the day before "the" day

Tomorrow is The Mayor's surgery so I wanted to make sure today was a really great day. He will have to take it pretty easy for the next week so I really wanted his last fun day for a week to be a jammed packed one. And it was.

We started the morning with some fun play time with The Mayor and Love Bug. Love Bug was cracking us up with the goggles. She normally wants them on and then immediately takes them off, but this morning she just walked around with these big ole goggles on her face. The daintiness of Love Bug with the big goggles just got me tickled.

making her "big eyes"

Soon our favorite little cousin from Charlotte (soon to be Nashville) came by for a play date. Bennett was supposed to join in on the cousin fun but he came down with a nasty virus. We missed our Bennett but The Mayor, Love Bug and Sydney had a blast playing together. They were all so cute sharing and following each other around...especially Love Bug. She loved having her older cousin here. Love Bug wanted to do everything Sydney did...she played with the trains Sydney played with, followed her around the room and even wanted to wear Sydney's hair bow...and Love Bug doesn't like to wear hair bows. But she wanted to do what her big cousin was doing. Hoping to see Sydney again this week before they head to their new home in Nashville.

sweet Sydney

After our fun playdate, we went to lunch with The Mayor's BFF. It had been weeks since we had seen Blake so we were long overdue. We went to our favorite lunch spot and enjoyed a yummy lunch together. After lunch, we hit a local playground to burn off some more energy. The weather was beyond perfect and there wasn't a soul at the playground. The kids had so much fun running around for an hour...and sweet little Love Bug tried to keep up with the big boys...she isn't quite as fast as them...yet. Time flew by and before we knew it, it was time to load up and get Love Bug home for a nap.

The Mayor has been resting while I finished up some chores and now we are waiting for Love Bug to wake up. D should be home in about an hour and then we will get working on dinner. We have an early morning tomorrow so we all need to get some good rest tonight. Totally dreading tomorrow but prayerful it will help The Mayor feel better.