Sunday, August 28, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Soccer hooligans
The kids had ridiculous amounts of fun watching our neighbor, David, play indoor soccer last night. Unfortunately, the other team was too scared of David's team and didn't show up, so the guys just scrimmaged against each other. Charlotte didn't care. She was cheering wildly (with her mismatched pom-poms from Vanderbilt football game giveaways) before the game even started. "GO DAVID GO! GO GO GO GO!" She was a big hit with the rest of the spectators.
It was hard to get any good shots through the glass (plexiglass?), but here's David (in the shocking orange shoes) looking all ready to score.
Peter was TANKED running around in the facility. It was nice because there really wasn't far for him to go and no serious game going on for me to worry about him annoying the spectators.
Here's Charlotte, demonstrating her "super soccer kick".
We brought the kids' teeny soccer ball and Peter kicked/dribbled it all over the place, dreaming of the day he would be out on the field.
Here's David's cheering section. My attempts at group shots involving my children always inevitably fail, but at least Dan and Alicia look good!
It was hard to get any good shots through the glass (plexiglass?), but here's David (in the shocking orange shoes) looking all ready to score.
Peter was TANKED running around in the facility. It was nice because there really wasn't far for him to go and no serious game going on for me to worry about him annoying the spectators.
Here's Charlotte, demonstrating her "super soccer kick".
We brought the kids' teeny soccer ball and Peter kicked/dribbled it all over the place, dreaming of the day he would be out on the field.
Here's David's cheering section. My attempts at group shots involving my children always inevitably fail, but at least Dan and Alicia look good!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Random shots from the cell phone
I was cleaning photos off of my cell phone's teeny tiny memory chip and just couldn't let these ones go without mention.
Charlie Jo loves to hold her pinwheel (a gift from Joslyne and Zoey for her first birthday!) in front of the giant fan we use to cool off the bonus room. I love the grin she gets when the pinwheel spins like crazy!
Rocky is getting so lanky and long. He also is clearly not in his right mind if he is comfortable enough to sleep in such a vulnerable position with Peter in the house!
Speaking of Peter, he was showing off some fly dance moves in the car the other day while we waited for a drink at Sonic. Note that he can dance like a maniac and still keep a tight grip on his pink monkey bubba.
This last shot was taken when we were standing in line at the county fair. Peter looks so serious about the fun he is about to have. He adores riding on his Daddy's shoulders.
And that's all for now!
Charlie Jo loves to hold her pinwheel (a gift from Joslyne and Zoey for her first birthday!) in front of the giant fan we use to cool off the bonus room. I love the grin she gets when the pinwheel spins like crazy!
Rocky is getting so lanky and long. He also is clearly not in his right mind if he is comfortable enough to sleep in such a vulnerable position with Peter in the house!
Speaking of Peter, he was showing off some fly dance moves in the car the other day while we waited for a drink at Sonic. Note that he can dance like a maniac and still keep a tight grip on his pink monkey bubba.
This last shot was taken when we were standing in line at the county fair. Peter looks so serious about the fun he is about to have. He adores riding on his Daddy's shoulders.
And that's all for now!
Last day with Grandma JoJo
Grandma JoJo stuck around for one more day after Aunt Kim, Abbey, and Cady Lane took off for Indiana. We started the day with a pilgrimage to the new Antique Archaeology store in Nashville, located in the old Marathon Motors factory. Mom and I are totally in love with the show "American Pickers" so we chanced the disaster that could result from bringing a toddler and a preschooler to an antique store for a slim chance of running into the owner, Mike Wolfe. Despite Charlotte's confirmed reputation as a star-magnet, we didn't see Mike.
The old Marathon Motors building is super cool, and it houses a few other businesses.
It's hard to see, but this is the Antique Archaeology logo cut into an awesome metal sign.
Back at home, Grandma JoJo tested Charlie Jo on the skills her preschool materials say should be (hopefully) mastered before entering kindergarten. Charlie could do about 75% of them, so we have decided to send her straight to kindergarten instead of preschool. Okay, maybe not.
Grandma JoJo took a family photo of us (complete with Connie grinning in the background) while we had ice cream cones that evening.
After Charlie Jo inhaled her own cone, she asked for another. Peter was still far from done with his, so we joked that she should ask him for a bite. She did, and Peter happily complied. Over and over and over and over again.
My mom headed home the next morning, and now we're trying to catch up on mountains of laundry that piled up while our dryer was broken for a week. Fun times!
The old Marathon Motors building is super cool, and it houses a few other businesses.
It's hard to see, but this is the Antique Archaeology logo cut into an awesome metal sign.
Back at home, Grandma JoJo tested Charlie Jo on the skills her preschool materials say should be (hopefully) mastered before entering kindergarten. Charlie could do about 75% of them, so we have decided to send her straight to kindergarten instead of preschool. Okay, maybe not.
Grandma JoJo took a family photo of us (complete with Connie grinning in the background) while we had ice cream cones that evening.
After Charlie Jo inhaled her own cone, she asked for another. Peter was still far from done with his, so we joked that she should ask him for a bite. She did, and Peter happily complied. Over and over and over and over again.
My mom headed home the next morning, and now we're trying to catch up on mountains of laundry that piled up while our dryer was broken for a week. Fun times!
Visit with Abbey, Kim, Cady Lane, and JoJo, v. 2
Sunday of our weekend with the girls was just as action-packed! Corey and Peter had some adventures on their own that day (and sadly took no photos) while I took the girls for a tour of the post-flood Opryland Hotel. We gawked and marveled at the sheer size and ostentatious features of that wild place.
Photo op in the Cascades lobby!
We found some more of the kooky horses (like the ones at the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville). Cady Lane and Charlotte fell in love.
Charlotte declared the girl horse to be the most beautiful in the world.
Lounging in the Delta shopping area.
We took a boat tour of the Delta river, and Charlie Jo cuddled with her Grandma JoJo.
There are tons of waterfalls in this crazy place.
We tried to reenact the previous night's line dancing escapades.
Watching the fountain show down below the little restaurant where we ate lunch.
Charlie Jo is getting to be such a big girl!
Cady Lane and her baby posed by the little waterfall too.
Before we left, we stumbled upon an arcade and couldn't resist.
Back at the hotel, Charlotte and Abbey Skyped with Abbey's boyfriend.
Then, we went swimming of course!
After dinner, we walked around downtown Franklin and had ice cream.
It was a nice way to end the weekend and send Abbey off to college. After getting groped by Peter, Abbey was certainly ready to get out of town! Hee hee.
Good luck in college, Abbey! We hope to see you for IU's Homecoming in October!!
Photo op in the Cascades lobby!
We found some more of the kooky horses (like the ones at the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville). Cady Lane and Charlotte fell in love.
Charlotte declared the girl horse to be the most beautiful in the world.
Lounging in the Delta shopping area.
We took a boat tour of the Delta river, and Charlie Jo cuddled with her Grandma JoJo.
There are tons of waterfalls in this crazy place.
We tried to reenact the previous night's line dancing escapades.
Watching the fountain show down below the little restaurant where we ate lunch.
Charlie Jo is getting to be such a big girl!
Cady Lane and her baby posed by the little waterfall too.
Before we left, we stumbled upon an arcade and couldn't resist.
Back at the hotel, Charlotte and Abbey Skyped with Abbey's boyfriend.
Then, we went swimming of course!
After dinner, we walked around downtown Franklin and had ice cream.
It was a nice way to end the weekend and send Abbey off to college. After getting groped by Peter, Abbey was certainly ready to get out of town! Hee hee.
Good luck in college, Abbey! We hope to see you for IU's Homecoming in October!!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Visit with Abbey, Kim, Cady Lane, and JoJo
We were lucky enough to get a whole weekend with my cousin/sister, Abbey, on her way to moving in for her freshman year at Indiana University! She, her mom (my Aunt Kim), and her little sister (Cady Lane), drove to Dallas from California, and then they kidnapped my mom and all drove up here for a visit. We started the weekend with dinner at Pie in the Sky on Friday night.
Mom and Aunt Kim are hiding somewhere behind that toppings caddy!
Abbey helped Charlotte make all sorts of cool things with the pizza dough the restaurant gives out for kids to play with while waiting for their pizza.
Peter and Cady Lane played peek-a-boo!
The next morning, we headed to Cheekwood to see the train exhibit and the art museum. Cady Lane and Charlotte were great buddies right from the start.
Trains!!!
All three of the little kids were exceptionally excited whenever Thomas whizzed by.
Frameworthy! (At least Abbey and I are smiling . . .)
We walked around outside a little, but the heat and humidity drove us indoors soon after to see the art collection in the Cheek mansion.
At lunch afterward, Peter entertained himself (and the rest of us!) in the mirror behind the seat.
While Petey napped, the older girls swam with Aunt Kim and Abbey in their hotel's pool.
We're pretty sure Cady Lane is part fish. That girl would swim all day, every day, if she could.
Then, the girls snuggled up to watch "The Wizard of Oz". I can't believe Charlotte was able to watch all of the scary parts!
Poor Abbey resorted to the old toothpaste and band-aids method to deal with some nasty mosquito bites she got while strolling by the Mississippi River in Memphis a couple of night before. Amazingly no one else was bitten. Abbey must taste extra sweet to bugs.
Back at our house, Abbey and Grandma JoJo entertained the howler monkeys . . .
. . . while Cady Lane cooked us all dinner.
That evening, Aunt Kim, Abbey, and I went out on the town for some line dancing and sight-seeing. Someday when Abbey is 21, we'll have to do it again and hit the honky-tonks!
Here is the obligatory shot with the weirdo horse statues at the Wildhorse Saloon:
Whew -- that was one fun, action-packed day. It makes me tired just writing about it. The fun didn't stop there though. We spent all day Sunday running around too, but that's going to have to be a whole other post.
Mom and Aunt Kim are hiding somewhere behind that toppings caddy!
Abbey helped Charlotte make all sorts of cool things with the pizza dough the restaurant gives out for kids to play with while waiting for their pizza.
Peter and Cady Lane played peek-a-boo!
The next morning, we headed to Cheekwood to see the train exhibit and the art museum. Cady Lane and Charlotte were great buddies right from the start.
Trains!!!
All three of the little kids were exceptionally excited whenever Thomas whizzed by.
Frameworthy! (At least Abbey and I are smiling . . .)
We walked around outside a little, but the heat and humidity drove us indoors soon after to see the art collection in the Cheek mansion.
At lunch afterward, Peter entertained himself (and the rest of us!) in the mirror behind the seat.
While Petey napped, the older girls swam with Aunt Kim and Abbey in their hotel's pool.
We're pretty sure Cady Lane is part fish. That girl would swim all day, every day, if she could.
Then, the girls snuggled up to watch "The Wizard of Oz". I can't believe Charlotte was able to watch all of the scary parts!
Poor Abbey resorted to the old toothpaste and band-aids method to deal with some nasty mosquito bites she got while strolling by the Mississippi River in Memphis a couple of night before. Amazingly no one else was bitten. Abbey must taste extra sweet to bugs.
Back at our house, Abbey and Grandma JoJo entertained the howler monkeys . . .
. . . while Cady Lane cooked us all dinner.
That evening, Aunt Kim, Abbey, and I went out on the town for some line dancing and sight-seeing. Someday when Abbey is 21, we'll have to do it again and hit the honky-tonks!
Here is the obligatory shot with the weirdo horse statues at the Wildhorse Saloon:
Whew -- that was one fun, action-packed day. It makes me tired just writing about it. The fun didn't stop there though. We spent all day Sunday running around too, but that's going to have to be a whole other post.
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