Turtle Posts....

So, we have been posting mighty slow lately. Today is already Wednesday. Last night was dance, we had parent observation night. Lucky Steven got off in time to get Jamie. Just Aubrey and I went to tumble and dance. She is doing really well in the tumble class, I am really proud of her. I can't wait to see how she improves by the end of the year. We then went to the dance class. They have the best most imaginative teacher "Mrs. Kim". They are always making up stories to what they are doing with their feet. Last night they were trying to him a turkey...so they would kinda shuffle there feet as the turkey would fly to different spots hiding, like the pumpkin patch (not there, b/c then some one will make a pumpkin pie and find the turkey), so it would fly some more to the mountains in the cherry tree (no...some one would pick cherries to make a pie) so it would fly...etc.

So, they called Minnie Mouse on Mrs. Kim's cell and talked with her about the dance they were about to do. Then, in ballet they were beautiful swans. And they had a swan story. Throughout she was teaching them the proper terms for what they were doing. During the quiz session, if a child answered correctly, she would pick the child up and give them, "A Mrs Kim hug, A Mrs. Kim Swirl, And A Mrs. Kim Dip!" They were all screaming the answers, she did this for every little girl. It is excited to see her be excited about what she is doing. We are supposed to be doing the Christmas Parade this weekend with her dance studio, we will see. I am ready to rest after two hard weekends, and my daddy is coming, maybe we can all relax.

So, this afternoon I was able to get Aubrey's Birthday Party booked at this local Bowling Alley. We wanted to do something a little different than the "Stank'n Princess Crud". She seems to be ok with it. However, we did have to save Ariel today. So, we went back to the broken toystore (the Goodwill), there was poor little Ariel with no clothes on. "Momma we must save her, it is ok that she isn't new!!!" So, cha-ching $3.00! A naked Ariel doll we saved. (However, she did find its clothes, and we got her dressed).

Weekend in God's Country...

Sorry that we had neglected the blog. We went out of town this weekend. We headed back to Auburn for the weekend. We saw family (my Mother and Step-Father, my Aunt RoRo and Uncle Don, Nikki and David) They all baby sat while we went to the Auburn game on Saturday. We were so excited to see all of them, however I missed getting to see my cousin and her children. Aubrey got to play with Dalton, they are hours apart in age. Apparently they played really well, and decided to get married. I think that everyone explained that they can't b/c they are cousins, however Aubrey just says...I love him!

The game was really fun. We lost, however...Tuberville got all in the referrie's face and that was cool! He was right however, it rawled the team and the stadium up. It was fun.

We stayed with our dear friend Jessamyn. She was a great hostess. We all joked about needing a comment card for her hotel. Steven wanted a mint on the pillow, but other than that it was a perfect stay. Chad and Melissa were doing well...they caught us up on all the New Orleans folks. Jerry we can't wait to meet your catch! Sounds like she is a perfect gem.

They trip was great, we missed getting to see Susanne, not sure what happened there. However maybe we can catch her in January. It sure was great seeing everyone. Here are some pics...yeah Eddie, the bulldog was just for you!

Hard Effort

Steve writing tonight (except about the persimmons below). This turned into game night for Aubrey and I. We played Hi Ho Cheerio and Connect Four. She did really well at both of them. Then she talked about trying to play checkers with her friends at school. We decided to have a go at it... she wanted to show me that she knew how to do it. Christy and I were both amazed at how well she did considering she's four. She stuck with it, but it was late by the time we finished so she didn't take losing really well. Sorry, I didn't let her win. She did get one "double jump," which she was very excited about. We got down to my 3 kings against her 1 king, and she didn't think very well of those odds. When I explained that I've been playing for 25 years and grandpa Bernie was even better than me it made her feel better. Now she wants to keep playing me so she can get good and beat her friends. That's my girl :)


Spring of 07 we bought a dwarf lemon tree that started out about 6" tall. We kept giving it love and it kept growing and growing. This spring it flowered and made little green golf-balls that I convinced myself were key limes. I was sure that they gave me the wrong tree. They sat on the tree all summer and finally this fall they got a little bigger and turned yellow. Lo and Behold! I have lemons! It's the little things in life that make me happy sometimes. And Christy can have pretty lemon slices in her lemonade, so she's happy too.


Aubrey and I picked all the peppers in the garden right before the first frost, and now we are waiting for them to turn colors. They should all be yellow or red. We'll see... if anyone has any suggestions let me know.

So, when Aubrey bought her coconut, I bought these. These are persimmons. We used to have a persimmon tree in our front yard (pasture). We used to love picking them, we used to pucker! However, they were really good and great memories. When I saw these I had to have them. They were good.

Crawling (a little bit)

Oh, yeah... and the other milestone is that Jamie said "DA-DA" today. Christy and Aubrey were both there to hear it, but Christy still denies it. Aubrey backs me up, though.
-Steve

Our trip...

The Biltmore was beautiful. We really enjoyed it. However, Aubrey was a little disappointed. There was no princess. She understood that there was a castle, but where was Ariel's room? For the most part she behaved. It was a little boring for her, however she had her leapster and it was good to keep her occupied.

We went with Janelle and Nate, some close friends from work. They brought Caiden along also. He and Jamie are about a month apart. It is neat to compare milestones with the two, they both have grown so fast.

The actual castle was beautiful. We only saw a small portion, the place is huge. Most of the rooms still aren't opened for viewing. We could not take pictures inside, so this is all we could share. We went to the winery that they have on the estate. It was nice. When we finished that it was dark and we drove back through to see it lit up at night. It was just so pretty. It was a nice trip. The polliwogs slept all the back to Mebane.

I got her dress...

after work I ran by and picked it up. It fits, perfect. The sales lady did such a great job. I am really happy with what I purchased. However, they had cute white turtle neck for $20-something, and I went straight to Wal-Mart and got a white turtle neck for $3.00. Perfect! It will go under Jamie's Jon Jon. While we were at Wal-Mart (Aubrey, Jamie and I) we did our weekly shopping. When I got ready to pay...my wallet was not in my purse! They manager and the sales clerk babysat while I ran to the car! When my purse feel in the floor board, my wallet fell out. What an awkward situation to be in. However, I found it and ran back in. We payed for our things and headed home.

When we got home Steven had dinner on the table for us. We ate and then he and Aubrey opened the coconut she bought while we were out. She was so excited, she loved the milk. Here are a few pics from tonight.

PS. Grandma Robin, look at the pillow Jamie is on! How cute! This is tonight, he sleeping on it.