She really likes her new rubber boots.
She covered her huge beach ball in mud, just for me. How sweet is that?
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Mud ball
It never fails that when it rains that water will collect in the dip of our driveway. Also, it never fails that Emily wants and thinks that she needs to be right in the middle of the puddle.
She really likes her new rubber boots.
She covered her huge beach ball in mud, just for me. How sweet is that?
She really likes her new rubber boots.She covered her huge beach ball in mud, just for me. How sweet is that?
Arabrian Mountain
Sunday was such a beautiful day. We decided to go to Arabian Mountain.
Arabian Mountain has funny looking trees
and dragon flies and lots and lots of rocks. Emily was true to herself and filled my pockets full of rocks. She called them beautiful and I called them heavy.
I'm not sure if Emily was more surprised that the dragon fly landed on her pig tail or that I said, "hold still and I'll take a picture." I figured she shouldn't mind a dragon fly in her hair since she'll pick up any worm that she can find.
Please note Emily's school spirit shirt that she is wearing. It has a Ram on it. Well, she picked it out because rams climb mountains. I love her logic.
It's hard to tell in this picture, but she isn't wearing her high top tennis shoes. When I asked why she didn't wear her high tops, she stated that high tops were basketball shoes, not hiking shoes. I was shocked. I didn't realize she knew what basketball was since she isn't a sports girl, just kidding.
While we were hiking on a trail, we saw a deer running though the trees. When I say we, I really mean me and Hartford because Emily was preoccupied with an acorn.
Later at home, I joined Hartford and Emily with her new pink baseball mitt and we tossed a ball around and laughed like there was no tomorrow. Have I ever mentioned that Emily is funny as a monkey?
Arabian Mountain has funny looking trees
and dragon flies and lots and lots of rocks. Emily was true to herself and filled my pockets full of rocks. She called them beautiful and I called them heavy. I'm not sure if Emily was more surprised that the dragon fly landed on her pig tail or that I said, "hold still and I'll take a picture." I figured she shouldn't mind a dragon fly in her hair since she'll pick up any worm that she can find.
Please note Emily's school spirit shirt that she is wearing. It has a Ram on it. Well, she picked it out because rams climb mountains. I love her logic.
It's hard to tell in this picture, but she isn't wearing her high top tennis shoes. When I asked why she didn't wear her high tops, she stated that high tops were basketball shoes, not hiking shoes. I was shocked. I didn't realize she knew what basketball was since she isn't a sports girl, just kidding.
While we were hiking on a trail, we saw a deer running though the trees. When I say we, I really mean me and Hartford because Emily was preoccupied with an acorn.Later at home, I joined Hartford and Emily with her new pink baseball mitt and we tossed a ball around and laughed like there was no tomorrow. Have I ever mentioned that Emily is funny as a monkey?
PTA Open House
Monday night was open house. I was surprised to see this little boy. He is a blast from the past. Micah was in the same Pre-K class as Emily. Now, his little sister is attending Pre-K. Wow, time is really flying. I couldn't resist pulling out the scrapbook from Emily's Pre-K days (which is a lot easier now that I've labeled the scrapbooks) and found pictures of Emily and Micah together at her birthday party. They sure have grown.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Notes from Sunday's sermon
Hebrews 4: 16 says:
"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
THAT is the promise of God - Mercy and Grace - in our time of need. Not deliverance or a rearrangement of our circumstances. I hope you will change my circumstances but I am clinging with confidence that I will find mercy and grace.
All too often I forget the differences between faith and hope and I am always forgetting that His will be done and not mine.
"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
THAT is the promise of God - Mercy and Grace - in our time of need. Not deliverance or a rearrangement of our circumstances. I hope you will change my circumstances but I am clinging with confidence that I will find mercy and grace.
All too often I forget the differences between faith and hope and I am always forgetting that His will be done and not mine.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Dressing up
Emily saw this outfit a lot when we were at Disney and wanted one. It was way too expensive to buy at Disney. She is very pleased with it.
Consignment Sale #4 - The BIG one!
This is consignment sale is the biggest! It takes place at the Gwinnett County fairgrounds. It has 1,000 sellers. The madness is crazy, but the deals are so worth it. I even took the entire day off of work to shop. Hartford came along as well. Between us, we purchased 66 items for a total of $222.60 which is an average of $3.37 for each item.
The dolls in the bags will be a Christmas present.
Some of the computer games came in a lot and I'll sell the one of the stacks. One of the stacks we went ahead and gave her and the other stack of games will be saved for Christmas. The unicorn is new and I'll save it for Christmas.
Emily was singing thanks you over the items that we gave her.
Although I think we did well, I can't help be a little disappointed because I had hoped that we would find more Christmas presents.
The dolls in the bags will be a Christmas present.
Some of the computer games came in a lot and I'll sell the one of the stacks. One of the stacks we went ahead and gave her and the other stack of games will be saved for Christmas. The unicorn is new and I'll save it for Christmas.
Emily was singing thanks you over the items that we gave her.Although I think we did well, I can't help be a little disappointed because I had hoped that we would find more Christmas presents.
Sunday morning
Emily has style as well as a messy room. I'm just glad that she still enjoys playing with her toys.
Saturday night
A loan Officer from my office gave us free tickets to the Gwinnett Braves game for Saturday night. We had fun!
They were giving out free fly swatters. Emily was on the lookout all night for bugs to swat. Luckily, she didn't find many. However she did spot a green moth that could have been mistaken for Tinker Bell.
Yum-O! Baseball and cotton candy go hand in hand.
Here's Tim Wakefield, he is in the hall of fame.
Here's Chopper.
Here's the winning team! Way to go Braves, 10-1.
They were giving out free fly swatters. Emily was on the lookout all night for bugs to swat. Luckily, she didn't find many. However she did spot a green moth that could have been mistaken for Tinker Bell.
Yum-O! Baseball and cotton candy go hand in hand.
Here's Tim Wakefield, he is in the hall of fame.
Here's Chopper.
Here's the winning team! Way to go Braves, 10-1.
Saturday afternoon
Saturday Morning we went junkin' and Saturday afternoon, Emily and Hartford made apple cider.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Consignment Sale #2
North Metro FBC MOPS - 13 items for $49.50. I'm not sure what the 13th item is. I will probably find it in the laundry tomorrow.
Check these out - Land's End $6
OK, the horse sweater was $10 but it's a name brand, looks new and it has a pony on it. What 7 year old girl doesn't like ponies?
Check these out - Land's End $6
OK, the horse sweater was $10 but it's a name brand, looks new and it has a pony on it. What 7 year old girl doesn't like ponies?
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Let the Bargains begin - Consignment Sale #1
The fall consignment have begun. Today I attended Fairy Dust Kids' Consignment Sale in Buford GA on my lunch break. I purchased the following six items for $18.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Hitchhiker
Saturday we went to Tribble Mill Park. On the way home we picked up a hitchhiker on our antenna topper.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Crystal Light
Crystal Light, I love it. However, I didn't realize that some of the Crystal Light flavors came with caffeine. I was up until 3:00 this morning. Although, I should have been cleaning something, I choose to look at every single scrapbook that I have done. There are quite a few of them plus I made some decisions on two of the old size Creative Memories books that are work in progress because this is the last month to purchase those sizes.
Looking through these books, I can't help but wonder how lucky I am to have such a happy little girl. With the exception of the infancy books, there aren't any pictures of her that isn't portraying her happiness. I wonder, did I just avoid taking those pictures? I thought about that for a while. But I really don't recall her not being overall happy. I remember there was a phase in toddler hood that she would get mad and all Hartford had to do was point his finger at her and say, "don't you laugh!" and then her giggles came.
Last weekend she dressed up and we played by taking pictures. We have been doing this since she was an infant. I didn't realize until I saw all the books how much we have done this activity over the years.
There is always something to do and someplace to go. I don't know how but I must slow down and enjoy Emily more. She is a precious gift from God.
Looking through these books, I can't help but wonder how lucky I am to have such a happy little girl. With the exception of the infancy books, there aren't any pictures of her that isn't portraying her happiness. I wonder, did I just avoid taking those pictures? I thought about that for a while. But I really don't recall her not being overall happy. I remember there was a phase in toddler hood that she would get mad and all Hartford had to do was point his finger at her and say, "don't you laugh!" and then her giggles came.
Last weekend she dressed up and we played by taking pictures. We have been doing this since she was an infant. I didn't realize until I saw all the books how much we have done this activity over the years.
There is always something to do and someplace to go. I don't know how but I must slow down and enjoy Emily more. She is a precious gift from God.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Meeting the teacher
It hard to believe, but School starts Monday. This morning we met Emily's teacher, Mrs. Wallace.
The classroom is the same one Emily had last year. The desk were in a semi-circle with desk facing and touching one another. I noticed who was sitting in front of Emily and I told the teacher that she may want to go ahead and move one of the desk to save some grieve. Mrs. Wallace quickly moved the other desk to the other side of the room.
I know this year will hold challenges, but I have a wonderful feeling that overall we are going to have a great second grade year.
I told Mrs. Wallace if Bob shows up this year, just stick him in the corner. He's invisible and won't mind at all.
The classroom is the same one Emily had last year. The desk were in a semi-circle with desk facing and touching one another. I noticed who was sitting in front of Emily and I told the teacher that she may want to go ahead and move one of the desk to save some grieve. Mrs. Wallace quickly moved the other desk to the other side of the room.
I know this year will hold challenges, but I have a wonderful feeling that overall we are going to have a great second grade year.
I told Mrs. Wallace if Bob shows up this year, just stick him in the corner. He's invisible and won't mind at all.
A Day at Six Flags
Yesterday, we went to Six Flags. Boy oh, it was an extremely hot day! However, Emily didn't even seem to notice and she had a blast riding the rides.
