Meet Hedgie

Gracie had a family homework assignment to make a puppet of a nocturnal animal. I went online and found a list of nocturnal animals and read her the list. Everything you think of being nocturnal was on there like bat, owl, raccoon....but did she pick one of those? Nope she chose the hedgehog. Not sure how she even knows what a hedgehog is but I decided it would be okay because not many kids would probably be bringing in a hedgehog puppet. We decided to make a sock puppet. I did any part requiring the glue gun and she did the whole face, ears, feet and sprayed the hairspray to make her quills prickly. It was fun to hear her talk about all the other kids puppets and how they were all so different.

Here's "hedgie"...I think it turned out cute.....

Christopher and the Ducks

We have been taking advantage of some great weather and have been spending lots of time outside. Last week I took Christopher to feed the ducks. We saw lots of swans, ducks and turtles. I couldn't take too many pics of us feeding them because I was too nervous Christopher was going to end up in the lake since he likes to go to the very edge to throw the bread in.

More bread Mommy....

We had a visit from the pigeons too....

We played on the playground.....

Christopher would stay outside all day if he could. We had lots of fun, anyone care to share where they like to go to feed ducks around Orlando?

Go BoSox!

Chris and I were so lucky to get tickets to the American League Championship game on Saturday night in Tampa. I have only been to Fenway to see games so this was new for me. It was so much fun. It is amazing to me how different a playoff game is versus a regular season game. There was definitely lots of Red Sox fans there too so we didn't feel too out of place. Now this was one of the greatest games of all times...lots of Home runs and the scoreboard kept going back and forth between the Rays and the Sox. Unfortunately after 11 innings my team lost :( We didn't get home until 4:00 in the morning and then I was up bright and early for church but it was definitely worth it.

Now since then the Sox look horrible and I am not counting on a World Series appearance.

Rylie performs in chapel

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After school we went to the churches playland. It is so fun to watch the kids interact and listen to what they are saying.

Rylie and her friend McKinley...

She has finally got the courage to go down the small slide....

Christopher loves it too.....

100 Years!

The Church of the Nazarene celebrated its 100th Anniversary this past weekend. The church we go to is a Nazarene church so over the last month leading up to the celebration I have been learning so much about the history of the church. Our church celebrated along with over 18,000 churches across the world and we had a special service from a Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene. The elementary kids also joined in the celebration and were asked to bring or wear something relating to the number "100".

Here is Gracie in her 100 shirt. She loved making it!

Gracie's Day Out

So Gracie and I decided instead of her having a birthday party with her friends, since it is over a month ago we would spend a Mommy and Gracie day together.
We went and got a pedicure. She chose a pink color and got some fancy flowers. She loved it....
Then I took her to Toys r Us to buy some things with the money she received for her birthday. She picked out a Hannah Montana Beauty case and some books....

Then we went home and picked up Rylie and went to the movies to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua...


We had such a fun day!

Outside again

We got a bit of a break from the heat last week so we took advantage and spent a lot of time outdoors. Christopher is the only one featured because the girls took too long eating dinner to get out before the sun went down.

Peek a Boo.....


Lookin for airplanes....

We live right in a flight path so we spot many planes from our backyard....he LOVES it....
found one......

Just a swingin...........