Weekend Update

Wishing he could go outside...



Mason is slowly getting better. He's still coughing and wheezing at night getting over the bronchitis, but has been feeling and looking much better. There have been many struggles with taking the "yucky-tasting" medicine, but he's been a trooper throughout the last 2-3 weeks of this junk.
He has been so bored being cooped up in the house and will say things like, "I have allergies" and "I wish the pollen would go away." The rain we had this weekend has helped him some. And this chocolate pudding seemed to make his day...


I have been pricing yard sale stuff and cleaning house all day today while Wayne has been putting new struts on my car. Productive but not much fun.

Memorial Day Weekend

Our long Memorial Day weekend was filled with shopping, eating & more shopping. Wayne went on a 2 night camping/floating trip to the Buffalo River with his brother, so it was just me & Mason all weekend. We shopped for about 2 days straight with my Mom...

We finally tried out the Green Bean (a restaurant) and LOVED the food! But not the service. They were short handed & overwhelmed, so I'm sure it would be better if we went back. The food was definitely worth another trip. So fresh and unique. Mom & I had the chicken salad. It had everything you can imagine on it. (see below) Mason had a rosemary ham & cheese sandwich. We all had to try a strawberry almond corn muffin as well~ or "muffcake" as Mason would say. (think "muffin" & "cupcake")
YUMtastic!

We shopped at the Promenade and took my niece, Chloe' along. I had forgotten just how much fun it was to shop with a teenager. (said sarcastically)

Mason had fun trying on sunglasses

I took a mirror shot of us:

The next morning, I took Mason to a class at Gymboree. He LOVES it.

Then we visited the downtown Bentonville Farmer's Market. It was nice. A trip to B LaRue, As For Me & My Home, and a walk around the square.

Then we headed to Interiors Galleria. I really love this place & hadn't been in a few months. One of my faves~Lavender Blu:

Another cute little booth that I like:

We did do something besides shop~

I've been trying to keep Mason busy with crafts lately, so I picked up some pipe cleaners & pom pom balls & googly eyes at the Target dollar spot the other day. I wasn't sure what we'd make, but we ended up with...

2 caterpillars & a spider, too!

Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend!

What we did this weekend...

We pretty much did NOTHING on Saturday & Sunday. I, thankfully, have only had a few mild pains here and there, so I don't know whether I already passed the kidney stones or if they are still to come. (yikes) I did pick up my pain meds on Friday just in case I needed them over the weekend.

On Friday, Mason & I rode around town doing errands with my Mom. I had a terrible banging headache most of the day, so that really sucked. We stopped in at the Promenade Food Court so that Mason could ride the New Orleans Carousel! I hadn't heard anything about it (because I live under a rock) but my Mom told me that it was saved from Hurricane Katrina and refurbished. I wonder how it came to live here...? I'll have to google it & get back to you! Anyway, It was the highlight of the day! It was really beautiful and the antique cash register they used was amazing as well. They had it recovered in copper, brass, and nickel and it has more buttons than you can imagine. If you're at the Promenade, go check out the cash register and of course the Carousel!






I was surprised to pull back the curtain on Sat morning to find this:

So we just spent the weekend at home. Not that the weather would've kept us from doing anything if we had wanted to, we were just kinda lazy and too cold.
Mason played with his road mat and we watched the movies Cars & Finding Nemo about 3 times each! We just joined the Disney Movie Club and got 4 movies for $1! He is loving them! (and so am I)