Dawn's 40th Birthday

Today we celebrated Dawn's 40th birthday with boiled crabs and pastries.  The crabs were beautiful and spiced just right!   Peyton was so exhausted from playing all day and by 6:00 he passed out in Grammy's bed.  So he missed the present opening and the family pictures but we saved his present for Auntie Dawn for when he got up.  He was so excited to give her the gift he picked out so we just had to wait until later.   So when he finally woke up an hour later, he  was soooooo grumpy. Oh. My. God!!  But soon enough he was back to happy, smiling self to give his Aunt her present and to help her blow out her birthday candles.  :)

Peyton and Logan at Chucky E. Cheeses

What a treat that Peyton got to spend some time with Woodes and now with Logan this week.  He  flipped when he learned that we were going to meet Logan at Chucky E. Cheeses.  The boys had a blast!!!!!  They sure do love seeing each other. 

Woodes and Peyton's Playdate

Today we visited Peyton's little Florida buddy, Woodes.   Peyton was so excited to see him again and he must have asked like 100 times this morning if it was time to go see Woodes.   They had so much fun together!!  They wore each other out and Peyton was asleep before we rounded the corner home. 

Peyton Tells a Story

Peyton's story:

There is a big rig crash and a car and it went on the bridge.   It was parked on the street..... and a crash..... and the big rig against the car crashed.  The big rig made the car crash on the bridge.    THE END!

Last Game??

This morning was very busy for me.  I packed everyone up (including the dog), dropped the puppy off for grooming, went to pick up Peyton's good health letter and a copy of his immunizations from his pediatrician for school, had Peyton's hair cut, went big grocery shopping, and finished just in time to pick up the puppy.  Whew!!  Did all this in two hours!    Soooooo..................

Rumors were that the Army Corps of Engineers told Bruce at Coconut Beach that this was probably  the last season for volleyball.  They want the land.  Which is really a sad thing BUT, there is also talk about Bruce rebuilding volleyball courts in Kenner by the lake somewhere from the casino.   I am happy that there is a possibility of this happening but so sad that Coconut Beach (or whatever the name will be) will not be close to us any longer.  But if they do rebuild, it will be as good or even better than the old Coconut Beach.  Which would be so great!  I reminisce about the old Coconut Beach all the time.  The way they have it set up now doesn't come close.   So anyway, since no one really knows about what is going to happen with future plans about rebuilding like when, exactly where and how long, there will probably be indoor volleyball until then OR FOREVER if the plans with the new courts fail.  Which kind of suck because I really get bored with indoor volleyball.  Too stuck inside and well, Peyton just wouldn't enjoy it.  There would be no sand and no kids to play with so what's the point for us going??  I really hope they rebuild courts somewhere because I am really looking forward to watching Peyton play out there one day. 

So since there was a possibility of no more Coconut Beach for now, Kevin asked if Peyton and I wanted to come out since it was an early game.  I really wanted to go but as I was looking out the window, I could see the black clouds coming our way.  So I said "well, yes if it is not raining".  Kevin reassured me that it was just 20% chance of rain and it should be gone by the time the game started.  Well, let me say that the 20% must have settled over New Orleans because it kept raining.  But I took a chance anyway because I wanted to go watch Kevin play and I was in a mood for their chicken sandwich AND I wanted Peyton to have a chance to play in the sand one more time.   Yep, it was a chance because really Peyton didn't nap today and I knew I was in for it if it was miserable.   And miserable it was....at first.  It rained and there were lightening which delayed the game some.  Peyton played in the rain and sand for a little while but then the "I want to go home" and "I'm tired" lines started to come.  So what's a mom to do in that situation other than load him up on french fries and candy!   :)  Which worked because he watched the rest of the game and started playing with another little boy (Connor). By this time the rain had stopped and the evening out there got really enjoyable having a couple of drinks and hanging out with the winning team.   And to top the evening off, Bruce made an announcement that the Army Corp of Engineers advised Coconut Beach that they will let us have the land for the fall season.  Everyone cheered to hear the good news.  So...I guess this wasn't our last evening there after all!!  :) 

Last Soccer Game

Today was Peyton's last soccer game for the summer.  We are going to miss soccer Wednesday!!  My boy sure did have fun the last 8 weeks. He was so proud of his little trophy that he got from Coach Kenny and held it all the way home.  He couldn't wait to show Daddy.  We are so proud of Peyton and hope that this is the beginning of many years of sport related events.  I loved being a soccer mom for 8 weeks!  :)  So now we have to find other activities to keep my little guy busy until school starts next month.   

Soccer 2011

Some Playground Fun