Busted

Meg has started helping herself to food in the pantry. This afternoon, Mommy busted her getting into Daddy's chewing gum.

Back to School Night

Tonight was the Back to School Round Up at Covenant. Daddy went with Meg to her class and Mommy went with Charlie. Both Charlie and Meg were so excited to show us their classrooms, teachers, classmates, and art. Daddy loves handprints, so he took a picture of Meg by her handprint. Charlie's artwork depicts himself in his future career. When Mommy asked Charlie who he was going to be when he grew up, he said a doctor, judge, and football player. However, in this picture (the brown figure above Charlie's head), he is a policeman. The boy has big plans! After the classroom visits, we headed outside for games (go fish and the cupcake walk are favorites), hamburgers, snowcones, face painting, train riding, and lots of jumpy toys.

Sweet sisters

We went to Yazoo City today to visit with Pop and Sherrie. At one point in the trip, Mommy looked back and saw this - sweet sisters holding hands.

Fun with Mommy

Mommy calls Meg her "partner in crime." Meg loves to run errands with Mommy, but her favorite, by far, is when Mommy gets her allergy shot. The sweet nurse at the clinic treats Meg like a queen and gives her a sucker and a toy every time Mommy gets her shot. There is also a big, captivating television. The shot clinic is so great (for Meg)!

Filming of The Help

When Mommy was in junior high school, she and her friends rode in a bus to Yazoo City to be extras in the movie, Miss Firecracker. So, when we heard that they were filming The Help in Fondren today, Meg and Mommy decided to check out the action while the big kids were at school. Meg loved the old timey cars and was so funny posing by them. The only real action we saw (as you can tell from the last picture, they blocked off the filming) was an extra driving a car - you can see it in the next to last picture driving past Meg.

Picking up Nana and Grandpa from the airport

Nana and Grandpa are finally home from Ireland! We have missed them! Tonight, we went to pick them up from the airport. While we were waiting, Jane Gray and Meg lay down on the grass to watch for Nana and Grandpa's airplane. Charlie was overcome with excitement - he fell asleep in the car and didn't wake up until we were dropping Nana and Grandpa off at their house. He was thrilled, though, when they gave him an Irish football; Meg received a stuffed sheep and Jane Gray a necklace with a three-leaf clover on it. Thanks, Nana and Grandpa!

Bedtime story

At the end of a long day, Mommy loves when Jane Gray volunteers to read Charlie and Meg a bedtime story.

Cheerleading at Prep

Jane Gray and her friends cheered tonight at the Jackson Prep football game. They were so cute and had so much fun. Meg wanted so badly to go down there with them. She stared so longingly at them! Charlie was too busy to notice. He ran around the entire game, only returning to show us the tree frog he caught. He was so proud of that tree frog and even more proud that he sold it to a woman at the game for $4. Charlie also loved his red and blue face paint - he asked some Prep students in the parking lot to paint his face. Charlie has never met a stranger!

Meg's latest

Meg is still obsessed with shoes. It doesn't matter to whom they belong - she is wearing them! She has also learned how to climb out of her crib. Jane Gray never climbed out of her crib - we moved her to her big girl bed when she turned 3. Charlie climbed out of his crib for the first time in Yazoo City when he was a little older than 2. We were hanging out in the den when Charlie suddenly appeared. Daddy asked him what he was doing, and Charlie said, "I got out!" He was so happy! We are not quite ready to put Meg in her big girl bed; we plan to do that when we move to the new house. Until then, Meg is content in her crib. She is so funny organizing her stuffed animals. In the last picture, she is making sure that Snowy is in the right spot!

Mommy's big helper

Mommy was sick this week, so sweet Charlie helped Mommy make lunch. He wore the chef hat he made at school and was so happy to help Mommy!

Second Louise dove hunt

We tried the doves again in Louise on a Saturday afternoon, but most had moved on. It didn't matter to the kids as they had a blast finding spent shells, playing hide and seek and either avoiding the mud or heading straight to it. The day was highlighted by another trip to the redneck aquarium where the alligator gar and other fish put on a show for the kids.

Foxy the turtle

The children first met Foxy when we showed them our new house for the first time. Foxy was in the backyard, and the children instantly fell in love with the house and Foxy! This morning, Foxy reappeared, and the children played with her a couple of hours before turning her loose in the backyard. Meg is waving to Foxy in the last picture - hope we see you again soon, Foxy!

Louise Labor Day Dove Hunt

We loaded up once again and headed to Louise for a dove hunt -- not exactly with the well wishes of Meg. Jane Gray and Charlie were excited as Liddy, Maggie, Lillian Claire and cousin Jack were going to be there (to Charlie's delight as he had earlier asked if any boys were going to be there). We played host and put everyone in their spots, visited for a while, and finally ended up in our own spot in the hot sun. We soon needed drinks and shade, but were able to later find some doves to retrieve. The kids spent a lot of time in Pop's truck and had a blast. After the hunt, we went to Pop's house where Sherrie had dinner ready for the hungry hunters.

First Dove Hunt

Jane Gray, Charlie and I joined Pop, Uncle Will and everyone else at the Harris's old sunflower field for a second day dove hunt. The birds were a little slow to start, but that did not dissuade our fun. Jane Gray and Charlie found a great tree to climb, a thorn tree that intrigued them, visited with Pop, drank Sprite and ate snacks. Eventually, they were able to put their retriever instincts to work as the best 'dogs' in the field. Charlie was a little disappointed that Will's dog, Josie, was so fast and beat him on a few retrieves. After the hunt, we went to the party, played with the Hurst girls and ate bar-b-que, chips and dessert.

Jane Gray and Hannah Grace

Mrs. Berch sent Mommy this cute picture of Jane Gray and Hannah Grace at the Ole Miss game.