Well.... ain't we crafty!

Addison and I love love love to craft. Well, actually I love to craft and she just likes to do anything that resembles coloring or stickers. She is proving to be an excellent simple instruction follower too. Today we constructed a Fire Engine gift tag for my great-nephew Eli's fireman themed party. These foam gift tags are east to make a she thinks they are really something. All the pieces are pre-cutt so we simply have to put the puzzle together then glue it. Easy enough! She knew this was for Eli and she kept asking "truck for Ali?"

Wacky Wednesday

Manic Monday

Addison and I ran a lot of errands today and to make the day a little more fun for her I allowed her to take "baby"! I found her this really cute baby carrier back-pack at a toy store in Gatlinburg last fall and it is starting to come in really handy. I really don't mind if she takes her baby everywhere we go but I just don't need the "extra" responsibility. She is still a little young to watch out for baby so this little back-pack is just the ticket!

Chattanooga for the afternoon

Today Stephen, Addison and I drove up to Chattanooga to drop Stephen's Trials Bike off to be sold! A trials bike is a strange motorcycle that has no seat and is bascially used for agility stuff. They climb rocks, stumps, up hill-sides and back down. They are neat to watch and he has really enjoyed having this but just doesn't have the time to ride it anymore or the space. The closest place to ride is around Chattanooga and he doesn't enjoy driving all the way up there alone, the riding alone for a few hours then driving back home alone. He has 2 other dirt-bikes that he can ride in town with friends and not waste the entire day being away from Addison and I. So off to Chattanooga we went~ we went straight to the TTC to leave the bike a let Addison get out and stretch her legs and Stephen let her climb on all the obstacles and run around looking for frogs. We saw a tiny frog when we got there so she thought she could find more if she kept calling "foggy". After we played for awhile we headed into town to eat at one of our favorite restaurants "Sticky Fingers" and then head home. It was a fun slow paced morning and Addison had a great nap on the way home too!

Stephens trials bike

Rome Braves!

We love the Rome Braves! Actually we pretty much like all sports! We attend a lot of sporting events and Addison goes right along too. In the fall we watch too much football and go to a good many high school games and try to catch most of the CHS baseball in the spring. We don't really know any of the kids playing personally but we just like to watch and since I have a GHSA Coaches pass all the games are free for us so we take advantage and go! When we first started dating we would try to go to a Atlanta Braves game at least once every 2 months but the driving home late during the week got old and then....... the Rome Braves came! We love it! It is a really fun atmosphere and all the seats are great and cheap. We usually hit the Fuddruckers aross the street for dinner the over to the game we go. Addison loves all the music they play for each player and all the funny little side-show games they do in between innings. She thinks it's all for her. This game was really exciting the Braves were losing until the 7th inning and then they just went wild, 2 back-to-back doubles and then a guy hit deep in the outfield to tie the game and we scored the winning run in the 8th! Hot-Dog Addison says!

Addison @ a Rome Braves Game in 2008And now!

Imagine IT!

~ Addison and I decided we would like to visit the Imagine It Museum today and invited Emma Grace and Melanie to come along too! We left out around 9:00 with hopes of hitting the doors when they opened at 10:00! Not so much! About 2 exits away from our destination Melanie says "Uhh Ohh! I don't think Emma Grace has shoes!" WHAT??? She had put them on her when they left the house but she always takes them off in the car and because we put everything in my car (minus the shoes) she was barefoot! We quickly used Melanies GPS on her phone and of course located the nearest Target. Luckily for us it was one street over from IKEA so it wasn't that major of a detour. We parked, went inside, bought shoes and headed back on the journey! The girls loved the museum! They ran around and touched everything. The farmers market and grocery baskets were a big hit! They played in the trees, the little house and slid down the banana about 1,000 times. Then we found the toddler area and they really flipped out. What! A whole place of our own? They were running and squealing like they were really getting away with something big. Too funny! After our fun-filled play time we walked across Centenial Park and ate lunch in the CNN Center food court. They girls had a fun-filled day and Addison quickly crashed in the car on the way home but Emma Grace held strong til' about 20 mins from home.