Wednesday, April 9, 2014

March marched on past....

So our household spent the majority of March sick.  That's it.  Every Friday night for three straight weeks one of the kids was sick and/or diagnosed with Strep - and then the fourth week one had to go on a stronger med because the Strep never let go.

But even in the midst of germs, we're doing life.

* Losing teeth and growing new ones
* Having a worm live in a pot on our kitchen table (lovely place for a worm, don't you think?)
* Mr. B starting swimming lessons and slowly overcoming his terror of the water thanks to Dad's creativity, suggesting he "dive" for coins at the bottom of the bathtub
* Living in our half-mini-updated kitchen (no wallpaper, no wall color, open switches and light figures, endless samples of backsplash tile bought and returned)
* Mommy being blessed with work - and the crazy business that it entails
* Visiting Fernbank and Chattanooga, lazing around the Bent Tree lake, seeing the bald eagle's nest at Berry College and learning about Winshape Camps
* Watching our grass turn from brown to green and our perennial tulips appear once again despite Mom's inattention
* Learning that bike seats need to be raised because we've grown!
* Many, many, many stick pictures of clone troopers in the driveway
* Way too many repetitions of "Let it Go" and "Do you want to build a snowman"  :-)


First tooth came out at dinner
 Dad and kiddos trying their hand as weather forecasters
 Some of Mr. B's first written words - including a flower for MOM
 Out riding with Daddy

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Mom, it's like "White Christmas" outside!

Yes, it was like White Christmas this morning!  Gorgeous and a good, wet snow for making a quick snowman before it melted away.
Trying to sled - two weeks ago the sledding was much better!
 Our Snowman "Bristol"
 End of January snow - it was MUCH colder that time around!

And since I've not posted since Halloween, here are the kids on Christmas morning.  I wonder who got them guns and hunting hats??
 Our one family photo of the entire season - maybe the whole year?

Friday, November 1, 2013

Halloween Fun

Good Morning - good LATE morning around here!  We had a great time with friends and neighbors last night eating soup and chili - then trick-or-treating with 8ish very excited kiddos!  Daddy joined us "around the circle" this year as we went from house to house.  Enjoy!
Me & My Trophy Deer
 Little Miss "C" and some Friends
 The Fam
 The Morning Aftermath-picking out what to keep & what to give away.  Both kiddos did this without the first complaint....I'm so proud of them!
 Friends dropped some gifts by for the kids, including these way cool pumpkin glasses.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

October

A few pics and video from the month:

Thank you, Sparkles Skating Rink, for the lovely goody-bag kazoos you gave us at our Cousin's birthday party!  This was my background music for 20+ minutes...
 Scarecrow Day at school this past week
 A preview of events later this week!


Friday, October 4, 2013

Disney

We finally took the plunge and, thanks to my awesome sister-in-law, we had a wonderful week in Orlando visiting Disney & Sea World.
Our Little Princess saved a LOT of $$ to visit the Bibbity-Bobbity-Boutique.  It was followed by dinner in Cinderella's castle with all of the princesses. This was the highlight of my week!
 Our 1st Morning at Magic Kingdom
 Getting Ready for "A Bug's Life" show at Animal Kingdom.  My little Man was crying to leave the theater once it actually began!  Can't remember Little Miss "C" liking it very much when she was younger either.
 Lego Store at Downtown Disney.  We ate at the new T-Rex Restaurant....and adventure of its own!
Our Magic Kingdom Crystal Palace lunch with all of the Pooh characters
 Winding down our evening at Magic Kingdom before the Electric Light Parade & Fireworks
 Riding a train in Animal Kingdom
 Putting on their rough "race-faces" for the Speedway at Magic Kingdom
 And the race is on....

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Chattanooga--"The Cold Wars"--No Training Wheels!

Late in February Papa and Mommy took the kiddos on a special overnight trip to Chattanooga, TN.  We stayed at the Choo-Choo hotel in an old train car converted to a hotel room!  Papa slept in peace in his spacious car - Mommy and kiddos took an adjoining car and bunked up for the bitterly cold night!  (Chattanooga had snow the following night...).

The main reason for our trip was to visit the Children's Museum, which we did the next morning.  Everyone had a wonderful time exploring the museum and didn't want to leave at 2:30 for the drive home.  :-(
Digging for Dinosaur Bones
 Ben's Favorite - the Water!
 Busy Bees
Papa & Little Miss "C" in their bunny masks & ears.  Papa gets big points for this one!

Of course, like all good Americans we discussed George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in February, too.  Ben got in the car after school one day and said, "Mom...today we talked about the Log Man.  He had a black beard and a hat!"  So to "top" it off we made some Lincoln hats/beards at our house for a photo op.


 During our trip to Chattanooga "the cold" started.  The kids each had their own version of it, followed a few days later by Mom and about a week later by Dad.  Then Ben started all over again....so the beginning of our March has been less than exciting!

Little Miss "C" appeared on St. Patrick's Day fully outfitted for the occasion!  Love this girl...  Oh, and speaking of her - tonight she rode her bike for the 1st time without training wheels!!!

Tuesday, February 19, 2013