Oh The Places We'll Go--Part 1

We have had a whirlwind couple of days! J was able to take a few days off from work and we had a blast just hanging out together. This summer has been quite busy for J, so we were super excited to get to have him to ourselves for a few jammed packed days!!! We started out on Thursday by heading to the coast for the day. We had hoped to spend the day playing at the beach since Ella Kate loves it and talks about it constantly, but the rain had other plans. We instead headed to the Lynn Meadows Discover Center. It is an awesome hands-on museum for children in Gulfport. Thank you sooooo much Aunt Carolyn for taking us!!!! Ella Kate (and the rest of us) had a super time!!!!

We played in the grocery store for a while. Ella Kate really enjoyed the bakery section of the store. Can't say that I blame her!!!!


J did a little entertaining.
We had a tea party...

and Ella Kate flew an airplane.
We played a little bball...let's hope she gets her bball skills from Jordan and Haley!!!
And did a little cooking...possibly a future Food Network Star ???
There was the operation of heavy machinery...
and some more flying...
as well as travel by railway.
Once we got back to Aunt Carolyn's house, EK did a little reading to Baby Dear. This was Aunt Carolyn's baby doll when she was little and she was so sweet to let EK love on her while we visited. She even ordered EK the collection of Golden Books with the Baby Dear story in it. So very sweet.


Aunt Carolyn let Ella Kate feed the neighborhood dogs some goodies. EK thought it was awesome and gave them each about a weeks worth of treats in a matter of seconds!!!
Thank you Aunt Carolyn for letting us play with you!!!! We can't wait until our next visit!!!!