Pumpkin Patch {E's First Field Trip}

Instead of spending today teaching first graders, I spent the day being mama to a special kindergartener on her first field trip! It was a great trip, but I am more thankful than ever that I teach first grade and not kindergarten, ha! There is a special place in Heaven for those teachers!!

Hay Maze

My favorite part of the day was watching this girl rope!

E & Mallie

Mallie, E, Kinlee & J.T.

Kinlee & E

I adore the look on my girl's face in this pic!!

Silly girls!

Aaliyah, Emma, Mallie & Ensleigh

Aaliyah, Emma & Ensleigh

The Cookhouse!

Petting Zoo

Sorghum Syrup...yum!

The girls' scarecrow...

The 5 Musketeers:)

Mrs. Griffin's Class

I think the trip was a success. The best part of my day,

however, was getting home and finding these two snuggling! :)

The Big Yellow Bus

Apparently being a teacher's child comes with some sacrifices...like the bus. Every single day Emma asks me if she can ride the bus, so she was super excited when today was her day. I had a faculty meeting, so she rode to Mrs. Elizabeth's. She was one happy girl!

Gymnastics

Emma started watching gymnastics meets on ESPN last winter. We decided to take her to a gymnastics meet in Tuscaloosa, and ever since then it's all she's talked about! She finally talked us into making the drive to Anniston to try it out. She absolutely LOVES it, so we've decided to give it a try for a while.

Happy 3rd, Luke Joseph!

Luke Joseph, you are three years old today!

Three years ago your daddy received the best birthday present ever...you! You were the best baby...you came from the hospital on a schedule and stuck to it. By 8 weeks old you slept through the night, and you were the complete opposite of "No Sleep Emma". On the flip side, also opposite of Big Sis, you are easy-going but you have a wild side. You are into everything...always have been. You keep us on our toes and I feel sure that we will have sleepless nights ahead worrying about you! Your heart belongs to your mama...and I love you BIG! :)

 

Your other favorite girl insisted on bringing you a balloon:)

We headed to Mrs. Elizabeth's with cupcakes and cheese puffs!

 

A few things about you:

• You crack us up constantly with the things you say. Some things I want to remember are...when you don't want to do something or don't like something you say "I can't like that!"
• Every night you want me to "read me 'bout Jesus!" (the Easter story). When we get to the part where the tomb is open you say "the tomb is em-pee...Jesus went up Heaven!"
• Every time you see something red you start singing "r-e-d red, r-e-d red, I can "sell" red, I can "sell" red...firetrucks are red, sto' signs are too, r-e-d".
• You are 99.9% potty trained!!! Hallelujah...I had serious doubts that this would happen before Kindergarten graduation.
• You'll eat anything that won't eat you, but your go-to meal is oatmeal. On nights that we "fend for ourselves" that's always what you want!
• You weigh about 38 pounds and are about 3.5 feet tall.   

Happy Birthday! (x2)

30 years ago today a 7lb. 6oz. precious baby boy was born, who would one day grow up to be my own version of Prince Charming. 27 years later, on the same day, another 7lb. 6oz. precious baby boy was born, who will grow up to one day become some lucky girl's version of Prince Charming. But for now I'm the only girl (besides his big sis:) who owns his heart...and he calls me "Mama". Happy Birthday to the boys who add so much joy (and dirty laundry) to my life. I love you both to the moon and back!

The Birthday Questions: Luke {Age 3}

1. What is your favorite color?

• blue

2. What is your favorite toy?

• cows

3. What is your favorite fruit?

• I like cucumbers. (Side Note: I tried to get him to name a more typical fruit and he chose kiwi...thinking he may have been just saying it because I named it as a choice I asked him what it looked like...he quickly told me that it was green with brown spots inside. I guess he told me.;)

4. What is your favorite TV show?

• Woody (which isn't technically a TV show, but the kid LOVES Toy Story so we went with it:)

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?

• peaches (he really likes fruit:)

6. What is your favorite outfit?

• Buzz underwears

7. What is your favorite game?

• puzzles

8. What is your favorite snack?

• goldfish

9. What is your favorite animal?

• a cow (shocker;)

10. What is your favorite song?

• Wheels on the Bus

11. What is your favorite book?

• Jesus book

12. Who is your best friend?

• Hudson

13. What is your favorite cereal?

• blue cereal

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?

• play in the sandbox

15. What is your favorite drink?

• tea

16. What is your favorite holiday?

• Jesus...good food (I swear these are his words...I guess that covers them all, ha!)

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?

• a blanket

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?

• oatmeal

19. What do you want for supper on your birthday?

• pecan swirl and cheese puffs

20. What do you want to be when you grow up?

• Woody

BBC Drive-In

We started off the day at BBC...

And ended the day at BBC...

And it's possible that we ate a few birthday cupcakes in between:).