Honor Roll

Emily made honor roll!I am so proud of Emily. I am proud that she is taking responsibility and pride in her studies. In addition, I am thrilled that homework is not a hassle.

It's back!

Poor little purring Nala has been lost. I looked all over the house for her, Hartford looked all over the house for her and Emily looked all over the house for her. Saturday I was up in the attic and luckily, I found her. Emily is extremely happy to see her. She now has a beautiful homemade collar and will go to school with Emily soon. Every so often the teacher will allow stuffed animals in class.

2009 Camping - Part 1

Two weekends ago after church, we headed to a nearby campground. First we set up camp and then ate a delicious lunch of hamburger grilled to perfection, potato salad, pasta salad, and chips. Afterwards, Hartford and Emily went fishing. I tagged along to take pictures. Then, we went exploring and found a playground and then we found a fort. It was a little easier to do several small blogs than one large blog.

Here's Emily in front of our tent on Sunday night. It was a little chilly but I thought it was actually perfect camping weather.
For dinner we had hot dogs. After dark we had yummy s'mores and popcorn.
Here's a picture of Emily in her favorite shirt and favorite shoes. They will be forever engraved in my memory.
Emily sure does love to help the fire grow. She fans it and she feeds it leaves, pine cones and anything else that she can find.

2009 Camping - Part 2

Fort Yargo - the house was built in 1793

2009 Camping - Part 3

The playground ~

2009 Camping - Part 4

Fishing~



Hartford caught the fish and Emily touched it. I couldn't because I was just there to take the pictures, remember?
In conclusion, Sunday was a wonderful relaxing day. Unfortunately, it started raining hard around 2:00 on Monday morning. Needless to say, we we water logged and everything we had was water logged. We were exhausted all day Monday.

Bunnicula

What’s making the veggies in the Monroe family fridge turn white?! Harold the dog and Chester the cat have their suspicions, but surely it couldn't be that cute little bunny … right? Bunny … Dracula … Bunnicula?! What do you think? Told from the point of view of Harold and Chester. A spooky mystery for ages 5+

Hartford read the book Bunnicula when he was in grade school and told me and Emily about it. It has became one of our favorites as well. When Synchronicity announced that they were putting on a Bunnicula play, Emily and I couldn't resist. Normally, the plays are held at the 7th Avenue Playhouse but this time around they held it at the Alliance Theater at Woodruff Arts Center which happens to be located in downtown Atlanta beside the High Museum. Going downtown by myself is not one of my favorite things to do. But it was a good day to go. Traffic was light and the TomTom was working wonderfully.

After the play was over, Emily and I ate lunch at Costco and went window shopping at Target. I think our girls day out was successful.

Emily made bunny ears before we left. Some of the other kids were wearing store bought bunny ears. Emily's ears were prettier. The play web-site stated that there would be a surprise for kids that wore bunny ears. There was a surprise alright, the surprise was that there wasn't a surprise.