MRMC Hospital Fair

Yesterday we headed to Moberly to the MRMC Hospital Fair. We have been the past few years and it is always fun for the girls. Ella loved this "creature" that she met.

When you entered the ER your child could pick any stuffed animal they wanted and take it into the Emergency Room to meet a doctor. The doctor then assessed your stuffed animals "ailment" and bandaged it and gave take home advice for the child. I was thankful both girls chose small stuffed animals again this year! Gracie picked a ballerina bunny and Ella chose a teeny tiny Piglet.

Here are the girls consulting with the medical staff. Ella's Piglet hurt his ear and Gracie's ballerina bunny had too much sugar in her diet and needed to watch out for diabetes. No more Lucky Charms and Trix for this bunny rabbit!

The girls were quite attentive during this process.

After lunch it was finally time for some cotton candy! Don't worry...we didn't give any to the ballerina bunny.

Ella wanted to ride the tricycle obstacle course that MODOT had set up. She really listened well as the workers told her what each road sign meant and how she should respond as the driver.

After we got home Gracie had to drag out most of her stuffed animals and we had to play doctor for a while. Each animal had an injury that needed treatment. She's one creative child to come up with some of the illnesses that she thought of.

Dr. Doolin was very kind and affectionate with the injured animals. Maybe we are looking at a future veterinarian?!

A Budding Entrepreneur

Gracie has been talking recently about ways she could make money. She wants to buy things from time to time and I'll simply say, "Do you have the money to buy it?" The answer is usually "no." Today she decided she was going to start using her artwork to make money. She sat down for a few hours and worked really hard on some pictures and then wrote prices on the back. Based on the prices I decided she thinks a whole lot of her artwork. I then had to sit down with her and talk about pricing. She plans on taking special orders and having me update this once in a while with new pieces she is selling.

"A Bright Sunshiny Day"

"A Jellyfish in the Ocean" -- SOLD!!!

"Fruits and Vegetables" (Clearly this one didn't take too long!)

"Ballerinas in Action"

Here Fishy, Fishy

Here are some pics from our fishing outing tonight. We went to Longbranch Lake and fished in the spillway and only caught 1 fish. It was still a fun evening. The girls have enjoyed fishing this summer, but they bore quickly which is evident by the number of random pictures they each took of each other with my camera. I had to delete about 70 pictures when we got home!

Ella Learning to Knead

As boring as this post might be, it was another "first" in Ella's life. She made Monkey Bread with me tonight and kneaded bread for the first time. She loved the feel of the dough and probably worked it a little too much!

Check out the technique! What a pro!

Is it time for a big girl bed?

I have been in the midst of an ongoing debate with myself. I know it's probably time to have Ella's crib converted into a daybed, but she sleeps so great in her crib that I hate to mess up a good thing! Gracie is still our bad sleeper, but Ella never wakes us up in the night. Never! I have been joking with people saying that once Ella's toes start poking out the end of the crib I'll switch her to a "big girl bed" but until then she has to stay in the crib. Well today when it was time to get Ella up from her nap I found her in an unusual position. She had turned around sideways in her crib and had her feet sticking out the rails. So now the debate has begun again... What do you think?

First Grade Ramblings...

At school yesterday Mrs. Stull had the class complete the following sentence. "I hope first grade will be....." Mrs. Stull said every kid in the class wrote the word "fun" except Gracie who wrote "a blast!" How cool is that?! Gracie's teacher told Brent about it because she thought it was so funny.

When I picked Gracie up after school today, Mrs. Stull said she asked the class to complete this sentence - "My favorite thing about summer was..." Well she told them to finish the sentence but she said Gracie wrote a paragraph. Mrs. Stull was laughing as she told me that it was all readable, even if it wasn't spelled correctly. I just told her I wasn't too shocked to hear that because Gracie loves to read and write, so if she had more time on her hands, she would have written a book about her summer!

Gracie's First Day of 1st Grade

What a big day! Today Brent started his 4th year at Atlanta C-3 and Gracie started her first grade experience. She has been so excited to head back to school and see all of her buddies!

Gracie wanted to wear her Disney World dress on the first day of school. She was also super proud of her new Barbie lunch box and backpack!

Gracie's first grade teacher is Mrs. Stull. She is a lot of fun and has a daughter in kindergarten that Gracie is friends with. I know Gracie is in good hands!

Gracie's recap of the day included these highlights:

• We don't have snack anymore.
• We only get milk breaks 2 or 3 days a week.
• We don't have rest time anymore! :-)
• By the end of the year I am going to be able to read chapter books.