Hi my Friend!

It has been a while since I posted. Summer was crazy here and I neglected lots of things just to spend quality time with my kids. I want to keep journaling our life so that one day I can look back and see how well we did raising our kids :) I have faith and I know that God takes care of my family and I, and makes sure we make all the best choices in life. As Hectic as my life seems right now I have to remember that there are others out there who are leading a much tougher road.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Alligator Adventure!

Emery is all into animals at the moment so we are going to do an ABC unit study on Animals. Each week she chooses a different animal that corresponds with the next letter of the Alphabet. We started with Alligator. She can tell you what they eat, where they live, the difference between a Crocodile and Alligator, and everything else! She also made a clothespin Alligator. We visited the Alligators the week before at the Greensboro Science Center so we didn't go back this week. We read the Alligators and Crocodile section of our Encyclopedia of Animals and Crocodaddy by Kim Norman.

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Phonics Fun!

Phonics has started in our house! We no longer use the Little hands to heaven Curriculum. We made it about halfway through but it was way too easy for Emery. She is now on a kindergarten level. We are reviewing Curriculum for the time being, but decided to go our own approach for Phonics. We started with the LEapfrog Letter Factory DVD and then finished it up with Words factory by Leapfrog and Meat the Sight Words by Preschool Prep Company. We also use Preschool Prep Flashcards. I will also start using Learn to read in 100 easy Lessons. As we move along I will update followers on how it is going.

Myrtle Beach Day 4

Today is a Pool Day! Started the day with bryson falling asleep on the Golf cart.

Emery Swimming

Emery makes friends really easy! Rubber Ducky Race in the Lazy River. Emery's is the Pink one in the lead!Rooting our Duckies on! Bryson Loves to Jump into the Pool! Emery is A little Fishy too!Happy little Boy!

Myrtle Beach Day 3

Today was a shopping day!

Playing with Playdoh while we all got ready.

Eating Lunch on the Golf cart
Listening to Dora on the Ipod

Feeding the Ducks at Broadway at the Beach

Haven't eaten here since living In Charleston! Lunch for Mommy and Daddy!

Riding Rides at the Tanger outlets!

Myrtle Beach Day 2

we woke up and decided it was a great morning for some pancakes at Breakfast by the Sea. Since it was too cold for the Golf cart we had to drive down to it but that's OK! After breakfast we headed to Broadway at the beach for a little bit before heading back to the campground.

We rode the Golf cart down to the playground to play for a little bit. Bryson loves the slides.
Emery loves the Sand Digger.

walked on the boardwalk and looked for Fish and Alligators.

Cooper was a good puppy too!

Then we walked down to the beach. Cooper loved the Beach! Emery Found Seashells.Bryson found some too! We then decided to ride out to the Veggie stand for some tomatoes. Emery got a big Apple! All that fun was a little too much for this one. She fell asleep on the way back!

Myrtle Beach Day ONE

We are in myrtle Beach for 9 days! Every April we celebrate our Anniversary at The Myrtle Beach Travel Park for a week. It is off season so it isn't that crowded and still not unbearably HOT! Here is Day number one:

Riding the Golf Cart down to the Beach
Bryson and Emery love the Sand!

Emery also loved chasing the Sea Gulls

Bryson playing with his dump truck

And Bryson Also loved eating the sand!

Emery Thought it was fun for the waves to catch her Toes. Bryson thought it was fun to run when the waves got near him!

Tired little boy!

Running through the Tidal pool one last time for the day. We Decided to head to the indoor pool to wash the sand off. Bryson was a little Fish in the water! WE put Floaties on him and he jumped right in the water. Then he would get out and jump in again! Emery Already swims on her own with floaties and was all over the pool as well.

When we got back to the camper We filled the baby pool with water and gave the kids a bath outside. Inside is just a shower and they haven't quite gained trust in that! Then we fixed dinner and ate outside. they love to eat their dinner on the Golf Cart.

After dinner we take a Golf cart ride around the Campground and visit with neighbors. Mimi Sent money so we stopped by the Store and got........

BUG JUICE!!!!!!

After Riding for a little bit Bryson fell asleep so we headed back to put him to bed! What a great Stress Free Day!

April is here and Almost gone!

Yes that's right and I am just getting back into the groove of things. life here is getting ready to change a whole lot! Starting May 5th, 2010 we will be an Army Family. Seth will be leaving us for 4 1/2 months for training. It will be hard but we will make it through! We already have a lot planned for the summer and just keep adding. Bryson is 19 months old and Full Force! he just started walking and is all over the place. he climbs on counter Tops, jumps off things way too high and is always getting into something. All Boy I guess! Emery is doing great as well. She has learned to Count to 39, can almost recognize all of her ABC's, and can also Write her Name! She knows simple addition 1+1, 2+2, ETC. She can recognize Opposites in pretty much everything! Life is Good!

2 months?!?

I have Neglected this blog for two months now!! Time have been busy... On Thanksgiving we had a pretty decent size Thanksgiving party here at our house and decorated it just how my grandmother would want it done! That evening we went to visit with some family where Emery and Bryson were able to play with there cousins Danica, Jaxson, and Joshua.
we are now settling in to the festivities of Christmas. unfortunately Church was canceled Yesterday and we missed our Christmas service but we will celebrate it throughout the week along with the church service sunday after christmas. Why was church canceled? It Actually snowed here!! We get a pretty good snow once a year but this one was beautiful!! Last Week our children sang to the church and Emery did a fantastic job. I was worried that she wouldnt want to stand up there but she did great! she is the farthest little girl to the right in the burgandy dress.

HomePreSchool has been postponed until after the holidays.. One of the many many reasons why I love homeschooling. we have played many ABC games the past couple of months and learned in many other ways but our actual curriculum will be brought back out the first of january for all the Little Hands to heaven Followers!