Memorial Day Weekend 2009

We had a fun Memorial Day Weekend.

On Saturday, we drove down to Court's parents house for a crawfish boil and swimming with cousins. We had a blast! Meredith really enjoyed playing in the water and was sad when it was time to get out. Court enjoyed the crawfish, and even coaxed me into trying some. It really wasn't that bad, I just don't like to eat things that are looking back at me. I kept hearing people talking about sucking the heads and I was grossed out. Ew! LOL. But I did eat some corn that was so spicy that it almost burned my lips off, and a hamburger and a whole lot of other yummy stuff! Fun times! I love my in-laws!

On Sunday we went to church and then later that evening went to our friends the McDaniels' house and cooked hot dogs and 'smores over their fire pit. The grown ups sat and visited while the kids jumped on the trampoline and played on the swing set. It started raining after a while, so we had to pack it in and call it a night, but we had a lot of fun!

Then on Monday, we had a quiet, low-key day at home. Court has been working so much and so busy with school, it was nice to just be home together. We played Mario Cart on the Xbox, watched the Land of the Lost marathon on the SciFi Network, took naps and went and walked around the mall. It was awesome! The most exciting part of the day for Meredith was when she got her new kitchen play set. Some friends of ours are moving (we're going to miss the Huntsmans a lot) and they had a fun kitchen play set and a kids sized table and chairs that they didn't want to have to move. So, they kindly gave them to Meredith. Since her birthday is in two weeks, it was perfect timing! We haven't been able to get Meredith out of that kitchen! Thank you so much Huntsmans! That kitchen will definitely get used A LOT!

Here's some pictures and video of our weekend fun...

Swimming with Cousins and Aunt Kim!

Meredith's New Kitchen!!

And here's some video of swimming and playing in the new kitchen...

Where A Kid Can Be A Kid!!

While Court was in Chicago for work, I spent the week at his parent's house. It was a really nice getaway, and Meredith really had fun spending time with Awna D, Geezer, and her aunts and uncles. She got to go play at the splash park, the mall, and even Chuck E. Cheese! It was a very busy, very fun-filled week!

On Wednesday, my sister-in-law Kim and I took Meredith to Chuck E. Cheese. We met up with Kim's friend Maren, whose husband is the manager of the local CEC. He gave us a GREAT deal on pizza and tokens (Thanks Ryan!). It was Meredith's first time in the land of the big Cheese...or "Chuckie Mouse" as she calls him. When we first walked into the dining area where they had the big animatronic (or whatever it's called) Chuck E. Cheese, she was a bit nervous...I took her down to this little dance floor they had where she could see herself dancing on a T.V. monitor. That totally changed her mood and from then on out it was go, go, go...when the pizza finally came, she wasn't too interested because she was so busy waving and yelling "Hi Chuckie Mouse!" and dancing...always dancing. Meredith's favorite thing to do with the tokens was to ride all the fun kiddie rides...her favorite being a little crousel. It had three horses that were small enough, and went around slow enough, that she could ride it all by herself. She must have ridden that thing for a good 30 minutes. I had to force her to get off of it. When it was time to go, she was sad and kept running away and climbing on the rides. I had my hands full of the diaper bag and drinks and had to keep setting them down to chase after her. I'd get her back by me and start picking up the drinks and diaper bag again and then she'd take off running! Ugh! But I finally got her out the door and into the car. She was fast asleep by the time we pulled out of the parking lot. Oh what fun "Chuckie Mouse" is! The only downer was that Court wasn't there to witness it all!

Here are some pictures and a short video of our fun in Chuckieland!

I Like to Move It, Move It!

Here's some more video of Meredith dancing...we were watching American Idol and when Daughtry came on, she started cutting a rug! The other video is of her looking at a book with her dad. She'll be 2 next month...I think she talks very well for not even being 2 yet!

My Funny Meredith

Meredith has been making me laugh all morning. She does the funniest things sometimes! This morning I've been working on laundry, so she's been entertaining herself. I about died laughing when I came out of the bedroom with a load of laundry and found her sitting on the couch reading...with her bunny ears on, but pushed to the back of her head. Maybe I'm just punchy today, but that made me laugh, so then I grabbed my camera and started videoing her, and eventually got her dancing!

Here she is reading with the bunny ears on.

And here she is dancing!