK04/Tcbfz8NtbKI/AAAAAAAACJw/vXm9MpgbI68/s1600/outside3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412869739113634" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nywmY0MoK04/Tcbfz8NtbKI/AAAAAAAACJw/vXm9MpgbI68/s200/outside3.jpg" /></a> Picking flowers for mama</div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguusRP0ofclRAmCO6Q51PZjWlSTktJx7bnlGmitpsKCoUHMN6SzP_6bMhJEHIRqip8AdRzKh_8ShGnrjletjHyDPjwlHU-akMNiW-5LySU4YvvUATmn16gC7MaVt3yMwjOGpHEccGGFYM/s1600/outside2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412864486567650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguusRP0ofclRAmCO6Q51PZjWlSTktJx7bnlGmitpsKCoUHMN6SzP_6bMhJEHIRqip8AdRzKh_8ShGnrjletjHyDPjwlHU-akMNiW-5LySU4YvvUATmn16gC7MaVt3yMwjOGpHEccGGFYM/s200/outside2.jpg" /></a>Jabbering nonstop....always got a millions questions to ask, things to say...he never stops!!</div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd_DZkh9mC2M7w3NKLdFVRNGOijPZfcgU0nTzCh6cJzdh7vcB7R7roIbj782soVpZqSRrinWtXTcTBgxzpS9kZcGsPwF6PPJqh38nTTHhfNo6Nyyps1TeiddwoOn3nCt-Klo4RjzOyLM/s1600/outside.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412861732545522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd_DZkh9mC2M7w3NKLdFVRNGOijPZfcgU0nTzCh6cJzdh7vcB7R7roIbj782soVpZqSRrinWtXTcTBgxzpS9kZcGsPwF6PPJqh38nTTHhfNo6Nyyps1TeiddwoOn3nCt-Klo4RjzOyLM/s200/outside.jpg" /></a>And his serious side!</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Mother's Day was a nice sunny day this year. Started off with Chase getting up and going to get my presents...as he walked down the hall, he turned around and said...don't peek mama! He made me three lovely pictures, Daddy gave me a sweet note and then he and Chase cleaned out my car for me. It was great...I didn't ask for anything and I will take Chase's artwork and a sweet handwritten note any day over a Hallmark card. Oh...I ordered a few scrapbook supplies too....thanks Famous :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>We spent some time at Nana and KK's in the morning and had some fun outside taking pictures. </div><br /><div>I have not had three year pictures taken for Chase...guess I ought to get around to that..oops! </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412523056346098" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B52WNtSsjmk/TcbffwuGM_I/AAAAAAAACJY/ZWUgPb6F1HE/s200/mday2011g.jpg" /></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604414703806762034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBafGRE3pltVcV0K3RobRIRfAIJKPRxeqMf57i0VSOtu7GMZMl4AjW69XKbOgHbpq7CXEymxM_wjh64vI4gBQOgLSfWpS7lwdCyfOQ8wMz-ZQovsFvl_xfOefUQwBXx647EYbjFQU-VVQ/s200/mda2011c.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0HVp2BirJNw/TcbffTLajjI/AAAAAAAACJI/WXDMr7SSv7o/s1600/mday2011e.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412515126251058" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0HVp2BirJNw/TcbffTLajjI/AAAAAAAACJI/WXDMr7SSv7o/s200/mday2011e.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I3uDYqEe3Ig/TcbfSKXBvuI/AAAAAAAACJA/6y5zWHl4no8/s1600/mday2011d.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412289420738274" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I3uDYqEe3Ig/TcbfSKXBvuI/AAAAAAAACJA/6y5zWHl4no8/s200/mday2011d.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDryICBcXWgbgCvPpO7cJzhJFVNLe3DAk7eAB0mnICFk3L3back6Bn9MkbFtEIJ3xTS6KEzwdEffNptmFnspITCIaOuM9s5ln_4tIqGN_OudGG8MJdFipW87mUxfEoYBJqHunukqhX3wY/s1600/mday2011b.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 110px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412282772427410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDryICBcXWgbgCvPpO7cJzhJFVNLe3DAk7eAB0mnICFk3L3back6Bn9MkbFtEIJ3xTS6KEzwdEffNptmFnspITCIaOuM9s5ln_4tIqGN_OudGG8MJdFipW87mUxfEoYBJqHunukqhX3wY/s200/mday2011b.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57RHQx8Dvrg/TcbfRX13AEI/AAAAAAAACIo/vjH7lbAX3V8/s1600/mday2011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604412275859849282" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57RHQx8Dvrg/TcbfRX13AEI/AAAAAAAACIo/vjH7lbAX3V8/s200/mday2011.jpg" /></a> My sweet boy.....love being his mama so much!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-90388049858745880732011-04-18T17:38:00.009-05:002011-04-18T18:36:24.599-05:00April fun<div align="center">April already...the year is just breezing by....crazy stuff! We haven't been up to much, just enjoying the pretty days outside and having fun playing. Chase is constantly wanting to be outside and loves playing ball, digging in the garden, shoveling rocks and sand and more. He also loves to turn on the radio in our room and dance. The other day, he turned it on and started in dancing and he says "Mom, check out my dance moves"! He was too cute bopping around and kept turning around and sticking out his butt...have to get this on video for sure!</div><br /><p align="center">The other day we were out playing with our first bubbles for the season. He had a great time chasing them and trying to pop them. Crazy how fascinating bubbles are to kids!!</p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yPpXfL2Za08/TazCUSdojtI/AAAAAAAACIY/uxz7p0ojcIk/s1600/reaching.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 149px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597062090723987154" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yPpXfL2Za08/TazCUSdojtI/AAAAAAAACIY/uxz7p0ojcIk/s200/reaching.JPG" /></a> <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Vx2B8_MZjM/TazCUC8l6_I/AAAAAAAACIQ/FrvIKC3p9WU/s1600/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmama.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597062086558870514" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Vx2B8_MZjM/TazCUC8l6_I/AAAAAAAACIQ/FrvIKC3p9WU/s200/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmama.JPG" /></a> Picking flowers for mama! Such a sweetie!</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fOrfuq9eMYQ/TazCTwGtRKI/AAAAAAAACII/QT1xu8w0IC0/s1600/chasing%2Bbubbles.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597062081501021346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fOrfuq9eMYQ/TazCTwGtRKI/AAAAAAAACII/QT1xu8w0IC0/s200/chasing%2Bbubbles.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CA5irwOsMPE/TazCTuiRN7I/AAAAAAAACIA/AKapQPGCm8o/s1600/blog1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 131px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597062081079752626" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CA5irwOsMPE/TazCTuiRN7I/AAAAAAAACIA/AKapQPGCm8o/s200/blog1.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We have been visiting parks and playing too. This one always has to be on the go. He wakes up on the weekends and his first question is "where are we going today"! Loves to be out and about for sure. We took a trip to Memorial Park and he loved playing with the other kids.</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fA4314_C4JA/TazB7K6122I/AAAAAAAACH4/PhSyYnftZ28/s1600/swingin.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597061659202280290" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fA4314_C4JA/TazB7K6122I/AAAAAAAACH4/PhSyYnftZ28/s200/swingin.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQ_30y1F2Qk/TazB6mRcbrI/AAAAAAAACHw/G4V4B0MMjQE/s1600/ride%2Bem%2Bfroggy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 164px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597061649364971186" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQ_30y1F2Qk/TazB6mRcbrI/AAAAAAAACHw/G4V4B0MMjQE/s200/ride%2Bem%2Bfroggy.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtnrLGBhBR2HpykwH51XmnDYZoDzO35OPuI0e0zMRDqT9oUU38vZMJuNdIS27lqv9kvYaVjVYj3s5g_-4y5YHqblkdKgHeXQWj0o66Kypvw7h94QFpGT5jLgnZNNQvmBO7sVHIuQabp0/s1600/playing+with+dad.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597061644402458690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtnrLGBhBR2HpykwH51XmnDYZoDzO35OPuI0e0zMRDqT9oUU38vZMJuNdIS27lqv9kvYaVjVYj3s5g_-4y5YHqblkdKgHeXQWj0o66Kypvw7h94QFpGT5jLgnZNNQvmBO7sVHIuQabp0/s200/playing+with+dad.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fIwt9G77bms/TazB6CpIfoI/AAAAAAAACHg/hAIWYKwK0uE/s1600/love%2Bthe%2Bface.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 123px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597061639800651394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fIwt9G77bms/TazB6CpIfoI/AAAAAAAACHg/hAIWYKwK0uE/s200/love%2Bthe%2Bface.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYk0DxBNCGg/TazB5mxpDII/AAAAAAAACHY/YDwzsk17TTY/s1600/big%2Bstick.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597061632320146562" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYk0DxBNCGg/TazB5mxpDII/AAAAAAAACHY/YDwzsk17TTY/s200/big%2Bstick.JPG" /></a> Look at my big "tick" mom!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>A couple of weekends ago, we went to Stephen's Lake in Columbia. I have wanted to go but never have. Looking forward to the summer as they have a swimming beach and a sprayground that looks like lots of fun. It was definitely warm enough to jump in some water that day....Chase has some rosey cheeks, but that didn't stop him from playing and he was not happy when we had to leave. We walked around the park, had a picnic, threw rocks in the lake and played in the huge "sandbox" area. We didn't know about the sandbox, so we weren't prepared with a bucket and shovel...but improvised with spoons and bowls from our picnic...he was happy with that!! Really neat place!!</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3swkfYcZWc0/TazAvfZBy9I/AAAAAAAACHQ/s3XQ3q9Bq3E/s1600/walnut.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597060359027542994" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3swkfYcZWc0/TazAvfZBy9I/AAAAAAAACHQ/s3XQ3q9Bq3E/s200/walnut.JPG" /></a> What's this mom???</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2LUNDjU3zozZBl_aHl9gc9oZt0F2XAbbzDZ7MePvD3W58XWBoQlA-VjpkGqOkG0YQ3UaednzQPWdyuI0BDrWhRvqUDjIgBiFOqADGBRoLjBPz7HvTWDQiBCfhvR0TMefCoyEIla5RBc/s1600/sandbow.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597060354105176274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2LUNDjU3zozZBl_aHl9gc9oZt0F2XAbbzDZ7MePvD3W58XWBoQlA-VjpkGqOkG0YQ3UaednzQPWdyuI0BDrWhRvqUDjIgBiFOqADGBRoLjBPz7HvTWDQiBCfhvR0TMefCoyEIla5RBc/s200/sandbow.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Du1pj5jP-gk/TazAu6gfWwI/AAAAAAAACHA/Uf2PnxbjSXU/s1600/picnic.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597060349126728450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Du1pj5jP-gk/TazAu6gfWwI/AAAAAAAACHA/Uf2PnxbjSXU/s200/picnic.JPG" /></a> Picnic time</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzyxQcHPhH4xycgauRSddGoSmZEUvq4xFP04wRQYsHvkjfXGEwkiJ-9oXSS_SLzplKbs3QOX4TzkoIV5c_DcF14-MAn-iT4EuCYlRlOAl_NXuy428gADPFa_urDXcBVIAJX-fd1EgSUM/s1600/cheese.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597060345308287330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzyxQcHPhH4xycgauRSddGoSmZEUvq4xFP04wRQYsHvkjfXGEwkiJ-9oXSS_SLzplKbs3QOX4TzkoIV5c_DcF14-MAn-iT4EuCYlRlOAl_NXuy428gADPFa_urDXcBVIAJX-fd1EgSUM/s200/cheese.JPG" /></a>After having some fun at the park with all the sand, we had to make a trip to the Dollar Tree to find a pail and shovel. Of course, we have to go to the toy aisle too. After 45 minutes trying to decide, he picks this styrofoam plane.....best $1 I ever spent...I ought to get a few more. He just loves flying it and chasing it too!</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6JnRjF7h3vmYRcCmuLpXXcXhfmonvYpKNJWneZhRHnysr_MjN61SPxAtIMrkUp_OncQmUJ5_8KSATyv8XGeotZBmIenEm4eGGym-8rswcCftoH7ueEBEckS0cJa3O45Rr7nJGogh0_E/s1600/take+off.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 140px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597059878756854850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6JnRjF7h3vmYRcCmuLpXXcXhfmonvYpKNJWneZhRHnysr_MjN61SPxAtIMrkUp_OncQmUJ5_8KSATyv8XGeotZBmIenEm4eGGym-8rswcCftoH7ueEBEckS0cJa3O45Rr7nJGogh0_E/s200/take+off.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5k2LblQX3HNVSsgsneXNvXIGPw4NnMu57L6yKwZQaAL4gXKz6TLrDY0zoZaQYvxLEiR7MD-P5nvGsiZrQci9FBbRVibxDEm3RYPmuBH11Pp863_nX8Lw2udKwRZoq7bETBix4l70QG4/s1600/fly.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 119px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597059866095189666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5k2LblQX3HNVSsgsneXNvXIGPw4NnMu57L6yKwZQaAL4gXKz6TLrDY0zoZaQYvxLEiR7MD-P5nvGsiZrQci9FBbRVibxDEm3RYPmuBH11Pp863_nX8Lw2udKwRZoq7bETBix4l70QG4/s200/fly.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-im9fUJ-aI3Y/TazASkrMmiI/AAAAAAAACGY/5DVWutdIjic/s1600/chatter%2Bbox.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597059862229719586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-im9fUJ-aI3Y/TazASkrMmiI/AAAAAAAACGY/5DVWutdIjic/s200/chatter%2Bbox.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>Chatterbox telling me a long winded story....so like his mother!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597059870817959698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_Py9tGHnxomb153FCzm166D2rPg_Qdbsg2n_47riA0vJ2SFV77udWjppwwB_RCTBUweOTzoU8z1oEhyKfRYgYlLd1hx5DxIzE_Pnz0VtGnaA2HjwMqFVJRGnD51X4nLgk_9XBvQC7a4/s200/not+happy.JPG" />Did NOT want to go inside</div><br /><div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Yesterday, we decided to color some easter eggs. He loved it and was very good at it too...not messy at all. He really wants to eat the eggs though and doesn't want to wait for the Easter Bunny to hide them!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifco-cU18mHquqNuasOgWvyiQkCVJLNpCzVUzzfNeLGabeKSJsCMvRi-FV3V_l8mAlZ939dpu1tbQ8DsylVdM_O_Qf2xMhLkyJCIy3Uf6AhmY8XO1ERFXaBcqcNH1wtgSLDr-0H8Ejrno/s1600/easter+eggs.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597058632015949650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifco-cU18mHquqNuasOgWvyiQkCVJLNpCzVUzzfNeLGabeKSJsCMvRi-FV3V_l8mAlZ939dpu1tbQ8DsylVdM_O_Qf2xMhLkyJCIy3Uf6AhmY8XO1ERFXaBcqcNH1wtgSLDr-0H8Ejrno/s200/easter+eggs.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_d2miryRLU/Tay_KrDurlI/AAAAAAAACGA/wS4oLbxx28c/s1600/easter%2Beggs3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 154px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597058626992647762" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_d2miryRLU/Tay_KrDurlI/AAAAAAAACGA/wS4oLbxx28c/s200/easter%2Beggs3.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITXqRwoVhsRJ4vi1vK4z9x9ZxsWSPb782i4ZC4w_4UaMK-1rkEurQJg6-IcUKXNHxygHZKYWOIc3DM6m85xvj_MmC88hLRJHI9YFLp0oCI0nKMr8WHfWwA-fTZU61ybPa5QJKH3OPAow/s1600/easter+eggs2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597058622881548802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITXqRwoVhsRJ4vi1vK4z9x9ZxsWSPb782i4ZC4w_4UaMK-1rkEurQJg6-IcUKXNHxygHZKYWOIc3DM6m85xvj_MmC88hLRJHI9YFLp0oCI0nKMr8WHfWwA-fTZU61ybPa5QJKH3OPAow/s200/easter+eggs2.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9_BwyZ0X8diuNcbDoSlpXF-rpTKbpH0BTW1MIxjVSycCtoxZTCChOp9dRSFECZXu544USi3aO-ixkHtm00BNhYirKmFgVrbhStze4nXyp9YAu3PaK4bKLhG5omj5BgPJqYt5BpewOEU/s1600/easter+eggs1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 114px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597058616111910914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9_BwyZ0X8diuNcbDoSlpXF-rpTKbpH0BTW1MIxjVSycCtoxZTCChOp9dRSFECZXu544USi3aO-ixkHtm00BNhYirKmFgVrbhStze4nXyp9YAu3PaK4bKLhG5omj5BgPJqYt5BpewOEU/s200/easter+eggs1.JPG" /></a> <br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597059480930885586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrFRysHcbdHrz6676o3_zsNUeZvlhq-JT7TQjax3HbBIw7kakQ9h4zvnDQnHDkaDAobQo1iIcJe_G5w9-vc-B5byK62FipsljmTKh6Nz9ej5ys4zhp5Pv5IWLNOUCap4nmmwZ0W_gGBE/s200/finished+eggs.JPG" /></div><br /><div>Ta-Da....looks at that craftmanship!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dJakokMyC0Q/Tay_J1KloGI/AAAAAAAACFo/TjbY5HVMZ0k/s1600/dino%2Bhunter.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 107px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597058612525899874" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dJakokMyC0Q/Tay_J1KloGI/AAAAAAAACFo/TjbY5HVMZ0k/s200/dino%2Bhunter.JPG" /></a> Chase had been watching Dino Dan and Dan had dino gear to go hunt dinosaurs. Chase caming running in and said "Mom, I need dino gear". So we found a hat, backpack, butterfly net (notice the dinosaur in it!) and he had tongs too...but not in this picture. He played forever hunting dinosaurs and he had daddy helping too. Daddy was wearing a cape...but he wouldn't allow a picture of that!! :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The other night, our electricity went out and was out for about 30 minutes when we decided to take a ride and see what happened (found out later a transformer blew in the neighborhood). As we were getting ready to go, Chase asked where we were going and I told him we were going to go for a ride and try to figure out what happened to make the electricity go out and he says "Mom, it's a mystery". Where does he get these things???</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Last night, I had gone to check on him in bed and he usually stirs when he hears me. He lifted his head, still asleep and says "hugs and kisses" so I lean down and puts his arms around me and gives me so love. He is so darn cute and sweet sometimes....good thing cause it helps make up for the times he is a little turd!!</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8R-A6CUWPBEc4R-v8qZLdNCmcqvm3dKLcs9pVP5aS4bfqgFTav4kYyoDyfR-LuhExgSjfA7CyL9H7QC6wXbfKhXpMSNuRX2Lc_JYFrDnZLCe3zVz5LevbrOxZyYGKJmied83LZfyZ_4/s1600/twins.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597056751325786130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8R-A6CUWPBEc4R-v8qZLdNCmcqvm3dKLcs9pVP5aS4bfqgFTav4kYyoDyfR-LuhExgSjfA7CyL9H7QC6wXbfKhXpMSNuRX2Lc_JYFrDnZLCe3zVz5LevbrOxZyYGKJmied83LZfyZ_4/s200/twins.JPG" /></a> Final picture from this morning. He loves to play and watch himself in this big mirror in the hall. He loved the picture of the two Chases....thank goodness there is only one!! <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-36554608813484836392011-03-21T19:34:00.000-05:002011-03-21T19:34:00.794-05:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hello blogland...notice it has only been a couple weeks since I last updated? I do try to keep up to date!! Not a lot going on lately...which is really just fine by me. So much rush and traveling recently, plus going to Chicago at the end of March and Branson at the end of April for work....I need some time to just catch up!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mr Man is up to his usual antics....always keepin' us smiling and laughing for sure. He is in a pretending stage right now and he takes it to the full extent. He likes to mimic his favorite characters and so we are always hearing:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mom, you be Wendy and I be Bob (Bob the Builder) or..... </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mom, you be Izzy, I be Jake and Daddy be Cubby (Jake and the Neverland Pirates) or... </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mom, you be Millie and I be Geo (Team Umizoomi) and the list goes on. Usually he gets the gender right...but the other night he says...Mom, you be the daddy and I be the Mommy....but I quickly replied back...how 'bout you be the Daddy and I be the Mommy...he says...okay Mom! He has quite the imagination for sure.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He was playing with his bike the other night and rolled off into the grass and he says "oh no, I (s)tuck in the mud...now my tire is all muddy". We're like....no it's not.....his response..."I just b-tending mom!". Then he says...now I got to go to the bicycle car wash!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He also is SO NOT afraid of strangers right now...in fact, quite the opposite. He wants to talk their ear off....no matter where we go...the other day, we were at Sonic and I had to roll down the back window so he could talk to the Sonic girl. He goes on and on and although I completely understand him...I don't think they do....they just nod and say "uh-huh". Probably doesn't help that he goes a mile a minute. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">This past Sunday was just beautiful...although spring and mid-March mean pure torture for me when it comes to allergies. You would think I would remember to start preparing by taking Zyrtec or something, but every year, it seems what worked the year before doesn't work anymore. So I am pretty sure I have a sinus infection on top of it all. Anyway after the rainy day Saturday, we got out for a while on Sunday and went to the playground down the street from our house and had dinner at Mom and Dad's. </span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AALwKLYTf8/TYe0mu5pneI/AAAAAAAACFY/i0TXjtaNe8w/s1600/fav11.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632440294252002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AALwKLYTf8/TYe0mu5pneI/AAAAAAAACFY/i0TXjtaNe8w/s200/fav11.JPG" /></a> Love that expression!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4OXIir7bdllmO4S2o26NluQ9WAMX1jk41zVjwhdocsjC0Ii1NT0-NULYLuJ-4M4HsZuJSCzCW_9Sd66-xecOYGO2p9KTeEikGijwddnLTJaPrAd6krREeJUzInTyK99Y5s1TljZ-E14/s1600/fav10.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632429252610914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4OXIir7bdllmO4S2o26NluQ9WAMX1jk41zVjwhdocsjC0Ii1NT0-NULYLuJ-4M4HsZuJSCzCW_9Sd66-xecOYGO2p9KTeEikGijwddnLTJaPrAd6krREeJUzInTyK99Y5s1TljZ-E14/s200/fav10.JPG" /></a> Always so serious!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kqJUH_zpSocx08pt57ulHM_Y4TJ6jZ7cwkbe8_EXinhLS667HxaOHt0j4ysxSSTtgifndH29FCx5jy5ckJAns0Xfos9TfaoxqgB59jZGwKUNWhBCMdce6rACTclE6ZWWyU93V-uI0sQ/s1600/fav9.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632176624525954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kqJUH_zpSocx08pt57ulHM_Y4TJ6jZ7cwkbe8_EXinhLS667HxaOHt0j4ysxSSTtgifndH29FCx5jy5ckJAns0Xfos9TfaoxqgB59jZGwKUNWhBCMdce6rACTclE6ZWWyU93V-uI0sQ/s200/fav9.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9sr2bjTUl0g0TqTf1cyPoooivGHfy4eUptdnguxc2VfXOVOBMHcBU0sf-_j50cHsVrNsA6m9OoFWdrfrQsRk1tHbdzXtHnDhQ4Cn49AyBPWKEylygwPUnewVQcHZXNV0kwy6I-WSmi8/s1600/fav8.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632172957501842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9sr2bjTUl0g0TqTf1cyPoooivGHfy4eUptdnguxc2VfXOVOBMHcBU0sf-_j50cHsVrNsA6m9OoFWdrfrQsRk1tHbdzXtHnDhQ4Cn49AyBPWKEylygwPUnewVQcHZXNV0kwy6I-WSmi8/s200/fav8.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyMBTkOgor9RbT-DoGXpw-px-7jqk5o3uipiNE5T2cIkIme3dZoqxMj3njCsLtx6VgVZFhyphenhyphenhKjjT24Z4bF1OM_Yd3M0fmopMSNXOtVxe6trHjDE6uTdSz93SZnQScViM8aYfhFaBPcVA/s1600/fav7.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 139px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632168353729634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyMBTkOgor9RbT-DoGXpw-px-7jqk5o3uipiNE5T2cIkIme3dZoqxMj3njCsLtx6VgVZFhyphenhyphenhKjjT24Z4bF1OM_Yd3M0fmopMSNXOtVxe6trHjDE6uTdSz93SZnQScViM8aYfhFaBPcVA/s200/fav7.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UJXENH_DBw4/TYe0Wr-zRaI/AAAAAAAACEw/EQJY96d1zEU/s1600/fav6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632164632642978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UJXENH_DBw4/TYe0Wr-zRaI/AAAAAAAACEw/EQJY96d1zEU/s200/fav6.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_HsfQ-VQld_sVi8KVTsOmUJQm_EaYj6_mFKAgsMYNmVv7PvEfEapsmu53vm62GcujCrZZATn3Onfq1UFZdLh69bvsQGez_Aup8Qzewxlveizo4SFTyMBqOtxsfCVBmWb7NC16P5wkjs/s1600/fav5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632161394849666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_HsfQ-VQld_sVi8KVTsOmUJQm_EaYj6_mFKAgsMYNmVv7PvEfEapsmu53vm62GcujCrZZATn3Onfq1UFZdLh69bvsQGez_Aup8Qzewxlveizo4SFTyMBqOtxsfCVBmWb7NC16P5wkjs/s200/fav5.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fHZVupaYAfw/TYez75DRTOI/AAAAAAAACEg/LKlpYYZnUII/s1600/pat4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586631704284581090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fHZVupaYAfw/TYez75DRTOI/AAAAAAAACEg/LKlpYYZnUII/s200/pat4.JPG" /></a> My good luck charm! (from St Patty's Day)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CXZhKWN5XgI/TYez5cIF9wI/AAAAAAAACEY/RGKSWTSAFQ0/s1600/fav4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586631662160443138" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CXZhKWN5XgI/TYez5cIF9wI/AAAAAAAACEY/RGKSWTSAFQ0/s200/fav4.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6M3H2Gs1Fz8/TYez5FJ2UfI/AAAAAAAACEQ/v6TArRnrqTU/s1600/fav3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586631655993790962" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6M3H2Gs1Fz8/TYez5FJ2UfI/AAAAAAAACEQ/v6TArRnrqTU/s200/fav3.JPG" /></a> Splashing in the water left over from Saturday<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39oQKsiiV7I0NaXttmokuBd6KUFHLPxmpRPpgExORNDRenJ2XDFWD4aV_-AChI8ipKvWHLAatDWJecwPn5E30ziMkqqaaAgBPyyeekiL_BJO6EfqeQzurO9mWAO0MTk_4ofWsVeuzGJk/s1600/fav2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586631653092500898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39oQKsiiV7I0NaXttmokuBd6KUFHLPxmpRPpgExORNDRenJ2XDFWD4aV_-AChI8ipKvWHLAatDWJecwPn5E30ziMkqqaaAgBPyyeekiL_BJO6EfqeQzurO9mWAO0MTk_4ofWsVeuzGJk/s200/fav2.JPG" /></a> I'm 3!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-woGCP7o4Exk/TYez4a5GXeI/AAAAAAAACEA/sClbMSDSDzo/s1600/fav1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586631644649250274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-woGCP7o4Exk/TYez4a5GXeI/AAAAAAAACEA/sClbMSDSDzo/s200/fav1.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353625167162828731.post-19293658102036899022011-03-08T22:22:00.002-06:002011-03-08T22:27:21.429-06:00World Traveler<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Oops....forgot a couple! When I was packing for my trip, Chase decided he wanted to climb in my suitcase (Myth used to do this too when I got them out). He loved it and wanted me to zip him up in it...don't worry, I didn't!! But I did have to roll him around the house in it. He did not want to get out!!</span></div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B-pJUtT2IR0/TXcAxHBA1jI/AAAAAAAACD4/BsH-5EQtiUs/s1600/02162011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581931106845906482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B-pJUtT2IR0/TXcAxHBA1jI/AAAAAAAACD4/BsH-5EQtiUs/s200/02162011.JPG" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581931093870343090" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-coJNyZsR8Yg/TXcAwWrZc7I/AAAAAAAACDo/fi042xsXd5s/s200/02162011%2B%25281%2529.JPG" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvN4_Hfp7zSBGyjPUxqgL5CYn960fbPSBj8xZ9ZiqyAJt3xGaLuQ8178qSugi5VsxIafpO_L_8yfegU6n-HV5r9GeDvS_k8RlatJYDB_VyxGXM4ODV4EmD24wMMNe_OPQY-2TRWdycJSA/s1600/02162011+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581931099089865410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvN4_Hfp7zSBGyjPUxqgL5CYn960fbPSBj8xZ9ZiqyAJt3xGaLuQ8178qSugi5VsxIafpO_L_8yfegU6n-HV5r9GeDvS_k8RlatJYDB_VyxGXM4ODV4EmD24wMMNe_OPQY-2TRWdycJSA/s200/02162011+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div> </div></div></div>Mandy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09725810176371471988noreply@blogger.com0