Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Isaac was nothing compared to Hurricane Katrina.  We did not lose power, but school did get cancelled.  We spent our day off playing games, baking cookies, and making a banner and paper airplanes (we had to do something boy-ish!).

Ballet and tap

Meg is taking a ballet and tap class at Ballet Mississippi with Anne Melton, Helen, and Rosalie.  Meg had her first class today, and she loved it!

Ric Rutledge

Meg and Mommy waited and waited for the arrival of baby Ric.  And, when he finally arrived, we fought over who got to hold him.  He is so precious!

Swinging in Yazoo City

Meg begged and begged Daddy to push her on the swing in Yazoo City.  She loves it!

Superstar Jane Gray

Jane Gray's class has a superstar every week, and Jane Gray was the class's first superstar.  She made this poster about herself and treated the class to Reese's cookies she and Mommy made together.

Sunday Afternoon

Laura had a church meeting this afternoon, so the rest of us went for a bike ride through the neighborhood, stopping to play at the Ridgeways' playground for a while.  On the way back, and as they generally do, the kids requested race time in the Hoods' front yard.  We'll have to call this one a tie.

Meg's first day of Covenant kindergarten

Meg is in the kindergarten class this year.  She is so excited about it and did not look back when Mommy dropped her off for her first day.  When Mommy picked her up, Meg was all smiles until she broke the news that she didn't have any homework.  Meg wants to be just like her older sister and brother and have homework.  She is so funny!

Last days of summer at the zoo

Meg, Christy, and Audrey spent their last days of summer together at the zoo.  Meg and Audrey played together yesterday and loved the merry-go-round.  Today, Christy went with us to play in the zoo's new splash pad.

Covenant Preschool open house

Meg met her teacher, Mrs. Brown, this morning.  Meg was a bit tongue-tied, which is unusual for her, but we fully expect her to be back to her loquacious self when school starts on Wednesday.

Louise Work Day

Charlie and Daddy met Uncle Will in Louise at sunrise to have a work day.  Charlie was a big help painting the new duck blind.  We also worked on several deer stands, put boards in pipes, trudged through sky high Johnson grass (was not Charlie's favorite part), and in general, played in the dirt.  Charlie disappeared for a while only to return with a nice deer antler.  Since we didn't need his help at the time, I told him the other side was probably in the same woods somewhere, and he disappeared again later returning with another shed antler - he was fired up.  We dropped by the house in Yazoo City on the way back to hit the garden and inspect the destruction - interesting.

Jane Gray's silly class pictures

Mrs. Lytton sent us these cute pictures from Jane Gray's first day of fourth grade.

First day of school

Today was Jane Gray and Charlie's first days of fourth and first grade.  Jane Gray's teacher is Mrs. Lytton, and Charlie's teacher is Mrs. Humphries.  They are both very excited about their teachers and classmates.  Sayley, Sarah, Tatum, Kate and Selah are in Jane Gray's class.  Charlie's friend, Jake, is in his class.

More Olympics

When the Olympic gymnasts are competing, Meg plays along.  She dons her leotard and does her floor exercise and balance beam.

Hermit crabs

The children found several hermit crabs at the beach.  We decided to keep two and release the others.  Charlie was very sad, but Jane Gray cheered him up by buying a land hermit crab with the money she won in the oyster challenge.

Seashell hunting

Daddy bought some beautiful shells for the children and Mommy to "find" at the beach.  We also saw more rays and dolphins.

Charlie fishing with Pop

The highlight of the trip for Charlie was fishing with Pop.  They caught two fish, a Lane Snapper and a Mangrove Snapper, and had a great time!  Charlie also enjoyed chasing blue herons.

Crabbing

We went crabbing in the rain with our Barbour cousins and caught lots of crabs!