Monthly Archives: October 2010

on the way to school

This morning it was still dark outside when Hannah and I left to take her to school. It had been raining most of the night and since we have to leave before 7, the sun didn’t have a chance to shine through the clouds yet. Hannah was not too thrilled to be out when it was still dark and offered this suggestion:

“Mom, if you let me go back to sleep for just a little bit, I bet the sun would come out and then it would be time for school.”

It reminded me of when she was probably three and her favorite saying in the morning was “The sun is up, the dark is down!! Time to get up!” And even better was the time that she told me she had to go to sleep so the sun could come up again.

But back to this morning, I was relieved that she accepted my explanation that we have to get her to school at a certain time, whether or not the sun was up. And thankfully she got out of the car at school without further complaint. :-) I know I’m biased since she’s mine, but she’s so stinkin’ cute and such a sweetie, it just makes my heart hurt sometimes! I’m so blessed to have such wonderful kids!

lots of firsts

This week the kids are on Fall break and we’ve been blessed to be able to do a few things we don’t normally get to do. These were also things that the girls hadn’t ever done before. It’s been a really fun filled few days!

Feeding the ducks with Granddaddy

Dad lives down the road from a lake and it’s a bit sad to say, but we’ve never taken the girls to feed the ducks. We fixed that on Monday by taking popcorn and bread (and the girls, of course) to feed the ducks. The girls were a bit hesitant at first, but then got right into it. And the ducks got a great snack!

Wow, look at all our tickets!!!!

After feeding the ducks we took the girls to the local Family Fun Center. Pizza for lunch and lots of games. It didn’t take long for Reagan to learn to say, “Hey Granddaddy, I need more money.” I stopped counting how many times he went to the change machine for quarters. They had a really good time and it was fun to watch them taking everything in and getting so excited over the games.

First bowling trip!

Anthony’s cousins, Hope and Darren, had come over for a couple of days, and Anthony’s best friend Jake was here too. It was a full house, but so great to hear all the laughter!! Tuesday night we took everyone bowling, it was a first for the girls. I’m pretty sure everyone had a great time! We had two lanes, one for the big kids and one for Zale, the girls, and me. Zale had a great score and beat us, and Hope beat all the boys on their lane.

funny faces....they weren't interested in giving me real smiles, but this works too.

Yesterday the house seemed very quite after everyone went back to their own homes. It was such a pleasure to have all the kids here and they were so much fun to be around!! The girls especially loved spending time with Hope. Can’t wait til they can all come over again! What a wonderful Fall break!