I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou
Friday, September 30, 2011
Make It A Good One
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou
A Day At The Park
First field trip of the school year!!
Grace's class hit Schram Park yesterday for a bit of hiking, fossil digging and fish watching (no, really...we watched fish). It was beautiful weather and I got to go along to help wrangle the kids.
Bug really got into the fossils. In fact, she is insisting that we head back out there over the weekend so she can find some more....
Grace and Sam. :) So cute. These two were in the same Kindergarten class, separated last year and now they are back in the same class. They are so sweet together...just to listen to them talk made me smile. Such good friends and even though they weren't designated partners yesterday, they always wound up right next to each other anyway.
This was Grace's true partner for the day, Jadyn. Grace and Jadyn have been in the same class every year and every year, on every field trip I always have Jadyn in my care....she is a sweet, sweet girl so I love having her with us....
Seriously...gross.
Mrs. Lomax and her second grade class.... (Have I mentioned how much we love Mrs. Lomax? We really do.)
Grace's class hit Schram Park yesterday for a bit of hiking, fossil digging and fish watching (no, really...we watched fish). It was beautiful weather and I got to go along to help wrangle the kids.
Bug really got into the fossils. In fact, she is insisting that we head back out there over the weekend so she can find some more....
Grace and Sam. :) So cute. These two were in the same Kindergarten class, separated last year and now they are back in the same class. They are so sweet together...just to listen to them talk made me smile. Such good friends and even though they weren't designated partners yesterday, they always wound up right next to each other anyway.
This was Grace's true partner for the day, Jadyn. Grace and Jadyn have been in the same class every year and every year, on every field trip I always have Jadyn in my care....she is a sweet, sweet girl so I love having her with us....
Seriously...gross.
Mrs. Lomax and her second grade class.... (Have I mentioned how much we love Mrs. Lomax? We really do.)
Rock-n-Roll Chick
Emerson calls this her 'rock-n-roll dress'....too darn cute. :)
Even when she's in her traditional Eme pose....(argh, those fingers...get them out of your mouth! :) )....still cute!
Even when she's in her traditional Eme pose....(argh, those fingers...get them out of your mouth! :) )....still cute!
It's Back!
Oh gosh, yes...it's the pumpkin patch!! My girls have been talking about this since it closed up for the season last year. We made our first visit Wed and if only every last one of you had been in that car with us....wow! The screams...the squeals...literally made me jump in my seat!
It's beginning to look a lot like....THE best time of the year!!!!
And this, my friends, is how you know your camera is dying a slow, long, torturous death...such a cute picture, too....so much potential. :(
The girls beamed w/ pride...truly...they watched Papa the entire ride.....
We made it safely to the patch...no pumpkin picking for us, but no harm in some pumpkin browsing....
We love that Papa jumps right in....luckiest girls in the world, I tell you....
She still loves these guys....
Apparently, he had somewhere else to be....he tried and tried and tried to use that feeding opening as an escape hatch....
See that smile? That's a kettle corn smile. Believe me, I had the exact same reaction. :)
Xander the dragon was out cold, I'm afraid...we had just missed him....
'Smores...yep...good stuff...
And then they bounced. And bounced. And bounced. This was the first year that Emerson would do it on her own (well, I had to sit on the thing w/ her, but the bouncing was all her)....she loved it!!!
Miss Grace was in on it too, but she spent most of her time on the other bouncy thing...you know, 'where the big kids go'. :)
This is how it all ended. Swimming in corn....I am still honestly amazed at the draw this big bin of corn has for the kids....they will play in it the whole time if you let them....they were pretending to swim and Emerson held her nose every time she 'dived' in....
It's beginning to look a lot like....THE best time of the year!!!!
And this, my friends, is how you know your camera is dying a slow, long, torturous death...such a cute picture, too....so much potential. :(
The girls beamed w/ pride...truly...they watched Papa the entire ride.....
We made it safely to the patch...no pumpkin picking for us, but no harm in some pumpkin browsing....
We love that Papa jumps right in....luckiest girls in the world, I tell you....
She still loves these guys....
Apparently, he had somewhere else to be....he tried and tried and tried to use that feeding opening as an escape hatch....
See that smile? That's a kettle corn smile. Believe me, I had the exact same reaction. :)
Xander the dragon was out cold, I'm afraid...we had just missed him....
'Smores...yep...good stuff...
And then they bounced. And bounced. And bounced. This was the first year that Emerson would do it on her own (well, I had to sit on the thing w/ her, but the bouncing was all her)....she loved it!!!
Miss Grace was in on it too, but she spent most of her time on the other bouncy thing...you know, 'where the big kids go'. :)
This is how it all ended. Swimming in corn....I am still honestly amazed at the draw this big bin of corn has for the kids....they will play in it the whole time if you let them....they were pretending to swim and Emerson held her nose every time she 'dived' in....
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Make It A Good One
"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death."-James F. Byrnes
Monday, September 26, 2011
To Grandmother's House We Went
Headed to Mike's folks Saturday night for a double birthday celebration for Aunt Sherry and myself...
Meet Percy...a stray kitten found by Grandma Oberle, who was adopted by Sherry and came to visit the girls this weekend. The girls LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this cat(and that is no exaggeration)...many fights ensued between the two of them over who got to hold him next...
Maybe some day we'll have a cat of our own...MAYBE....
I swear it was the kitten's influence...Grace was goofy that night...wrapped in Grandma's tablecloth, speaking in a British accent (that's the best comparison I can come up with), she was in full character mode....
...I'm just not sure what the character was exactly....
See...she was crazy, I tell you....
So, we three girls went outside to burn some energy...Grace took over the camera...
Love Grandpa's vegetables...and apparently Grace does, too...she took about ten pictures of them....:)
Meet Percy...a stray kitten found by Grandma Oberle, who was adopted by Sherry and came to visit the girls this weekend. The girls LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this cat(and that is no exaggeration)...many fights ensued between the two of them over who got to hold him next...
Maybe some day we'll have a cat of our own...MAYBE....
I swear it was the kitten's influence...Grace was goofy that night...wrapped in Grandma's tablecloth, speaking in a British accent (that's the best comparison I can come up with), she was in full character mode....
...I'm just not sure what the character was exactly....
See...she was crazy, I tell you....
So, we three girls went outside to burn some energy...Grace took over the camera...
Love Grandpa's vegetables...and apparently Grace does, too...she took about ten pictures of them....:)
Make It A Good One
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically—to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside.”—Stephen Covey
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