Jane Gray sewing

Jane Gray got a sewing machine for her birthday. Since her Daddy is taking her camping on Friday, she decided to make a pup tent. She has been working so hard at it! Mommy could not be more proud of her.

Covenant Back to School Night

Covenant Preschool had its Back to School Night tonight. We visited Charlie's room and met all of his little friends and their parents, and then we all went outside to eat hamburgers and hot dogs on the patio. After dinner, the kids scattered to get tattoos, play Go Fish, win cupcakes at the Cake Walk, ride the train, and play on the jumpy lands. Daddy and Mommy manned the train, so we rode it tons. It was such a fun night with our preschool friends!

Charlie riding his bike without training wheels

Daddy took Jane Gray and Charlie to the "dog park" to teach Charlie how to ride his bicycle without training wheels. Charlie did great and is such a fast learner (and Jane Gray is a great photographer - she took the picture of her Daddy and Charlie)! Jane Gray and Charlie do love to ride their bikes, but, today, they had just as much fun finding frogs in the grass!

Rest time

Jane Gray and Charlie are too big for naps, so they spend "rest time" in their rooms in the afternoon while Meg naps. Jane Gray loves to read during her "rest time," but Charlie is so afraid he is going to miss something, he usually hangs his head out of his room to see what's going on down the hall. Today, he must have been bored because he fell asleep with his head in the hallway.

Ole Miss game

Saturday afternoon, the whole crew headed to Oxford for the football game. We stopped by the M Club before the game to eat and give Pop and Sherrie their tickets. From there, we headed straight to the game. Pop bought the kids some cotton candy, so they were wired the whole game! Other than a brief trip to the field to see the band and cheerleaders and get on the Jumbotron, we sat in the stands with Pop, Sherrie, and Uncle Will. Jane Gray sat in Pop's lap, Meg hung all over Uncle Will, and Charlie chased beetles. The Rebels won, and we had a great time together!

Hurst girls

The Hurst girls spent the night with us Friday night. This morning, they were so cute waking Meg up. They all piled in her crib to give her hugs.

TOT

Charlie and several of his buddies are participating in TOT (teams of tomorrow) this year. Every Wednesday from 11:30 until 12:15, the team gets together at school and practices their basketball-handling skills. They also learn a variety of educational concepts, including shapes, mixing colors, and how to count in foreign languages. Charlie loves it and is so proud of his T shirt! Here are a couple pictures of Wilson and Charlie showing off their T shirts.

Dr. Charlie

Charlie's class is learning about community helpers this week. A doctor visited the class today, and, on Wednesday, a fireman will visit the class and bring his fire truck and smokehouse. Charlie has been saying that he wants to be a doctor when he grows up. Here is a picture he drew of himself. Of course, Charlie also wants to be a quarterback when he grows up, and when he found out his Pop was a judge who "got to send people to jail," he decided he wanted to be a doctor, quarterback, AND judge when he grows up!

Uncle Paul and Charlie

Sweet Uncle Paul took Charlie out for a little "boy time" Saturday while Mommy and Daddy were out of town. They went to Lemuria and spent all morning reading every dinosaur book there. Uncle Paul even bought one for Charlie - it came with glow in the dark dinosaurs, which Charlie LOVES! Here is a picture of Uncle Paul and Charlie bonding over doves.

Delta getaway

Mommy and Daddy took a much-needed getaway to the Delta this weekend. We started in Greenwood, spending the night at the Alluvian and eating dinner at Giardina's. Saturday morning, we woke up and ate the best breakfast in the Terrace Room watching College Gameday on the bigscreen. It was awesome! After antiqueing in Greenwood, we headed to Merigold where Mommy did a little shopping. We had lunch at the Warehouse in Cleveland and did a little more shopping. Daddy even bought something - a mini caramel cake at a shop across the street from The Wishing Well! It was delicious! On the way home, we stopped in Indianola at the B.B. King Museum. They were having a blues festival, so we listened to some blues and took a complimentary tour of the museum. It was so fun! We made it home late Saturday night and fell asleep watching football. It was a perfect weekend! And, we loved picking the kids up from the Hursts' house on Sunday morning. We missed them so much!

Church Labor Day picnic

Today, we went to church Labor Day picnic at Twin Lakes. The kids had so much fun swimming, sliding, zip lining, and playing on the floats in the lake. It was great to be with our friends and church family, too. We ate a BBQ dinner listening to the Vernon Brothers and watching all of the children play together. It was great! The kids also ate lots of snow cones and cotton candy, too. Before we headed home, Daddy took Jane Gray, Charlie, and Sayley to the top of the fire tower. What an amazing view!

Charlie's first dove hunt

Today, Charlie went on his first dove hunt. After lunch at Pop's house, the hunters loaded up and headed to the Harris's for the annual, opening day dove hunt. Shortly after getting set up, a small shower came through, so Pop, Mommy and the kids decided to stay dry in the truck. While there and to fill some time, Pop made loops out of some string for the kids to play with. After the rain stopped and shots were being fired, our crew returned and helped point out birds and pick shots. Jane Gray and Charlie were Daddy's retrievers, and they had a great time finding the birds. Charlie made a spectacular retrieve on the front end of a double as he chased the bird all the way down the hill. It took him for what seemed like half an hour to return (he likes to take his time), but he was mighty proud of his work. The kids and Liddy and Genevieve visited on and off and were great. At the end of the hunt and as the thunderstorm made its way toward us, we called it a day and went to the Harris's house for dinner. After running in the back yard, swinging, eating and having a big time, it was time to go home. Charlie didn't care to leave as he said "I love it here and I never want to leave".