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. 

The Paci Came Back

Last night I caved and begged Marvin to bring home a new pacifier for Neil.  He hasn't been doing good at all and I am not strong enough to fight him at this point. So my sweet little man came back today with his "pap pap" which he calls it and it has been much better!  So looks like we will be crossing this bridge another day. But in the mean time I have a happy little man....

                                                              My sweet little messy man.

Brotherly Love (and sisterly)

As much as it stresses me out when my kids fight it overflows joy in my heart that much more when they get along.  I am so thankful they have each other to play with!  It was definately worth the 6 months of extreme stress to get to this point. Neil is finally able to climb onto the little slide (with the help of a pink step I engineered) that we got on his birthday back in April.  He is so proud of himself and they have been spending hours a day playing on it together.  Since we haven't had a lot of rain lately there is a ton of loose dirt under it and the dogs have been sleeping under it to keep cool.  Camden loves playing in the dirt and that's why she is missing her shorts she was covered in it.  She also like covering the dogs and whatever or whoever else will sit still long enough for her to dump a big scoop onto.  That may be the reason Neil isn't so keen on the dirt, she has been dumping it on his head since he could sit up.

                                                 Sheba decided to watch from a safe distance

On a side note I was able to get a card reader from Wal-Mart for $8.oo!

It works perfectly and I'm so glad we didn't have to start looking for a new camera right now.

12 hours and counting...

Last night around bath time I noticed we were missing Neil's pacifier. We have lost all but that one and I was usually dilligent about keeping up with the last one but somehow yesterday it got misplaced.  I just knew I would find it before bedtime but I didn't.  I was even in the yard last night at 8:30 with a flashlight looking for it! Marvin worked late so I couldn't run to the store and get another so we just made do without it (meaning he got to fuss for 30 minutes before finally falling asleep).  Still no sign of it today so it looks like my baby is paci-free...that is if he makes it through nap-time with not a lot of mess. So if today goes good and I don't have to buy another one his Daddy will be proud!  I really think I am just as attached to him having one as he is and I'm sure it's because I know he is my last baby and part of me wants to keep him that way...

On a technical note the cord that connects my camera to the computer decided to die so until I get a card reader (and I pray that solves the problem) I can't upload any pictures to the computer.  I'm sure this is trivial to most people but I really am a nerd when it comes to cataloging and organizing my pictures so getting one will be a priority for me. (that is unless they end up costing an arm and a leg)

Time to go hose off the kids!

Bunco Babies

Thursday, August 11th we had a double baby shower for our Bunco group at my house!  I was so excited to host it and am so happy for both of the mothers-to-be.  We really have a great group of ladies and I am glad to be a part of their group! 

                                          Just like any other bunco meeting we had lots of great food!

  Amy did the wonderfully beautiful and delicious cake!

Lola's Last Day

Last Monday was Lola's last day with us so I wanted it to be special for her.  We decorated cupcakes and the girls had a blast making them and of course eating them :)

Neil was more into the eating than decorating.

Lola was my little artist and actually came up with the smily face idea.

She placed each sprinkle on by hand!