Busy, busy

We have been very busy here at Grammy and Grandpa's house...

Tuesday morning we went fishing at a little nearby pond. At first, the minnows just nibbled away at our squirmy wormies. J got bored within the first five minutes and took his book and a chair and parked himself under a shady tree. B taught N and M how to cast their line. N was the first to catch a fish. M caught the biggest fish (with absolutely no help from anyone). And J helped Grandpa reel in the most colorful fish- a blue gill.

After lunch and naps, the adults got ready for a night out. The boys went to a Braves game. The girls went to dinner and then to the Fox Theater to see "The Color Purple" (great show BTW, beautiful music). All of the kids stayed home to harass my oldest niece. Thanks A!!

Wednesday morning we got up and out the door to the Georgia Aquarium. M loved the aquarium mascot, Deepo the goldfish. N loved the penguins the best. And J liked the sharks. Everyone was on stimulation overload..."Let's go here. No. Let's go there. I want to see the turtles. I wanna see the sharks. Where's Deepo?? Wait a minute... Where's N??"
We went to "The Varsity" for lunch and filled up on hot dogs, homemade fries and onion rings.

Once again,we came home for rest time and then back out again to celebrate G.G. Ma turning in her car keys to Daddy. Dinner at Ryan's and then we wore the kids out playing in G.G. Ma's yard while the adults enjoyed the warm summer evening. I forgot how bad the bugs get around here in this humidity!

Tomorrow's another day. I'll post pics when we get home. K

Driving

We have begun our summer vacation.

We spent the past two days in a car. The kids did great considering we were all sitting for a total of sixteen hours. We stopped in Roanoke, Virginia on Saturday night to stretch our legs and swim to our heart's content. We enjoyed movies along the way. (thank God for modern technology!!! ) We also spent a good amount of time looking for items on our scavenger hunt. You would not believe how excited my kids get to see a tall building or a gas station until you hand them a scavenger list. It got a little loud, but their joy was contagious. We discovered that there is an abundance of cows to find along a highway, but dogs are rare. After looking in every passing car for a dog, we finally had to make an unscheduled stop at a rest area. We found three!! Our hunt kept us all busy and passed the time quickly. B and I played by ourselves while the kids were napping. It took us three hours to find everything on the list. Surprisingly, when I am looking for someone talking on a cell phone I cannot find one!!

It's good to be at Mom and Dad's and the kids are enjoying the pool and finding treasures (scuppernongs and sweet gumballs) along the trail. Looking forward to fishing with Grandpa, seeing friends, and a trip to the Georgia Aquarium. I am personally looking forward to eating grits and drinking sweet tea!!! I love the South!

BTW- Did you know that I am a native "grits"? G.R.I.T.S. -"Girl Raised In The South"

Birthday Boy

J turns 7 today!!

We had his party last Saturday. We had two of his friends over to spend the night. We went to our church's Family Fun Day and played games, slid down the big blow up slide and raced through the obstacle course. They won two more cakes (besides the one I bought for j's b-day) at the "cake walk" and ate popcorn, tootsie rolls and cotton candy for dinner. We went home to eat cake, play SpeedRacer on the Wii and watch movies. J and his friends were determined to stay up all night. Around 8pm, they decided that they would stay up until midnight. They fell alseep at 11pm. They were up at 6am. We had three tired little boys at church on Sunday morning. But they all had fun.

Yesterday, J lost his third tooth. I heard him crying in the bathroom around 6:30 am. I went in to check on him and he had tried to rinse the blood off of his tooth and... you guessed it! He dropped the tooth down the drain. I had to wake Daddy up to take the plumbing apart and fish out the tooth for the tooth fairy.

Today, J plans on having chocolate chip pancakes for dinner. Then we will walk to the ice cream store for dessert.

Happy Happy Day!!!

Happy 4th Birthday!!!!

Three fish at the same time!!




N and his best buddy!!

Today was N's birthday party. It wasn't easy with only two adults and four children, but no one fell in the water and everyone caught several fish. We had a blast!!

N fishing with his bestest friend in the whole wide world!!

The birthday boy

I still can't believe no one fell in!!!

Team Wieland

Our family is constantly growing and changing. Since, we have become a foster family, we are always adding new members to the team. But for now, here is our current line-up.

Here we go...

So, I have finally entered the world of blogging. I remeber when I first heard the word "blog" on the news and had to figure out what they were talking about. Am I that old?? Anyways, I have so enjoyed the blogs of my friends and family, that I decided to join them. I hope you all enjoy seeing updates of our family as well.