a busy little pirate

Just a few shots from the week. Actually, there are some from the last trip to Bham too. I have a feeling that quite a few of my posts are going to have Bham pics once we begin the follow up visits for the eye. Please notice the cuteness of the above pic. Clare, in an effort to cheer me up, (seeing me every day means the gets a big chunk of my venting) bought Anderson 2 adorable books and 4 boxes of eye patches! He wore his glow in the dark pirate shirt for the occasion. Side note: the pirate shirt was bought when he was 3months old-way before the eye thing was discovered!

I have continued to perfect my craft of buying things on clearance. Thanks to Target, Children's Place, Old Navy, Kohls...I have 2 tubs full of 24 months/2T stuff. I am not kidding when I say I think I spent a grand total of $30 on all of it. The key is to hide the good stuff when it is only 50% off & then go back when it is 75% or 90% off. Old Navy had an additional 40% off clearance, too. You know you are cheap when the clearance prices are too much. Also, http://www.southernsavers.com/ posts good sales for kid stuff so I hit up Children's Place on a day with free shipping & an extra 25% off clearance(plus ebates!). The above stuff was from Adorable Child. It's a consignment store in Farragut & they have a dollar clearance day. Yes, I got each of the above items for $1. Including the BRAND NEW pair of Gymboree shoes!

At a stop on my ongoing quest to make my child grow up at Farragut, he attended the boys dance team practice with me. At the senior/faculty game, a group of male seniors perform a goofy dance & the cheerleaders are in charge of it. He had jammies, squeaky UT shoes, a snack & music. What else is there?

Cute little shirt I made for Curtis' bday party! We had seafood, so it was fitting! Because I am not the best photographer, I didn't actually get a pic of A with the birthday uncle.

A night out with the ladies. The Future Teachers of America club invited me (Anderson, really. Let's be honest) to dinner at Gatti's to discuss teaching. He was actually pretty good, which I am sure had nothing to do with the fact that I was handing him whole cheese bread pieces. Shout out to Maribeth, again!!

Just a little hide and seek at Target.

Aunt Manda=calm

He loves to try to put his shoes on! It is precious.

I look scary, but I digress. In an effort to keep the patch on (the story of our lives), I took him to the FHS bball game. He did keep it on over 3 hours, so that was a positive. Then there is the issue of a 1 year old being up 3 hours past his bedtime. That is the cause of his expression. It was worth it though because at halftime he was walking around the court & when he got in the middle he started dancing to the song that was playing! It was hilarious. When he stopped the student section started clapping & yelling. Then I hear the announcer ( a fellow teacher) say, "And that, ladies & gentlemen, was Anderson Glover!" I have no idea where he gets this need for attention.

The Best Day with Godmother

I am not sure the DMV would have given him a license if they had known about the patch...