River Market

Some wonderful friends came down from Russellville to visit today. We took the four kids to the Museum of Discovery, Flying Fish, the River Market, and for a ride on the trolleys.

At The Theatre

Saturday we went with MiMi to see a very funny show at the children's theatre.
All of us enjoyed it!

Micah's Portraits

Remembering Baptism

Gabi's drawing of her baptism, including Rev Rodney on the left and John Farthing on the right, Blake & baby Gabi in the middle.

Report to the Bridge!

The kids built the bridge of a starship in our play room, and boldly went where no kid had gone before.

Live long and prosper, little geeks.

Cat Math

14 Pounds of Miriam+ 16 pounds of Moses

+ 19 pounds of MacKenzie

= 49 pounds of cat

(and most of that is fur.)

Micah at Sunday School

Super Speed Jedis

Forgive the bad reproduction of the picture here, but Micah drew this at Pre-K. They are studying the five senses this week and that included an outdoor game of I-spy to learn about seeing and then they came inside a drew what they saw. Here you see the sun, the grass, and, to the left of the picture, a mushroom and flower. The big box shape in the background is the school air conditioner. All cute, right? Now- the best part--- the guy in the middle is Micah's best buddy Benjamin. Now, note the squiggly lines over his head. That is Benjamin dreaming of playing Star Wars with Micah. He drew the squiggly lines because they move so fast when they play Star Wars that all you can see is the blur of movement. It's a Jedi thing.

Sacraments Test

Now that we have ventured into the world on private school, we are experiencing the kids learning religion in school. Being that they go to a Catholic school, we sometimes get to talk about some differences in how we worship as Methodists compared to her classmates who are mostly RC. Second grade is the year they have first communion so they are really emphasizing the religion this year in preparation for that in the spring. As UMC, Gabi has been taking Communion at our open table for years. Last week Gabi had a test on the sacraments, and I am willing to wager she is the first kid in the class to draw a picture of her daddy giving herself and her little brother Communion in response to this question.

Branson

We spent the weekend in Branson, and I have few pictures to share. But first I'll kick it off with a confession: I realized halfway through the drive up that I hadn't packed Harriet or Toggy. These are Micah's lovies who he sleeps with. He always has at least one of them at bedtime, and we had neither. I didn't mention this to him, and instead we went the Bass Pro Shop and let him pick out a new stuffed animal. He chose a cute huggable bobcat and named it Bobbie and never noticed that we forgot his other friends. Best $10 I ever spent. Gabi tried to talk me into dropping a few more bucks on this:

We spent the next two days at Silver Dollar City. I don't have any pics of Gabi on rides because we paired up and Micah was my buddy. Blake & Gabi hit the roller coasters, meanwhile Micah and I found the frogs more our speed. As a side note, Southern Gospel weekend is a great time to hit SDC if you like rides. You have to wade through the thicket of gray hairs and motorized wheelchairs between the shows, but the rides all have zero lines.

The Sheriff stopped Micah in the street and asked Micah if he would mind being a deputy.

Micah eagerly took the badge and wore it proudly and told everyone he met that he was Deputy Micah, and even threw his sister in jail.

They had fall decorations set up with places to pose with pumpkins for pictures. Gabi stopped and posed at every single one. Every. Single. One.

Micah spent a lot of time at Geyser Gulch, which Micah called the Ball Factory. It has lots of soft foam balls and mechanical ball-moving devices-- vacuums, chutes, ramps, conveyor belts, and best of all: air-powered guns! He could have stayed there all day.Ahhhh! ZOMBIES!!!

These are the kids' souvenirs- Gabi got a bonnet, and Micah got a cork pop rifle and a leather belt with his name stamped on it. They are playing "old-fashioned" right now.

Here is Micah (and Bobbie) all tuckered out before we even got out of Branson.

Birthday Fiesta