spoiled at the b&b

life at the b&b is pretty good. (the b&b is what we call my parents house b/c it's so nice and cozy.) every time we go there we get more and more spoiled. this time matt and i were spoiled by getting a whole day to go shopping and play. it's practically impossible for the whole family to go shopping for clothes for mom or dad. children wanting to run around and play hide-n-seek in the clothes racks doesn't really accommodate browsing and trying on clothes in the dressing room. so, gram and papa graciously kept matson and reese for us while we had a shopping date at the round rock outlet mall. we had such a great time together and found a lot of good deals. it's been a very long time since we have had a daytime date and let me tell you it was fun! we should do it more often!



reese and matson were spoiled by having popcorn for dinner.

popcorn for dinner has been a family tradition in our family since my dad was a little boy. he grew up on a farm in northern missouri and my grandma cooked many hot meals during the week (way more than me for sure! but she had a huge garden with fresh veggies right out her front door - can you imagine?! i'd eat so many more veggies.), but she took sunday nights off which meant popcorn and ice cream for dinner. how cool is that?! my mom loved the idea so much she carried it into our family. i haven't started that tradition just yet, so it's fun for reese and matson to go to gram and papa's to have popcorn for dinner!papa and matson got some good bonding time right here. they shared the popcorn while watching the daytona 500. the kids loved the racing cars on the big screen. (that wooden bowl is the same bowl i grew up eating out of. i love that it brings back childhood memories.)

while matt and i were out gram read to the kids. her soothing stories put matson right to sleep. he doesn't normally fall asleep in the middle of the room.


matt had to go out of town on business that sunday night, so the kids and i got to stay a few extra days. it was a treat and i really got spoiled! my mom cooked dinner (i helped a little) and did clean up while i gave the kids a bath so we could be done at the same time and veg out together. we did a lot of fun things during the day, one of which was pretty neat. we went to the local library for story time which happened to be a special event that day. the talk was about brushing your teeth! it was cute and i even learned a couple things. and, the best part of all reese won a prize! she one two tubes of toothpaste, some kid flossers and an electric veggie tales toothbrush! pretty fancy! she loves it. so does matson. looks like i'll be buying one for him soon.



thanks for a great time mom and dad and for the break for me! we had a great time and would love to come back soon!



the next post will be about another one of our outings.