Sea World

We rounded out summer vacation with a few days away to Orlando spent at Sea World.  It's been years and years since I'd been to Sea World, and the boys had never been.  It was typical steamy Florida-in-August weather (h.o.t.), but we split it up into two days and the boys had such fun.

We ended up being able to get passes that are good for the rest of the year, so we're hoping to make another trip in the fall (with Daddy in tow) when the weather's better.  And just maybe we can talk him into Disney too!  (shhh!)

 

Sea World - Day 1 (with matching applique shirts, naturally)

 

Briggy and B watching the dolphins

 

Say "cheese!" -- waiting on the Shamu show to begin

 

Riding Sea World's version of the "teacups"

 

Joe Kool

 

View from the Sky Tower

 

Sea World -- Day 2

InstaFriday

Made it to week 2 of Instagram fun!  Linking up with Life. Rearranged. for InstaFriday.

 

 

Here's a quick rundown of our week through the lens of Instagram...

 

This boy made a very early start on Friday morning.  Apparently he didn't get the memo that Mama gets 30 minutes of quiet with her coffee before anyone else makes a peep. 

Cheerios for him.  Coffee for me.  Quiet for both. 

 

 Camo hat Friday!  J always says there's somethin' special bout a girl not afraid of a lil camo.  Agreed.

 

"Goin' out with my boots on"... as in Date Night!  Applebee's/Target/Lowe's/DQ kinda date night.  Without the kids. Bliss.

 

Went roller skating with our bro-/sis-in-law Sunday night...both boys' first time and mine & J's first time in 20+ years.  So. Much. Fun. 

 

This critter was fearless with his strap-on skates.  Completely in his own little world the whole night.  Better known as "Briggyville."

 

Laboring as little as possible on Monday (Labor Day) morning.  Coffee and Backyardigans - nice.

 

Decided being lazy wasn't for me and put out my fall decor. 

Yes, I'm aware this is Florida and it's still 90+ degrees outside. 

Yes, I'm aware the above-pictured banner refers to Thanksgiving. 

Yes, I'm aware Thanksgiving is 2+ months away. 

Pretty sure I need the reminder to be grateful in all things. every. day.   

 

Stitched up a little applique tee for Mr. Mason's Mickey Mouse themed 1st birthday party.  (say that 5 times fast)

 

Found this on Pinterest -- Pancakes baked in a muffin tin with sausage/bacon inside. 

Bake and dip in syrup. 

A huge hit!

 

Evening walk with the boys (as well as 4 trillion love bugs)

 

Snagged this at Walmart...smells just like the real deal.  Harrison came home from school and asked where the cookies were because he thought I'd baked cookies.  Good stuff.

 

 

Thanks for checking in with us -- Have a great week!

Wordless Wednesday

(almost forgot to post this because I secretly thought today was Tuesday...I can thank the holiday weekend for that)

 

Sanibel 2012

InstaFriday

Happy Friday!  I stumbled upon InstaFriday courtesy of Lindsey over at the Pleated Poppy.  It's basically a rundown of the week's moments, funnies, screw-ups, messes, and hilarities...all displayed through Instagram.  Are you excited?  I am.

 

So, this will be a new feature for us every Friday.  I'm already an Instagram-er, so how convenient to upload them to this fun linky party at Life. Rearranged.  (yet another great blog!)  Hoping to link up with her every week

 

Here goes.

 

 

Had an entire Saturday to ourselves school shopping.  We hit two malls, Target, JoAnn and Sephora (both for me), and ended with dinner at Wasabi Japanese.  One-on-one time with my little man doesn't happen too often.

 

Rounded out summer break with one last getaway.  The boys love the pool and play area at The Fountains - our favorite place to stay in Orlando.

 

The main part of our Orlando getaway?  Sea World!  (with matching applique shirts, naturally)

 

Bakin' up peanut butter cookies on a Friday night

 

this + that = best thing ever

 

First day of first grade!

 

Stitched up matching little boy faux bowties for a vintage shoot (post coming soon!)

 

Trying to get back into a daily green smoothie (green thanks to handfuls of fresh spinach).  Though it resembles something in a newborn's diaper, this one was delish -- chocolate/peanut butter/banana

 

This little miss is having a doggy vacation at our house for a few weeks.  Boys are thrilled.  The dog will be in MIA in fear, I'm sure.

 

See ya next week!

 

 

 

Team Chappy...Racing, that is.

Aren't you curious of the country-fried things we do in our spare time??! 

(And by "we," I mean my man and the boys...this isn't my thing) 

 

Justin has had this beater project of a mud truck for years, affectionately named Big Blue.  Probably their favorite thing to do with that truck is haul it to the local mud boggs. 

 

It's a rarity that I join them, but this particular day was Justin's birthday.  Guess I could suck it up and go along, right?? 

 

Big Blue

 

 

 

the Team Chappy pit crew

 

 

Doin' what they do best

Batter Up! Harrison is SIX!

That 6-pound 12-ounce June baby boy of our just turned SIX!  He assures me that six is "grown up...it's first grade, Mama." 

 

Don't remind me. 

 

He had his heart set on a baseball themed birthday party, so I set out "pinning" all things baseball that I could.  And then Strep throat set in. 

 

For me. 

 

Mama got sick. 

 

Needless to say, the party was still fun, but a lot of those great pins got tossed to the wayside.  Bottom line -- Harrison didn't mind at all.  It was his day, his party. 

 

Can't have a June birthday without some water fun to beat the heat...the water slide was a huge hit!

 

Fisher and Harrison crash landing

 

Perhaps the biggest kid of all

 

 

Only Dad would put a $50 bill in a huge empty Frosted Flakes display box!

 

This critter was wore slap out (much like his mother) at the end of the day

"Chapman Outdoorsman Event" -- Father's Day

Father's Day 2012 landed on the weekend that we returned from Sanibel.  And though we were all glad to be home, we couldn't let Father's day go unnoticed. 

 

My mom-in-law came up with the idea of doing an "Outdoorsman Event" for all the men in the family.  They would each have to compete and with each event would get points, which would be totalled at the end.  First place won $100 to Lowe's, 2nd place $50 to Lowe's, 3rd place $25 to Cracker Barrel, and 4th place $25 to Applebee's.

 

It was SO much fun to watch.  These guys are majorly competitive!

 

 

Event 1:  Archery

 

Event 2:  Skeet Shooting

 

 

Event 3:  Pond Fishing

 

 

 

 

The Cheerleading Crew: