Day in the Delta

Friday, Mama and I had a fun girls' day with a trip to the Delta. After a few adventures in getting out of Batesville, we had a nice drive to the Delta! We first stopped in Mound Bayou for a visit to Peter's Pottery, but to our disappointment, it was still closed for the holidays. We then drove to Merigold for a visit to McCarty's, but it is closed for the whole month of January. Thankfully though we were told that if we could wait for a few minutes while they got things straightened up, we could come on in. We felt bad about them having to open up for us, but we were told that they do it all the time in January, and after driving all that way and really wanting to buy some pottery pieces - Mama had Christmas money to spend, we didn't put up much resistance and were talked into waiting. We felt a little better after another car drove up and waited to go in too. We had the best time looking around because they had a lot of pieces on display. I found a great bowl and oval serving tray and a wind chime...
Mama bought a wind chime too, but she sent it home with me. She also decided to bring home two hanging planters which we both just love every time we go to McCarty's. When we got back to her house, I couldn't wait to hang them; they look so good on either side of her swing!
We then drove to Cleveland for a delicious lunch at A la Carte, and we then had a good time looking through several of the shops on Cleveland's main street downtown. After a nice drive back to Batesville, we stopped by Talk of the Town where I picked up another vase, and then we looked through a couple of other shops.
I just love all of the pieces I brought home...

It was such a fun day and so nice to spend time with Mama!

This weekend several of Charles and my friends were in our area. We were able to meet up with some for dinner Friday night, and then today, Matt, Mary Ann and Nathan drove up for a little shopping and dinner. We had so much fun! Nathan has grown so much and is such a big boy; he is just "talking" up a storm! He was so cute with Toula too! He kept looking and pointing at her through the gate to her area, so he and I went in for him to get a closer look at her. Toula isn't too sure of any of our guests at first and especially not children, so she jumped into her home as usual. Well, Nathan wanted to put his hand in her home, so I reached in and petted Toula, and then he reached in and almost touched her. I was able to take his hand and let him pet her which he liked. He liked it so much, he tried crawling into her home which was too funny!! Us playing with Toula together worked out really well for me because Nathan let me hold him throughout the evening which I really enjoyed!