Savannah & McKinley's Day Out

Yay for another Build & Grow Clinic! Today McKinley and I brought along Nonna and Savannah, and did we have fun!!!!!!!!!!! This was Savannah's very first Clinic, she was so excited to be there with McKinley, and likewise for McKinley. That was obvious as the kids ran through Lowe's, stopped abruptly and ran toward eachother while shouting, "Hug!!!!" They would then grasp eachother really, really tight and say, "awwww!" in unision with all the Lowe's customers and employees. It was hilarious, I couldn't quit laughing!

Once inside the little project room, McKinley showed Savannah the ropes - helping her choose a hammer and a carpet square while my Mom and I gathered the projects, Savannah's apron and goggles. It worked out perfectly (except that I got so wound up in trying to keep the kids occupied and equally getting some 'hammer time' that I forgot to put the base of the box in place...oops), Savannah would take a turn with the hammer, then McKinley, and so on. While I worked on that, Mom graciously tried to fix my big oops with the second project. We quickly finished the projects and the kids were thrilled to have a little tic-tac-toe box! It's so cute!

The nice Lowe's employee who was supervising today's clinic brought over McKinley and Savannah's completion certificates and patches for their aprons. The kids happily obliged having their pictures taken together with their projects and certificates. Seriously, that's just too much cuteness for my camera lens...I'm surprised it didn't melt! hahahahaha

Once we finished our projects we were all famished, so we hit Steak N Shake for some yummy burgers, a la car...and then a very special treat: CUPCAKES! We headed to the new cupcake shop in town, and the kids picked out their favorite cupcake for the day. Savannah saw the pretty blue colored cupcakes and immediately asked for that...it was "Blue Suede w/Blue Buttercream icing. McKinley said, " I want Chocolate!" and chose the Chocolate, Chocolate. I picked Chocolate Mint and my Mom had Cream filled Chocolate. Oh my gosh, so yummy!!!!!!! Can't do it every day, but we will definitely be back for a fun little treat!

After our big day of fun the kids (and Mom and Nonna) were all pretty tired, so we returned Savannah to her home. By this time, Savannah was calling my Mom, Nonna and requested to dole out some hugs for everyone, with a very special smooch for my boy. It's pretty obvious that we all had a blast. Now was the time to tuck everyone in for a nice nap. What a great day! Can't wait to do it again!

Lynn

P.S. Notice how much McKinley looks JUST.LIKE.CARY in the first pic? Scary...call me the incubator...