Oatmeal

So, my mom just left from a fabulous visit. Well, it was fabulous for me, and she SWEARS it was fabulous for her...but she was sick the whole time. Throughout the night I could hear her coughing. I thought FOR SURE she'd lose a lung. But, she's back home safely in the USA with both of her lungs. Whew! (That was close).

Anyway, the very first thing she did when she got off the plane, after kissing Weslee mercilessly was hand him a hand-crafted, homemade-with-love little bunny that my sister in law made for him. Mom and I thought he should have a British name since we are having this fabulous UK adventure for the next few years. We called him "King Henry". We called him that for approximately 12 hours. But, Wes had his own ideas for this bunny's name. He named him "Oatmeal".

It's an appropriate name. He looks like oatmeal. Weslee likes oatmeal. So, it's a compliment to the bunny. Anyway, he loves sleeping with Oatmeal now along with "Sheepie" (his partner in crime and his best comforter) and Port-a-Peep, the smaller, more portable version of Sheepie.

Anyway, this is a shout out to Tessa, my very gifted Sister in Law. Thank you, thank you for the cute bunny. And to all of you who don't know Tessa, she makes the most awesome vintage stuff. Check her out at http://www.tessamariearanda.com/.

New House

Nani sent a box of birthday gifts for you a few weeks back. This mammoth box almost killed me to lug to the car (and the whole while I was worried that you were running into oncoming traffic at the post office because I couldn't see a darn thing while carrying it). It wouldn't fit into the trunk. It barely fit into the backseat. It sat in the house, waiting for Nani's arrival and I tripped over it more times that I would like to admit. And then, you gave me a brilliant idea! You tried climbing into a very small box, but you wouldn't fit.

I immediately got to work on emptying the mammoth box and storing all of your gifts in the closet until Nani arrives. Then, we took a knife and some crayons to the box to make the MOST AWESOME HOUSE EVER! You love this thing. You sat in it reading books to "Sheepie" for over half an hour the first night we made it. Since then, you've pushed it down the stairs to sit in while you watch movies, and right now, it's outside where you had lunch. You and Sheepie have had alot of fun in your new little house.

Mayfair Date

After my impromptu photo shoot today with one of my Young Women, Weslee and I hit the RAF Mildenhall Mayfair event. We made it a "date". Weslee loved it! He got to pet the owls from a local wildlife reserve and even ride the teacups (he chose the pink one). I was worried that he wouldn't stay on the teacups by himself, but he rode them the entire 5 minutes, twirling his cup around and around, shouting "WOW, Mom, WOW" the entire time. It was so fun to see his face each time he would pass me. He was spinning himself so quickly, it was hard to get a picture of his face at all. We had a fun time. I love going on "dates" with my little man!