She doesn’t want to take a nap. She needs a nap. Finally: “Fine. I’ll close my eyes.” And got into this position. 😀
She never napped. I came home from my walk (Tom was upstairs) to find her wide awake. Outside with Maggie. With chocolate on her face. STINKER.
Sigh.
I stopped by Marshalls today. On a whim I tried these on. They fit great. 🙂
As soon as I saw this tee advertised on Facebook, I had to get it. Tom and I had a few meals there back in the day. Unfortunately it no longer exists. (You can get the shirt here.)
This was sent home with Katie today!
She was climbing on the arm of the chair (which she shouldn’t have been) and fell off, bumping her head and arm on the wall and speaker stand. P
I picked Katie up at 4 and we stayed until Owen was done at 5:15. It was 80° and sunny so was a little hot to stay on the playground so we went in to watch Owen…and of course Katie ended up playing, too. 🙂
Katie helping the kids play dodgeball:
Playing basketball with Owen:
New shirt, new pants, old shoes. 🙂
The entire first grade went to Mount Vernon today. They all had to wear their first grade tee.
A mom friend was a chaperone and sent me these pics:
We took Papa and Grannie to the “goose park” (Burke Lake Park)!
Katie made fast friends, as usual:
Feeding the geese!
Papa and Grannie have been going to swim lessons and Papa brought his camera today!
We had Owen take the picture and of course Katie had to follow us out…so Owen told her to get in the picture! 🙂 (I’m also wearing a “borrowed” Le Tote dress!)
Love these guys!
Just out of curiosity, I looked up our last couples selfie (minus the 2015 USMC Birthday Ball) and was shocked to see how close the dates were 11 years apart! (See that post.)
The boys being boys…eating their truffles. 🙂
And pics of the dress after we got home because I forgot to take them before:
Watching Owen at bat!
This was Katie’s first pre-k art project from her first day—it finally came home Friday and it got hung on the art line today!!
At a USMC retirement party…for a married couple that I learned were BOTH younger than we are! Egads.
Another of my new outfits (well, the dress and the boots—you’ve seen the jacket and necklace before). 🙂
They had a photographer there taking pics of all the guests and they also offered them for sale. It was a decent picture of us, so we bought it!
Papa and Gannie took the kids to baseball tonight and Owen had his first attempt as catcher (he’s wanted to but he needed a cup…so we finally bought one!). He said he loved it!! (Thanks to Grannie Lin for the pics!)
When I arrived to pick up Katie, I saw a class of kids heading inside. I thought the teacher sounded familiar and it was—Owen’s teacher! I heard her say something about being scientists and they all had notebooks. Mrs. Talley waved and Owen happened to turn around and saw me. 🙂
I didn’t get to ask him about it after school since it was a mad rush to get him ready and out the door to baseball with Papa and Grannie (Tom and I had a retirement dinner to attend) but these pics were posted on Facebook!
So I was walking back to my car after my haircut and I suddenly thought “Hey. I smell lilacs.” So I stopped, turned around, looked up, and voilà ! Ahhhhh. One of my favorite smells in the world. (We haven’t seen too many around here so it’s super exciting to run across them! And it was all I could do to NOT try and rip off a branch to bring home!)
Google says it’s a non-poisonous Northern Black Racer.
We took Grannie on her first jump today!
When we got back from the field trip, Katie got to create her artwork folder…which necessitated finger painting. She had a blast! And I’m glad she gets to do it at school because the thought of that mess at home makes me cry. 🙂
Then we saw Owen coming back from recess:
And just because there wasn’t already enough paint…another color!
And then I made the mistake of telling her to make a handprint. Well, she smacked her hand down and this happened (except about four times as many dots):
Anne (our friend who works in Katie’s class) assured me it was washable, but when a baby wipe—generally known to clean most anything—didn’t work, I got concerned. I found the label:
You see that? Washes out of most surfaces and fabrics. Egads. Of course that would be my luck with my brand new coat. (That said, I washed it as soon as I got home and thankfully it did come out.)
And the final product! I can’t wait to see the finished (dried) folder they make out of it!
Katie’s first field trip—to Frying Pan Park (a working farm) in Herndon!
Katie: I’m so excited to take the bus!!
He was taking a dirt bath!
Katie got to pet the sheep but I didn’t get a picture of it!
She was frustrated that the little boy was climbing behind her!
Probably the best pic of the day! She loved the animals but she really liked playing on the tractors!
This little boy in his old-timey cap just cracked me up. I love this pic—they look like an old married couple being forced to sit for a photo. 🙂
Then soon it was snack time…
And time to go home…
She had a great time!
Grannie was trying to teach Owen how to run and the only place was out in the road. 🙂
And then of course Katie had to join in.
