Saturday, November 21, 2009

Saturday Photo Hunt - Birds

Birds! I wasn't sure what I was going to post for this theme. I went through my photos and found several random bird photos and originally had them all set to autopost. But that was before the black birds came to our house. The first time, I snapped a few photos with my iPhone - none really great. I thought at that time there were a bunch of birds - and there were. But it was nothing compared to the number of birds that came the second time. Again, I took the pictures with my iPhone, but these turned out better. So, here is the short second visit from the thousands of black birds. Be sure to look past the fence line, those black spots are all birds!











Friday, November 20, 2009

First Fish

One Sunday afternoon in September, our power went off for some reason or another. It ended up being off for five or six hours. The girls wanted to ride their bikes, so we rode up to our neighbors house up the street - Mr. Doug and Mrs. Sandy's house! The girls love to go see them! Mr. Doug and Mrs. Sandy's house backs up to the "lake" and Mr. Doug fishes in it all the time. He invited the girls to go fishing with him and they were so excited. Mr. Doug guaranteed that they would catch a fish - and they did! Rachel was so excited and she couldn't wait to show us - until she saw it wiggle on the line and she jumped about three feet in the air! I got a few pictures on my iPhone. I think Rachel ended up catching five fish and Rebekah caught three.






Thursday, November 19, 2009

Guess Where I Am Tonight?

Yes! It's finally here. The second movie in the Twilight Series. We bought tickets back in September for the first, midnight showing of the movie. I'll be gone until the wee, wee hours of the morning. So, I'll catch up with you tomorrow!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Wordless Wednesday...

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Community Field Trip

On October 7th, Rebekah's class went on a Community Field Trip. This was Rebekah's first field trip and school bus ride. She was so excited to get to ride a school bus! I was able to ride on the bus with her and help chaperon the trip. The first stop was just down the street from the school - Knights Grocery Store. They were able to tour the store and learn more about our community helpers within the store. Rebekah's first stop was in the produce department. They got to see and name all the vegetables and even got to taste some grapes! The next stop on the tour was the bakery. We got to talk to some of the bakers and they had a table set up where everyone got to decorate their own cupcake and then eat it! The last stop was the floral department. Each student received a red carnation and made a card to attach to the flower. Here are some photos from the bus ride and Knights.

Here is Rebekah with one of her good friends, Jenna. We met Jenna this summer in gymnastics. They were so excited to be in the same pre-K class. I like it because I've made a great new friend and we've been able to help each other out several times this year! Don't they look happy?



After we left Knights, we headed over to one of the Cabot Fire Stations. The kids were so excited. First, every kid got a chance to spray the water hose like they were putting out a fire. Next, everyone piled on the firetruck for a class photo. After climbing all over it, everyone was able to sit in the drivers seat and pretend to race to a fire! After listening to the loud sirens, we took a VIP tour of the firehouse to see where the firemen eat, sleep, workout and shower! Lastly, the kids were able to practice what to do if there was fire in their own house - all in the Fire Safety House. We ended our time at the fire station with lunch and then headed back to school. What a fun trip and here are some pictures from the fire station.

Rebekah was first to spray the hose. I wasn't quite ready with the camera, so I missed the shot with the water spraying.


It's not easy to get 20 four and five year olds all posed for a picture!




I almost forgot. When we were done with the Fire Safety House and went back into the garage, we saw that an ambulance had arrived for the kids to tour. Our class then toured the ambulance and got to talk to the paramedics.




Monday, November 16, 2009

School Pictures...

Both girls had their school pictures made. I wanted pictures that would match, so I chose the same pose and background for each of them. Unfortunately, since they were taken at different schools and more than likely different photographers, their backgrounds ended up not being quite the same color. This is Rachel's second grade picture and Rebekah's pre-K picture. Yeah, I know...Rachel has on her "fake" smile! :) Gotta love school photos to document all those stages we go through!






Sunday, November 15, 2009

Falling Asleep at the Table

Had to share some cute videos of the girls with you. In these videos, Rachel is a few months past her second birthday and Rebekah is about one month away from turning two. We think they are cute because they are our kids! But also think it is cute because they are sitting around the same table, sitting in the same booster chair, both around the same age, eating the same dinner (chicken nuggets!) and falling asleep. Hope you enjoy them!

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