Last Saturday, we celebrated Gavin’s 2nd birthday. I can’t believe that he is almost two years old. We had a great day, despite the drizzly, 4o degree weather.
Look at the cute birthday boy! He was very excited to wear his “go” (Diego) birthday hat. 
Gavin got some great presents. He is such a lucky little boy to have so many people that love him. My favorite part of the gift opening portion of the evening was Gavin climbing into his Tonka truck to go for a ride. So cute!
A couple of years ago, my sister in law Ashley, got Mikayla this great gift of a drum that had several little musical instruments in it. Both of my children have loved it. This week, Gavin has been playing with it a lot. Jeremy taught him to knock the sticks together, say “one, two, three!”, (well, it actually sounds more like “free, free, free”) and start drumming on the drum. It is so darn cute!
I should clarify that we don’t typically walk around the house shirtless. The was a little incident a leaky dirty diaper. I won’t way anything beyond that.
So we live in a small-ish town. It is the perfect mix of small town character and access to big city perks. Every fall, we host an old fashion country fair. It is definitely something to look forward to. We always have a lot of fun and spend way too much money, but I would never miss it.
Mikayla had a lot of fun on all of the rides. Last year, she was a little apprehensive, but all fear was gone this year. She also had a lot of fun making new friends on many of the rides. Whenever she was in a car by herself, she would ask every child that walked by if the wanted to sit with her. She is so social.
She decided to have face painted like a kitty-cat. I think she makes a precious kitty. 
Mikayla also had a lot of fun playing the games. She won some lovely prizes that have been added to our every outrageous collection of stuffed animals.
I think that this is my favorite time of year. After suffering through the sweltering southern summer, I so look forward to the cooler temps. I also love what comes with fall…county fairs, pumpkin patches, hot cocoa, football. It’s just a lot of fun to be had. We have really enjoyed the wonderful weather and have spent a lot of time outside. I might add, that after what seemed like nearly 2 weeks of rain (which resulted in some serious flooding in parts of Metro Atlanta), it has been especially nice to be able to leave the house without an umbrella.
Another plus is that Jeremy has been off from work this week. The kids have really enjoyed having him at home. They have even enjoyed helping him with the yard work. :)
The kids have also had a nice time playing with each other. Here, Mikayla was pushing Gavin on the swing. He thought it was so much fun and just kept saying, “Wee!” I love nothing more than seeing them enjoy spending time with each other. 
I really hope that this weather lasts for a while. We are having a great time!
On September 24th, 1949 these Gerald and Betty Scott were married.
They started a wonderful legacy that will have an eternal impact on our lives.
We had a wonderful catered dinner together at my grandparent’s clubhouse. It was so nice to sit down with everyone and celebrate my grandparent’s marriage. My favorite part of the evening was watching the wonderful video that my cousin, Michelle put together. It was 20 minutes of photographs that spanned the time of my grandparent’s marriage. It was fun seeing them as newlyweds and seeing pictures from our own childhoods.
I also had to throw in a picture of my two wild kiddos. Actually, they were exceptionally good throughout the night. This is just an exhibit of what happens when a little boy has not had a nap and it is about an hour past both of their bedtimes. My children do not wind down as they get tired – they get wild!
Last weekend, I had the joy of spending time with my aunt, uncle and cousins. They live out west and we don’t have the opportunity to see each other very often. They came in town so that we could celebrate our grandparent’s 60th wedding anniversary. We had a fabulous weekend together! We did so much, that I am not going to be able to sum it up in one post. This will require several.
First of all, I have decided that our family loves to eat. In the 48 hours that our family was in town, we ate out a total of 4 times. Good times are spent around good food, though. I am just going to avoid the scale for the next couple of weeks. ;)
On the last night that they were all in town, my dear sweet husband took our children home and told me to spend the night at my mom’s so that I could hang out with my cousins. We stayed up until 2am talking and playing Scatergories. Thank you honey for the night off so that I could have some fun!
Stay tuned, more fun posts to come!
So, my sweet little baby started Mother’s Morning Out today. He will be going each Friday for about 4 1/2 hours. I spent my childfree morning today do some shopping with my friend, Hilary, and her sister, Heather. We also had a very relaxing brunch together.
I can hardly believe that Gavin will be two in about 6 weeks. I just can’t believe how fast my time with him as a baby is flying boy. He is definitely growing into a sweet little boy.
Gavin seemed to have a good time today. He cried initially when Jeremy and I dropped him off, but his teacher said that only lasted for about 10 minutes. Surprisingly, there were no tears from mommy. Things like this seem to be a little bit easier the second time around. I have seen how much Mikayla enjoys school, so I know that he is in good hands and will have a great time. 
Today was Mikayla’s first day of preschool. She has been so excited to go back and see all of her friends. I am excited to have a little more structure back in our lives, too. Today was a little bittersweet, though. This will be the last year that Mikayla will be in preschool…next year she will be in Kindergarten. I can hardly believe that she is almost 5! If you look here and here, you can see past posts from her other first days of school. I can’t believe how much she has grown.
She is already to go!
Today was also, Jeremy’s 31st birthday. (What a great birthday present to be able to have a quiet morning!) We had a nice steak dinner and some cupcakes that Mikayla insisted that we make. Jeremy isn’t much of a cake person, but Mikayla is very persuasive. She helped me make the cupcakes and decided that we should have blue icing. She had a lot of fun making Daddy’s birthday a little more special.
He kept taking handfuls of icing and spreading them all over himself. What a mess!
You have got to read this post that my youngest sister, Laura has on her blog. I laugh every time I watch the video.
Mikayla was a little tired, which accounts for the tears, but we do have at least one discussion everyday as to why we cannot keep trash.
Over the past several weeks, Gavin has developed a liking for Mikayla’s old Dora the Explorer backpack. When you press on the mouth it sings a variety of Dora songs – he loves it. We took it with us on vacation, he wanted to take it everywhere and never let it go.
