because I'm such a good girl!

{I've been wanting one and trying to wait patiently... but I must have mentioned it once or twice? Thank you sweetie - you are the best!}

daddy daycare

Kenny spent yesterday at home with the girls while I was at work. Carly had her friend Miss MM over for the day. Her mom dropped her off about 9:00 and picked her up about 5:00. They spent the day at the house playing. I asked Carly what they did, and she said "just about everything". They rode bikes, rollerblades & green machine, played frisbee, played Wii, watched a movie, and made Jiffy Pop on the stove top {a first for both of them}. They ordered a pizza for lunch and when I got home the 3 of them were playing Mario Kart.

wordless wednesday

another generation

{it watched over my sister, me, and all our friends - now it watches over as Carly plays at Mom & Dad's}

Alley-cat

{Mom and Dad got a new cat. They live in the country, surrounded by fields. They typically have an outside cat. You could call her a barn cat but they don't have a barn - more like a shop cat or a utility room cat. Carly became attached and named her "Alley". When I called to say we were on the way. She asked me what TIME was I getting there. I asked her did she have some other plans. She told me no that she was just excited about me meeting Alley.}

bike rides

{Carly spent a few days with MamMam & Grandaddy last week. As usual they all had a good time. There was swimming, cooking, game playing, T.V. watching, visiting and this trip lots of bike riding. From Mom & Dad's house, they can ride to the post office. Carly's favorite part was riding off the curbs and down the handicap ramp. She thought she had discovered a new thing until I told her I was just a little older than her when they built the "new" post office. My friend and I were so excited that there was something different to do when we were out riding bikes. I told her that we had broken in those curbs and ramp a good 25 years ago!}

morning with the boys

{while we were in the Delta at Mom & Dad's, the boys decided to spend their day fishing. They invited Carly to join them. She said she wanted to go but she did NOT want to stay all day and she did NOT want to take the fish off her hook. I told her she could call me and I would pick her up where they put the boat in. As for taking the fish off, she didn't have to worry because they didn't catch anything. Even though they didn't catch anything, the weather was gorgeous, the bugs were not a problem, they had junk food from the gas station/bait shop, and a cooler of drinks. Carly was done at lunch, but the boys stayed the rest of the day}

wrinkly toes = fun day in the pool

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{absolutely gorgeous day at the pool}

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{big fun with friends}

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fun at the drive-in

Last night, we went to see Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs at the drive-in. We were rookies and didn't really know what we should plan for. I packed some snacks and we stopped at the Sonic for drinks. I'm loving that you can take your own food and that the Sonic is right down the road. Score some points for the drive in. The movies start at 8:20 /twilight and the second feature at 10:20. Movie tickets were only $7 for adults and Carly was free. Score some more points.

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There were only a few cars there but most either had lawn chairs or were in the back of minivans or SUVs. We made ourselves comfortable in the car with the windows down and the sun roof open. Then it started to sprinkle so we rolled them all up and cut the car on. The rain didn't last but a couple of minutes but by that time we discovered all that open window time had let in a couple of very active mosquitoes. So we left the windows up. Kenny suggested next time we need to bring the Thermacell.

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We told Carly we were going to the movie, but she was unsure about why we drove way up into Memphis when we have a movie theater much closer to our house. Then when we were driving in she saw the screen and asked "is that a huge movie screen?" I told her yes. "So, we are sitting outside and watching the movie" (which we have done before) I told her not exactly. Then we got settled in and she asked "so you sit in the car?" I told her yes that it was called a drive-in movie. "Wow, that's neat." She had never heard of such. She had no clue that such a thing even existed.

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rainy summer morning entertainment