New Beginnings

Yesterday was a very busy and productive day for the Sheffield family.  Got up cooked breakfast, kids ate 5 eggs between them and grits and part of my breakfast bar!  Then a little after nine Gramma came by she brought Neil a book bag and a new book and brought Camden a finger paint set.  Then we loaded up the kids and headed to Grenada.  Mama has opened a bookstore (Yellow Bike Books) and we wanted to visit her at the store.  There is an Italian resturaunt in the shopping complex where her store is with tables in the courtyard right outside her door.  It was perfect for Mama so she could eat lunch and watch her store at the same time and the food was great! My grandmother met us there and it was really great visiting with all of them. Mama's store looks great and the kids had a blast.  I tried to take a few pictures but none of them were great because I am not the best photographer and its a little hard to focus on two toddlers and a camera at the same time :)

The store consists of 3 rooms and a storage room turned breakroom/puppy room.  The first room is the one you walk into when you enter the store and it has art, cooking, inspirational, Mississippi books, and gifts (cards, soaps, etc...).  My favorite part of this room is the huge bay window that looks out onto the courtyard.  The room to the right of it is the kids room and she has a table and chairs in there for the kids to sit at that's just their size. The room to the left has an assortment of reference, school readings, literary classics, and youth books.  As you can see from the pictures Neil liked this room best because of the green chair.

Neil and Chloe sharing doggie toys

Camden informing me she was too busy to smile because she was helping Nana

                                                                    Granny & Gramma

                                                                     Neil's favorite chair

 Main room

 

 Courtyard

Front Window

After our visit we came home and I put the kids to bed and started supper for a friend who just had a baby.  The kids got up, we delivered the food, and headed to another friend's house to drop off the kids.  I had a meeting at the kids preschool and got supply lists (which the nerd in me was very excited about) and got to meet their teachers and see their classrooms.  I was really excited and so glad they are going to be in such a wonderfully structured Christian environment!!

After the meeting visited a little then headed home to start bath time for kids. Both were sleeping soundly by 8:02 and thankfully I was caught up on everything for the week so I got to sit and relax on the couch for a couple of hours before Marvin got home.