Y’all. WHERE HAS THIS SUMMER GONE?!?! This is officially our last week and we’re going to make it a good one! As a matter of fact, we made last week a good one, too. Here it is…
Monday, July 23
Monday was Jacob’s birthday,
but I included it in last week’s post.
You can read it here if you missed it.
We had a great day celebrating him!
Tuesday, July 24
Tuesday Brian left early in
the morning to go to Chicago
Meanwhile, B was doing this:
We did leave the house in
the late afternoon long enough to go tour one of the potential dance studios
for Olivia, and then on the way home we picked up Zaxby’s for dinner because
when B is out of town, Momma doesn’t cook… because I would be the only one
eating it. Haha.
Wednesday, July 25
Since we’re officially in
back-to-school mode, I took the kids for haircuts. Both of them were long overdue. This was only Olivia’s second hair cut ever because she wants to grow her hair “as
long as Rapunzel’s” so we only had an inch or two trimmed off for her. I took both of them to see the guy who does
my hair for the first time and he did a fantastic job with both of them. We’ll definitely be seeing him from here on
out. The kids both loved Mr. Jamey! And now Jacob looks 12. Why does that happen every time?!
After hair cuts, it was time
to resister Olivia for ballet and tap. After
touring the dance studio the previous night I was able to make our decision to
attend the other one that I had toured last weekend. While we were there, we picked up her leotard
and she was ecstatic!
We went home for a quick
lunch of spaghetti and meatballs and Greek yogurt, and then we headed to the
Space Science Museum. This was the kids’
first time and they had a ball! They got
to see an engine from a real rocket, see all kinds of space artifacts, ride in
a flight simulator, predict the weather, play with moon rovers, and watch a
movie about Super Volcanoes in the planetarium.
I’d say it was a successful and educational trip!
We left the museum
mid-afternoon and headed straight to Chick-Fil-A for milkshakes because it was
way too hot to spend any time outside. After
the kids were done, they played on the indoor playground there (praise hands
for CFA!) and then we headed to Target to grab some tap shoes for Olivia. Girlfriend is in heaven.
Thursday, July 26
Thursday we stayed home all
day again. It was a gorgeous, albeit HOT
day, so we had another pool day. We
stayed out there all morning until lunch time and then we came in and had lunch
– leftover pizza and applesauce pouches – and then we spent the rest of the day
hanging out and packing for a little weekend getaway.
Friday, July 27
B got home late Thursday
night and then we were up bright and early on Friday to take Olivia to the
endocrinologist for her thyroid nodule.
They drew her blood to run all of the tests that the ENT in Atlanta
We hit the road for an
overnight getaway in Atlanta Atlanta
The next stop was Fernbank
Museum of Natural History in Atlanta
We fought the ATL traffic
all the way to our hotel after that, checked in, and had just enough time to
freshen up before walking to the 7:30 PM Atlanta Braves baseball game! We booked a hotel right there near the
complex so we didn’t have to worry about fighting traffic and finding a place
to park and it was the best thing that we could have done! It was just a short walk over to the stadium
and the area it’s in is SO CUTE. They
just moved into a new stadium last year so it was our first time there. The new complex is just adorably with its loads
of local restaurants, bars, a taco truck, a splash pad, live music, twinkle
lights, and lots of other nightlife. We walked
around for a bit to see the sights, and then it was time to head into the
stadium for the game.
We hadn’t eaten dinner so we
grabbed some brats and beers on the way to our seats and then we settled in for
the evening. Both of the kids did really
well for the first three innings of the game.
They started getting a little squirmy towards the end of the third, so
we left our seats to grab some Sour Patch Kids (their request) and popcorn (my
request) and then they lasted another four innings before we finally called it
a night. They probably could have made
it through the last two innings but we didn’t want to push it, so we left after
the seventh for the walk back to our hotel.
Once there, everybody crashed
for the night, but I had one of the worst night’s sleep EVER. Our hotel was a Hilton so it was perfectly
nice, but the air conditioner wouldn’t stay on so I kept getting hot. Plus it was loud when it would click on and
off which was about every 5-10 minutes.
I have to sleep with a fan on during the summer, so when the air was off
it was way too quiet in the room which made it too easy to hear all of the highway
traffic noises… even though we were six floors up. Needless to say, I was pretty exhausted when
the alarm went off Saturday morning.
Saturday, July 28
Despite my lack of sleep the
night before, I didn’t feel too exhausted on Saturday so that was good. We left the hotel early-ish to get our day
started. I had Googled “best donuts in Atlanta
Y’all. They were so good!
Y’all know we are donut connoisseurs
so we were all really happy. We will
definitely be going back! I also grabbed
a Caramel Cloud coffee for the road and – YUMMMM!
Our next stop was The
Children’s Museum
of Atlanta
The area for problem solving
consisted of a maze of overhead tracks and a ball pit. The kids would take the ball pit balls and
put them in lots of different contraptions to get them up to the overhead
maze. Once they went through the tracks
in the maze overhead, they would land in a big bucket. The bucket could be dumped into the huge arm
of an excavator, and then the excavator could be “driven” to spin around and
dump the balls back in their original pit.
Our two kids would have played in that little area all day long if we
had let them.
After they had their fill of
play time (well, actually when we forced them to leave – haha), we headed out
in search of lunch before hitting the road, and we stumbled upon Max’s Coal
Oven Pizzeria. It was so cute and the
pizza was SO delicious. Even B agreed it
was really good, and he’s a pizza
snob. ;o) If you’re ever in the Centennial Park area
near the Georgia Aquarium and The World of Coke, we highly recommend that
place. It’s in walking distance of all
of those tourist attractions. :o)
When we finished lunch, we
walked back to our car, snapped a picture of this cool mural (I wish we could
have taken a picture with it!), and then we headed home just in time to get
everything unpacked, rest for a few minutes, and then get changed and off to church.
We have a whole new set of
priests starting this week, so we got to meet our new pastor and I really liked
him from the start. He gave a good
homily and even cracked us up a few times.
I have a feeling he’s going to be a hoot! And he looks a little like Santa Clause. ;o)
We had Mexican with my
parents, grandmother, and bro, SIL, and nephew since they were in town, and
then it was back home to get the kids in bed.
Olivia was a complete and utter disaster at bedtime and she cried
herself to sleep. Bless. She was overtired and pretty much out of her
mind so I sat with her until she fell asleep (which didn’t take long) and then
I did a little dance when I left her room because I was so excited for some peace
and quiet. I love her so much, but she
is positively exhausting, y’all.
B and I watched a couple
more episodes of Breaking Bad. I am
loving that show so much! And you know
how I can tell? Because I was going on
four hours of sleep, had a margarita with dinner, and B rubbed my feet while we
watched. Normally that combination would
put me in a coma in about 15 minutes flat, but I stayed awake until 11 PM and
watched two whole episodes. If you need
something to watch, watch this!
Sunday, July 29
We were back on our regular
schedule for Sunday and we went to my MIL and step-FIL’s for lunch. My SIL and BIL and two nephews were finally
back in town after three straight weeks of being on the road with Little League
baseball so it was nice to catch up with them again since it had been so
long.
After lunch we spent a
little bit of time outside. It was hot,
but the humidity was miraculously low for a July day in the south, and when the
humidity is low, you go outside and enjoy it!
My MIL had planted some fennel a while back and this week she discovered
caterpillars all over it! I had never
seen that many caterpillars together before and it was so neat to watch them
eat. She said that they had already completely
stripped some of the fennel of its leaves and they were working on the lower
branches. I guess pretty soon we’ll be
on chrysalis and butterfly watch!
Sunday evening was spent at
my parents’ house for Sunday dinner with all the fixings, and it was the
perfect way to end a busy week.
Nine weeks of summer down,
only one to go! It’s bittersweet for
sure!
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