she loves to take her own picture

How dare Dad?

This is what happens when Dad goes anywhere without Hunter. Hunter LOVES his Dad.

Discovery Center

This morning we went to the Discovery Center with Ty, Todd and Mrs. Sharon. We all rode in Mrs. Sharon's van, which was really fun for everyone. The kids had a great time. There was even a place for Hunter to play. I think the kids would have stayed all day. We got there before they opened so we went on a nature walk and played on the playground. Good thing Mrs. Sharon was prepared with towels to dry the slides off. We stopped for lunch on the way home at McDonald's which was a good ending to our fun morning. Thanks Mrs. Sharon for driving us.

last summer zoo trip

I wanted to get one picture of the kids at the zoo and this is the best I could do. Hunter was worried about his shoe and Hannah was not happy that I made her stop playing.
I thought he was going to sit still and let me take a picture. What was I thinking?
She loves to ride on the seahorses every time.
He thinks he is so big. I am glad he likes to go to the zoo.
We have had so much fun this summer. I am sad it is coming to an end. We have a few more days and every weekend to keep having fun.

we are off to SC

We have not been to SC all summer. That is unusual for us. We were going to leave tomorrow, but decided to go ahead and go this afternoon. We were able to follow/drive with Papa, Nana and Uncle Kyle. Hannah had talked all week about riding back with them and spending the night at their house. When it came time to get in the car and go she changed her mind. We enjoyed a nice lunch at Cracker Barrel before we got on the road. We had to stop once so we could change Hunter's diaper and so Derrick could get coffee. Hunter is big enough now that he wants to watch Hannah's DVD's while he rides. I think before our next trip we will have to get one they can share. We stopped to feed the starving buddy without Papa, Nana and Uncle Kyle. After a quick dinner and potty break we were on the road again. The kids went to bed good when we got to Grandpa Mike and Grandma Nene's. We put them in the same room for the first time. We will see how it goes. Hannah is singing to Hunter to help him go to sleep. She told us when we put them to bed that if Buddy cried she would not get up she would just sing to him. I hope we all sleep well because we have a busy day tomorrow.

all about goats

This morning at the Agricultural Museum the theme of the day was all about goats. Hunter loves to see and touch any animal. Hannah liked petting the goats, but did not want to milk it. We went back to check on the cats. She said she needed to see the Boots kitty. They were all there and much have been hot and tired. We went inside the actual museum today. It is neat, but hard to take the kids in. You are not suppose to touch anything and Hannah wants to know what everything is. Some of it is labeled but I still can't explain to her what they did with it. She as the most excited that Papa stood in line with her so she could get a rainbow painted on her arm. Derrick and I took turns walking Hunter around while Hannah, Papa, and Nana waited for the arm painting. We did not learn anything about the goats we saw, but the kids had fun petting them. We also saw the honey bees and got to smell some homemade soap. Thanks for enduring the heat with us Papa and Nana.

VBS day 5

Derrick's guitar. He got called away to take pictures before he was able to finish it.
I forgot this when I took a picture of all Hannah's other crafts. We had it hanging in the window already.
These are my favorite things she made, there were other pictures she colored. It was too much to put in one picture.
These are the things we made in K-2 crafts.



We made it!!! We all had a great week at VBS. Hunter went to his class without crying today. It only took 5 days of being dropped off but it did it. I had a great time getting to know some new friends who go to church with us. I had great helper which helped the week go great. Hannah had a great time and was sad that it was the last day. She said her favorite things for the whole week was the Cookie and Tex videos. She made some really cute crafts. I just for a picture of Hunter, not thing cute for him this year. I took a picture of the crafts we made in the K-2 crafts this week.

consignmet drop off, load 1

I was a little sad to get things ready for consignment this time. I never like to see all of their clothes go. As I get them ready I can always remember when they worn certain outfits and who gave it to them or something they did in it. I always try to make Derrick walk down memory lane with me, but he is not a huge fan of it. He just lets me talk and reminisce and pretends to listen. This time we got all of the baby stuff out to consign. The stroller, carrier, bases, bathtub, exercauser, swing, etc. We did not consign the bouncy seat, because we have misplaced the sun, or the Bumbo because we are letting a friend borrow the tray. I know we are not going to have anymore kids so we do not need these things, but it sure was sad to load them in the car and know that there is a good chance they will not come back to our house. Derrick hopes it all sales so we can make lots of money this sale. It does make it a little easier knowing that another kid will get to use our kids things. They were all in good shape so I will find out when I work my sorting shift on the 31st what sold. I am going to take the things that we used Derrick's number for tomorrow.

VBS day 4

Today was cray hat day. Hannah does not like to wear hats but she loves headbands. Hunter did not want to wear his hat or have it picture made on the horse today. Today her favorite thing was the Cookie and Tex video again. She did tell me later that she liked singing the songs, but she could not remember all of the words to sing them for me. Hunter reached for his teacher this morning, but still cried when we left the room.

randomness

These are all of the clothes for the consignment sale. I got Derrick a number this time so we could consign more 0-12 month clothes. I am so glad that he helps me make the tags and had this poll so we could hang all of the clothes up. He is the best husband ever!!
Hannah said that Hunter looked cute drinking his drink so she wanted to take his picture. He is a cute little guy!!
Hunter likes to put the magnets in the drawer under the over and it looks like Hannah likes to organize them. Nice!!