Game Time

Thanks so much to Pop and Grammy for coming down to keep the kids so that Marshall and I could take Jack to the Carolina game yesterday. We met up with Lottie and her mom, Charlotte and had so much fun tailgating with them. The weather was perfect (much colder than I was expecting), and while the game was far from perfect, we got the win and that's what matters in the end! I think Jack had a lot of fun just because he was with us and his siblings weren't!

Before we left for the game we tried to snap a few pics of us in our gamecock gear. Even Hank got in on this one.

Hanging out after our tailgate.

Charlotte and Lottie

The view from our seats.

Sisters

Go Gamecocks!

It's game day and we are super excited about cheering on our Gamecocks this evening! The kids wore some of their gamecock gear to school yesterday and I just had to take a few pictures.

"Raise your hand if you want the Gamecocks to win!"

Here's the crew again today.

GO GAMECOCKS!!!

Curious George

We had a visit from Curious George this week and boy was it exciting! George lives in Jack's classroom and comes home with each student at some point during the year. Jack was beyond giddy when it was his turn to bring George home with him. He took George everywhere (even to the lobby of the dance studio where we waited while Anna had class), and he slept with him that night. Apparently since George is so curious, he tends to get into trouble at each house he visits. That was the part that Jack talked on and on about and Marshall kept telling Jack that George could do anything as long as he didn't touch the playstation, which Jack thought was hilarious. The point of having George here was to read an alphabet story and then choose a letter and draw a picture of something starting with that letter. We already had a few letters ruled out from previous students' work, so Jack ended up picking the letter C and he wanted to draw a picture of crayons. I think he did a pretty good job!

Here's Curious George and the bag he came home in.

Here's a picture of Jack's crayons.
He started out with just one and then drew another so he had to add the "s" at the end. He insisted that he did not want to color them in. However, while waiting for the car line to move during drop off the next morning, he suddenly wanted to color them so the finished product looks a tad more colorful than this.

When Jack woke up the next morning Curious George wasn't in his bed anymore so after doing a little searching, Jack found him sitting in Marshall's recliner holding the playstation remote! :)

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Dance, dance, dance!

This past weekend was an exciting time for Pop and Grammy. They have been taking dance lessons for a while now and this weekend they danced in their first competition. Marshall, Anna, and I went to support them and had a great time cheering them on and (according to Anna) seeing "all the pretty dresses!" We arrived at the Hyatt around 8:00 am (yes, I said AM) and got to talk to Pop and Grammy for a few minutes before they started their first dance. The morning session consisted of more traditional/smooth dances (waltz, tango, etc) and the afternoon was for the Latin dances (I hope that's right, all the lingo is new to me). It was fun to watch and we found out later that Pop and Grammy won everything in their class - wow!!! They really did a great job and we're so proud of them!

Giving hugs, kisses, and well wishes!

After the morning session was over, we took a walk downtown, had a pinkalicious snack, played in a toy store, strolled through a farmer's market, enjoyed lunch, and then came back to see the rest of the dancing.

In between dances, Pop and Grammy came to sit with us and Anna got lots of special attention.

School

This boy started kindergarten today.

We decided to keep him at the same school he's attended for the past four years. We love everyone there and feel that this was the best place for Jack to attend kindergarten. I think that's really what helped us all have such a great day. It's a familiar place, with familiar faces, and we couldn't be happier. He came home telling me about lots of rules (good, that means he was listening!) and loved that he got to eat lunch at school. As we were talking in the car ride home, he was telling me about everything and then said, "I had fun, but I didn't learn how to read today!" Other than that one minor disappointment, he had a wonderful first day of kindergarten.

He had homework before school even started and had to make a poster about himself (including friends, family, and things he likes). He picked out/drew the pictures, cut them out, glued them on exactly where he wanted them, and did a great job!

Here's our crew on the first day of school - 2001. For the record, Sam did not take his lunch today (only on Wednesdays), but since Jack had his lunchbox Sam had to have his, too!

Kindergarten!!

3K - three days a week
CDO (Child's Day Out) - 2 days a week

Seven Months

Our little Lucy Lu is seven months old today. Wow! She is still a great baby. She's had a few days of fever and fussiness with these teeth coming in, but overall she's really happy and pretty laid back. She now has 2 teeth all the way through, one in the process and 3 more so very close. She nurses four times a day (about every 4 hours) and eats about 4 oz of baby food at each meal. She loves fruit (any kind) the best. Sleep hasn't changed but I forgot to mention how she goes to sleep in previous posts. Once she's been up for about 2 - 2 1/2 hours, I can put her right in the crib. She grabs her blanket with one hand and covers her face with it while shoving the other thumb in her mouth as fast as she can and she's usually asleep in seconds. Lucy continues to be our happy girl. She loves her Daddy, her siblings, and especially her dog, Hank (not sure why, but she is always excited to see him)! Oh, and she's a great sitter now and has moved out of her infant car seat into something roomier. She's growing up so fast!

I just love this face!

Look at those long legs!