Last Beach Trip of the Season!

Last week, Will and I made our first road trip together to the beach. We couldn't pass up the opportunity of one last beach trip before the summer ended....so off we went! We were also able to convince some friends to come and play with us for a couple days while were there too!

The Kiefer girls came down on Sunday and we hit up the beach, playground, Sunset Slush and Sharkey's for dinner. Will had a blast playing with all of their dolls, princesses and girlie toys while they were there.

His new trick!

In between visitors, we had a couple days to ourselves where we walked along the boardwalk in the marsh, went shopping and had some "Mommy and Will" time at the beach.

This little monkey was so well-behaved and an awesome sleeper while we were there :)

Next, the Hepps rolled into town! The kiddos had fun playing with the trucks on the beach, watching Ms. Jodie fly the kite and eat ice cream before dinner on Thursday night!

Thanks for coming friends! So glad you all could squeeze in some time to visit us down at OIB!

Hot Topics Around Our House

MiMi found these books titled, Hands Are Not for Hitting and Teeth Are Not for Biting and thought they may help reinforcing better choices to Will. These two books are going to read as our nightly ritual until this "wonderful" stage ends. On the upside, at least no friends have fallen victim to his little pearly whites, only momma and dadda!

This is what happens when....

your mom drops you off with 2 girls!! My friend, Cori was nice enough to watch Will while I went to an appointment and little guy was introduced to the princess world! He even participated in Caitlin and Maya's tea party....what a sweetheart!

I have to say, he is one cute Cinderella if I do say so myself!

Team Pfanny-Team of 4!

Come January, we will have a new addition to our little family! We are so excited and look forward to finding out what we'll be having in a few weeks :)

Lake Time with the Pfam!

Last week at the lake we did lots of floating,

Had deep conversations with Cousin Will about music, boats and bonds ;)

Played in the hot tub with Aunt Amy and Grandpa Dave

Watched Ash let the carp lick the peanut butter off his toes at the marina

Had some good Pfanmiller Pfamily time!

Practiced my swimming with Aunt MoMo

Spent lots of time sitting with Uncle Bob and calling out his name! So cute!

Taught the baby how to shred- one proud daddy!

One fun week at Smith Mountain Lake :) Thanks Great Grandma Pfanmiller for another fun vacation!

You've Got a Minute to Win It!

I dread shower games more than anyone, however, so we hosted a fun shower and hilarious games for our friends, Ashley and Kelly's "Stock the Bar" party here at the lake. First, up was potato sack relay races!

We divided into 4 teams and put a potato down one leg of a pair of panty hose and tied the other leg around our waist. Each person had to do a few pelvic thrusts to push their ball to the end and then pass it off to the next person. All 15 of us laughed so hard with this event!

Game #2: Take It to the Face!
Each person had to place a cookie on their forehead and work it down to their mouth.

Adam and Grandpa Dave were very serious competing in this event

Game #3: Mad Dog!
Kalin and Will raced to see who could empty their tictac containers the fastest while they were taped to the end of a ruler. Perfect event for these two!

Game #4: A Bit Dicey!
This took serious concentration, but Kate and Adam handled the pressure well. They both were able to place a popsicle stick in their mouth and balance the dice on top of each other.

Game #5: Baby Blockin'
Place a plate on your head and try to stack 5 baby blocks....not as easy as it looks!

Game #6: Noodlin' Around
We raced boys vs. girls to see which team could slide 4 penne pasta noodles onto their spaghetti noodle.
Game #7: Caddy Stack!
We determined that this game needs more determination than we were willing to give....oh well. Stacking 3 golf balls was not the easiest task to complete.

Overall, the games were a hit, the shower was awesome and the whole gang had tons of laughs!

Marbles with Mimi and Mommy

Last Friday we took Will to Marbles downtown to run inside the A/C and boy, did this child LOVE this place!

He would run from exhibit to exhibit with excitement!

He loved driving Mimi in the ambulance, squirting the hose on the firetruck and cruising around in his sports car.

Such a little cutie!!!

Hiking with a Tot

We try to get out once a day to do something fun (play date, park, museum, pool and etc.) Yesterday we chose to visit Blue Jay Point Park. It backs up to Falls Lake, so we see it from the water all the time, however, it had been awhile since we had been on the other side. Will started off on the playground where everything was very HOT to touch. He didn't care and insisted on going down the tunnel slide over and over!

After some playground time (and lots of sweating!) we hiked a quick trail down to the water.

It was only a .2 mile trail, however, it took us a hour to complete it!

Little stuff had a blast picking up sticks, looking at leaves and throwing rocks into the lake. I love that I am able to stay at home with this sweet boy!

A little bit of SUGAR & PEACE

Can't go shopping and out to lunch in Cameron Village without stopping by our favorite cupcake shop! MiMi took us out to lunch at Cafe Carolina and then we hit up Gigi's Cupcakes for dessert. This time they had little mini cupakes - perfect for the little man!

He demolished two in about .2 seconds!

Then we visited Peace College where MiMi went to school. She wanted to visit the bookstore and purchase some t-shirts before it changes its name and turns co-ed this fall.

We walked around the campus while MiMi pointed out her dorm rooms.

Another fun summer day!

Take it to the Rock!

We have made some great friends in our neighborhood over the past 5 years. One of our favorite families moved to Rock Hill, SC a couple years ago and we have remained in touch by visiting each other about twice a year. The Krugs hosted us last weekend and we all had so much fun watching the three boys play together!

Saturday morning, we went to the neighborhood splash park before it got hot. We all had fun in the water and it was the perfect activity to wear out the little ones.

This was the best picture I could get of the three boys! Thanks for having us Krugs! We especially loved all of the food (cupcakes at the top of the list!). Can't wait to see our Rock Thrillers again soon!