Taylor Swift

When the tickets went on sale Jonathan's cousin bought three extra tickets. So guess who got a surprise...Lilly, Granny, and I were able to go to the Taylor Swift concert. It was a fun experience, but neither Lilly nor I really know much Taylor Swift. Lilly was taken with the show and as usual I just loved watching her reaction to what was going on. I have decided that Daddy may be the one to take the kids to future concerts. Screaming, loud music, and little kids EVERyWHERE...along with the general chaos of crowds is not my idea of fun. THank you Leslie Young for the idea of bright clothing in crowds. I always thou hgt you were a little paranoid now I know why!

Lilly's Field Trip

Lilly's first field trip was to Vollmer Farm. The kids went on a hay ride, made butter, saw the animals, jumped, played, and picked a pumpkin. The first scheduled day was rained out so I ended up with two days off and the second day Gran was out of town and unable to go. We missed her!

I LOVE watching Lilly interact with other kids. She LOVES to be around people and had so much fun with her friends. Instead of being bossy, she was really kind and played well with the two girls assigned to our group.


Since going into teaching I have not had a desire to teach Kindergarden. Who wants to cut, paste, and color all day right? OH my! What a joy to watch Lilly learn so much in such a short time. Listening to her read and seeing the smile on her face when she does this by herself melts my teacher heart.

Jackson Turns 3

Jackson had a dinosaur birthday party. Every year he has had the perfect weather for his birthday, so I planned a dino egg hunt. Wouldn't you know it rained and was COLD. The kids all had fun. Jackson got a grill from Heidi and Rob that he LOVES and a tool bench from Gran and Grandaddy that he really plays with. We gave him a nice pair of boots and he wears those everyday. Except for those times he has accidents with pot tying and then he looses his boots.



He is still my loving sweet little fellow. He goes with Mama to visit Meme often and she has told me stories of how great he is with all the old people. Recently Mom and Dad were out of town, so I had Meme duty. Jackson went with me and each time I was amazed. He would all of a sudden be gone and I would find him in the room with the man across the hall talking away. The next day we went at lunch and he ran up to a different man and hugged him and sat across from him and just talked and talked. He walked through the dinning room and talked to all the residents. He really brings them joy. I got a good laugh when one man came in late and they asked him what he would like to drink. "A crown and coke" was his reply. When told they were out he said, "Well I guess I will have a Seagrams Seven." All of us in our "right" mind at that moment just laughed.