Brinkley Nap, Posing and a Flower Box - 116/365

Today I was just going to get some stuff done for the trip!

While I was doing chores, Reagan was just playing and then talking with Brinkley. I went through the kitchen and saw she had covered him up and gave him her most precious friends to nap with. It was the cutest thing.

Once I finished up the chores, Reagan and I went up to Penny's and Khol's to get a few tops for the trip. Reagan just loves seeing the mannequins. She loves to stand by them and pose. At Penny's she's in heaven because there is usually a couple together to pose with. It was a hoot.

 This evening, Jimmy and Reagan played while I made a flower box for Ursuline's Teacher Appreciation week. They wanted 5 flowers each with a nice quote about teaching. The theme of the week was rainbows and "color me happy." I think it came out great!

Brinkley taking his nap.

 My little poser

 Flower box.



Eggshelland - 89/365

Today we were heading back up to Legacy to exchange some shorts at Janie & Jack.

Luckily when we got there, there was another new line, so we picked up a few more things! It's so nice to finally see the Spring stuff. I was getting worried she wouldn't have anything with that dock strike!!

After our exchange, we did our lunch at Brio!

After Brio, we headed over to a little store that was turned into Eggshelland.  We visited the original Eggshelland a couple years ago. Ron Manolio displayed the brightly colored eggs in different designs on his own front yard, for more than 55 years. We even got the chance to meet him during our visit. He was such a sweet man. He, unfortunately, passed on two years ago, so "The Euclid Beach Boys" wanted to carry on the tradition, and continued the display. It's so great to see such a wonderful tradition live on! They did a great job!

It happened to be right next to the Crate & Barrel, so of course we had to take a quick spin through there. Reagan was loving trying out all the patio furniture. If we ever held a "Match Your Patio Furniture (similar to "match your bedroom") she would have won hands down!

We had a great day!

Eggshelland!

 Taking a spin!

 Match the Patio Furniture!

 

Papa Greg Birthday - 85/365

Today was a busy day!

Jim headed off to work and Reagan and I headed off to the preschool.

I was going to help box up the Easter Candy chocolate orders. It was a pretty big order but we were able to get it all done in the two and half hours! It worked out great!

After school, we went running a few errands. Once place was Target. Reagan was being all silly in the buggy putting her feet every which way. She's a nut!

After errands, it was time for ballet. When we got out of the car, Reagan arranged all her friends in her booster with the seat belt on, so they would be safe while we were in class. LOL! It was precious!

This evening, Reagan and Jim went over to Papa Greg's to visit him for his birthday! They had a great little visit and Papa Greg loved the Mickey golf card Reagan made for him! He was so happy to see them!

I had made plans with Deanna and Stephanie to meet up at Inner Circle for a quick dinner, so I met them! We had some awesome girl talk! Love those ladies!

Crazy Buggy Girl!

 Friends are safe!

 Happy Birthday, Papa Greg!

Dirty Dancing - 74/365

It was a lazy morning! We all hung around the house and just played and did some chores.

This evening, Jim and I were heading to Cleveland to finally use my Christmas present. He had gotten me tickets for the Dirty Dancing stage show. I was so excited!

Before we headed up, we decided to have some dinner at Nicolini's in Austintown. It's always so quick and yummy! We had a lovely dinner!

The show itself was great! It followed the movie pretty well. The girl that played "Baby" was awesome! She had all the same mannerisms. We both really enjoyed it.

While we were there, Reagan had a PJ party at Nana's! They played this evening and had some yummy dinner at Stonebridge!

Ready for the show!

 Being silly in the parking lot!

 Relaxing after dinner!

 

Princesses on Parade & YSU - 66/365

Today we were doing Princesses on Parade at the Dutch Haus Village Inn. It was a really fun event.

Reagan dcided she wanted to go as Belle. I was happy, because we have photographed her in her other nice dresses, so this would give us some new pictures.

We wanted to give her some authentic Belle hair, so Reagan and I watched a YouTube video on how to do it. It was relatively easy and really came out fantastic. I was so proud of myself! LOL! She looked amazing!

Nana, Reagan and I headed down right at 2, to get registered. It was so darling how they had everything set up. They had chair covers with blue ties, glass slipper and flowers for centerpieces. The runway was amazing! It was decorated with lots of tulle and twinkle lights. Reagan was in awe of everything.

Next, we went over and got her make-up done. They had a couple makeup artists from Mary Kay there to do the girls makeup. They did it nice and soft. It looked perfect on them.

After, they had a professional photographer with a beautiful backdrop take pictures of all the princesses.

Finally, everyone was settled at their tables and the program started. Cinderella, Belle and the Royal King all stood up and said a little something, then the princess parade began.

Reagan was acutally number one! It was too cute! She was the first one to hit the runway. It was probably for the best, so she didn't have time to get nervous. She walked right up and down the runway. You could tell she was shy. When she got to the end where they take pictures, her eyes were a little watery, but she was holding it together. She turned around and headed back to the stairs to get down. When she got down the stairs and back over to me, she burst into tears for a minute. It was adorable and pitiful all at the same time. She said she was a little bit scared with everyone looking at her. After she settled down a little bit, she loved watching all the other princesses parade down the runway.

At the end, they had a yummy dinner of turkey breast, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, ham and bread. It was delicious!

After we ate, all the girls had a fun time parading up and down the runway again. They went up an down and up and down about 100 times! It was a hoot!

Jim and Papa came a little bit late to the Parade. Papa made it for the runway walk, and Jim made it for the dinner.

Jimmy already had plans with Greg and Frank to check out the YSU woman's basketball game. They had a nice lunch at O'Donald's first before taking in the game.

The game itself was a blowout with a score of 80-57 over Valparaiso. With that win the girls earned a first round home game in the playoffs! Go Guins!

They guys were stoked because they saw Jim Tressel at the game. They also got a picture with Pete the Penquin. They had a fun time!

This evening we just hung around and watched TV. Reagan was exhausted from her princess filled day!

The beautiful hall

 Primping!

 More primping

 Runway model

 Our beautiful Bell with Nana and Papa

 Smooching daddy

Me and my girl...

The boys at the game!

 

Reagan Nana's & Mark Painting - 324/365

The doors were finally finished and Mark was here to paint them! YAY!

He was going to paint all our trim around the front and the inside of the sliding door. He is going to wait to paint the outside front and the door itself till the spring, when he can spray them. 

I was feeling slightly better today, but was going to spend another day being lazy. 

Reagan spent the day playing at Nana's house. Nana was nice enough to take her, while I spent one more day recovering and to help keep her out of Mark's way. I would use the lazy time to do some online Christmas shopping!

Reagan and Nana had a great day playing. Then this evening they went to Tippy. Nana decided to just keep Reagan overnight, to help shield her from the funk going around our house. 

Reagan just loves her PJ parties at Nana's house!

Hanging Nana's new clings....

 Hanging with her friends in the tent.

Little sweetie at Tippy! 

YSU - 290/365

Today was going to be a busy one! 

Jim and I were heading out to the YSU football game with Greg, Nikki, and Uncle Frank. 

There was supposed to be a Boardman Rotary Tailgate, but things fell through at the last minute and it didn't happen. Nana and Papa had already planned to watch her, so they still wanted to keep her for the night.

We started our afternoon at Suzie's Dogs and Drafts to meet a couple of Jim's friends. His friend Mike was in visiting from Utah, so we met with him and his girlfriend for a few beers. Jim's other friend, Crin, came out for a few beverages, too! We had a nice visit with them. 

After that, we met Nikki, Greg and Frank at a tailgate party in the small lot. Greg had passes for a tailgate with food and beer, so we really enjoyed that!

The game itself was good! YSU played awesome and ended up winning 26-14 against Southern Illinois. The weather was not the best though. It was pretty windy, rainy and cold. At one point it looked like it was snowing! It was crazy! We just put on our ponchos and powered through though! We still had a good time!

After the game, Jim and I went over to BW3's in Austintown for some dinner and a night cap. 

Reagan had a great time with Nana and Papa! They went to Tippy for their dinner and dancing. They played games and splashed in the tub! She loves her pj parties at Nana and Papa's!

The crew at the YSU game...

A little cold and wet!

Papa and Reagan enjoying some warm fire at Tippy!

 Getting ready to splish splash in the tub!

Jimmy Buffet - 203/365

It was Buffet day, again!

This was going to be our second go around, this year! We did the limo with Ron and Rachel and everyone, but we still wanted to go again!

We were seeing the First Niagara show tonight. We did our traditional tailgate with subway and a few beers then headed into the show.

The guy at the gate gave me a huge hassle about the camera I ALWAYS bring in. I attend a "few" concerts a year...lol....I know what camera I can bring and what not. Oh well. I went and asked customer service inside if it was a new policy and they said I should have been able to bring it in, and I could go get it if I wanted it. At that point though, it wasn't worth it to go all the way back out to the car.

The concert itself was great! He never disappoints. We just never want the day to come that he finally retires. Summer won't be the same without Buffet!

 

 We had a lovely date night together!

Reagan and Brinkley were having a PJ party at Nana & Papa's. They were going to head over to Tippy tonight for a little dinner and then a spin on a golf cart. That is becoming Reagan's new favorite thing, riding the golf cart! She got all dolled up and they were ready go. But not before, Reagan dressed up Nana, Papa and Brinkley with beautiful flowers in their hair!

To close out their night, Reagan had to stop and see Putter! They had a great time!

Buffet

 Date night

 His set is awesome

Our sweetie ready for Tippy

Beautiful hair flowers

Putter

 

Disney Depression - 187/365

Today we had to head home from our fun holiday weekend. We had such a great time and always hate leaving sunny Florida.

We had our last breakfast at the Pepper Market and we did a little shopping at Downtown Disney before we headed home.

When we finally got to the airport, Reagan was a little wound up. I think it was just exhaustion from all our fun and very late nights for her. She kept crawling under Jim's legs at the airport. It was pretty funny.

When we got on the plane, everything we did for Reagan was wrong. And everything we offered her to do, was wrong. She had a 10 minute meltdown that I'm sure the people around us enjoyed! LOL! In the words of Ruthie "Oh well, what the hell."

Eventually, she did calm down. She hugged on Mr. Fuzzy and took a little snooze. The rest of the flight was uneventful.

When we got home, Brinkley was waiting for us and Nana had stocked the house with groceries. It was great! I unpacked and then we plopped down and watched some television!

Silly girl

 Disney Depression setting in

 Mr. Fuzzy cuddles