May 29th

Happy Memorial Day weekend!!  Ours has been amazing so far!  A few weeks ago, Matt and I decided that we each wanted to have some one on one time with the big kids.  So Matt decided to take Matthew to his first Braves game, and I wanted to take Caitlin out to lunch and to the American Girl store. 

Caitlin and I left around 10:30 with dolls in tow:

Neither of us had ever been to the store, and we were so excited!  It was also fun being able to go somewhere without a stroller, diaper bag, formula, etc., etc., etc.!!!  After about an hour drive, we arrived:

It was so much fun to wander through the store with no time constraints-and thanks to Grandma, Caitlin had $50 to spend on whatever she wanted!  We looked and looked:

Eventually she settled on getting her dolls ears pierced, a book about how to set up a school for your doll and a mini doll...

I'm really not sure who had more fun...

And yes, that is the American Girl doll I got when I was around Caitlin's age...

After we got our fill of shopping, we headed out for lunch.  Caitlin wanted to do something "fancy" and thought a Mexican restaurant would be perfect ;)...

We decided to sit outside

Ladies lunch!

A cheese quesadilla, cheese dip and sundae later...it was time to head home.  Next up...Matt and Matthew headed to the Braves game:

And they were in for a BIG surprise...see these tickets?

They were for nosebleed seats.  It was all we could afford and we figured that some Braves (even teeny tiny far away Braves) were better than no Braves. 

So they were off.  The minute they walked in the gate they were stopped by a lady who gave them two tickets, THIRTEEN ROWS BEHIND HOME PLATE!!!!!  She had two extras for people who never showed up.   The view was AMAZING:

Not only were the seats great, but the tickets also each had $10 vouchers for food/merchandise.  So Matthew got this:

It was the biggest hot dog Matthew had ever seen!

Then, he got this:

Because who wants to do the tomahawk chop with no tomahawk??

While the trip was for Matthew, I'm pretty sure Matt enjoyed it as much or more than he did:

According to Matt, the game could not have been more perfect.  Matthew got to see Jason Heyward (#22 from his sign) hit a home run on his first at bat, Got to see Bobby Cox almost get kicked out of the game, and the Braves won 6-3.  Also?  He got to stay up WAY past his bedtime and have a Dr. Pepper.  A sure sign that Daddy was in charge!!

On our way home from our shopping excursion, Caitlin decided that May 29th had become a family tradition-from now on, it would be the day that she and I do something fun, and Matt and Matthew do something fun.  I'm definitely in!!!