Okay. So obviously I am not the best blogger ever or I would have made more than two posts in a weeks time. I set out with good intentions. I think "oh I need to blog about that". But then when I get everything finished at night...well you know.
Peyton scored for the first time at his last basketball game of the season on Saturday the 28th. I am so proud of him. He really likes basketball. I tried to get him to play soccer a couple of seasons. But bless his heart, it just wasn't his thing. I was "that" mom on the sidelines, who was constantly yelling "run Peyton run", "the ball Peyton, get the BALL". You know the mom (or dad) you look at and think , "oh that poor kid, just let him have fun already". Yeah that was me. But he really likes the basketball and is thinking of trying baseball.
Burkelyn and I went to the Home Show at Harvey Hall on Sunday after church with Janice and Sydney. After lunch, we got the girls all loaded up in my WONDERFUL Joovy Caboose Stroller. (I swear that thing is a miracle machine) Sydney had her blanket and was all set to stroll around. BUT NOOOO. I forgot that you cannot take strollers inside HH. So we unload the girls take the stroller back to the car and start on our journey. The reason you cannot take strollers in is because of "insurance reasons". But the damage a 16 month old and a 3 year old can do are far more costly than anything that could be caused by a stroller??? You can use a Hoverround or a wheelchair....I do not really understand the reasoning. So as we make our way through the various vendors I keep observing all of these hazards; a spa full of water, multiple door and window displays, a man handing out yard sticks (which any parent knows is just asking for trouble), thousands of dollars in merchandise that I would not categorize as child friendly. Now, our children were held in some form or fashion 90% of the time. But I am griping so much about this because....Janice and Chris ARE building a house. She really went to look at items, talk to vendors and actually make connections. We weren't there passing the time on a Sunday afternoon like the majority of the people there obviously were. It would have been much more beneficial to these people to let us take our stroller in. Okay I am getting off of my soap box now. A funny thing did happen though. Burkelyn loves to measure things just like her daddy. So when one of the merchants gave us a little house shaped tape measure she was elated. She was measuring everything within reach. So at one of those times she is walking freely she is behind me. We walked up and down a little section of the aisle a couple of times to let her stretch her legs. This nice man walks up to me and collects himself enough to inform me that Burkelyn has so sweetly been measuring my rump at every angle possible. AAAGGHH! Great! Apparently all of these merchants have been getting a great big ol' laugh out of it. Here is a pic of the little devil with her tape. At least she wasn't using that yardstick!
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