Edisto 2014

We are back from an amazing week in Edisto, SC!
 Spending our time discovering Botany Bay, nightly golf car rides with Nana and Dada, splashing in the waves and playing with the boogie board, ice cream, collecting sharks teeth and spending the day in Charleston at Charles Town Landing!

Art field trip

IWe took a field trip to The Morris Museum of Art with our CC group. The kids have been so excited about it all week!

The kids learned about the basic elements of art..

And then made sculptures. They had fun!

Despite it being 24 degrees out, we stopped at McDonalds for some ice cream. Brownie points for me!

Lately..

We have been pretty lazy around here lately and I.AM.LOVING.IT. I'm starting to get a little burned out from the craziness that Fall brings, so it has been nice to just hang around the house.

We've been filling our days with homeschooling and enjoying long mornings outside. The kids have been BEGGING me to take them to the neighborhood duck pond and I obliged.

Let me tell you, those geese make me nervous! There is one that Ansleigh calls "Meanie". He hisses and will chase us. Scares me to death.

And no wonder my kids have been begging to go the pond! I realized that we hadn't been since I tried to walk Anna Grace out in my last few weeks of pregnancy.

Anna Grace has been Chase and Ansleighs little shadow. She wants to do EVERYTHING they do. :)

Alan got off early last Friday so that we could surprise the kids and take them to the Titanic exhibit in Atlanta. The exhibit wasn't very long (maybe 20 minutes), but the kids loved it (but wanted more).Their favorite part was the iceberg that they could touch.

 

 

 

 

And this sweet girl blesses my heart. Yesterday (out of the blue), Ansleigh asked if she could make lunch. She said, "I know you're tired, Mama. You go sit on the couch and rest and I'll make lunch for the kids." Precious girl. She made everyone turkey sandwiches, animal cookies, milk and an apple (without any help from me). I was impressed. :)

 

I try to take each of my kids on one-on-one dates. Chase and I went to the library and read books about dinosaurs. :) I love that it doesn't take much to please him.

 

Love that kid to pieces. I asked him the other day what he thought about having another brother or sister. He said, "Well, a brother would be nice. But mama, those girls drive me nuts! If I have another sister then I'm going to the woods with Daddy!" :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures by Chase

Chase LOVES taking pictures with my iphone. The other day we were driving to the store and he  yelled to stop the car so he could take a picture. This is what he captured. :)

So, today I let him have my phone to take whatever picture he wanted.  It was cool to see what he chose to photograph. :)

Chase- 6 years old

Ansleigh- 4 years old

I need bubble wrap

  Doesn't this face break your heart? She was on the couch and fell into the coffee table resulting in this nice little shiner. She has no fear and she is constantly climbing/falling/running into EVERYTHING. I need bubble wrap!


& this kid. What am I going to do with him? What a goober!

This sweet girl tells me every single day that she wants to be a mommy to 5 babies. I sure do hope she gets that blessing! I tell her every single time that having 5 babies would be so amazing and that I will be right here to help!

 -Carla :)