this week's riley-isms and strawberry cake

This week Riley wants to go back to "city dodder city" and the alphabet song goes like this: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,"ELMO P", ETC.
and.... "i not like a pee-pee in da potty"

A nurse brought this strawberry cake to work and it was SOO good that I had two pieces before I found out what was in it or else I would have kept going!

yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1 cup oil
1 small box of strawberry jello
1/2 c. water
1/2 c. smashed strawberries

bake at 300 for 30min.

icing
1 stick butter
1LB powered sugar
1/2 cup smashed strawberries.

IT WAS YUMMY, YUMMY! TRY IT TODAY. YOU'LL BE FAT AND HAPPY IF YOU EAT THE WHOLE THING.
THANK YOU.

The trickster and the potty trainer

Does HE look up to something?

Be careful what you teach the toddler. It might come back to bite ya! He's got a trick up his sleeve. See him at work?

Waiting for just the right moment

THE REACTION


Today we will refer to the commander as "the potty trainer". He put his commander skills to work for a few hours when I headed to work. I am told there are several wet pairs of underwear that need to be washed and it took some "tough love".
I saw a boy sprint the potty for the first time ever and pee in it so it must have worked (for now anyway).
Here's the big guy with his sticker reward.

walmart events

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Carrie Underwood! She's been my favorite idol and singer since I helped her win way back when. She and Keith Urban sang for the Walmart shareholders meeting Thurs night so I went with some friends. I must admit that I was only there to see Carrie and would have left after she sang, but man am I glad we stayed! Keith stole the show and impressed me. So, now I'm a fan of his. He interacted with the audience, signed his guitar, and gave it to someone in the stands! HE ROCKS! T.Dogg pointed out that he also ran 100yards while singing and still did a great job!
I had to stop for a minute and take it all in...watching my favorite singer with friends, in my favorite stadium, with great weather in june!
Thanks Walmart for the concert in RAzorback stadium!
I couldn't sit through the numbers meeting if I had to, but Tim Mcgraw was the surprise entertainer on Friday along with Tony Bennett, Queen Latifah, David Cook, and some others.
It was fun. Too bad I didn't make it to the vendor fair :(
(must get something done with the hair after seeing that pic! UGHHH!

Silver Dollar City

Maybe it should be called "Steal your dollar city"...NO, it was fun.
We spent Tuesday and this morning taking in all the amusement rides.

Tall enough to ride the big rides (fire in the hole is my favorite)


getting wet on the water log ride


ON STRIKE from standing in lines. I have to brag on the little fella. He did SO GOOD all day and was such a trooper on Tues. I can't really say the same for today, but I think he probably had his fill by today.



Take it from me. Don't stand with your foot over a geyser while unknowingly standing directly over another one. You will spend the rest of the afternoon looking and feeling as though you had an accident in your pants.

Does this look like a boy who threw not one, but two fits on two different kiddie rides and had to get off before the ride started. I guess he's more of a fire in the hole, water log kind of ride kid. In the mean time, picture Ross riding the kiddie ride by himself. That was amusing.

monday

the beginning of my 3day vacation started with a chick fil a breakfast, quick trip by work...(loved the feeling of walking away at 9am), a short trip to the mall and now poolside.
think blue skies, chocolate cake and ice cream, and an assortment of candy from candy craze. does it get any better? (we'll worry about the LBs from this day later)
the commander will join us at 3 for the start of his vacation. i think we'll cook out and have a movie night. i was asleep too early last night.
tomorrow, it's all about silver dollar city fun. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

A must have!

I got this grapefruit knife this week and Solar wasn't aware of such a device so I thought I should share especially since it cut my fruit so perfectly. It's shaped just right to get the center.

The commander walked in as I was preparing my snack and said he got "the best movie ever". I wonder if he meant the chick flick??

All Aboard!

Destination: Riley's birthday bash!



We had a fun time at Riley's party. It rained all day, but that just added to the fun at the end of the party. A HUGE thanks to my mom for fixing the adorable cupcakes.
Sam's dad works for a local news station so he was able to get some good video of the boys playing in the water.
(click on the pictures for a better view)