When dinner was over, we
rolled out some dough, let the kids cut them into shapes, and then the kids all
played while the cookies baked... well, half of the kids played. All of the second children stayed at the
table because they weren’t going to miss out on one second! Haha. Once
the cookies were cool, we let them each decorate a couple with pink and white
frosting and several different types of sprinkles, and a fun time was had by
all! And I do think I’ll be finding
sprinkles everywhere for weeks to come!
Ha!
Once the cookie making was
over, they all ate their creations, exchanged Valentine’s, and then we rounded
them all up for a group pic. Note to
self for the future, the next time we want to take a group picture, round them
up before they consume all the
sugar. I took about 20 pictures and I
literally had zero good ones, but my friend Jeannine managed to snap this one
that actually turned out halfway decent.
They were wild!
Saturday morning our little
family of four was up bright and early to head to Athens Atlanta and Athens
Our first stop in Athens
My cousin Wil graduated from
UGA a couple of years ago, and he currently works for the UGA football team,
and my cousin Shelby (Wil’s little sis) is currently a junior there at the school,
so both of them live in Athens
She met us there at the
sorority house and then we walked to Grindhouse Burgers, our lunch spot, where Wil
and Cat were already waiting for us. It’s
a burger joint/pub so they had gourmet burgers and an assortment of beers, and
it was really good! If you’re ever in
the Atlanta/Athens area, they have several locations and I highly recommend it!
After lunch, we parted ways
from Wil and Cat who, but not before taking a couple of pictures! I just love these people! And fun fact, as I said before, Wil and
Shelby are my cousins on my mom’s side of the family. They are the kids of my momma’s baby sister,
and my mom and aunt are ten years apart, so that’s why Wil and Shelby are so much
younger than I am. I baby-sat those two
from the time they were itty-bitty until they were old enough to be on their
own, and I feel like they’re my own babies.
I still can’t believe that one of my babies has graduated college and the
other one is going to be 21 next month.
Lawd, I’m getting old!
Anyhoo, it was just a short
walk to the coliseum after lunch and we arrived about an hour and a half before
game-time so we let the kids roam around a bit.
We snapped a couple of pictures down near the court, let them grab some
snacks, and then we headed to our seats.
The game was sold out so Shelby
The game was a ton of
fun! I’m not a huge basketball fan and
this was mine and the kids’ first college basketball experience, and we all had
a great time! We ended up losing, but it
was expected, so it didn’t put a damper on our day!
Jacob really loved
everything about the experience and he actually paid attention to pretty much
the entire game. During the break we
went down to grab some popcorn and let the kids stretch their legs, and Jacob
was eager to get back to our seats so we didn’t miss any of the actual
game. Olivia loved the cheerleaders and
dancers the most and her little face would just light up when they would go out
on the floor and do their cheers.
They have both been to
college football games as well, and while I love the college football
experience way more than basketball, I do have to say that the basketball
experience is much easier with two littles.
For one, it’s inside so it doesn’t matter what the weather is like. Two, there are way fewer people there so it’s
much easier getting around. Three, the
games are much shorter so they don’t have to sit still as long. And four, the games are much more fast-paced
which held their attention way more. I
have a feeling we’ll probably start throwing at least one of these into our
winter rotation each year!
When the game was over, we
met back up with Shelby
We parted ways with Shelby
Somebody pinch me.
Sunday was another dreary
one and we spent it doing the usual Sunday things – lunch at my MIL and
step-FIL’s house and dinner at my parents’ house. Both of my parents were down with what was
possibly the flu all last weekend so we hadn’t seen them in two weeks, so it
was nice to get back to our norm!
We have a busy week this
week with Valentine’s Day, Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent), and soccer
starting up, so it’s about to get real, y’all!
Happy Monday!
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