I have a million excuses about why we have gone over two months without a post, but the important thing is that we are here now! I'll post a super-quick recap of the last couple of months so that I can post about Emma's birthday separately.
Just to remind everyone -- these are the kids I'm writing about. It's been so long, I thought some of you might have forgotten. (ha ha)
Sometime back in September, we drove up to Chattanooga for the day to visit the Tennessee Aquarium. We had a great time and plan to go back next spring. Andrew still talks about all of the animals we saw!
In early October, we made our annual visit to the Cumming Country Fair. The kids had fun riding the rides, but we learned that it's alot more fun to visit the fair on a chilly Fall evening, when you can sip hot cider and look at all of the lights. 85 degrees and sunny just wasn't quite what we're used to! But again, Drew had so much fun in the animal exhibit that he still talks about what he saw there. This kid is definitely an animal lover!
This was Tim and Emma on the spinning tea cups:
On the same day, after leaving the fair, we stopped by the bookstore. We let Drew and Emma each choose one book for themselves. Drew is very much into Batman these days, so of course he chose a Batman sticker book. He was so proud of his new book that he actually asked me to take this picture!
Back in September, Emma painted an impressive piece for a school-wide contest sponsored by the PTA, called Reflections. The theme was "The Magic Of A Moment," and students could submit any kind of artwork -- painting, drawing, poem, story, movie, dance piece, musical composition, photograph, etc. -- that had to do with that theme. Here she is, putting on the sparkly finishing touches to her piece, before we submitted it to the school for judging:
Fast forward to October, the school had "Gallery Night," where they put all of the submissions on display and announced the winners for each grade level (1st and 2nd place). Here is our artist standing in front of her entry, "The Magic Wand":
I had intentionally not told Emma it was a contest because I didn't want her to worry about whether or not she would win. When I finally told her on Gallery Night, just before they announced the winners, she was very mad at me for not cluing her in!
However, not two minutes later, they announced that 1st Place for Kindergarten in Visual Arts went to...you guessed it!
Thankfully, after that, she forgot she was mad at me and all was forgiven. Her painting has been forwarded to the county-level competition, and we should get word sometime in November if she moves on from there. We are so proud of our artist!
Last weekend, it was time for the annual trip to the pumpkin farm. Once again, there were animals. I'll give you one guess who is still talking about them!
I put this picture in because I think she looks so old here:
Speaking of which, our sweet girl turned SIX years old today! I guess she looks old in the picture because she IS getting old! Birthday recap to come soon...
