BK Season has continued with more Boomer-themed fun! We celebrated his birthday just the two of us with a date night which included dinner and a concert. We had dinner at a restaurant in downtown Greensboro called 'cille and 'scoe. Their menu has lots of seasonal and local items, including special cocktails like the Cheerwine old fashioned. It was our first time eating there, and our meal was out of this world! We had the jalapeño pepper jack fritters as an appetizer. For our entrees, I ordered the shrimp and grit cakes, and Boomer got the "swim and run." After dinner, we went to the Greensboro Coliseum to see Cody Johnson in concert. Cody Johnson opened for Luke Combs back in 2021 when we saw him in Atlanta, and Boomer has been listening to his music ever since. It was such a good show! Our favorites were "The Painter," "On My Way to You," "Diamond in my Pocket", and "Dear Rodeo." It was one of our latest nights out in awhile; we arrived home a little before midnight to relieve Grammy. Thank you, Grammy, for babysitting!
Not too long after our date night, we got another date night, and this time - overnight! Boomer served on an accreditation committee for the Wake Forest Department of Education, and since the other members of the committee were staying overnight for the event, Boomer was offered the opportunity to do the same. We got to stay at the Brookstown Inn in downtown Winston. The Brookstown has so much historic charm and character. Our room was the Victorian Suite, which was a two-level room with exposed brick and a fireplace. Even though it was a Thursday night and our time there was very short, we enjoyed milk and cookies in the lobby when we arrived around 8:30PM and then a hot breakfast in the morning at 7AM just before I headed to work on Friday. It was less then 12 hours, but a fun experience! Another thank you to Grammy for babysitting!
Friday kicked off the Wake Forest Homecoming weekend. Several of Boomer's friends from the Class of 2008 came into town for all the festivities. It started with the Mother So Dear party on Poteat Field on Friday night. On Saturday morning, there was the Festival on the Quad with blow-up obstacle courses, axe throwing, and other games for the kids. After that and before the game, the Ellisons hosted everyone at their home for a tailgate. The group has certainly grown over the years, and I think the children may even have outnumbered the adults. The kids loved running amok while we parents tried to maintain order and fit in some conversation too. Then it was off to the game. Wake played Pittsburg, and it was an exciting finish with Wake winning in the final seconds of the game to pull off a 21-17 victory. I think Emmy and Eli are officially Wake Forest fans. Go Deacs!
To add a little more excitement to our lives, Emmy did a flip off of our bed and bonked her eye on the dresser. She had a pretty nasty black eye for about a week, and you can see it in this photo with Grammy. She was not too affected, although she did learn a valuable lesson about not practicing gymnastics on the bed. Here are a few pictures from her class field trip to Kersey Valley corn maize. I'm thankful for other parent chaperones who sent me pictures of our girl having fun with her classmates. There seems to be very little downtime in October, and we are trying to catch some rest when we can. Stay tuned for lots more fall fun!
No comments:
Post a Comment