Amelia Island Vacation

I'm not sure where to start here ... this is going to be a pretty long post!

We spent the last week in Amelia Island with my whole family -- except for Ben :(  We all missed having him there, but duty calls so he didn't get to join us.

One of Wyatt's favorite activities as of late is jumping on the bed.  So naturally there was a lot of that taking place throughout the week.  As you can see, Ellie played right along!

We played on the beach

built sand castles

ate beach snacks

and also suckers

walked on the beach

ran down the boardwalk (this was after dinner one night while we were waiting to get the check.  wyatt made friends with every. single. person. around -- as we were walking back down the board walk to leave i must have heard "bye wyatt" at least 12 times! he makes friends with everyone ... just like his daddy)

we collected shells (and every shell is a big shell)

searched for turtles

walked on the beach more

got really sandy

wrote our names in the sand 

posed (reluctantly) for tree pictures

looked at the waves with meme

pushed big trucks around on the beach

played with the water hose

refused to cooperate for meme's pictures

ate ice cream

and caught really big snapper!  (The fisherman put this on his website.  I told dad he's as famous as I am!)

Memorial Weekend at the Lake

I do love a long lake weekend.  Its just so nice to have 3 mornings to relax and enjoy coffee, not have to have a schedule, and not worrying with fixing my  hair and makeup. 

Wyatt was at Meme's on Friday, so after lunch I went over to her house and the 3 of us headed up to the lake.  Ben and My dad both came up later that night after work.  We didn't do a whole lot Friday other than get in and get settled, so Saturday is when the real fun began!

I think I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking from here on out ....

I already covered Birthday Party # 573, but here it is again. 

 We went for a few boat rides ...

 Wyatt enjoyed his very first Sea Doo ride.  (Although he calls it a "water quey" a.k.a. motorcycle)

We also took plenty of Kubota rides.  Wyatt even got to drive some on Friday evening ... but I don't have those pictures :(

Someone refused to look at the camera or smile for photos

 That same someone helped Papa drive the boat

 This is the only way we could get him to smile/look for a picture with his Daddy!

 He fished with Meme

 I don't like to name names, but someone got a funny sunburn ....

 We took cousin pictures.  2 smiling ... 1 not smiling.  There were trucks that needed to be pushed around and he didn't have time to crack a smile!

He practiced driving the boat (while it was docked)

 We played around on the dock

 We headed home after lunch on Monday.  (Notice my purdy hydrangeas ....)

 

I like Things

I don't do a whole lot of shopping because usually with a crazy-man at my side I end up doing grab n' go style errands.  Basically, I run in and out and get only what I need because he doesn't have the patience for me to leisurely shop.  Not that I'm complaining, because it does keep me from spending money on useless crap.

But I happen to like useless crap.  So, here are some recent discoveries o' mine ....

1) Trader Joe's Peach Pops -- I read about these on someone else's blog and OMG they are divine.  They also have Strawberry, which Wyatt likes.  They're not too sweet and are perfect for a hot day.

2) Trader Joe's Spanish Cheese Sampler - I had this for lunch the other day with a loaf of french bread and some mini heirloom tomatoes (to round it out, ya know ...). We won't discuss the sodium and fat content of this lunch, but it was sooo enjoyable.  (I love TJ's ... that is a store where I could spend an obscene amount of money in a very short period)

3) Creme de Menthe Hershey's Kisses -- these aren't all that 'recent', but Mom sent them to me right around St. Patrick's day.  These things are dangerously good.  But I doubt you would find them stores until next year around St. Paddy's so probably pointless for me to even post this!

4) My lake Hydrangeas.  Although this isn't technically something I bought, I do love them and I've got to stop posting food items!  It may be hard to tell because these are Instagram pics, but they are 2 totally different shades of blue.  Man, I could stare at them all day ....

5) E.L.F. primer -- I've said it before and I'll say it again.  Elf really does make some good makeup.  I hate spending a lot of money on makeup just to test it out.  But this primer is awe-to-tha-some.  Makes your make up slide on so smoothly and really does a good job at holding it in place all day.

6) Fold-over Jersey Skirts from ON -- I know I shop at ON a lot, but for things like this its really a great place.  These skirts are perfect for hot summer days, running errands, work, and you can even pull them up an use as a bathing suit cover-up!  They have these in pretty much every color under the sun. 

That's all I have for today.  But, I've got a Target run planned during lunch so maybe I'll come up with another 'I Like Things' post soon!

I'm not done yet!! {W's Real Birthday}

Raise your hand if you're sick of reading about Wyatt's birthday?

Since I don't see anyone's hand raised, I'm going to go ahead and do one final post.  For this year, anyway.  I swear I have other things to talk about, but I just don't make the time.  I promise I will soon.

Just because I had his party early didn't mean I was going to let W's REAL birthday come and go without making a big deal about it.

He woke up to a "candy donut" breakfast.  He loves donuts, and I never buy them because its much easier to decline his daily request when I honestly don't have any in the house.  But, birthdays are an exception. 

He did not appreciate us singing happy birthday to him, but he sure did enjoy his "gongay"

I had made these cupcakes the night before to send with him to school.  They aren't exactly a thing of beauty but man, they were delicious!  (I accidentally used too much butter in the cake batter ... turns out Paula Deen is onto something, butter really does make things better). 

That afternoon when we got home, he got to open a gift from his sitter and from his Lolly  before while he was waiting for Daddy to come home from work. 

Then we went to Mellow Mushroom --- W loves pizza (and his Mom and Dad do as well).  It seemed like he knew it was his special day because the boy was WILD.  Not bad, just wild.  Thankfully we went early and were sitting nowhere near other patrons so we let him act up.  

Then, we came home and he got to open gifts from us.  He spent the rest of the evening pushing around his newest 'big dump truck' and then we put him to bed. 

I'll do a whole separate lake post, but since I said this was the last birthday post I'll go ahead and include these pictures as well.  Mom stayed up late Friday night making this adorable cake so that we could sing to him/celebrate one last time!

Isn't it cute?  All Wyatt cared about was the "birthday truck"

Again, he didn't like the singing.

And didn't want to blow out the candle. 

But he did LOVE the birthday truck and the candy it was hauling!

For one last time, Happy 2nd Birthday, Wyatt!