A Grand Affair

Here are just a few of the pictures that I took of Brooke at her Titanic Tea Party. All of the kids were dressed to the nines. Brooke said that this was a great day and one that can never happen again since this party only occurs when you are in 3rd grade. Brooke's teacher, Mrs. Hopkins was very impressed with all of the kids and their attentiveness throughout the entire lesson. Let's hope that they all stay as excited about school and learning as they have been this past year.

Pretty Girls

Here is a picture of each of the girls before they head off to school. Ashley's first grade class is going on a field trip to South Pines Elementary to meet the pen pal that she has been exchanging letters with throughout the year. They will also be going for a picnic lunch at the park with their pen pals.

Brooke is dressed in her best to attend the 3rd Grade Titanic Tea Party. They have been studying the story of the Titanic for social studies. Each student will portray a first class survivor from the ship and dress in period attire. Brooke is Lucy Noel Martha, Countess of Rothes. I will be attending this afternoon and serving the members of her table with fine china. I'll add some pictures of the festivities later.

Getting ready for a big day...

I just wanted to share a couple of pic's of the girls in their sponge curlers tonight. Both of them have and exciting day planned at school tomorrow and wanted to look extra special. I'll share more details and pictures tomorrow night.

Afterschool stroll...

Here are a couple of pictures of the girls as we took

Zeus on a walk around the neighborhood this afternoon.

What is that noise?

Last night as I was working on this blog and the girls were wrapping up their showers, we all noticed a loud, echoing sort of croaking noise. After a through search of the yard, the girls discovered a frog inside of this fountain by our garage. We spent a fair amount of time trying to "save" it from the inside but were unsuccessful. I asked the girls if we should name it and Brooke suggested that its name be Courtney (after her best friend), however Ashley insisted that it was a boy because she saw its "hangy" thing. We settled on the name Isaac (a boy that Brooke has a crush on). When we got up this morning to check on Isaac, he was nowhere to be found. Ashley determined that he must have jumped out and found his family in the middle of the night.

Why a family blog?

Ok, here's the deal... I am finally breaking into the world of computer technology and want to use this blog to share all of the exciting things going on with our family here in Washington. Of course I would prefer a more personal form of communitation however disance separates us and the chaos of life prevents the phone calls (and birthday cards) that I just can't seem to keep up on. The girls are growing up so fast and with the hope of a new addition to the family, I want to be more in touch. So hear is my attempt to get with the 21st century. Enjoy!