A Pajama Mama

Last week, we journeyed to Atlanta for some new and exciting experiences. We traveled with our friends over at Happy Home and their 5 month old. Rayray received two tickets to Celtic Woman at the Fox for her 13th birthday, so we decided to make a little vacation out of it. We all decided to go since I don't drive in large, scary metro cities like Atlanta. NO, I'm not joking....even though I lived there for two years. We stayed in the Georgian Terrace across Peachtree Street from The Fox Theatre . It is a gorgeous, 100 year old hotel. The Gone With the Wind movie premiere party was held here!! And when it first opened, it was THE place to see and be seen. We gazed into the ballroom windows and let our imaginations run wild. Here is Appledoodle posing on gorgeous marble spiral stairs in the Terrace. Beautiful Georgian Terrace The three heads waaaay up there belong to Hero and kids... long way up...long way down. We ate dinner here before the concert. We got there at the pe...

We had a girls weekend and I only have one picture taken from C10's phone to show for it! Ok. I guess techincally that's not all I have to "show" for it if you count the two cute tops I bought at Kohl's to wear to see Celtic Woman at the Fox. That's next week. Yes, I bought two dressy tops to wear to one concert. I'm thinking I'll stuff one into my tiny clutch and halfway through the concert, dart to the restroom and change tops?? Ok. Maybe not. We did have a fun weekend while the Daddy met his old friend at the Lake for a guy's weekend. I guess Hero deserves a guy weekend every once in awhile...I DID go on a girl's getaway cruise, for Pete's sake. Anywho, C10 spend the night with us girls.....while the Butter was at the grands. We ate dinner at Mellow Mushroom, scoured clearance racks at Kohl's, and watched Jane Austen movies until the wee hours. Very nice weekend. (Yes, Doodle is a pizza-eating machine.)

.....the Daddy is saying the blessing on St. Patty's day,before we eat our "green eggs and ham" (broccoli, bacon, egg scrambles), and he says, "And Father, we thank You for St. Patrick. I don't really know who he is or what he did, but I'm sure as soon as I say 'amen', the kids will tell me." And of course, they did. Twas funny. (Rayray is wearing a scarf bc she studied Jewish clothing for a paper in lit. and was practicing tying on a head covering...if you were wondering.)

Hey, y'all! It's kuntry nite!!! YEE HAW! (I can tease bc I live in south Georgia.) We get to visit Randy Travis who's gonna love you forever, foreverandeveramen. As long as old men sit and talk about the weather, as long as old women sit and talk old men. 1. Michael had a blast with "Til The Sun Comes Up." We loved the harmonica dude. Simon! Singing in Norwegian? PLEASE! 2. Alison looked much softer tonight but her vocals weren't soft! She did an awesome job on this classic Patty Loveless song. Whatever "dope" means, we agree. We think. According to Merriam-Webster, precocious means exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age. In case you're wondering. 3. Chris did a beautiful job on "To Make You Feel My Love." We all really enjoyed it. The one word I kept thinking was captivating. 4. Lil Rounds taking on my Martina? Martina and I are tight. Well, we'd be tight if we knew each other, I'm sure. I was excited at first f...

This is what we love about our lazy Sunday mornings.... A cup of hot coffee with white chocolate-coconut creamer... A gentle breeze on the porch... Time with Daddy... Banana Pancakes...

I had a little run-in with a yellow jacket a couple of years ago. So, I wasn't pleased to see one flying around my kitchen yesterday. My Hero took care of it for me while I cowered in another room. Last night as I was wiping the counter, I saw a strange tiny toy head that turned out to be the head of that dead yellow jacket! So during school today we put the dead head under the microscope and it was AMAZING! We could see all the units in its compound eye, lined up in perfectly straight rows. He had little hairs all sticking out like whiskers...It was amazing, that dead head! Thank you little yellow jacket for providing a great launch for science and discovery today! We had an ongoing discussion about how creative Father was and is...and attempted to wonder if He created one bug at a time or all at once. No matter. He had fun doing the creating, that's for sure, but at the same time, His creation is beyond ingenious and sophisticated! (See if you can figure out the yellow jack...

Top 13. Two will be eliminated this week instead of one, Simon Sez. Paula looks like a fairy princess this evening. This is Michael Jackson night. My first thought was OH NO! But, we'll see... 1. Lil - This mom of three is amazing!!! Yea for Moms of Three!!! She absolutely was super on "The Way You Make Me Feel." I agree with Paula.....sounded like an angel singing. Ain't nothing li'l about her voice! 2. Scott - So, right off the bat I like him because, well, he's from a homeschool family, y'all. I can't help it. He learned "Keep the Faith" on the piano just this week. He's amazingly gifted. I didn't know this song, though. 3. Danny - Y'all, I had totally forgotten about this song. PYT! Pretty Young Thang. I haven't heart it in probably 20 years!!! I enjoyed it IMMENSELY and so did the hubs. We LOVED it! 4. Michael the Oil Rigger Guy - He did a great job on "You're Not Alone." Didn't know this song either...

I took all three kids to the eye dr last week...bc we finally have decent choices of eye people. It really wasn't a big surprise to find out that Butter is farsighted . I had seen some signs this school year...but STILL. I felt like Mother-Teacher Of The Year...bc when you are attempting to read words and work math problems you kinda need for them to be CLEAR, not blurry. I was gazing at this pic of him in his cool new glasses and Father gently reminded me of something. And I'm so glad He did. When we found out we were expecting a little boy, I asked Father if Butter could please have his Daddy's beautiful brown eyes. Rayray has my eyes. I wanted our son to have Daddy's eyes. And it never hurts to ask. Well, he was born with blue eyes. He turned one with blue eyes. He turned 2...blue eyes, still. Our boy is notorious for never getting in a hurry. Never. Nada. Between ages two and three, guess what happened?!? Blue eyes turned brown. Yep, tis true. Exact same shade of b...