Friday, January 19, 2007

Blogger is on my list...

Okay so the reason I have not posted in so long is Blogger's fault. It would not let me log in. I blame it on the "new" version on blogger. Why must people change things that work just fine. It boggles the mind really. So the blogger gods have decided that they like me today and have let me enter their world.
So updates...let's see Grace and I started her Kindermusik class yesterday. What a blast! It has 1 1/2 year old to three years old. So Grace was the youngest at 1 1/2. I was a little worried that Grace would be running wild while the other children would be sitting in their mom's lap, smiling and following along with the music. Okay so I was more than a little worried I was petrified. I have learned since I am a mom that other moms can give very disapproving looks and somehow perfect strangers can make you feel really lousy. I mean I guess in the back of your mind you want your children to be the ones that smile and say please and thank you and are perfect angels when you are in public. Well I learned differently today. There were a few children who were the little angels who sat there quietly and calmly and then there was Grace. She absolutely lit up the room with her excitement and smile. The teacher let us all know that the children were free to run a round and not required to stay in the circle but that usually once they see the group doing something fun they will come around. She bow wowed like a dog, played the cymbals, listened to a story on the story blanket, danced to music, rolled on the floor and the list goes on and on. Everyone in the room commented on what a happy and beautiful child she was. Let's face it calm and quiet is good but happy and FUN is great! Okay so enough bragging here are a couple pictures that I snapped before all the kids got there.


In other news Grace got some new doggie slippers for Christmas ...

We are supposed to get a bad ice storm here on Sunday so that is keeping us from heading to Pumpkin Lane this weekend. Boo hoo... That is about it here. So sorry for the delay with the blog.

Monday, January 08, 2007

The magic bus has rolled on...

Well Amanda has left the building folks. I dropped her and the white dog off at Charlotte Douglas Airport at 6:15 am yesterday morning. I miss her already. We always pick up right where we left off. I love that about best friends. We did lots...there was a keg, hiking, kite flying, baby chasing, and lots and lots of laughing. Grace misses her so much she has developed a nasty cold in protest of Amanda leaving.










Somewhere in all the craziness Neal turned 40 and we ate cake, soaked in the hot tub and Amanda ate about 10 toasted marshmallows but I was not far behind with my 6.
Let me not forget to mention that Amanda left her legacy here at the Stevenson household. She managed to teach teach Grace the Mary Catherine Gallagher "Supersta" move. I swear to God it is the funniest thing I have ever seen. I promise to post video footage of this soon.



So until this time next year we will miss you Amanda and I promise to have Grace saying your name by next visit. :0)