Celebrating my birthday and visit with Grammy and Papa

The next day was my birthday and for my birthday, I got a new job!!  :-)  We put Noah on the bus that morning and it was bizarre watching him get on that big bus and just take off for the day!  

Before he left though, he, Kylie and Daddy gave me my present - a new table!!!  Waylon and I had seen this table several months ago in Durham and thought about buying it but decided not to.  Since then, I haven't stopped saying, 'We should have gotten that table' so he went back and got it for me!!  What a great present.  I love it and I think it really finished off our family room nicely.

Silly Kylie girl wearing the pirate stuff from Savannah's party with a medal and her purse as accents.  :-)

That night, we had swim lessons at the pool as we do every Tuesday.  I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this cute little behind though.  :-)

On Thursday, my mom arrived to visit for the weekend (my dad flew in on Friday night), so Waylon and I decided to have a date night at the Melting Pot!  Yum!!

Champagne for my birthday.  :-)

 On Friday, Grammy took Kylie to the museum and they had a blast as always!

A self portrait at the museum  :-)

Noah loves his Grammy, too!

They always say you marry a man like your father, right??  :-)

The past few times Grammy has come, she's kept each kid home from school one day and done something special with them but obviously, we can't do that now that Noah is in school.  So apparently, he was a little confused and thought he was going to have a special day alone on Saturday.  He even told people at school that he was going to the museum that weekend.  :-)  So we decided we had to make some plans.  Grammy found a cool kids' show at the planetarium so we all went there for the morning (while Waylon stayed back and washed cars).  :-)

Grammy and Papa got them these matching outfits in Colorado!

Getting ready for the show - love Noah's eyes in this shot.  :-)

Had to represent the Wolfpack on UNC's campus.  :-)

Both kids have really become computer (and phone and iPad) savvy and Noah in particular has gotten really interested in one game on PBSkids.com.  It's so cute to watch them play but I think we are going to have to start setting limits soon!  I seriously caught myself threatening him to take away the computer and phone for the night - and he's only 5!!!  :-)

On Saturday night, Grammy and Papa stayed home to 'kidsit' (Noah doesn't like for me to call it babysit) and we went out with a big group of neighbors and Andrea and Sean to dinner.  It was so much fun and we ended up back at a neighbors' house to play cards afterwards.  Lots of fun!!

Before Grammy and Papa left on Sunday morning, we all went down to the pool so they could see how far the kids have come with swimming.  Noah has been improving all along but it's really clicked for Kylie in the past month or so.  She's a little fish now!!

Belly flop!

Look at her go!

Noah is a fish, too!  Loves the water.

Big arms

We said goodbye to Grammy and Papa and thanked them for a great weekend and played at the pool a bit longer...

Sibling fun

 Kylie was so tired but wanted me to 'stay with her a wittle while' so I did and she fell asleep so I couldn't resist taking a picture.  Is there anything sweeter than watching a 'baby' sleep???

That afternoon, Nana, Andrea, Sean, and Savannah came over to have dinner and celebrate my birthday.  We missed Grandaddy who was home prepping for a procedure that he had following day.  No fun for him!  :-(  

 

Dinnertime

Kylie loves cupcakes!

More computer time

The girls got dressed up and Kylie came in and announced, 'Savannah is the prince and I'm the princess and we are going to marry each other!  :-)  Adorable.

Prince Savannah and Princess Kylie

 Then Sean decided to be the prince and he turned on music and danced with his (very dramatic) princess!!  :-)

This picture made me laugh so hard I was almost crying!!  :-)

And more computer....  :-)

What fun times!  It's amazing to look back when I'm doing these blogs and see how much we do.  It's definitely a busy time with these two crazy kids but I wouldn't trade anything for the world!!!!