on a more random note....

we have...

 a partay to get ready for.... a SUPERhero PARTY no less....

 we made some early to EAT...but don't worry the saturday ones will be fresh....ish.... Cooked and frozen awaiting to be iced on Saturday pre-party!!!!  I have done this before and they are perfectly fine, not to stress!!!

And may i proudly present "lamby" 500, 456, 999....   We can not seem to keep this little rascal in our good graces and left lamby 500,456, 998 at the beach last week, he was still snoozing somewhere in the sheets and we missed him...... So after 2 nights of sleeping with mommy & daddy.... we searched long and hard for a NEW lamby.....  Good as New!!!  

And my baby told new lamby "oh i have missed you so much, i love you lamby"

the first child's lovey, JACK, you ask?  OH he has NEVER been miss placed (but our lolly, my dear mom i miss like crazy was a smart one and bought 2 extras JUST IN CASE.....so we have THREE jacks, and just ONE is really really REALLY LOVED on.... he stays in the bed now but is always there awaiting my biggest baby!)

And my baby, the 3rd and grand finale` of our family, has a frog blanket, he has named it F.... And i almost eat him up each time he says his name out loud.... Well, we have two of those and bless him, i don't allow F far from the house so he is always in the crib waiting too..... Although, i will say our dear friend had to so willingly snagged F from the pool yesterday and delivered him to our house..... I OWE you BIG TIME beth!!!!  

so why you ask, do i let my middle child cart his around....  Oh my goodness if you know him, YOU KNOW this answer, i choose my battles with this one.... His head came out as HARD as his mama's and there are somethings that just don't "really" matter..... Is this fair to the others?  

Probably not, but they don't ask or question me so lets go with this for now, shall we??

Note to self:  should invest in this company that makes this blankets and may have some cash in my pocket?

and so it begins....

we had our first t'ball practice today.   i think it went really well and the kids were quite edible on the field...

first things first though, PICK mom flowers..... i may have the sweetest boys i know and can honestly say i feel loved.....

And at the days end... you get superhero shirt, batman boxers, & cowboy boots.... 

OR

a cute outfit with bright blue flip flops.....

 our daddy coaches were busy bees and had people to see and things to do so they thought it be best if they stayed "dressy"..... How serious are we about baseball again???

 an outfit change and a big bloody lip later.... the littlest friends played on the playground near by....

 this is another princess to another child of mine.... i will claim her any ole' day with or without teeth and bloody lips.....

 and me and my middle baby can find a baby ANYWHERE.... and totally smitten with baby ruth.

 And my little weeds flowers made it home safe but not so sound.... they have seen better days but charlie just knew i "would love them in the kitchen while i cooked dinner" and i do.

here is to my next 20 years on a field or court side.... 

4 score & 100 DAYS....

of school that is.   

My biggest baby's class was asked to dress like they were 100 for the 100th day of school.... being out of town, i kinda forgot and lucky for me i didn't glance at my calendar ALL week long so i was THAT MOM.... That LAST MINUTE mom that was scrambling, well... HALF scrambling to pull an outfit together.... we faired pretty well i think??

we don't really have anything "old-ish" or anything besides jeans with belt loops, or a belt for that matter (note to self: we are going to need a baseball belt by TOMORROW)  so we went with dressy pants, a little dress coat, an ORANGE & BLUE tie of course from daddy, done & DONE....  we don't even have dress shoes that fit us, i just donated our old ones and are now to dressy sandals and those wouldn't cut it so...... he chose FLIP FLOPS.... 

how cute are all the old folks?

one "together" mama had some white hair spray for the class.... No, my pretty boy wasn't about to cover his locks with hard sticky stuff...... Who said i don't have a little girl?  only kidding monkey. i actually am always proud when my children do something DIFFERENT than the crowd, i like that this child of mine doesn't care what his buddies are wearing, doing, or saying.... he beats to his own drum and truth be told i like to say its an "old man" drum, wink wink.

these little rats went with me to snap some pictures of the old folks....

 look at our princess all grown up and old.....

 no, we did NOT chose to put on shoes to walk over.... suited me just fine- we live in Alabama, its our stereotype anyway, i like to play into that....This little angel is waiting patiently for Miss Linda to get off the phone so that he may sneak some chocolate from her.... he is a smart little HUNGRY boy!!

 on the way home my middle baby said "hey, mom... Do you think i am a STRONG gentleman?"  And the answer was OF COURSE, the strongest man i know"   i was just glad he picked up the hoe to bring it out of the neighbors yard, they are equally glad i feel for sure!!! (its only been there a month or more) Have i mentioned how much i LOVE LOVE our neighbors and how their yard is our yard and so on and so forth........

cut all too short

was our beach get away.... we tried thinking of a "good excuse" to stay longer and skip need to do things and meetings for today but faced reality and brought ourselves back home. sniff sniff.  we had a most fabulous time the past week enjoying the warm sunshine, sands between our toes, and wonderful sunsets....No sunrises, THANK YOU boys for that!!!!!  Unfortunately i got NO pictures of the sunset, i guess we were enjoying it too much!

his trucks

A BALL

And HIS MEN....Heros !! to each their own.

a great soccer game

our mimi sent down a "bat mobile" for my middle baby's THIRD birthday......  look out. 

a gumbo festival and great music

 a old time FAVORITE thing is driving these boats.... we put a limit on it this time but both times were VERY very fun!!!

 

 

 

last but certainly NOT least... Our birthday boy, his cake & the sole thing this little monster wanted out of the WHOLE toy store.... a little 4" Spiderman that completed his 3rd birthday!!!! Happy Birthday Sweet Sam-  we love you too much!

actually the cake toppers were this angel's favorite thing EVER.... Spiderman spun around on his web and all the other men were doing "their" thing.... so cute, well, NO NOT cute at all but so cool!  

So after 7 full days, we are back to business....so to speak! As we pulled into the drive last night, tears were shed to "go back" or ATLEAST go to the lake, its so fun there"

i agreed and said "soon"