Necessities

Yesterday I had a eye doctor's appointment in Lebanon and my mom kept Lawton and Carolina for me while I went to get my eyes dilated and to confirm that I am still blind as a bat with 20/650 vision. Anyways . . . It was raining outside when we left so he was wearing his cute green lizard/frog whatever they are rain boots. I suggested that he get his crocs to take with us because I knew he probably wouldn't want to wear them if it quit raining (he's just that kind of kid). It was taking a while in his room so I went to check on him. He was diligently putting his crocs and "Goliath" sandals as he says in his suitcase. I didn't tell him he wasn't spending the night because he was just so excited to see Noni. We were walking out of the room and said, "One more thing!" and proceeded to stick in his soccer cleats last minute. Who knew that a 3 1/2 year old boy could be such a shoe horse? :)

As it turned out, mom (Noni) let him spend the night after all since she was coming to Nashville anyways today. After eating at Burger King(Lawton's pick), going to Big Lots to pick out a special silver car (just like Noni's real car) and stopping at Dunkin' Donuts for a little pre-bed snack, he exclaimed "This has been a GREAT day, Noni!" Bless his heart, he really needed some 1 on 1 attention! Thanks, mom! (My dad was busy with a home show in Nashville)

Soooo. . . Lawton was SO excited to spend the night at Gran-D and Papa J's house tonight. We had actually planned a date night earlier in the week for tonight. Anyways, Lawton decided that he would help pack his suitcase for tonight. Here is a list of his "necessities". :)

• plastic hammer
• Batman, Superman and Wonderwoman action figures
• new silver car acquired from Noni
• one small red trapezoid
• soccer ball
• bag of phonetic reader books
• "Goliath" sandals (Velcro-strap sandals)
• Mac (from the movie Cars)
• Michael Jordan ball cap
• Thomas sunglasses
• Cars watch
• pajamas (I thought these might be needed)
• Clothes for church tomorrow (ditto above)

We actually forgot his toothbrush collecting all these other "necessities". It makes me smile just thinking about how serious he was packing. :)

Thanks, Grandparents, for loving our little Lawton!