Category Archives: Project Life 2013

I just love the golden hour and the light.  It is so pretty.  Dan let Teddy out to play with Molly, they ran and ran up and down the backyards.  I bet they sure wish that Lucy was here too!!!

Sometimes there is nothing sweeter than the imagination of a child.  There aren’t a lot of boys in the neighborhood to play with that are Matty’s age, but that doesn’t stop him making friends even if it is with all of little stuffies.  So, yesterday when he announced that today was going to be Kitty’s birthday I just went with it.  He spent two hours pulling out all of the gift bags from the office and stuffing them, there must be fifteen and then he tells me that Kitty needs a collar and food dishes.  While Matty was at school today I went to PetSmart and bought his Kitty a collar and bowls, and then made a birthday cake.  He was so excited and proud.  We sang Happy Birthday to Kitty with a few of his stuffy friends and I just love that I made him so happy.

We started today off with an 8:30 ENT appointment for Matty.  One of his tubes still hasn’t fallen out so we talked briefly about when we might remove it.  Afterwards, I had a date with my house.  Lots of cleaning and laundry to do to get ready for the rest of the week.  Both boys were out of school for Martin Luther King Day, so they played outside with Alex most of the day.  Those crazy nuts even played in the pool.  President Obama had his inauguration today, we watched a little of this on tv.  A new sinus cold has moved in, so Andy took us to Catch 23 for dinner, $3.99 cheeseburger and fries night.  Yum!

Derek, Sarah, and Lily left this morning, Matty said it best when he said, “Mama, I’m really gonna miss Derek”.  He did love playing with him.  We were sad to see them go but happy that we were the ones staying here and not flying into the 17 degree weather :).  Davy had to be at Westchase Elementary at 11:45 for the opening ceremonies of the Pinebox Derby car race.  Although he didn’t win, he did place third for best military design.  He was so proud to get his trophy.  While he was at the race, Matty and I went to Mathis’s 4th birthday party and Pump-it-up and at 1:30 Andy and Davy raced over to Qzar for Maxie’s 8th birthday.  We all met back at the house around 3:30 and settled in for the night.  A little football, Chinese food, and a few movies makes for a great afternoon.

A little Dunkin Donuts and Village Market for breakfast, Mikey was picked up to go to Gabrielle’s party, Andy and Davy went over to the Elementary school for the Pinebox Derby car weigh in, we went out to Honeymoon Island for a couple of hours to soak up the beautiful weather and play in the sand, a quick stop to pick up Cuban sandwiches for lunch, back home to clean up and then out the door at 2:45 to head down to Bayshore to meet up with friends, cheered for the pirates at the Gasparilla Children’s parade, watched the fireworks, picked up Zen for dinner, and called it a day!  Whew…a full and awesome day!  Another day in paradise!

Off to the zoo today while the guys visit a few of the beer breweries in the area.  For lunch we met at the Columbia.  Afterwards, Sarah and I headed home and curled up on the couch to watch a few movies.  Davy had a playdate with Mikey and he ended up spending the night.  Overall, we just had a relaxing evening.

I-phone weather and The Weather Channel both said that today was going to have a high of 73, partly cloudy, with a 10% chance of rain.  Boy were they all wrong!  The highest that we saw all day was 64 and there were wind gusts up to 30 miles and hour.  It was cold.  Our plan was to go the beach today, Lily hasn’t been yet and I had the idea of taking them down to Anna Maria, it rained the whole way down there.  We thought that we might drive through it, but it didn’t get any better.  We ended up doing a drive by and headed south to Sarasota instead.  We ate lunch at The Old Salty Dog and then went to the Mote Aquarium.  Matty and Lilly loved it.  After dinner I had a Junior League function at the Oxford Exchange.  Sarah went with me and towards the end Brandie and Laura met up with us to go out for a late night dinner. 

About 6 months ago I got an email from Sarah saying that she was going to be in Orlando and they were wondering if they could come for a visit.  Of course we were so excited and said YES!  And it just so happened that this was the weekend for the Gasparilla Children’s parade.  Derek and Lilly landed at 1:30,  Dad picked up Davy on his way to the house (Jenni still isn’t over the flu so she stayed behind), we made homemade pizza’s for dinner and strawberry pie for dessert…Yum!  Andy is so excited to have his best friend here… 🙂

Molly and I cleaned the house today, getting ready for Derek, Sarah, and Lilly to come tomorrow.  The weather was beautiful so we opened up the house and planted some spring flowers in the front pots.  Both boys went to school today and here is a picture of Davy looking like the All Tennis Pro that he is!

It’s Monday!!!  I dropped both boys off at school and then headed over to Deliana’s house on Lake Hiawatha for a cup of coffee.  We worked on a few things for Zaylie’s party coming up and I enjoyed the view.  This lake is huge and it would take eight photos just to try and capture its size and beauty.  We just love their property.  They also face the west so she gets the golden light and sunsets that Andy and I love so much over our pond.  If we lived there, I can’t imagine that we’d ever move :).