Fishermen and R&R for Mom

This weekend was a total blast! I headed out with my MOPS friends for a leadership retreat at Wendy's lake house. The house was awesome! It had 4 king size beds. You gotta love that. We decided to wing it food-wise so that no one had to cook. We ended up eating out and then eating junk food in the house. I learned some crazy things about my friends and we all laughed our heads off. It was awesome watching the shooting stars as we hung out in the pool.

Meanwhile, Dan meet up with some of the MOPS dads and took the kids fishing at Bass Pro and then on to Chuck E Cheese. Dan learned a great tip from Joe. You need to drive AROUND Chuck E Cheese so that the kids don't see it when you are by Grapevine Mills Mall. Genius Joe! Thanks for the tip. Evidently Morgan had a meltdown while driving by Chuck E Cheese and the plans changed from Chick-Fil-A to Chuck.

This is Morgan's 1st fish. It's a prizewinner!
He wouldn't let Daddy touch the pole because, "I CAN DO IT!". Is very big in his vocabulary.

Morgan PEE PEED in the potty!!!

I couldn't be more thrilled! And, he did it on Dan's birthday. I haven't tried to do anything potty training related with him. Lately he's seen AJ and Darby go on the potty. So, he keeps asking. I pulled his little plastic potty out of the garage on Sunday night. Well on Monday morning after taking his pants and diaper off about 50 times in 15 minutes I was tired of the game. So, I turned back to stuff in the kitchen just in time to hear Morgan yell, "Mommy! I pee peed in potty!" Sure enough! And then he dumped all of the evidence out of the little cup and onto the kitchen floor.

Here he is in his big boy underwear. Don't all big boys wear Elmo?

If You Give a Toddler a Camera...

He will take amazingly decent photos! Morgan got a hold of my camera and took these pictures all by himself. Too bad I couldn't take pictures of him while he was taking the pictures. He knew exactly what he was doing. Hmmm... wonder where he's seen this before?

Morgan's First Movie Date!

Morgan had his first movie date last week. Ariana's mommy even paid for the tickets. So, he got off super cheap! I'm going to have to teach Morgan how to pay for the ladies. We saw Horton Hears a Who. I would say that we survived it. He is now 2 years 4 months old. We might need to give it a few more months before we attempt another movie at the theater. But, we all had a great time.

2009 4th of July Children's Parade

Happy 4th of July everyone! Remember last year's post? Morgan is so much bigger this year! We again took Morgan to the Flower Mound Children's parade. Morgan and Bret wore matching outfits and rode in his new wagon. Brandie, Matt & Landon also met up with us. Landon and Morgan have matching wagons! Brandie is amazing. Her baby is due in a few weeks and it was hot hot hot hot!

We learned a lot from last year's parade. First off, wait for the parade to begin in the shade and make a bee-line for the shady grassy parts once you get to the festival

Dan was our 4th of July decorator this year. He did a great job on the wagon. Hillary & Uncle Chris also met up with us. Hillary brought her camera and took some great shots.

I can't wait for the kids to see the fireworks tonight. We have glow bracelets for everyone. Right now everyone is sleeping.... ahhhhh!