Summer

Well our summer has been a lot different than I had planned. With my broken elbow we have stayed pretty close to home and just had fun being together and enjoying our backyard. We did manage one trip to the Knoxville Zoo and a trip to the beach. Later this month we plan to take a ride on Thomas the tank engine.













Knoxville Zoo or Zoo Zoo as B calls it

We took a day trip to the Knoxville Zoo and we had a wonderful day. Both boys loved it and really got into zoo animals. As far as Tot-School and Preschool this summer we have just been working on things that interest the boys. So they took such an interest in the zoo animals that we did several zoo animal projects.








The boys got really interested in Zoo animals and so we did several activities involving things we had seen at the Zoo.




Ee is for elephant paint dotter fun and cut and paste from Making Learning Fun.






We also created giraffes, more elephants, and lots of butterflies.







We painted with marbles and created Zebras.

B's 1st Big Show

B went to The Little Gym this semester too. He also began to blossom as we got towards the end of the class. We were so glad that, after I broke my elbow, Papaw could help us out and take B to class and work with him.

C's big show

C just finished his second semester at The Little Gym and had his big show. He has come such a long way since he started and I am sooooo proud of him.

Easter (finally)

Trying to blog with only one hand is a bit hard but I think I am getting the hang of it. The past 22 days have been so hard for me. First of all I am TOTALlY not use to people waiting on me but I have had to give in and let them. Everything I do is such a chore and takes me for ever. I will never ever take having two hands for granted again!! A friend came over this week to bring dinner for us and she said, "You know God has a reason for everything even this." I know that is so true and I am working on figuring this out. I have a few ideas why He may be trying to get my attention but I guess I will know in time if it is His will for me to know. For now I just have to sit back, heal, and rely on others.

We had so much fun this Easter. On Friday Daddy was home and we so enjoyed this rare treat! We dyed our eggs and a little of the floor and most of our fingers but oh what fun we had!







On Saturday we attended an egg hunt at our church. It was lots of fun! We got to find eggs (both boys won the hunt with the most eggs for their age group.) play games and decorate cupcakes.




Easter Sunday was just an awesome day!! We read several Easter stories before heading to church. After a very spirit filled service we went to the Easter egg hunt at the Biltmore House. Then we walked around and looked at the house and the gardens. We managed to get several great pictures at the garden. Then we headed to Papaw and Grandama's house for a wonderful Easter dinner with all of our favorite people.







Highlight of the day was C asking us--"God created everything, right? Well then how did God get here? Where did he come from?" OK so we are still working on answering this deep question from my 4 year old! Anyway I am thrilled that he knows God and he understands that God created all the beauty that surrounds us!!

Behind

I just wanted to let everybody know that I fell helping out with Charlie's t-ball practice and broke my arm/elbow and messed up a lot of ligaments. I had surgery on Monday April 12th so this has been a long and painful week. Anyway--I am way behind on blogging but as soon as I get to feeling better I will try to catch up.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Spring!

What a great week!!

What a great week we had last week!! The boys both celebrated their birthdays with family and friends and they both had a really awesome week!!!! We are sooooo blessed!!

Some sights from the week---