last week mommy turned 36 & dalton turned 2.5 years old

Last week was oh so busy for dalton and mommy!  And tons of FUN!  Daddy started the weekend off right by letting mommy sleep in until 10:30am on Saturday morning...unheard of for mommy or daddy since dalton came into our lives!  He took Dalton on a tour around town to help keep the house quiet so I could rest...what a guy!  He also helped out even more than he usually does and that was good for mommy and Dalton!  Dalton loves his daddy:)  Church on Sunday was great and Dalton continues to LOVE the church nursery therefore mommy and daddy continue to be able to worship together...also unheard of since Dalton came into our lives!  And we ate Chinese for lunch another favorite for all 3 of us...Dalton loves the BIG FISH in the tank!  We have learned to get a table up close so we don't spend the whole dinner back and forth at the fish tank!  Of course the most popular item on the buffet for Dalton is of course french fries and ketchup...they must have known he was coming!  Oh and the chicken from the sweet & sour chicken...if they had bbq sauce and a toy we would have ourselves a happy meal!  And the ice cream for dessert is always a hit with little guy and daddy too!

Monday...mommy's birthday and Dalton's 1/2 birthday!  We frosted and sprinkled the cupcakes I had made the day before...messy & yummy!  And of course we ate some too...and of course Dalton thought they were "yummy & tasty too"!  We ate a spectacular crock pot roast, potato, etc. for dinner that I tried for the first time...new recipe!  The daddy and dalton got mommy flowers and cards for my birthday and the BIG GIFT has been...uhm a new car, a new back yard, new patio furniture, etc.  I think we have done enough shopping this summer! 

Tuesday...mommy and Dalton headed over for a play date with our good friends Katie, Maddy and Luke!  Maddy and Dalton were funny because they were just chasing each other around...pretty cute stuff!  And of course Luke wanted to be part of the fun but being just shy of a year it was a little hard for him to keep up!  However poor guy was almost ran over by Dalton by a loaded up shopping cart!  Dalton's not used to watching for mobile Luke!  We also had a yummy lunch of chicken & dumplings provided by Katie...note to self must get recipe...Dalton chowed down and that doesn't happen rarely unless it's french fries and ketchup!  And Daddy had to work late so after Dalton got up from his nap we headed to wal-mart for some quick shopping and on to his Grandma & Pa's house for dinner!  And a visit from the ice cream truck...a new obssession for Dalton waiting for the ice cream truck and his ice cream sandwich!  We have seen him a couple of times this summer and it has mainly been at his Grandparents house so now he associates their house with a visit from the ice cream truck...which of course doesn't always happen!  And of course that can sometimes be just devastating to a tired 2.5 year old...not that he would ever throw a BIG FIT...like the one he did last night!  That would never happen!

Wednesday...we had lunch with daddy's Aunt Joy and Uncle Russell!  We stopped at Big Ed's for burgers...haven't been there in a long time!  We brought the food to their house and visited for a short time!  Dalton's Great Uncle Russell also had a train set for Dalton and he had it all set up!  He wasn't scared of this one like he was this past Christmas with the one I got for our tree!  Russell wanted him to take it home so we did...just what we need one more toy!  I think Dalton thinks he gets a present everywhere he goes...probably because he practically does...I guess that's what happens when you are an only child and the only grand child on daddy's side of the family!  Plus Uncle Russell had all girls and his grandkids are all girls so he has needed someone to share his love of trains and cars with...I think that someone just might be Dalton Thomas!

Thursday...Mommy and Dalton head to Garden Ridge to do some shopping for patio furniture and put this new crossover vehicle to work for us! Yes, I was able to load all the new patio furniture in two trips in my vehicle! And after Dalton was such a great shopper especially after he found some monster truck christmas ornaments to play with! So we followed up with a McDonald's lunch and headed home for a rest! Gotta love those rests! After Dalton's rest we took him to his Grandma & Pa's so they could watch him while mommy and daddy went and had a grown up birthday dinner at The Cheesecake Factory...super yummy! And it's always nice to get away with my hubby...doesn't happen near enough but it sure is nice when we do:)

Friday morning we had a play date at Unpluggits with one of daddy's friends!  His friend is Brian and his wife Donielle and her sweet little 3 year old Sophia had invited us to join them and some of their friends to play!  So very nice of them and we hope to play with them more!  While we were there Dalton did the usual train table, slide, painting and he is really getting into play doh at home and at Unpluggits!  Luckily he has pretty much stopped eating the play doh...I thought that would never happen!  After our play date we met Grandma and headed back to Garden Ridge to spend some more of daddy's hard earned money!  Thank goodness for daddy's that work so mommy's can stay home and play with their kidos...oh and shop too! 

THE NEW BACKYARD...SUMMER 2009!  Next summer we hope to fill in the grassy area up next to the house with some landscaping but until then we are done and loving it!