The Countdown Begins...

Davey wanted me to start the official countdown to the big day. As we were counting the days till his birthday, he kinda figured it out that in five days he will turn "5"! And he obviously felt it was important to blog.
The exact conversation was like this...
" Mommy, I tink you should put it on the computer thingy."
"What would you like me to write, Davey?"
"Werlll, you know, me turning pive. You know, my birtday is in pive days. You need to write pive mommy... f-i-f-e!"
"Davey, are you sure that's how you spell five?"
" Of course Mommy, you tink a boy that turns pive knows how to spell pive!"
"Well maybe you could say something about how you feel about turning five?"
"Mommy, I told you already. I turn pive in pive days. I am not pive yet."
"Yes, Davey but..."
"Mommy just write what I said about pive, please"

So Davey will be "pive" in "pive" days.

OH, he told me I spelled it wrong!
AHHHHH

Alone Time

Our friends Kim & Cole moved in with us two weeks ago to help in the sharing of finances during this negative economic period.

It is crazy having two 5-year olds in the house. It is true that Davey & I stay so busy that we only see them in the evenings and on weekends, but it is different in the amount of toys that 1 child has verses 2!

Davey & I escaped to the park one day to spend some one-on-one time and relax on not-to-hot day. The park is near a small air field http://www.pdkairport.org/whats_new.asp and the kids get to watch the planes take off and land. When Davey was younger it was exciting, now the ear damaging noise and toxic jet fumes make it a "once in a while" park to visit.

Davey & I are excited to have our friends so close, and Kim & I have a new respect for live-in babysitters!!

More adventures to come!

We love our Florida Family

Davey's Great Grandma turned 90 this past weekend and the whole family gathered together in Ocala, Florida to give her a great party. The only problem is... what do you give a person that has everything, and asks for nothing?

So her 4 children and grandchildren spent time re-landscaping her yard. Davey threw himself into helping out anywhere he could. He said his favorite part was playing with the hose. Well, what 4 year old doesn't enjoy playing in the water?? But we had a fun and productive morning and by afternoon- we were ready for the party.

I have watched Davey thrive around our family in Florida with every visit we make. And even though he is the only young child, he does enjoy hammin' it up for all to see. I love that he is seeing 3 generations of Belks and learning family ways, jokes, and memories!

Rewind- back to July

When Davey spent the week with his Lou & Poppy back in July- or was it June? He became an official "tuber". To those that have ever spent time in the mountain waters of Townsend, TN or in this case Cherokee, NC- you will know that the art of tubing is not for the weak. When that current takes a hold of you, there may be no stopping. And do not take the wrong route and go down the falls... Ahhhhhh!

But I knew he would have fun and his Lou & Poppy were more protective then I would have been. Love those purple water wings- they were a fill in for his ones at home!

Happy Tubing everybody!

A Camping we will go!

Another fun adventure in the life of Davey! This trip took us camping to Red Top Mountain State Park near Cartersville. Only 45 min from Atlanta, and you feel as though you've entered another world.

We had a super fun Mommy and Davey weekend camping out in our tent, swimming in the lake, and taking nature hikes. Oh, let me not forget Davey's favorite part which had to do mostly with the campfire and smores. It was alot of fun and our primary focus was spending some well needed alone time to laugh and make memories. In fact spending time with my 4 year old son, is by far the most rewarding and best part of my day.