Picture Break

Well, even though this post is entitled "Picture Break," I still have a few pictures to share with you. They were all taken by McKinley using our iPad. We have been plenty busy and having lots of fun, but I decided this week not to worry about the camera and to just go and do. And it was fun. Now I just have to remember everything we did. The pictures usually help remind me of that. Here's my best recap since the last post:

Thursday night:
We (all 3 of us) went to Josh's softball game. He plays for BCBC, the church we have been attending and hope to join in the near future. Tillman had a blast running around, weaving in and out of bushes, and watching the 5 year olds play. She was so funny because she got a kick out of crawling around and around, over and under the bleacher seats. She also thought every bat and ball she saw was hers. She even tried to sneak into a few dugouts to get her hands on one. She was also entertaining in the fact that the last 5 minutes or so of the night out at the fields she decided she would crawl around everywhere. An up and running full on toddler crawling around on all fours for no apparent reason - really makes me wonder what was going through her head at that particular moment.


Friday night:
McKinley babysat for us Friday night so Josh and I could go out for the evening with some new friends from Sunday School, Scott and Amanda. We ate at the Mellow Mushroom downtown Greenville. After dinner, we walked to the Greenville Drive baseball game. It was a nice night weather wise and company wise. A coworker asked me if the Drive is any good. My response was, "I don't know. I didn't watch much baseball. I just talked the whole time." And to top off the night, there were amazing fireworks shot at the stadium after the game. I love fireworks.



When we got home that evening, these pictures were waiting for us on the iPad. I feel confident in saying these two had a fine time themselves.

Saturday:

Tillman and I ran several errands, including a trip to Hobby Lobby, while Josh did yard work. I grabbed a few things so I could do some Pinterest crafts while Tillman napped. She is napping between 2 and half and 3 hours, so it gives me plenty of time to get some things done, assuming I use my time wisely. :)  Along with some new crafts, I also did a pretty quick deep clean on the house. I will have to take some pictures of the crafts and of the huge blister on my finger I got from getting reacquainted with the hot glue gun.







After T's nap, we all went out for the Pickens Azalea Festival. I can confidently tell you that we will likely not be going back again any time soon. It paled in comparison to the annual Azalea Festival we are used to attending back home in Summerville. We were disappointed, so Josh was in charge of coming up with what to do instead with the latter part of the day/evening. He was hugely indecisive, so we ended up going to dinner at Five Guys and then spending $53 on some new toys for Tillman. Why? Because Josh couldn't decide what he wanted to do, not because the child needs new toys. I will admit it was really fun and we ended up getting her some pretty cool new things. They were mostly summer and outdoor toys. I will try to get some pictures of these, too to share. I still want to get her a sandbox and some sort of slide/swing contraption. Hopefully in the near future.



Sunday:

Sunday school, church, lunch, T - 3 hour nap, Josh and me - school work, piddly things around the house, chores, etc.  After Tillman's nap, we played with all her new toys. We wanted to take her outside and play in the rainstorm we were having, but once we got outside, it was way too cold. So, instead of giving up on the water fun idea, I decided that T and I would go "swimming" in our master bath. It's one of those really big, deep kind. She was already dressed in her swimmy diaper and bathing suit, so I joined in and put my bathing suit on, filled up the tub, loaded up the toys, and away we went. We had such a good time and stayed in there for roughly 40 min. or so. T was squealing, splashing, squirting toys, laying down in the water, and she even went all the way 2 times. I was so proud of her.

She liked that bath so much, we had to bathe her in it again tonight. I didn't join in this time, I just kept it all business and cleaned her little body.

Well I hope I'm not leaving off anything too major. I am making a promise to myself to get the camera back in action this week.

We are officially on the countdown to PASS testing, 2 weeks! It's a busy and stressful time in the life of a teacher, let alone, 2 teachers. I hope everyone has a great week! Check back soon for more updates.