Tatum's Spa Day

Last week Mommy, Daddy and Eli went to get haircuts. Tatum didn't get to go because it was during her nap. She was so upset. While I was there I made an appointment for Tatum to have her own special spa day. She could hardly wait. She was going to get her haircut and have her finger and toenails done. She had the best time and even made a new friend.





This is a picture of Tatum before her day of pampering.




Tatum loves anything girly. This is interesting since she really doesn't have that many girly things, because of Eli. It's just something that is inborn I guess. She loves to put on her princess shoes and makeup. When she plays with the toy kitchen or with her babies she will dress up, put on her makeup, jewelry and grab her purse and head to the store. She makes a big deal about these things. I write about this because before her spa day she had to get her purse and put some things in it...of course.

The contents of her purse; phone, mirror, lipstick, notepad, pencil, a pony and a snack. These are all things she wanted.




Tatum got to pick which color she wanted her nails to be painted. She picked pink, "Pink is my favorite color."

She sat so still and did a great job. She really does love getting dolled up.




Getting her toenails done.




Close up of her toenails and fuzzy flip-flops.




When it was all done Tatum was beaming and so proud of her pink nails. Tatum is standing with her new friend, Tatiana. When we got home she was ready for a nap. She said, "Getting a day of beauty makes you tired."

Eli's New Toy

Last Saturday afternoon Daddy and Eli went on a man outing to the 4 wheeler store. At one point during their outing I called to ask Brian a question and got an ear full about how great the 4 wheelers are and how much Eli likes them. Brian has been talking about getting one for Eli, I thought we had just been talking until they came home.

Eli LOVES his new ride!



He wants to ride all the time. It doesn't matter that with the heat index it's over 100 degrees. He will ride around until his head is all sweaty and the sweat is stinging his eyes.



He's into posing silly in pictures right now. He's usually throwing up "toddler" signs or some sort of kung fu action pose. He's a riot!




So far he has done great with his 4 wheeler. We have had only one little accident. Daddy let him drive it around back to park it in the back garage and he didn't know how to stop and was stopped by the garage door. That left a good size dent in the garage door, but Eli wasn't hurt. Just scared him. After that Brian has been working on braking with him.




Daddy and Eli driving around.

To paraphrase a line from the movie Tommy Boy , "Fat guy on a little bike."
For those of you who don't know the movie, It's a joke. Brian and I reference it quite often.

It's Fishing Time

The kids finally got the chance to shake the dust off their fishing poles. We went down to Grandma Cindy's lake house to spend some time with the family (Grandma, Hoppy, Uncle Jason, Aunt Angela, cousins Grace and Sophia) and to fish.

Daddy is supervising and helping when ASKED.



Eli had been asking for a while to go fishing, so he was thrilled. He has a really good cast and is probably just a summer away from being able to go on fishing tournaments with Hoppy and Uncle Jason.




Concentration is key when fishing.




What is better after an afternoon of fishing than ice cream?







Tatum enjoyed the ice cream a little more than she enjoyed fishing.