Secret to Summer

I've discovered that the secret to summer fun is to stay b-u-s-y!  At the start of summer, my main focus was to get Cade on a schedule, get him into his crib and able to put himself to sleep, and spend as much time with him as possible while also fitting in time to work on papers and projects for my master's and things I took on at school.  I quickly realized that balancing all of that meant very few trips out of the house.  Which led to a further realization that we weren't taking full advantage of summer and not to mention, I was feeling a little bored.  All of that being said, I set out to fill our schedule with lots of summer time fun last week.  Here are a few highlights:

Nothing major on Monday; we went to the grocery store.  Cade recently made the transition into the big boy ride (as opposed to sitting in his car seat in the buggy) a couple of weeks ago.  I think he loves it!

On Tuesday we went to Gymboree and then to Spirit Night at Chick-Fil-A for Lauryn. 

On Wednesday we had brunch with Carrie, Daniel, Caroline, Kristin, Chase, Cooper, Beth and Tenley and then we went to Gymboree class.  Afterwards, we went to the Fladgers for a slumber party.  Todd was in Birmingham and I don't like staying at home alone so they were gracious enough to take us in.  :)

On Friday we went to hang out with the Clinkscales family and help them get ready for Lauryn's Run on Saturday.  Cade had tons of fun trying out all of the mini-chairs in their theater room and playing with CJ, Lauryn and Taylor. 

We went to cheer Todd on in a 5K on Saturday morning.  He did great!  On Sunday, we took Cade to Waumba Land for the first time so we could attend church.  Waumba Land is baby Sunday school.  Okay, more like babysitting at this stage, but one day I'm sure Cade will learn lots and lots there!  Then we met up with Zabi, Michelle, Asher, and Zhiada at Stone Mountain for the laser show. 

Needless to say, we are at home resting today.