The day Pearce stole a box of cereal!

Going to the grocery store with Pearce is not my favorite thing to do with him.  He does love it when he gets to ride in the neat carts, but it's not long before he wants out or wants more snacks, or spills all of his snacks, or wants "m's" at checkout.  By the time I get out of there, I'm pretty exhausted and Pearce has usually shed a few tears.  Tonight I needed to run in to get just a few things.  He picked out the cart he wanted to ride in...always the pink one :)  Before I knew it, I was almost finished with the shopping and realized Pearce had been so nice and quiet the entire time.  I went to tell him he was being such a good boy and then found out why...apparently Pearce had swiped a box of cereal and nearly had it open!  I just can't believe I never saw him get it!  The box was pretty torn up, so I bought it....at least it is one of my favorite cereals!  I fixed him a bowl when we got home and it's now one of Pearce's favorites, too :)

Pops and Mimi come for a visit

I am way behind with this post!  A couple weeks ago Pops and Mimi came for a visit.  They helped keep Pearce while I went away for the weekend to a wedding.  I had so much fun at the wedding, but I did miss my little guy.  I knew he was in great hands with his daddy and Pops and Mimi, so I did not worry at all.  Pops has finally retired and for one of his retirements gifts from his surgical team, he got a gift card to Toys R Us to spend on Pearce.  Pops was always telling them about Pearce and showing them his pictures, so they all felt like they knew Pearce.  They knew what would really make Pops happy and I thought it was one of the sweetest gifts ever!  So, off we went to Toys R Us!  I decided a sand/water table would be the perfect new toy for Pearce because he loves to be outside and he always likes playing with sand and water.  So we found the perfect table and also got him a tee ball set.  I didn't realize how big the box was, so it was a pretty tight fit for Pops and Pearce in the back, but we managed! Pops wasted no time getting the table put together and pretty soon we were all outside watching Pearce play.  He has loved this table!  I have since emptied the water section and just put sand in both sides because he kept wanting to mix the sand and water and it just got to be a real mess :)  I swear, if Pearce could just stay outside all day, he would be one happy little boy!  We also got to celebrate Pops' birthday with an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins.  Pearce could not wait until it was time to light the candles and eat that cake.  I had some leftover party hats, so Pearce really loved that!  Pops and Mimi, thank you so much for taking care of Pearce and helping me so much.  We love it when you come to visit and can't wait until you come again.  Be ready to play outside!