gymnastics and spirit night

today, marked the start of both lela and lacey's new gymnastics career. for lacey it's her very first time ever doing it, for lela it's old hat so to speak. lacey seemed to really enjoy herself climbing, jumping and swinging like a monkey at the zoo. lela on the other hand advanced to the highest balance beam in the gym and proceeded to do a roll on the beam with the help of her teacher. it still amazes me watching her progress in the sport.

after gymnastics we headed home for a quick bite and on to spirit night at bruster's ice cream. it was so nice seeing so many parents out and in support of the school and pta. 20% of everything they sold between 7-9 went to the school, so it awesome seeing everyone taking advantage of it. lela's teacher, mrs. perrotta even was serving ice cream and taking orders. lela was so shy when mrs. perrotta asked her what type of ice cream she would like...typical of her these days it seems.

if you are curious to know how i'm adjusting to being in a large public school. well...i'm working through it day by day. kevin is definitely being my rock during this period of change in our lives. at the moment i feel kind of lost in a sea full of people. for the past 4 years, i knew most if not every parent and child in the preschool. i sit on the preschool board and am a dept chair on our consignment sale committee. now i'm in an entirely different environment where i have no idea who or what is going on in our school and that is extremely hard for someone who wants to help. yesterday it was brought to my attention that two spots have become available on the school council board and i have to wonder if this is the path god is leading me in? i have had a couple people encouraging me in this direction, but do i really want to commit two years? such big decisions. if you would just please keep us in your prayers during this season of transition.

the one and only lacey meredith

lacey is always cracking us up. we decided a long time ago that god gave us lacey to make us laugh and keep us on our toes. kevin and i both say if she had been born first that would be it. she is so busy. there are many a day i think if i could just have a ounce of her energy i would be doing so good. these days she has learned the art of telling stories. what do i mean? well, for example the other day there was a loud crash in our family room and i asked her what was that noise. her first response was "nothing" and then came "it was just my milk that fell in the floor." Comes to find out in actuallity it was my glass coasters she was playing with that fell in the floor. she has colored on our glass kitchen table only to tell me that she didn't do it, it was someone else. i just wonder who that someone else was? any ideas???

first day of 1st grade

well, we made it through our very first day of first grade and everything seemed to go good. lela has never been one to spill too much information. you usually end up having to pry stuff out of her, but from what info i did get it sounded pretty good.

it was so nice walking to school this morning, the afternoon a little hot but not so bad. talk about bringing memories from my childhood back. we lived so close to my elementary school i didn't have much choice in my mode of transportation - either walk, ride my bike or ride in the car. trust me when i say all modes were explored at some point during my career there. ahhh! how life was so different then versus now.

lela's teacher seems very nice and fun. i'm excited for her and hope it's a great year. i have heard quite a lot of positive feedback regarding, Mrs. Perrotta and her way of teaching. i now lela will do great! she is loves to read, write and doing homework. (she's definitely not her father's child...lol)

card catalogue

i'm a sucker for trying new things, especially if it doesn't involve risk. last night as i was checking out different blogs i found this awesome link to make cards that look ones from a card catalogue in the library. do you remember going to the school library and pulling out a drawer that contained hundreds of cards with the title of the book, author, information in regards to it and of course the dewy decimal system that was used to catalog them? talk about years ago.

ah! i love the library. maybe because i had the pleasure of working in the school library when i was in 6th grade. i wonder if maybe that spurred my love of books? don't get me wrong i love technology and how much it can do for us; but being able to pull open a drawer where you are surround by hundreds of books and actually have something tangible you can hold in your hands is so satisfying to me. i think that is why i fell in love with graphic design - the paper aspect of it definitely. to a hold a finished product in your hand is so fulfilling to me. i love looking at all the eye-candy on the computer, but nothing in my book compares to holding a finished product. i have tried for years to go electronic with my calendar/agenda. it doesn't work for me. i love being able to flip through my book. i used different colored pens to label certain activities. i will say i'm very anal about my calendar, just ask kevin or anybody for that matter? he tried writing in it once just anywhere and i about had a conniption. nobody touches my book!

ok, here's my finished card. you have to try it, it's so much fun! let me know what you think and i would love to see what you did. j

last day of summer?

yes, we celebrated our last official day of summer today. we decided to take the girls back to stone mountain for a day of fun. lela especially had been wanting to do sky hike since she had first seen it, but the line was way to long and we decided to save it for another day. well, that day finally came.

the girls were so excited when they found out we were headed to stone mountain will all intentions of doing sky hike. lacey couldn't do the actually one, but they something closer to the ground that she was able to maneuver through numerous time as lela and kev waited in line. i would so love to do it, but somebody had to stay on the ground with "little sis" and i didn't mind a bit. in fact i was able to play around my camera and that is always a positive in my book.

when kev and lela finally got up there, lacey and i were cheering them on. lela from the looks of everything did really good. lacey as always had no fear as she maneuvered through her "sky hike." talk about no fear! she even got mad that she couldn't do the rock climbing wall that lela was doing. she kept insisting "i can do it!" well i guarantee you if she had been tall enough she could have done it. nothing stops that girl!

the weather was great and we as a family had a blast! i love it when the four of us are able to hang out and have a fun. i only wish our summer wasn't over ;(

everyday...

we inch closer and closer to the first day of school. i still can't believe summer is basically over with for at least lela. lacey still has until september 1 before she returns. we're trying to enjoy our last few hours/days of freedom - sleeping late, playing at home, hanging out with friends, just being plain 'ole lazy. ahh! these are the days. today, was such a treat just hanging out with friends. we spent most the day over at wendy's while the kids rode bikes and played. it was so nice just visiting with a dear friend, i must say. thanks wendy, katharine and lily!

night and day

no two sisters could be anymore different than lela and lacey. last night they were playing around in the yard doing, gasp, gymnastics. lela this week has started working on a handstand and lacey well...anything that requires to go flipping through the air is what she is gonna do. i decided to grab my camera and play around as well. you never know what you'll shoot and catch on the spur of the moment.

i love this picture of lacey because is so quiet feeling. her sitting in the grass watching lela. i love the fact that she is holding a piece of grass in her hands. its so sweet.

as i said before, you never what you'll get when you shoot on spur of the moment. could this be an olympic gymnasts in training? or even a future gymdog? (if you look closely, you'll notice she has her tongue stuck out in concentration. from what i've been told her daddy did this as well, especially when he was dribbling the ball down the court in basketball.)