Tell Me a Story

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Last Wednesday the girls school hosted the Tell Me a Story (TMAS) event.  This event is put on by Military Child Education Coalition.  We are not a military family but the girls attend a public school on a base so most of these events are open to all students.
This event is great because it encourages families to come together and to give resources to help bond with the kids.  This is the first time we attended the Tell Me a Story night.  They had a guest reader come to read the story.  It was in the cafeteria but was in a little area with a rocking chair and all the families sat on the ground in front of the story reader.  After the story we all split into groups to discuss the story.  Then we moved on to making a craft.  The girls had so much fun because they are arts and craft "addicts" at home.  They decorated a child with colorful material, yarn, and crayons.  They were so totally focused on the task at hand and did not want any help from us.  Eventually daddy and I were able to lend a hand and I was quite impressed at Dakota's ensemble.  Rudy helped her and not only did Dakota's doll have a cute red bow, she had a sash.  He was so proud of what he did.  I was really excited about the outfit I made for Hayden's girl.  I just made a slit in the piece of material, put the head through and taped it in the back.  Super cute boat neck top, I want it!
In the end, they passed out cookies, and drinks and every family got to take home a copy of the book.
I hope we are able to attend the next one.  It was so much fun.  The girls were so happy.

Lately... it includes a precious bundle of joy

Hello everyone!  This post is brought to you by the sweet shout out that Em from And Nothing Else Matters posted on twitter today.

I thought I would stop in and give you a little update.  I want to say I've been busy but the truth is I have been very distracted.  So much has been going on around here, which I know I've said the last few times I've checked in.  So much so that I feel overwhelmed at where to start sharing it all with you.

You all know how I love to include photos in ALL my posts so I have been feeling stuck because I haven't been able to edit my photos like I had in the past.  No photos = no valid posts, well that's how I see it in my mind anyway.

So here's a little of what's been going on around here...

We have a new baby!  Well, not me.  I have a new granddaughter, her name is Allie.  She's 15 days old today.  She is number 4.

Here's the pics I've been meaning to post all these months.

This is the joy we have been soaking in lately...

See?  Wouldn't you be distracted to the point of being overwhelmed on where to start up blogging again? ;)  Baby Allie is such a precious cutie.  She has a velociraptor screech which sounds like straight out of the Jurassic Park movie that will scare you to death.  Such a small thing with such a loud screech, we just have no idea where it comes from.  Hahaha!

Oh and did I mention they all moved in with us?  Yes, a full house... literally.  Well, not a house, It's a townhouse.  You get the idea.

Allie has the cutest nickname that she got from her parents before she was born... Allie-gator.  Awe... I love it, do you love it?  She loves to snuggle to sleep in her daddy's arms.  Has her days mixed up so sleeps during the day and keeps her parents up at night.  She hates the sun but they take her for walks anyway.  As you can see in her first picture above with her sunglasses... you can't see it but she's asleep with her eyes squinting under there.

The little girls are so in love with her and always want to carry her and touch her.

So there's a little recap on that subject.  There's many more to come.  Thanks to Em for getting me started with this post!

Something new coming soon to my shop...

 

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