ihop...do you

hop??

Happy National Pancake day

not sure how many years I/we have been going

but here is another year

lunch date to ihop Tuesday!
hooray for free pancakes :) 

ready to go mama

who's excited for PANCAKES

(actually he was more excited for the big boy kids cup ha!)

cheese mama!

and the excitement did not end with the kids cup haha

after nap snugs

snacks with a view of where the boat goes

chasing his shadow around the driveway 

vroom vroom

bubbles

really wants to go sledding

wagon ride time

scooter time

it was a beautiful fun day!

good to have

you back 

smiley

silly

playful 

little one

Monday fun

home. gym. park. play

watching the trash truck

beep beep

PARK

snacking and relaxing 

boots on

happy boy

outside

wanted to be covered and the could play legos

back to the old Arie!

thank goodness :) 

not exactly

how we planned on spending our weekend

Arie got hit with the FLU :-( 

and hard

lasted a good 48 hours

so thankful he is on the mend

and mama and papa are so far safe

praise the Lord

it hit Thursday night

and this is were we finally arrived Friday morning

watching a little choo choo

napping and snuggles

trying snacks

though that wasn't a good idea

just exhausted

another bath EKK

finally smiling by Friday night

but that wasn't the end

Saturday morning woke up at 9 and was back napping by 10

not feeling good 

didn't want to do anything but ride in papas vroom vroom

soooo coffee, carwash, gas..and just riding

MAMA was THRILLED with the coffee stop!

1st of the season

trying snacks again

back in papas vroom

perking up a little

one more not so good night

BUT finally Sunday he woke up happy and refreshed!

 but decided to skip church

he liked watching a little bit of cartoons

we were able to play

and go for a walk

and he was officially feeling ok

thank the Lord

So hard to see my little buddy so unhappy!

flu flu go away and please never come back again! :-)

lets just say my house has never been more sanitized than this last weekend! haha

we have got

a job to do!

Each week at grammy and grandpas

water the flowers.  check the mouse traps.  and play with their toys :) 

week one:

plants were watered

then it was flashlight time

we did find a mouse

ekkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

disposed of it ekkkk again

then it was time to play

a ride in grandpas vroom vroom

to the park we go

choo choo

we are taking the train to florida to see you guys

one more vroom

and our job was complete

until next week that is :) 

it has been

way to long since we had some cousin time!

between Australia and their trip to Bahamas

we needed a play date ASAP

so we did!

to Playworld

and then back to their house to play

eat

and bath

we had one exhausted buddy after all the fun!

so excited to leave

didn't nap

and had to chase him to get his shirt on :)

he sat her yelling MAMA MAMA MAMA while I was getting stuff together :) 

climbing at playworld

and sliding

needed a snack

and then a bath

then it was time to head home

little buddy was sleeping by 8:01

and slept past 8!!

that is a how you pack in lots of fun with cousins