Pearce

The week after Christmas, we had more visitors! Carrie, Chris, and Pearce came to our house so we could do Christmas with them. And then Chris went home the next day and Carrie and Pearce stayed the rest of the week. Pearce is so funny in that he ADORES Nathan and Charlotte! I never hear Pearce laugh so hard and uncontrollably as he does when he is around Nathan. I swear, Nathan could just jump and Pearce would start laughing. It is the funniest thing. And Charlotte tries so hard to compete with Nay Nay. Pearce thinks Charlotte is fun to be with, but Nathan is his idol. And Nathan just loves having that title. So the whole time they were here, it was loud, energetic, crazy, and funny. The only down time the three got was when Pearce took a nap or it was bed time. Carrie and I agreed that even though they were crazy together, at least they were all having fun. Carrie and Pearce stayed with me through New Year's and then went to Mama and Papa's house. 

We opened presents Saturday night. On Sunday, we just hung out and ran a few errands. Monday was a fun day. We met Mama at the Shops at Legacy and ate lunch at Benihana...the restaurant where the chef cooks on your table. Nathan and Charlotte had never been there before but LOVED it! They loved it for different reasons though. Nathan liked the entertaining cook and all of the food. Charlotte only liked the entertaining chef and NONE of the food. She didn't eat a single bite, only drank her lemonade and took pictures. The chef was so great. He did things like throw an egg (still in the shell) up high, catch it on a metal spatula and then spin it around on the edge of the spatula and flip it into his hat! Then packed a bowl full of rice and flipped that whole thing up in the air. Plus he was just funny with the kids. 

After lunch, we went to the ice cream shop. Charlotte did eat here. Then we went to JoAnn's to get some supplies for Pearce's birthday. Petland, a puppy store happened to be right next door, so we couldn't help ourselves. OH MY GOSH! Those puppies were so cute. I think we held four!

The next day we tried out a new play area by my house called The Play Street Museum. It was really neat because it's an indoor play area with a miniature town set up. There was a Kroger, a vet, a fire station, a restaurant, a school house. It was perfect for kids to play and be imaginative. Plus each little building was stocked with all sorts of props. Charlotte was in Heaven. We were there for about 2 hours, and I think she could have stayed longer! The boys had fun too, but Nathan got a little bored after a while. After that, we went to Costco to shop and look around, but mainly to eat! We got huge pizza slices and then sampled all of the food and snacks they had in every aisle. 

On New Year's Eve, Mama and Papa came over to keep our angels while Carrie and I met Wayne for dinner and a movie. We went to Northpark mall to see American Sniper. We ate dinner at Kona Grill first and then saw the best movie we've seen in a long time! LOVED IT!!!!

As always, we had the best time. It is so great to see our kids have so much fun together!