Raleigh Beer and Food Festival

Richard really wanted to try out the Raleigh Beer and Food Festival on Sunday evening.  After the two of us went back and forth for an hour so pondering the "will it be worth it" scenarios that two little ones can create at an event like this, we decided to pack it up and JUST GO!!  Despite the heat, ALL of the people, Kamdyn's aching feet, etc., it was a good time.  Once all of us got food, we were good to go.  The cupcakes for dessert were literally the icing on the evening for K and K.  It was fun and I'm glad we didn't let the "will it be worth it" stop us from going.  :)

Using our "baby" stroller one last time before we send it away with Carly and Patrick for their baby!  Karcie all of a sudden had a new found love for this stroller. She LOVED the shade "tent" over her head.

Enjoying her Fruit Loops with Marshmallows.  She doesn't like the loops so much, just the marshies!  She's digging in the cup for marshies!

Happy IPA Daddy and hurting feet Kamdyn!

We finally let Karcie out of her stroller to sit on a bench with Kamdyn while we waited on Richard to bring our food.

"Big JOHN'S HOT AND SPICY"....This was right up Richard's alley!

Me and my sweet Karcie!!

Shopping Woes

I had to write this down before I forgot.....

Kamdyn, Karcie, and I went to Wal-Mart this morning to buy groceries for our yearly trip to The Black River with friends.  I volunteered to get the food since I do not work in the summer.  (Let me rephrase, I work as a full-time now Mommy-of-two during the summer, but I do not have a paying job in the summer.)  Anyway, I was a little hesitant to take Karcie since our last shopping adventure to Target was cut short due to her ear piercing screams the entire time we were there.  She was silent as soon as we got in the car! Go figure!  This time she did excellent.  Kamdyn is always pretty good after the first protests of, "I hate shopping!"  "Do I have to go?" And her infamous pleas...."Can we get this?  Can we PLEASE get this?"  She loves junk food and would take one of everything sweet if I allowed.  But, if we bring it home I end up eating it, too. 

Just as we were backing into the garage and I was about to declare victory, Kamdyn gets her sucker stuck in her hair.......ALL twisted in her hair!  She starts screaming because she can't get it out.  I am attempting to tote all of the groceries up, what seems like five million stairs, to our house as she begins to yell.  I sit the 10 bags that I have lined up both of my arms back inside my car to yank the sucker out of her hair.  As I am pulling the sucker and wishing to cover my ears from her screams the dish washing detergent falls out of the back of the car onto the lid and busts.  Luckily, it didn't go EVERYWHERE, but the lid busted and it splattered on Kamdyn and on me.  As only the story could go, I had on my favorite denim capris and Kamdyn had on her favorite blue fish outfit.  Both of them now have white bleach spots all over them!   UGH!! 

Shopping with Two Girls Score-To-Date:

Karcie - 1
Kamdyn - 1
Mommy - 0