Thursday, September 8, 2011
ballet today
captured a few moments of ballet on the little tvs in the viewing room... :) she's the far right closest to the door.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Camping
Last week, Skylee, Caleb, and I went camping!
After 3 nights in a row of not being able to go whether from rain or Caleb's work schedule, we finally made it.
While we wanted to originally go to Cloudland Canyon, we decided on Red Top for our first fall outing of the fall as it is closer, and we got a site right on Lake Allatoona!
We arrived at our site around 6pm. Skylee and I ventured down to the lake (discovering turtles, frogs, and deer along the way!) while Caleb got stuck with chopping firewood. :)
We set up our tents, chairs, and cooler, and started cooking! Silver Turtles= best part of camping (yes even better than smores!)
London Broil with potatoes, apples, mushrooms, and onion. We also cooked corn on the cob and baked potatoes. Smores (of course) for dessert, though we ended up eating mostly just the roasted marshmallows.
Skylee was very excited to carry her little flashlight around and explore in the dark! She even slept in her own tent (right next to ours of course).
After dark, we stayed up by the campfire and read stories, and talked.
Not sure what time it was (we left our phones at home and had no clock), but I'm guessing around 11 Skylee passed out in my arms. We tucked her safely in her tent. :)
Caleb and I hung our trash bag on a high hook, and thought we secured our food for the night...however, when we woke EARLY the next morning, we found the raccoons had eaten almost everything!! A whole loaf of bread, some of our cereal, our left over steak from the cooler, any scrap leftovers from the trash, and we found about thirty hershey kiss wrappers all over the site. Those sneaky raccoons!!!
Skylee found this very humorous, though.
After enjoying the early morning, doing a few trails, sitting out on the lake for a while, and packing up, we headed home to have some time to rest before Caleb had to go to work.
I didn't take any pictures, but Skylee was born to camp. She loved exploring the woods (what kid doesnt), building a fire, helping me make silver turtles, setting up the tent...finding wildlife..venturing on trails...Love her.
After 3 nights in a row of not being able to go whether from rain or Caleb's work schedule, we finally made it.
While we wanted to originally go to Cloudland Canyon, we decided on Red Top for our first fall outing of the fall as it is closer, and we got a site right on Lake Allatoona!
We arrived at our site around 6pm. Skylee and I ventured down to the lake (discovering turtles, frogs, and deer along the way!) while Caleb got stuck with chopping firewood. :)
We set up our tents, chairs, and cooler, and started cooking! Silver Turtles= best part of camping (yes even better than smores!)
London Broil with potatoes, apples, mushrooms, and onion. We also cooked corn on the cob and baked potatoes. Smores (of course) for dessert, though we ended up eating mostly just the roasted marshmallows.
Skylee was very excited to carry her little flashlight around and explore in the dark! She even slept in her own tent (right next to ours of course).
After dark, we stayed up by the campfire and read stories, and talked.
Not sure what time it was (we left our phones at home and had no clock), but I'm guessing around 11 Skylee passed out in my arms. We tucked her safely in her tent. :)
Caleb and I hung our trash bag on a high hook, and thought we secured our food for the night...however, when we woke EARLY the next morning, we found the raccoons had eaten almost everything!! A whole loaf of bread, some of our cereal, our left over steak from the cooler, any scrap leftovers from the trash, and we found about thirty hershey kiss wrappers all over the site. Those sneaky raccoons!!!
Skylee found this very humorous, though.
After enjoying the early morning, doing a few trails, sitting out on the lake for a while, and packing up, we headed home to have some time to rest before Caleb had to go to work.
I didn't take any pictures, but Skylee was born to camp. She loved exploring the woods (what kid doesnt), building a fire, helping me make silver turtles, setting up the tent...finding wildlife..venturing on trails...Love her.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Awana Club
Skylee also started Church Choir/Cubbies beginning of August.
In choir, so far they have learned "God is so good to me" and some creation song about all the animals God created. :)
In cubbies, Skylee has learned 1 John 4:8 God is love, and Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. I'll have to post a video of her singing them; priceless.
She told me the other day a little boy in the cubbies class drank paint water. She thought it was so gross and silly. Love it.
In choir, so far they have learned "God is so good to me" and some creation song about all the animals God created. :)
In cubbies, Skylee has learned 1 John 4:8 God is love, and Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. I'll have to post a video of her singing them; priceless.
She told me the other day a little boy in the cubbies class drank paint water. She thought it was so gross and silly. Love it.
Pocahontas
Skylee is growing bigger, smarter, more beautiful, and especially, more talkative. :)
The other night she grabbed her Tracing Letters/Words booklet, and spent over an hour in her room working hard; she loved it! We have been tracing everything! Now that she has learned how to correctly hold a pencil/crayon, her dexterity has improved drastically overnight. Coloring in the lines, painting pictures, tracing words...I love watching her grow.
Beginning of August Caleb switched jobs from AT&T to Best Buy, and we found ourselves with a week off work! So, we ventured up to Indy to visit my mom for her birthday. We had a perfect mini-vaca. Skylee is always a joy on long roadtrips...really! (She is just so easy!)
August 3, 2011, after a 9 hour drive home, I found out I'm pregnant!
Skylee is so proud to tell everyone she knows (and doesnt) that she is going to be a big sister. We talk about the baby everyday in little ways.
Skylee asked me this morning if she can feed the baby cereal in the mornings. She always wants to teach the baby how to paint. :)
She wants a baby sister, but she told me we won't know until it grows eyelashes.
I am between 9 and 10 weeks along..so far the due date is March 31.
We are so excited to have another little addition to our family!! I really cannot imagine anything more happy than another baby to love, and a little sibling for Skylee.
Skylee started gymnastics this morning. She really likes ballet, LOVES tap dance, but gymnastics is her favorite. There is only one other little girl in her class-- Ruth (they took gymnastics together in the summer).
Since Caleb started with Best Buy, we have become Michaels junkies (it's right next door to Best Buy). Two or three times a week we browse for cheap crafts and inspiration. We picked up a water coloring kit last week, and it has been a huge success. Skylee is very determined to always use every single color at least once, so her pictures turn out especially colorful.
Oh! And Pocahontas. We have been listening to the Pocahontas soundtrack non-stop in the car, and I caught Skylee singing along yesterday. In the song, the pilgrims sing "Savages, savages." in the scene before John Smith's supposed death. Well, Skylee has interpreted this as "sandwiches, sandwiches." Tehee. :) Makes me giggle everytime I hear it.
The other night she grabbed her Tracing Letters/Words booklet, and spent over an hour in her room working hard; she loved it! We have been tracing everything! Now that she has learned how to correctly hold a pencil/crayon, her dexterity has improved drastically overnight. Coloring in the lines, painting pictures, tracing words...I love watching her grow.
Beginning of August Caleb switched jobs from AT&T to Best Buy, and we found ourselves with a week off work! So, we ventured up to Indy to visit my mom for her birthday. We had a perfect mini-vaca. Skylee is always a joy on long roadtrips...really! (She is just so easy!)
August 3, 2011, after a 9 hour drive home, I found out I'm pregnant!
Skylee is so proud to tell everyone she knows (and doesnt) that she is going to be a big sister. We talk about the baby everyday in little ways.
Skylee asked me this morning if she can feed the baby cereal in the mornings. She always wants to teach the baby how to paint. :)
She wants a baby sister, but she told me we won't know until it grows eyelashes.
I am between 9 and 10 weeks along..so far the due date is March 31.
We are so excited to have another little addition to our family!! I really cannot imagine anything more happy than another baby to love, and a little sibling for Skylee.
Skylee started gymnastics this morning. She really likes ballet, LOVES tap dance, but gymnastics is her favorite. There is only one other little girl in her class-- Ruth (they took gymnastics together in the summer).
Since Caleb started with Best Buy, we have become Michaels junkies (it's right next door to Best Buy). Two or three times a week we browse for cheap crafts and inspiration. We picked up a water coloring kit last week, and it has been a huge success. Skylee is very determined to always use every single color at least once, so her pictures turn out especially colorful.
Oh! And Pocahontas. We have been listening to the Pocahontas soundtrack non-stop in the car, and I caught Skylee singing along yesterday. In the song, the pilgrims sing "Savages, savages." in the scene before John Smith's supposed death. Well, Skylee has interpreted this as "sandwiches, sandwiches." Tehee. :) Makes me giggle everytime I hear it.
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