Birthday

CJ has officially turned 8 years old.  The Saturday before her birthday we went to Charlotte, NC so that Jay could sell his kayak.  He wanted to buy a canoe so he had to get rid of the kayak first; which was ok because he never used it.  While we were in North Carolina we went to the Bass pro shop and CJ was able to do some activities.  She made a leather bracelet, saw a bull, and play some games.  We then went shopping, CJ loves Bath and Body works, so we went and got some pretty smelly germ gel for her.  We then went to Wilson leather were I was able to find a Hot Pink leather jacket for CJ.  The Jacket was on sale from $150 to $35, so for CJ’s birthday she got a new hot pink Leather Jacket.  I have been looking for a hot pink leather jacket for CJ for a long time.  It was perfect timing. After we left the mall we decided that it would be fun to try a restaurant from the show Drive-ins, dinners, and Dives. We picked a restaurant called the Penguin.  It was a dive. The food was not very good and the place was dirty.  They did not even have the corn dog for CJ on the menu which was featured on the show and was the reason why we went to the restaurant.  CJ loves corn dogs and we thought that it was be fun for her to have one that had been featured on T.V.  We will never go back and released that what you see on these show is not always what you will get.

            Sunday I spend the morning getting ready for CJ’s birthday party.  I made her red velvet cupcakes that looked like tea cups.  CJ found that she liked red velvet when she had it at Cathy’s birthday this summer.  During the party we made fans, decorated boxes, played pin the tail on the donkey, drank tea, eat mini sandwiches, had fruit and cheese, and ice cream in cones that looked like tea cups.  The parents and kids said that they had a really good time.  I was so happy with the way that everything turned out. 

            Monday was CJ’s birthday.  CJ wanted to have breakfast in bed so Jay and I got her donuts and brought her breakfast in bed. We later that morning picked up CJ’s friend McClairen and went to Discovery Island to go swimming.  CJ was not scared on the slides this year and tried them all.  She even tried the surfing.  We get home right before Jay got home from work.  CJ wanted to go to subway for dinner.  At dinner we gave her, her tablet that Jay and I got her for her birthday, she loved it.  On the tablet we had put the new American girl movie “Saige” on it.   CJ had wanted to movie and she loved the movie as well.  After dinner we picked up McClairen and she came over and spent the night.  The girls had fun running around and playing with their American Girl dolls.

            The rest of the week we did not do much.  Friday we went to my classroom and started to put it together for the new school year.  Then we took a motorcycle ride to Dairy Queen in Hartwell, GA.  It was a nice evening. 

            On Tuesday I had to work so that I could have a day on in November.  This week we are just going to relax and work some a the school.