Sons in the City

I am happy to report we had a fabulous time at Granny's house. Chase is, and has been for sometime, fascinated by the fact Granny lives in the city. She actually lives in the suburbs but that is close enough for Chase. When we do have to venture into the actual city, Chase refers to it as "Down town city".



We headed up on Friday morning with my mom riding with us. My brother drove her car up last night. On Saturday, we rested and didn't really do much although Noel did attend his first movie, Wall-E. He did incredibly well. That child is simply the most easy going, affable baby I have ever known. I am constantly amazed by my little miracle man.

Sunday was mom and Chase day. After Mass we went into "downtown city" to the Discovery Place children's museum. We intended to stop and get a bite to eat on our way but we were at our exit before we knew it. As good luck would have it, I missed the turn to the parking garage and we ended up passing a grocery store about a block away. We picked up the makings of a picnic lunch and made our way to a bench to eat. We found a pretty fountain to sit by instead.

After lunch we headed to the museum. We watched a really cool IMAX movie about prehistoric sea creatures and then went to explore. There were so many cool exhibits, and the place wasn't terribly crowded so we took advantage of everything. Here is Chase completely wrapped up in the Rain Forest Creatures show and pics of what had him so enthralled. Because of the dimensions of the picture I cannot place it horizontally, but you get the idea.



I thought, mistakenly, that Chases' favorite exhibit would be the dinosaurs, but he was far more fascinated by the simple machines. Do I have another engineer on my hands?

On Monday and Tuesday, we went to Carowinds a large amusement and water park. Monday, Granny and Noel went with us but Tuesday they opted out. Here are some shots from Monday.

We arrived home on Wednesday exhausted and out of our routine (which is not a big deal except for a certain 6 month old I know). The worst thing about vacations is that they must end, but we were awfully glad to get home to Daddy, and best of all to do so safe and sound.

We're taking our show on the road.

Inspired by, and jealous of, all my traveling blogger friends, I have decided to take the kiddos to Charlotte to visit my mom and take advantage of all the city has to offer. Unfortunately, daddy has to stay home and work. He claims to wish he could go with us, but I suspect he is going to relish his time home alone. I am certain this trip will provide us some good blogging material.

Another reason to procrastinate

When I was working on my blog the other day, I went ahead and prepared a Wordless Wednesday post. I was so smugly proud of myself for planning ahead. However, the posts appear in the order they are created not the order they are published. I am sure I could fix this, but I don't have the time to invest in figuring out how. So, please scroll down for your Wordless Wednesday enjoyment.

Half a year's time

Here is Noel six months ago...

and here he is now....

I always tell the college freshmen I teach that, "Time flies whether you are having fun or not." I did not coin that phrase but it couldn't be more true. The past six months at our house have been incredibly fun thanks to this little blessing, and they have flown by. As my dad said to me on Sunday, " You definately got the fat, happy baby you always wanted." Noel is pure joy and I try to enjoy every snuggle, giggle, and even diaper change. Next thing I know he will be diving in the pool just like big brother.

Diving Dude

Here is Chase perfecting his latest pool trick, diving. He is a natural in the water, but I guess growing up with a pool has made that possible. He is such a good swimmer that I wanted him to join a swim team in a neighboring county. He was all for it until he found out that you had to do certain strokes then there was no talking him into it. He only wants to swim "his own way".

Wordless Wednesday

Puppy Love

Decked out Dad

Finally, I am uploading the pictures to go along with this post. Above is the hulk colored windchime.

Noelly crashed out on the nearly finished deck.

Happy Belated Father's Day to all Dads!
Blogger is not cooperating with me this weekend, thus no pictures. Chris has been working tirelessly with all his free time to put a new deck on our house. It is almost finished, thanks to his dad who has been donating all his free time to help! We had a great Father's day weekend. Chase presented his dad with a handmade birdhouse and a handpainted set of windchimes both of which he made at VBS last week with his best buddies Aydan and Ansley. Without pictures I can't really do the post justice, but before I even saw the windchimes Chase made me guess what color they were. The answer, which I guessed incorrectly because of my ignorance to the entire spectrum, was Hulk. I bet you didn't know that was a color either.
He also made his dad's card, which he turned into an envelope and put thirty cents of his own money in and then taped up tighter than Ft. Knox. I later heard him ask his Nanny to guess what he was giving his dad for Father's day. When she said the has no idea he said, "Cash, I am giving him cash." He knows what Chris likes.
Our family is so blessed by the dads, grand dads, and God fathers in our lives. We love each of you!