Day in Downtown Decatur

What DIDN'T we do in Decatur today? It was a gorgeous day, and boy I have been waiting for a day to have some real outside time, so we decided to head out and spend the day wandering around Decatur. We went from Touch-a-Truck to a candy shop, to lunch outside to a party at a toy store, to a haircut for me, to getting new running shoes for Daddy and ended the afternoon at a really cool sports car & ice cream shop combo (um, genius!). Whew! We loved every minute of it!

Hanging on every word the ambulance driver was saying. And checking out that kid's cool shirt:

If I'm going to do this, I'm going to do it right - and that means headphones. This is serious business.

Waiting for a voice on the other end to tell me what to do in the back of the ambulance:

I think I am daydreaming about lollipops and soccer balls. What am I even holding? Dunno. Just give me a moment.

How's the weather down there? And big brother decided to show you his very cutest side.

Hanging out in the back of the firetruck. But really all I care about is my big brother.

I was very excited about the pencil that I got from the fireman - but mainly because it had a helmet eraser on top. Can my day possibly get better from here, or have we already hit the peak at 10am?

I'm ravenous. Daddy! Eating is no laughing matter - follow my lead, it's time to shovel down some Johnny's pizza.

This is napping at it's best - outside, a little breeze and all the noises that come from being downtown. Perfect.

Reading a book with Daddy before my haircut:

I won't be having a haircut any time soon if Mama has something to say about it, but I still wanted to sit up in the fire engine. Who wouldn't? I am a very focused driver.

Here we go!

Still not my favorite thing, but light years better than this:

Enjoying watching big brother and hanging out with Daddy very much...when I wasn't fidgeting to get down so I could grab stray hairs off the ground and have them for a snack. Someday I will realize that this is disgusting.

And just because I am so darned cute, here's one more shot:

I'm done! And I have a lollipop and a balloon sword. And looking quite dashing.

Now to see some cool hot rods and have some ice cream. For those of you keeping track at home, that is pizza for lunch, candy at the toy store, a lollipop after my haircut and now a bowl of chocolate ice cream. Life (and food) isn't always this perfect, but for today I am eating like a king! A very chunky king.

Well, why not? Let's give Coop a taste of ice cream and see what he thinks:

When Daddy made the mistake of not giving Coop another bite of his ice cream fast enough, we got this face...

....which reminded Mama and Daddy of the face I made at 10 months while having my first ice cream treat when Mama wasn't shoveling it in fast enough! We are brothers, after all. (I told Coop that this would get him what he wants faster. It's a proven method.)

So to save my brother any more unnecessary agony, I took over the feeding. Because I understand the need for ice cream.