GG's Visit and Pearce gets his cast off!

We had such a nice visit with GG  while she was here!  Chis and I got to go enjoy his wok party at the ball field Friday night so she and Peace stayed home and played and watched a movie.  We also got to enjoy a surprise birthday party for Chis's boss on Friday night, so once again, we got a night to ourselves.  We enjoyed it and Pearce  REALLY loved not having to go to Kidspa!  On Saturday, we went on a little adventure downtown to see Popovich's Pet Theater Comedy Show.  It was at the Paramount Theater.  We went with Heather and Claire and had the best time together!  We went downtown a little early and ate at the Driskill Hotel.  Pearce and Claire thought it was so fancy!  They each got to order a special dessert and then we all walked to the Paramount for the show!  It was a really cute show.  Pearce and Claire loved it!  The show had all kinds of animals doing tricks, but what was neat was that they were all rescue animals.  It was really a fun night and showed me that going downtown is not scary at all!  Sunday we met a few of Pearce's Kindergarten buddies for a playdate. We've been meeting as much as possible so that when Kindergarten starts the kids will see some familiar faces.  I've really enjoyed getting to know these kids and their moms!  It did not take long for Pearce to warm up and play hard with these kids!  We took GG to our favorite pizza place that night for dinner.  She loved it!  Monday morning we went for breakfast at IHOP and then took GG to the airport.  We had such a fun time with you, GG!  See you soon!!

Tuesday it was time to get this cast off!  It was seriously starting to smell!  The nurse showed Pearce the "saw" and showed him it doesn't cut skin.  She got to work and Pearce couldn't contain his giggles...the saw vibrated so much that it tickled!  After the cast came off, he got an x-ray of his arm and then we waited for the doctor to come in.  She said it looked great and is healing nicely.  She also gave him a copy of his x-ray for show and tell!  He will wear a splint for another month and then should be all healed up!  We did notice Pearce had a couple little sores on his wrist, so his cast must have somehow rubbed on that spot.  The sores are still there but have gotten a bit better.  Keeping my eye on those!  He's doing well with his splint and can take it off when he takes a bath or goes swimming.  Just praying we never have to deal with this again!!

Fun with Ridley and Pearce at Berry Springs

A couple weeks ago we met Christie and Ridley at a new state park that I had been wanting to try.  Berry Springs in Georgetown was awesome!  We were there for well over 4 hours, but the time just flew by!  The boys had the best time running and playing together....just give them a wide open space, sticks, and water and they are happy campers!  Oh, and the donkeys were cool, too!

Fell asleep on the way home...so glad I brought a change of clothes because Pearce and Ridley got sooo muddy!

Easter 2017

For Easter this year, we went to Dallas to see everyone.  Pearce and I went on Thursday after his school Easter egg hunt...which was so cute and fun to watch.  We stayed Thursday night at Mama and Papa's house which Pearce always enjoys.  Annie was sooooooo, I mean sooooooo excited to see us!  Sweet little girl nearly lost her mind when we walked in!  I'm glad Annie always remembers us!  We just took it easy that evening and had a great dinner.  Friday, we went out to lunch and then met Ash and the kids at Grandma's.  I was worried about how Grandma would be since our last visit was a little on the sad sad just because Grandma was so weak and out of it.  Well, this visit was the complete opposite!  It was really amazing....even her nurse said she had never seen Grandma with that much energy and acting so "normal."  It has to be the kids that bring it out in her which is wonderful!  We had a great visit and then went back to Mama and Papa's for dinner.  Then we went back to Ashley and Wayne's and spent the weekend there so that Pearce and Nay Nay and Charlotte could be together.  Saturday, Mama and Papa came over as well as Helen and we cooked out, colored eggs, and had an egg hunt.  Our egg hunt had a golden egg with $5 in it.  Ashley and I hid it well, but it was not hard enough that Pearce or Charlotte couldn't find it.  Although Pearce and Charlotte gave it their best shot, Nay Nay found the golden egg!  What's so sweet, though, is that he later used that $5 to buy Pearce a toy car at CVS :)  Sunday morning, the kids got up bright and early, ready to see what the Easter bunny had left them.  They were so excited to see their surprises!  We all got dressed and ready for the church service.  The kids looked soooo cute!  Pearce's shirt sleeve was a little tight going over his cast, but we got it.  He LOVED wearing a tie....felt like such a big boy!  The kids all went to "big church" with us and they did really well.  However, at one point, I looked over at Pearce and saw him stuffing his entire tie into his mouth, LOL!!!  After church, we went out to eat and then went back to Ashley's and Wayne's house.  The kids played some more, we got to see Ashley's classroom, and we took them to see Baby Boss.  We really had a great time with everyone and such a nice Easter weekend!