Brown Eyes

At the zoo this weekend my son bumped his head on the carousel bear. It hit him right to the outside of his eye. While looking at it and talking to my husband I made the comment "Boy I hope he doesn't get a black eye!" Hubby says "Guess we will have to wait and see if he gets a black eye." Little guy was muttering something during this exchange that I didn't get so I asked him to repeat it. He slowly tells me with tears welling up "Mommy I have brown eyes. I no want black eyes. I like my brown eyes." Poor guy thought his eyes were actually going to turn from brown to black. 

Luckily his eye never got black, the bruise stayed to the outer corner without spreading much. Today it was totally gone. 

Pics from the zoo

Please excuse the quality. These are from little man's camera. Mine broke. I do love the effects you can put on pics. Like the one of Mr. Bryan.

A boy and the dog

My little guy sure did enjoy his time at Auntie Una & Uncle Mac's. They were really nice to let us stay with them for a whole week. I must say that the favorite part for the little one was playing with Pi "Paisan" the Italian Spinone. 

Back to School

Back to daycare today! After a week off I was very worried. This morning he laid it on thick. "Mommy I wanna stay home with you and play!" "Mommy please stay with me!" "Mommy please don't go!" "I go work with you!" I stayed with him a few minutes in the cafeteria while he ate his breakfast that he hadn't finished at home or in the car. Every time I got up to leave he would hold on to my arm as tight as he could and kiss it. Then tell me to stay. Finally I pried away and told him "Goodbye!" Normally I just leave and don't look back but today after I had gone outside I looked back and he had his head in his hands crying. It broke my heart. Even though I know that soon after he was fine I was just a little worried that he would act up today. To my great relief and surprise actually "He was GREAT!" Now if we could just keep that up I would be in heaven. 

Alligators at the Park

Back in my lovely hometown of Jennings, LA they have a great park. It is the I-10 park and it is a gem. They have a small lake with ducks to feed. It has a great walking track and an alligator house. Did I forget to mention a great many slides and swings. Can you believe I had not brought my son to this masterpiece of a park yet. I spent many a childhood day at this park. So I decided we should make a trip of it. We got some lunch, fed the ducks, held a baby alligator, watched the big alligators and the giant snapping turtle, and then played on all the playground equiptment.

It was a gorgeous day to be outside.

Beautiful Weekend

This weekend was absolutely beautiful. The weather was perfect. Couldn't ask for better. Friday night we hung out and went by the mall. 

Saturday we spent the morning running errands and being productive. We went to the little man's favorite drive thru-- the Bank! We then hit his second favorite spot... Mic Odonalds! 

After Daddy finally got off work we headed for the beach! We ran into one of the little guy's sitters on the way. Miss Jenna. So nice to see her. She is just awesome! 

Then off we went to meet the Rhodes crew. For some fun in the sun!

It was like we were on the French Riviera with the sites of the day. We saw thongs and speedos and none of them looked like Giselle or Michael Phelps. 

The boys had a great time playing in the water and in the sand. I bet despite all of the scrubbing Maddox still probably has sand in his hair. He was covered head to toe, actually both boys were. 

A nice day to play. As we were leaving the beach Maddox told me "I want Landon, he is my best friend." It was so sweet! 

After the beach we headed home to change for dinner. We went to one of Daddy's friends houses. They live in the country and have a HUGE yard. They have 4 horses and lots of cats. The also had a Fort playhouse with a fireman's pole, a rope, ramp and a gravel pit for the tractors. The little guy was in hog heaven. Not to mention there were 4 kids for him to play with. He played with the tractors, climbed up in the fort, chased the cats, pet the horses, played with the kids and tons of toys. He had a blast!

 Mommy and Daddy enjoyed their evening too. We had our first real carbs in two weeks... and it was crawfish fettucini. yum! I think Maddox was on overload from the fun of the day cause on the way home he passed out cold. 

Sunday we mostly spent the day relaxing. Which was wonderful. 

Grandparents

This weekend with Hurricane Gustav approaching we had relatives descend on our house. Grandparents to be exact. We had MawMaw Pont, Uncle Larry, Pawsy Vige & Granny Mac all come visit our little corner of the world. MawMaw Pont and Uncle Larry have never been this way before so it was nice to show them around. Lets just say the little guy was in hog heaven. He loves company. He loves to show off his house, his toys and anything else that he could show off. He played cards with Uncle Larry (tried to teach Maddox how to play battle). He played with his play*do with Paw.

He played play*do & mini skate boarding with Granny Mac. He showed them all his love for the Superfriends, Scooby Doo and the Backyardigans. Overall I believe he had the best Labor Day holiday of all. He didn't worry about any storm and he enjoyed the company. We even took him to the beach on Sunday. He loves the beach. He jumped the waves, he actually made his own sand castles, and didn't tear them all down. It was a great weekend. I believe the family is going to try to head out soon. I know he will be disappointed when everyone leaves.