Today we were doing our Bible story in school and it was about Heaven. There is a line in the Bible story that says, “And best of all, God lives in Heaven. We’ll talk with Him and live with Him forever.” After I read that, Amelia’s eyes got really wide and she said, “We get to talk forever in Heaven?” Oh yes, baby girl, all of your dreams will come true since you’ll be able to talk all you want in Heaven!
That’s what Amelia’s do October 14, 2009
If you know Amelia at all, you’ll know that the girl talks nonstop! I am convince that every thought that goes through her mind, comes out of her mouth!
Here is a snippet of a conversation that she and I were having in the car today. My first statement was made after she had asked her 5th or 6th question about something I said:
Me: Ok, Amelia that’s enough questions, just hush.
Amelia: I can’t hush. That’s what Amelia’s do… we don’t hush.
Ain’t that the truth, sister!
Overheard October 1, 2009
I thought this was a cute enough story to deserve its own blog post! Every so often we mention to Amelia that my mom (her Mawmaw Thomas) is up in heaven, but that if she were still here with us she would totally bring moonpies and other snacks to Amelia every time she saw her. So the other day, Jack was playing in the family room and I was in the kitchen. Amelia had been in another room and she ran into the family room and said this to Jack, “Jack, when we get to heaven, Mawmaw is going to give us moonpies!” Too funny.
New transmission anyone? August 26, 2009
Oh me, me! Pick me!
So last Thursday, as we were driving home after our first day of Classical Conversations, my car started acting all wonky! When I would push the gas pedal to accelerate, it would barely move and then all of a sudden it would “catch” and race forward. Then whenever it was changing gears, it felt like the bottom was going to fall out of the car! So Friday morning, I called Ford and made an appointment to bring it in. But first I had to go to my follow up eye appointment. And before that, I had to drop the kids off at Miriam’s. Well, that was an adventure in itself. Rick & Miriam’s driveway is a rather steep hill and I actually thought about parking at the top because I wasn’t sure if my car would shift well enough in reverse to get back up the hill. I should have gone with my intuition, because when I tried to back out of the driveway, that car wasn’t going anywhere! Luckily my brother was there and did about a 4 point turn with the car to get it up the hill. I made it to the doctor’s office and finally made it to the Ford place. I really wasn’t sure if I’d make it there or not.
So everything gets situated and the rental car people come to pick me up and take me back to their office to get a rental car. The guy takes my driver’s license and is filling stuff out in his computer, when he says, “Did you know that your driver’s license is expired?” What??! No I didn’t know that. And now I can’t rent a car. So he drives me to the nearest DMV office. Of course it’s packed with a 2 hour wait. I can’t do that, so I called my brother and he was going to pick me up. The rental car dude drives me to a gas station half way between Clermont and my brother’s house. When we stopped at the gas station, he called his boss back at the office to tell him what was going on. Well the boss says they’ll rent me a car anyway and give me a “new” expiration date on my license. So 2 hours after dropping off my car, I finally got the rental!
And I finally got a call from Ford yesterday saying that the transmission was completely broken and they were going to be repairing it. AND it’s all covered under the extended warranty that we got when we first purchased it only 3 1/2 years ago! Woohoo!
Picking Pineapples August 20, 2009
Ok, I have yet another renewed commitment to blogging. Who knows, maybe I’ll stick with this one.
Did I ever mention here that I’m homeschooling Amelia? We made that decision a few months ago and began doing the A Beka curriculum with her. It’s been amazing to see what she’s already learned. About that same time we also decided to enrol her in the Classical Conversations homeschool program. Today was our first day doing that program. It was interesting and we have a lot to learn before next week, so wish me luck… oh and wish Amelia luck too.
The first thing they did in class was to have each child come up in front of the class and introduce themselves and tell a little bit about them. So it was Amelia’s turn and she gave her full name. Then the tutor (that’s what they call them instead of a teacher) asked her what was her favorite thing ever. Since she’s been talking nonstop lately about her Cinderella party that she’s going to have on her November birthday (she’s apparently been planning this for a while because I had no idea about it), I figured she’d say her favorite thing is princesses or something like that. Oh no, not my Amelia. She stood there for a couple of seconds and finally said, “Picking pineapples.” I just burst out laughing as did the rest of the kids and moms. I think she has officially established herself as an odd duck!
One nice thing about the program is that it is currently meeting at our church. I had been planning to go to the one in Clermont and so I’m glad I only have a 7 minute drive now instead of 30 minutes! After classes, we all go outside and eat lunch at the picnic tables and the kids have a chance to play on the playground. I let my kids go over there without me since there were plenty of kids running around. At one point, I took a look over and there was 2 year old Jack climbing up the metal ladder thing all by himself. By the time I looked over, he was almost at the top (probably about 6 feet in the air), so I bit my lip and held my breath and just let him keep climbing. I wonder how long it will be before we’ll be calling 911 for him.
Exciting news and a freebie June 8, 2009
So on a whim last week, I decided to apply to be on Sarah Bennett’s CT (creative team for her digital designs, for my non digital scrapping friends). And lo and behold, she replied back to me and asked me to be on her team!!! I’m so excited.
She just started selling at Funky Playground Designs. You can check out her stuff here.
Below is her newest kit called Forever Beautiful and a LO I did with it and with a template of hers.
And in honor of my being chosen to be on her team, I’m participating in a mini blog train and offering up a template for you guys. You can head over to Sarah’s blog to see the other train participants and to get a freebie add-on kit to Forever Beautiful.
Here’s my template. Enjoy! (click to download)
Just some more pages May 6, 2009
I don’t have anything really exciting to say here, so I’ll just post some more scrapbook pages. We did just get a new video camera, so maybe I’ll be posting some fun videos soon!
More pages and some templates April 17, 2009
I haven’t shared pages in a while and I have quite a few to share.
Since I love using templates to make my pages so much (um, all of the ones above are from templates and most of the ones below), I decided to figure out how to make my own. So that’s just what I did today. And if anyone reads this blog and wants to download these freebie templates, have at it! (images are linked)
Are you a superhero? April 17, 2009
Amelia and her Daddy were having a conversation the other day. I’m not exactly sure how it all started, but at some point they started talking about being a superhero. Here’s the rest of their conversation:
Daddy: Am I a superhero?
Amelia: You’re almost a superhero.
Daddy: What do I have to do to be a superhero?
Amelia: You just have to save the world.
Well, then, if that’s all there is to it, you’d think there would be more superheros, huh?
We started gymnastics classes yesterday. Amelia is in the Tiny Tots class and Jack and I are in the Mommy & me class. For Jack’s class it’s pretty much just a time to play and learn to take turns. Amelia seems to really be liking her class and it gives her a safe way to jump on stuff without killing herself.
Last Friday (Good Friday), the Orlando Cooleys went to Ft. Pierce to visit the Ft. Pierce Cooleys. The Ft. Myers Cooleys were also there. It was Mawmaw’s birthday, so Amelia was very excited. Since we were staying in Orlando for Easter, we had our egg hunt while we were down there. Here are some pictures from the day.
Here’s me showing Jack where to find the eggs:
Ted installed a tire swing while were there, so everyone had to have a turn on it:
Daniel went a little wild on the horse swing:
Here are some pictures of Daddy and his kids:
Here is Mawmaw and her cake:
And finally some of the grandkids.
All of them after the egg hunt:
On the swing:
And Mawmaw with the younger 3 grandkids:
More Amelia-isms April 3, 2009
Some of the stuff that comes out of her mouth is quite hilarious!
The other day she was sitting on her Daddy’s lap. He asked her if she was his girlfriend and she said yes. He said that was a good thing because he only let his girlfriends sit on his lap. And to that Amelia said, “You silly old chum!” What? Who says that? Let alone a 3 year old.
Then this morning, Amelia was trying to get me out of bed to make her some breakfast. So I said I was stuck. She looked at me and at the bed and said, “There’s no honey on there.” What a nut!
And for a total change of topic, here are some more scrapbook pages:
