Long Weekend (Part II)

Today began with a trip down to IKEA. I think half the city of Atlanta had the same idea. Perhaps it was the mention of free breakfast that lured the crowd.

 (Photo, ikea.com)

Or the fabulous sales they were having. (We already scored a Poang Chair and footstool for the playroom before Christmas so it wasn’t such a big deal not to get one this time around.)

It was INSANE!!! We didn’t’ want to stand in line to get one of the deals. The line was WAY TOO LONG! It wrapped around the entire self service area and for those of you who know IKEA, you know how long that line must have been. They were anticipating a huge crowd because the gave people bracelets for the sale items, they must have just had a limited supply and were trying to conduct some crowd control. I’m sad we didn’t get one of the nifty storage systems, it would have been perfect for the girls shoes and backpacks, but that line was definitely too long to stand it with a two year old and three year old. Lauren peed her pants in the checkout as it was…

We spent a short amount of time at home this afternoon for the girls to take their naps and then we headed across town to Kennesaw to my brother-in-law’s house for a family cookout. It was super fun. Craig’s sister, Ann, was in town and we haven’t seen her since Christmas so we were super excited about that too.

Auntie Ann

Paw Paw and Daddy

Vincent and Lauren

 

Bamma and Peggy

Livie admiring Ann’s necklace

We feasted on cheeseburgers, hotdogs, all the fixins, mac n’ cheese, three bean salad, baked beans, corn on the cob, stir-fried vegetables and a bellyache.

It was Paw Paw’s birthday last week and Ann thought it would be fun to surprise him with a banana split. I baked brownies that had marshmallow-milk chocolate fudge icing so we threw those in the banana splits too. (Ann, that was a stinkin’ BRILLIANT idea) The room was dead silent when we devoured our dessert and then we licked the bowls clean.

After dinner, Gramma read a story to the grandbabies.

 

 

Discussing Facebook Mafia strategy

Livie and Annie chatting on the phone

 

Paw Paw, Lauren, Daddy, Uncle Scott

 

Kat, Lauren, Aunt Peggy and Auntie Ann

 

 

Hahahahaha! Lauren’s face cracks me up!

We ended the evening with a few laughs on the porch swing.

 

Giggles

 

Cousins

 

Happiness 

Love