That Explains It

Well, Sara Grace broke out in a rash yesterday. That means her 105.7 fever Sunday was due to roseola....again. Weird Jaybird's never had roseola in his four years of life and little Sara Grace gets it twice in two months. I took some pictures of the rash this morning (I don't know how well you can see it). Since then it's spread to her face, neck, head, and is starting to hit her arms and diaper area. Good thing is supposedly the rash doesn't itch....and she is no longer contagious. Just looks yucky.

Little Preacher Boy

The preschool classes sang some songs in the morning service this past Sunday. Just thought I'd post video of it so you could feel like you were there! :) Jaybird is on the far left sporting his "preacher" suit! The second video ended abruptly because I forgot to check how full my card was and ran out of space! :P

Yay! I did it!!

Some of you have seen (and made fun of) my amazingly wonderful bow flip flops that I got myself for my birthday. And several of you have heard about my recent flip flop "saga" with purchasing a mass order of bow flip flops online for ladies at church. The more I looked at the things, the more I thought, "How hard can it be??" SOOO, after two practice runs, here's my first pair (with matching hairbow) that I am REALLY happy with (and quite proud of!). I made them for the Autumn's, one of the little girls I watch, birthday (where do you put the 's in that sentence??) Just wanted to show them off! :)

Chattanooga Zoo

Wednesday we took a trip to the Chattanooga Zoo with the children's and preschool department from church. It was REALLY hot, but we had a good time. Thankfully, the zoo in Chattanooga is small, so we were pretty much done by lunchtime. Jaybird had more fun spending time with his little friends than seeing the animals, I think. :) Here's some pictures from the petting/feeding area of the zoo.....

Here's a group shot of Jaybird and some of his little buddies.

This is a really close up of a cougar. It was pretty cool to be that close to it! And, yes, it was alive....it was very sleepy, but not dead. :)

Sara Grace really liked the cougar. I think it was mostly because she could actually see it pretty well because it was on her level, unlike most of the other animals. She kept saying "woof woof" to it, though. In her world right now, most furry animals with four legs bark. At least she's categorizing....she doesn't bark at people! :)

Sara Grace's First Ponytail!!

Here's some pictures of Sara Grace's first ponytail. I thought it was cute! It's probably her last for a while. Sammy doesn't like it. I'm not sure Sara Grace was really thrilled with the whole process of getting her hair put into a ponytail anyway. So, until she gets a good bit more hair, we'll stick to just the hairbow (minus the ponytail!).

Chattanooga Lookouts Game

A few weeks ago we got free tickets to a Lookouts game from one of our church members. It was rather spur-of-the-moment. Sammy let me know about 3pm that we were going to a Lookouts game that started at 7:15. We had a great time, though! Sara Grace was a little fussy. She decided baseball was boring--plus, the majority of the game was past her bedtime. Jaybird had a blast, though! Another little boy at the game was sitting right by the dugout of the visiting team (the Montgomery Biscuits!). That little boy got several foul balls given to him by the opposing team. He gave one of the balls to Jaybird....which, of course, Jay was quite proud of!

This is a video of Jaybird cheering for the Lookouts. To grasp the total effect of this video (and it's irritation to the opposing team and their fans) you must take into account that our seats were on the third row by home plate on the visiting side. We were right by the visiting team's on-deck circle. They were quite....umm....amused?.....by Jaybird's cheering!

Jay's 4th Birthday!

After several attempts to upload the video of Jay's class performance from his last day of school, I have finally given up. I think the file was too large. (Is there a way to shrink a video file?) So, since I couldn't post that, I figured it was past time to post pictures of Jaybird's birthday party day! :) It's only a month after his birthday! Hope you enjoy!

This is Jaybird on his new bike that Mommy and Daddy got him for his birthday! He's also sporting his new sunglasses that he insisted on buying himself. He wouldn't let someone get them for him for his birthday. He wanted to pick them out HIMSELF. So, he bought them with his own money. He's quite proud of them! :)

Gram and Grampa gave Jaybird a remote control truck. It's a Tundra like Grampa's truck!

The cake.....

The pool party.....

The big splash!! :)