a weekend of champions.

It's safe to say that we had a pretty awesome time last weekend. It started off a bit scary when I thought he had fallen off the couch or something. For a split second my heart stopped when I peeked around the corner and saw this. And, then I realized he was staring at the wheels on his car. We have crossed the line from novice to expert, I think.
Such a weirdo. The perfect, most adorable little weirdo. He prefers "real" looking trucks & tractors more than the kid looking ones. I think he can tell the difference. That's what happens when you leave the novice stage.
Bobble Cole & Lily came through Knoxville on Fri. night on their way home & it was such a treat. Anderson is getting so used to them being here that when he sees jeeps he tries to flag them down yelling, "Stop, Bobble Cole's jeep!"
We went to Fire Safety Day on Saturday & learned how to be safe from fires. We also were reminded of the fun of bounce houses & that we love fire trucks. New shirt & shoes from GG!
How cute are these 3?? I figure Jack will be around so much when they visit that Lily will think of him as a cousin, too.
This will be fun to bring back out when they turn 16!! I love their faces!
Oh, yes. We DO love Servpro. They are the ones who helped rid our house of the skunk smell....

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We celebrated Sunny's 1st birthday party! Please look at the grown up in the picture with the real cup of sprite & the snacks. Then, imagine the next second when the sprite was all in his lap, dripping through the chair & the plate of food was totally ignored.
Yay for Sunny! I could not get a really good pic of her with her adorable Minnie Mouse shirt, but I will probably steal one from Saasha's blog to put on here!
On Sunday we went to CVS because kids in costume got a free treat bag! Of course they did. It's CVS. We tested out the pirate outfit for this adventure.
Love this face!

Then we made a quick stop at Dollar General to get a new tractor. Seriously, that was the purpose of the stop. We had a few errands to run, including the grocery store, and I didn't want to take any chances on total meltdowns, ie: constant patch removals. Dollar General is the place to go for kids toys. They have such a random selection. And, this tractor with the reservoir thing attached was only $2. Yes, he is laying on the floor of Dollar General. Don't judge until you have to keep a patch on your kid for 10 hours a day. And even then you shouldn't judge because that's just kind of mean.

Gotta have a stop at a bobcat for it to be a great weekend. I am pretty sure that the construction workers at this day care down the street from us all know his name. It's a frequent stop.
First lint roller experience. He is truly Brandon's son. I made him that little tie shirt with an iron on from etsy. It's as crafty as I get.
Learning colors at Petco.
While getting hashbrowns (tater tots) at Sonic we saw a car carrier. I couldn't capture the initial excitement, but you can still a little in his face. By the way, HUGE shout out to Sonic who sells hashbrowns all day! I believe Cousin Shae is the reason for this and Anderson would like to thank her. Also, please notice the patch is still on! IN THE CAR!! It truly was a great weekend.
We went on a walk. There was no purpose. It was wherever he wanted to go. At one point, he wanted to randomly sit on a curb. So we did. This is definitely a perk of the patch- the fact that we are constantly looking for random things to entertain him and most of them turn out really fun. He also got a haircut/butchering, you will notice.
Picking up pinecones.
I started playing with the random effects on my camera phone.

I like this one.
Found a rock.

And, here is a precious video of us acting like we are cars driving around the house. We do this a lot. Probably a few hours a day. Again, if the patch stays on, we just go with it. Plus, it's fun:)