So ever since Hannah Gray turned 4, she’s turned into this outgoing, VERY talkative to strangers little girl! She will approach just about any normal/friendly looking person and just start talking about whatever is on her mind. It’s hilarious knowing how shy she has been! So here she is at a library program when she volunteered to go play an instrument and march around the room. So cute!
We found a great new story time that takes place at a super fun toy/educational store. The teacher is super friendly and always coordinates fun stories, songs and a craft. Best part? It’s free!!! Here are our little artists practicing their “pointillism”
this is an older video of Tenley that I just came across that I thought was cute and just should be posted.
Hannah Gray and Tenley got to take us to their classrooms and experience what a day looked like while they were at camp. Hannah Gray loved showing us her new dance moves, so here is a video of all of us doing them together. Tenley was SUPER into it!
This was only part of My God Is So Big…
Those of you who know Tenley know her as super laid back, very gentle and has a super happy/joyful, compliant nature. Which makes the following story hilarious. Apparently there is a little girl at the gym who is younger than Tenley but much more assertive. The teacher said that the two of them play either really well together or are just kind of at each other because they want what the other has. I walked in to pick Tenley up about a month ago and the teach wanted to let me know that Tenley had bit another little girl. “WHAT?! Seriously?”, then a moment of panic, “I am totally that mom with a kid that bites…”. The teacher showed me the other little girl’s arm and sure enough a complete (upper and lower) impression of Tenley’s whacked out teeth. She explained to me what happened and she knows that not typical, but wanted to just let me know. I thank her, had a chat with Tenley then had her go and apologize to the other little girl. Once we got to the car, we rehashed everything, a bit firmed on my part and let her know what her consequence would be if she should ever do that again. She kept saying, “Yes Momma. Sawee Momma. Yes Momma”. Then finally seemed to be a bit irritated and said her in best 16 year old voice, " YES MOMMA!” like she meant to say, “geesh Mom, I get it already!”. But in all honesty, it was hilarious to see. She repeated back to me what her consequence would be (a shoulder or cheek squeeze or a spanking). So when we got home I tried to get her to have the same conversation with me so I could get it on film and this was the best I got (and we were post nap, so she’s a bit more mellow)
Last weekend we headed to the foothills town of Auburn for their Family Fun Night after church. The local business, fire department and other organizations were out and offered a really fun night. The girls had their faces painted and they were super excited about that. Even though we were the very last ones (the kind lady couldn’t cut the line off ahead of us and stayed until it was beyond dark, hence Tenley’s green rabbit instead of a typical, elaborate design/mask she did in the daylight). The girls waited patiently for probably 20-30 minutes and Daddy even joined them in a game of duck, duck, goose, a new favorite around here.
The bouncy house with a GIANT slide that HG was super excited about at church, then posing with Daddy in the fire truck and playing duck, duck goose.
Last week the girls and I went to camp at our new church. It was a superhero themed and they changed the whole church property into a city that was pretty incredible. I worked in the recreation area operating the winch machine that pulled kids across a pool of water on a boogie board. It was a pretty cool ride to work!
Here are some pictures of the girls during the week
