Happy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend. Yesterday we visited Grace Baptist again where Jackie preached. We are still waiting on a word from God on where he wants Jackie to pastor (if at all for now). I also went grocery shopping at Walmart and learned that I should never ever shop at Walmart on a weekend especially when I am alone with the children. Geez Louise, it was crowded and they were out of so many things. Plus it was getting near dinner time so Jathan was getting restless and then he lost his pacifier somewhere in the store and when I went to buy a new one they didn't have his old kind. So yeah. It was fun.



Today has been better. We had school this morning and I'm thinking I'm going to integrate more arts and craft/creative time. This morning we did scribble art! You just scribble some lines on a piece of paper then swap with someone and try to make something out of their scribbles. I was totally amazed that Keeleigh saw a rhinocerous in my scribbles...I never would have got that. There were several eggs in the rhino's belly! I saw some snails and a fish in Keeleigh's scribbles. She liked doing this a lot (and I did, too!).

After school we decorated our window with some fall clings that I got at Walmart yesterday. There kind of hard to see but the ones at bottom are pictures of little scarecrow boys that reminded me so much of Jathan.

I've been inspired by the cooler weather, and by cooler I mean much less humid, and have spread autumn all around my apartment since I'm not sure if it will come outside! At least not in the same way it did in Alabama. Here are some more pictures of our fall decorations...

See the pumpkin soup tureen in the middle? Someone gave me that for my wedding which was in FEBRUARY. I thought it was an odd present at the time but now I really love it. Doesn't it look good with my $1 Walmart placemats? Yea, bargains!

And here's how my planter is looking! It did have to be moved, however, out of the walkway and in front of the storage closet b/c of apartment regulations. I understand that a rule is a rule but it made me so sad to have a big empty space under the window that looked so pretty filled with plants.

And at 12 o'clock came lunch! Jathan enjoyed his veggies so much that he needed TWO forks to eat with. Ha ha. Check out how he's been smiling when I take his picture. He squeezes his eyes shut and gives a little grin.

And now it's almost time for PE and I didn't forget today, woo hoo! Jathan's napping for now but when he wakes up we'll probably head out to let him enjoy some art time. He LOVES chalk (and now just for eating).


At some point today before supper time I also need to run to Winn Dixie ("Why don't you just drive, " Jackie would say!) and pick up a few items that Wal-mart was fresh out of. Ah, it's never dull around here! Just the way I like it. = )