Busy Weekend

Dinner at Jeffery's
Ashe County Cheese

Todd General Store
New River
Cub Creek Park



Friday night was Date Night: Fletcher to Rollie Pollies, Ed and I to Jeffery's in Mooresville. Good! Saturday morning we headed to Wilkes where we picked up Mom and Aaron and headed to Ashe County County Cheese where we witnessed the cheese making process. Cool! We then drove to Todd General Store and had a picnic by the New River. Beautiful! Sunday we made a short trip to Cub Creek Park where Fletcher played on the playground and had fun by the creek. Hot!

Saying Goodbye to Kitty Kitty

Our fish, Kitty Kitty died on April 3. We continue to mourn the loss of Kitty Kitty. He was a good fish and we loved him for his 3 1/2 years as our pet.

Kitty Kitty joined our family when Fletcher was 15 months old in Septembeer of 2005. I had just left my library job and had begun staying home with Fletcher and keeping a little girl named Caroline. The kids and I were reading books, etc. about pets and took our first field trip to PetSmart in Morresville where we looked at all the pets and came home with a beta fish. On the way home we were talking about what his name should be and Caroline suggested Kitty Kitty and the kids got the humor in that and the name stuck.

Fletcher has hard a difficult time with the permanence of the situation and that we can't keep Kitty Kitty. I've explained the fact that what made Kitty Kitty so special is not there anymore, but this is a difficult concept for a 4 year old. Today we went to MegArt and made a plaque in memory of Kitty Kitty. It seemed to help Fletcher.

Doing Our Part

If you know Fletcher then you probably know that he is a bit of an "eco-warrior." He is passionate about recycling and preaches the virtues of composting frequently. Today Fletcher and I went down to the woods near our house where the little creek is. Our goal was to pick up trash. I really did not think we would find much but were (unpleasantly) surprised to fill our 2 plastic grocery bags rather too quickly! Lots of bottles and cans. We will plan to go back with more gloves and larger bags for more.

My new goal is to keep plastic grocery bags and plastic gloves (both recyclable) in the car so that when we stop at a park to play we can fill up our bag with litter before playing. I did this at the little park on Glendale near our house a couple of weeks ago and succeeded in filling my bag while the kids played.

When we got back home today we sorted the litter we picked up into trash and recyclables. Afterwards, we planted sunflower seeds and poppy seeds in our little garden. Last year we grew a beautiful sunflower and we are hopeful for at least one to make it this year!

Happy Earth Day!

Roger Day!

Parachute boy flies over the world!



Wicked air on the bouncy slide!



Admittedly, I am a huge Roger Day fan, probably more so than Fletcher, perhaps even a groupie. Tonya and I agreed that we may each have a little tiny innocent crush on Roger! Hey, I can admit it! Anyway, today we headed to Myers Park for a kids' carnival featuring Roger Day and lots of fun carnival stuff. It was a great day to be outside and we had a great time! On the way home we stopped at Tijuana Flats for lunch and then a much needed grocery store trip. Can't wait until the next Roger Day event in NC (Concord in July, ImaginOn in November)!

Little Boy Growing Up

I am proud of Fletcher for many reasons and for his many accomplishments, most recently staying dry throughout the night for 7 days straight! We had never pushed this because it is my belief that this is a hard thing to master. But when I bought Pull-ups last, Fletcher and I decided that when those ran out we would not buy any more. He was ready and has done great! So proud!

Happy Birthday, Ed!

Today is Ed's 41st birthday! Happy Birthday, baby! I love you so very much! Hope you have had a great day and wishing you a terrific year!

Cutie Cole!

Cole is my friend who comes to play with me on Mondays and Wednesdays. Today we made bunny ears. So cute! Could not resist posting this!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter and hope that each of you did as well! We awoke to find that the Easter Bunny had indeed hopped right down Hill St and left Fletcher a nice basket of seeds, gardening gloves, a picture book, and eggs filled with candy! I made breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast. Yummy! We then went to the 11:00 service at St. Alban's. In the afternoon Fletcher dyed Easter eggs with Grandmaw and Uncle Aaron and had an Easter Egg Hunt in the grassy area in our neighborhood. We thoroughly enjoyed our Easter weekend with family!

Easter at Latta Plantation

On Saturday Mom, Aaron, Fletcher and I (Ed had to sleep) went to Latta Plantation for an Easter Egg Hunt and other Easter activities. Fletcher enjoyed his hunt and was old enough to go by himself. He also sat with the Easter Bunny (yes, he has holes in his hat for his ears: a burning question of Fletcher's), petted the baby lambs, and made a lamb craft. We saw our school friends Conner and Grace with their cousins which was a nice surprise! We braved the wind and had a picnic there as well. It was a great day!

Date Night!

Ed and I rarely go out just the 2 of us, so we took advantage of Mom and Aaron coming on Friday and had a date night. We enjoyed shopping at Northlake Mall and dinner at PF Changs. It was great to spend time together and we really enjoyed each others company! Love my man!

Fletcher did great for Mom and Aaron and enjoyed having them to himself. Thanks guys!

Blue Hand Group

Cam and Fletcher were working on an Easter project when they decided to paint themselves! Silly boys!

Easter Egg Hunt at School

Fletcher's class had an Easter Egg Hunt the week before Spring Break. The children has made their own 'Easter baskets' from square tissue boxes. Since it was raining the kids hunted for eggs in the church narthax. After finding 6 eggs each the class played a fun game and sang songs together.

Outdoor Art

Great art project to do on a nice day when you want to be outside: take a large piece of paper (such as brown newsprint) and tack it to a wall or tape it to a fence or a tree, have various colors of paint in small containers along with brushes, sponges, rollers, etc. and let the kids go for it! The big kids (Fletcher, Isabelle, Cam, and Logan) as well as the little kids (Cole and Jonah with Super Fletcher ) all enjoyed this activity and it occupied them for quite some time! Fun!