Go Ducky, Go!

What a day?! We went to Volunteer Landing on Tennessee River today with Brett, Alison, Hunter, and Viv (Brett's mom)! It was the annual Knoxville Duck Race. We bought 3 ducks...no, not real ones...cute, yellow squeaky ducks. All of the money goes to The Boys and Girls Club. Anyways, 40,000 rubber ducks were bought and dumped into the river. The 1st 12 ducks to cross the finish line 1.5 miles down the river wins various prizes. And while we waited and waited for the ducks to be dumped, there was a kiddie fair and of course, water fountains. So, we stood around and Kainaan and Hunter played in the water. The whole time we were waiting for the duck drop...it had already happened. Yep, we missed the truck dumping 40,000 ducks into the water. When the ducks reached us, we got to see how they moved them down the river...people were on jet skis herding them like cattle. It was funny. We hung out a little while longer and called it a day. It was a fun family outing. It gave us something to do. Enjoy the pics!

Here's the gang!

The Dump Truck that holds 40,000 rubber ducks!

Kainaan is content with his balloon. And here's the boys!

Kainaan went down the jumpy slide over and over!

Kainaan took off down the river walk b/c he saw "Thomas" or so he thought.

Weee! That water is cold!

Such a waterbug!

Where's Kainaan?

What is he doing??

Peeing or pooping? Any bets?

There are ducks...the yellow blob. Is that really 40,000 ducks?

We Are In!!

I HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS!!!
As most of you know, Kainaan went to Fountain City United Methodist Church Pre-School (yeah, that's a mouth-full) on Wednesdays last year. It was his first year, and things went well....well, after the first 4 weeks! :-) And he will be returning on August 27th to start his 2nd year with them! And my request for his same teachers was fulfilled. He will have Mitzi and Becca again! Yay!!
Anyways, the even better news that I have is.................We finally got in the Beaver Dam Baptist Church Pre-school! We have been on the waiting list since March! And now, the magical phone call was received. So, Kainaan will go there on Tuesdays and Thursdays! Wow! Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays...whatever will I do with my time?? LOL! I have some ideas in the works...
But seriously, we are so excited! He learned so much and was such a different child on Wednesdays last year, so we can't wait to see how much he will grow and learn this year! And they have a website where they post pictures and event schedules for the pre-school. I can email the link after the school year starts. And I will add it to my Fav links here on the blog. Everyone will be able to keep up with our Big Guy! His first day there is Sept. 2.
Well, I am sleepy now. Goodnight!

Guppies, Frogs, and Pawpaw Billy

Hey! What's up? Hope everyone had a good weekend. We did. "PawPaw Birry" (AKA Pawpaw Billy) came to visit this weekend. We played at the house with all of Kainaan's toys, and went to eat at our favorite Japanese place, Misaki. Kainaan tried chopsticks for the first time, it was interesting. Then we had to buy him some new fish. Pawpaw bought him a new aquarium, 2 Guppies, and a Dwarf African Frog. I think we are working on a whole ecosystem or something. Haha! We were going to get a tiny Ghost Shrimp, but we were told to wait a week so the aquarium would get a little messy and he would have plenty to eat on the bottom. So, I guess we will be getting that next weekend. Yay! The yellow Guppy is named just that...The Yellow One, the orange one is the annoying one always in the The Yellow One's face so he is The Bully, and the frog's name is Frog. Anyways, I will end this now. Enjoy the pics!

Ratta Tat Tat!

Making noise is so fun!

Yummy food! Lots of Zucchini!

Mmmm! Shrimp & Soup & Lettuce & Rice!

I love this chicken, but where's the fork?

Oooo, its HOT! AND...where's my fork??

I made a surprise in my diaper, & you're squishing it!

Names: The Yellow One & The Bully (frog not pictured).

Fuzzy Wuzzy Had No Hair!

This week has been pretty bland. Not much to say. I think we were all recovering from our weekend with Brad, Lisa, & Peyton. It was so much fun, we were exhausted all week! But we were up bright and early this morning to bring our puppies to the groomer. Its weird, Dipsy hair does not grow fast like it used to, Chewy can get 2 cuts to Dipsy's one. But why send Chewy alone? So I usually get a sanitary cut on Dipsy...you know, trim his feet, shave his belly, clip his nails, and get a bath! They ate such basket cases when I drop them off, but come out clean, cute, and smellin' like roses! Anyways, Kainaan has separation anxiety when we drop them off. I don't know why, all he does is chase them and scare them when they are here. I guess its his way of loving them. Well, I have managed to turn something as simple as a dog groom into a whole long paragraph, so I will shut up now! LOL! Enjoy the pics...

Chewy's Close-Up! He's so handsome!

Chewy blends in with the carpet!

Dipsy sleek & smooth...& shiny!

Dipsy blends in with our wood floors!

Where's Memo?

Well, it was a sad day, on Sunday, when we arrived home from our trip to Hattiesburg. Not only were we sad to be home and away from our friends, but we were also sad to see (and smell) our fish, Memo. He died while we were gone. We were surprised, because he had a clean bowl and enough food for 7 days. The house was not hot enough to make his water too hot...I guess it was just his time to be flushed. Poor baby, he was alone in final moments. I had grown quite attached to Memo. (His name was actually Nemo-Kainaan's doing-But Kainaan says it as "Memo") He was sort of trained...everytime you would walk by his bowl, he would go to the side closest to you and beg for food. You know, he'd jerk from side to side really fast, and doing his 'fish" face and his eyes looked like they were going to bug out of his head if he didn't get food immediately! He was good begger. And a pig! That fish could eat!

Anyways, Kainaan has not even noticed. So, you can tell how interested he was! Although, Kainaan was quick to tell us when Memo needed a bath. Well, here's to Memo. He lasted with us from February to August. Not bad for a 74 cent fish from Wal-Mart.

In Loving Memory of Memo Wroblewski.

PS- About an hour after I posted this, Kainaan could see the empty fish bowl that had just been washed in the dishwasher. So now he sees that his fish is gone. So we said that Memo had to go to his own house in the water. He's gone, gone. So he says, "Memo go house in water. Memo gone, gone. Bye-bye Memo." So that went well. Its so great he's too young to understand, no tears this way.

Nemo swimming happily in his 2 different bowls. Yeah, He was spoiled! :-)

Visiting The Hoefler's In Hattiesburg, MS

OK, so where do I begin? Thursday afternoon we packed up the car and headed on down to Hattiesburg, MS. We spent the weekend with our friends-Brad, Lisa, Peyton, & Pepper. Gosh, there is so much to talk about...where do I begin?

I guess I will go day-by-day...

Thursday Night: We arrive around 1045 pm. Kainaan gets out of the car and plays the shy card for a few minutes. As soon as he saw Pepper, their Shih Tzu, he perked up. Since she is black & white, Kainaan squeals, "COW!" It was hilarious! He called her cow all weekend. He would name the dogs, "Bitsy (AKA Dipsy), Chewy, and Cow!"

Friday: Peyton and Kainaan met each other since last October. It was pretty funny. They were sweet. Eventhough Kainaan can say Peyton's name, I guess it was easier to just shorten it. So Kainaan called him, "Peyt" all weekend. Brad had to work, so we all got up and went to Target. We spent $40 on summer clearance toys! We got sooo many motorized bubble machines and stuff. It was great!! Then, we met Brad for lunch out in Petal, MS. We ate at Chili's and the service was terrible!! Which led to the color throwing, and small outburst from Kainaan and Peyton...nothing major, it could have been so much worse. They were very good considering it took 45 minutes to get our food and the place was NOT busy! And the best part of it, the Mayor of Petal was sitting behind us and Kainaan threw his crayon in the air, only to have it land IN HIS LAP! Yep, my son threw a crayon at the Mayor. Anyways, next...Tim, Peyton and Kainaan went to the house to nap. Lisa and I went back to Target...I know, we are pathetic. :-) Then we went to the mall were I got Kainaan the cutest school bag with his name monogrammed on it. I love Monogram shops...which is my new idea...open a monogram shop! We are researching. Anyways, for supper that night, we went to a place called Max's West. Its a buffet with every Southern comfort food imaginable! Sweet potatoes, fried okra, fried fish, boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy...mmmm, make you wanna slap yo' momma! Anyways, I could go on about the rest of the food, but it makes me hungry! After the rowdy boys got a bath and went to bed, we played the movie game, Scene It. Me and Lisa beat Tim and Brad!! Ha!

Saturday: Tim and Brad went to play golf, so Lisa, me and the boys drove to Slidell to eat lunch with my Mom at Cracker Barrel. Lisa had the best idea! It was great seeing her! Lord knows, it was hard to be 2 1/2 hours from her and not see her. But thanks to Lisa, we got to meet up. After we got back from the circus type lunch with the crazy little boys, Lisa and I split! We dropped off the boys with the Dads and hauled butt!! We went shopping and had our toes done. It was great to get a break! That night we met up with them for pizza! Yummy! we got home, the boys played like wild animals. Peyton tackled Kainaan. Kainaan would scream and push when Peyton got on Kainaan's couch. They did the usual 2 year old playing and fighting. They really did great together! And once again, after the boys were bathed and put to bed, we had to play Scene It. And once again...Me and Lisa won. And I have to say, Lisa is a champ at that game! I have never met anyone who knows so many movies and so much about movies! She is awesome!

Sunday: Our trip was coming to an end. It was very sad. I hated to leave. but we had a long trip to make. We left at about 11. We got home around 730.

So, that was our weekend! I know this is getting really long, so I will stop now. Hope you all enjoy the tons of pictures that is going to follow! :-)

Good Morning Cutie Pie!

Awww! So sweet to Tim!

And they meet...and play nice!

Aren't they precious!?

Peyton loves giving hugs! Too sweet!

Meet the Hoefler's!

A Gazillion Bubbles!

Little Bubble Boys!

Big Bubble Boys!

"Cow"...AKA Pepper!

Picture Perfect Family! Very easy to photograph!

Wow! Lucky to get this shot! Kainaan can't be still for too long!

Do you see what I see?

Hey! You got a sucker, too?

Just chillin' with our yummy suckers!

What a spoiled brat! A foot rub after lunch??

My Meme and Me!!

Cheese!!

Play time with Superman!

Look! They're twinkies!!

Playing one more time before we leave. :-(

New Best Friends for Life, Just like their Daddies!

What's goin' on??

Ok- Sorry I haven't put anything on here all week. It was a boring week for us, because we were gearing up for an 8 hour trip to visit the Hoefler's!! Its been forever since we have visited! So, when we go home, I will have LOTS of pictures to posts and many funny stories to tell with our 2 wild and crazy boys! Stay tuned...