Weekend Adventures

Yesterday we ventured up to Hendersonville, NC. We went to the Apple Festival. My good friend Amy is always great about reminding me about upcoming festivals. I can never keep them straight! Carson loved walking around. I t was pretty hot, but we had a cool breeze blow every now and then. Lauren loved riding in the stroller looking around at all the people. On the way home we did one of our favorite things...we found something to explore. We followed the signs to Campbell's Covered bridge. If you look at the pic below you can read about it. Carson got to explore a little. The men who were also there saw a huge black snake. Carson and Chris went to check it out, but it was nowhere to be seen...YIKES...glad Lauren and I opted to stay in the truck. I am not fond of snakes....enjoy our adventures!

Campbell's Covered Bridge built in 1909

Looking for the black snake

Lauren...awww...isn't she cute!

10, 9, 8...BLASTOFF

This is Carson & Lauren watching a video of a space shuttle launch. Carson is fascinated by space...Lauren was just along for the ride! Carson told me that he and Chris were going to go to space one day...

K4...Here we come!!!

Carson started K4 today. Yeah, I know I have been talking about it for weeks! He had a super day. On the way home, we stopped at my favorite place (can you guess where) and he got a cookie. He said, "Mommy, I will share w/ Lauren b/c that is what you do in K4." What a sweetie.

Breakfast before school...

Carson outside of K4

Carson & his teacher....we LOVE her!!!

OK, this is totally Carson's personality! "Quit it D-A-D-D-Y!!!"

A girl can never have to many...

SHOES!!! Lauren, Gigi, and I went to the mall today to buy Lauren more shoes. Hey, a girl can't live in tennis shoes. About a month ago I think I posted about this very subject.....GIRLS! WOW!!! My boy is easy to buy for. T-shirts, jeans, khakis...boys are really easy. Girls on the other hand have too much "stuff". Yeah, I know I am a "girl", but I am pretty simple. I am not a big fashionista. I just don't get into fashion. Now, that brings me to shopping for L. A different story altogether. We went in search of brown & black Mary Janes. I sure am glad that Carse does not need a pair of shoes in every color under the sun to match all 900 of his outfits. A slight exaggeration, but if you have a girl you know exactly what I mean! She looks adorable in them. Hmmmm, maybe I should have bought the super cute red pair too. ;)

1 year ago

Time flies. This was them a year ago...I know, it is really hard to believe. I appreciate every day & thank God for all my blessings.

Yep, that really is my cell phone.

Artwork

I picked Carson up from his last day of K3. He begins K4 on Monday! He is very excited. When I picked him up he had a very interesting collection of "stuff' in his cubby. First, he handed me a leaf he found on the playground. He told me it was for me to wear in my hair. So, of course I had to try and keep it in all afternoon. Next, he showed me a nut & bolt, some twigs, a quarter, a piece of red felt, 2 dead leaves, and a few strands of mulch. It really made me laugh. He told me he had been saving them all week to take home and make a skeleton. Below is his skeleton. We worked together to complete it this afternoon. If you look really closely, you can see that the head is that of George Washington. I was quite interested in his choice for the hair too. He told me that it was really me once we put the "hair" on. :)

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
Thomas A. Edison

LONG DAY...

We had our "Meet the Teacher" day today. I got to meet all but one of my 18 students. They are all so very cute. I have a set of twins in my classroom. Ironically enough I also have a students who has twin baby brothers. I need to get those mama's together!

I realized two things:
1- My "baby boy" is so close to going to school. This is the year of "the lasts"...last year going to school alone, last year going to PTA alone, etc.

2- Most parents see their children with the "same eyes". Teachers "see" them differently. My new students were doing the same things my own children would do. As a teacher I saw them playing & exploring their new home. Their parents saw them getting into things. I realized the parent side of me would say the same things some of them did. Only I would probably include "the look", but my teacher side told parents, "You know, I have a son almost their age. Let them play they are having fun." It is really funny how we see things so very differently when it is our own.

Enough of my philosophical insight. I am just constantly reminded of how much children teach us about ourselves every day!
:)