My Blogiversary

Today is my 1 year blogging anniversary! I'm hooked. I may be more active at some times than others, but I think I'll always be a blogger now. Thanks for you comments over the past year. I've enjoyed sharing our lives with you all.

Georgie and Little Mouse

Some kids have imaginary friends. Mine has an imaginary mouse and an imaginary airplane. Little Mouse has been around for a while and we like him: he is well behaved and is a good playmate for Fletcher. Georgie is new to the scene. I just recently learned that Little Mouse is 21years old and four-and-a-half inches tall. Georgie is the plane and he flies little mouse wherever he wants to go and often follows us to school. Georgie just celebrated his 5th birthday. Or house is filling up fast!

Save the Ducks and the Trees

Buy reusable bags at your grocery store! Bi-Lo has them for $1 each that hold as much as a paper grocery bag and they will take $.05 of your total bill for each bag you use each week! I use to ask for paper every week, thinking it had to be better than plastic, and then would use the paper bag at home for recyclables. But deforestation really fires me up, so I'm urging everyone to spend $5 or $6 once and never use paper or plastic again!

Walk/Run/Crawl

Ed and I have declared this our "Year of Change" and as part of this we have begun walking with the goal of becoming runners! We are starting slow since we have not exercised for a while. I walked 20-25 mins 5 times since Saturday and Ed has walked 20-25 mins 4 times this week. We will be incorporating intervals of running soon. We found a great track at a local middle school that we really like. We take Fletcher with us and he rides his bike while we walk, so he is benefiting, too. We will be budgeting for new running shoes in March. Ed and I have a goal of completing the Skyline 5K in April. We'll keep you posted on our progress toward this goal. We don't own a scale so I don't know my starting weight (which I wouldn't post here anyway!) but will let you know when I can fit back into my favorite jeans.

Evelyn, you are an inspiration!

To ImaginOn!

Fletcher played hookie from preschool today and knew exactly what he wanted to do so...this morning we headed to ImaginOn in Charlotte to see the new exhibit, Contraptions A to Z. Fletcher enjoyed the Drum Machine and the Cuckoo Cuckoo Clock. We checked out some books, and played some games on the computers. All in all, a fun morning at ImaginOn.

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Yesterday was the first day of Chinese New Year and we celebrated by reading books, singing songs, and making a Dragon Paperbag Puppet. Mandy's family invited us over to celebrate with them in the evening. Qiulian made a delicious meal, Fletcher enjoyed playing with Mandy, and I thoroughly enjoyed the company and conversation. Fletcher wore his outfit that his Aunt Cathy and Uncle Louis got him in China last summer. He'd loved the outfit and felt very special (but did not want his picture taken).

Saturday in the 'Boro

Friday afternoon we headed to the 'Boro to spend the night with Mom. We had a very nice visit and it was great to spend some time with Mom. Fletcher did great and really enjoyed his Grandmaw's company. Saturday afternoon we headed to Cub Creek Park which was much fun! Fletcher rode his bike to show Grandmaw what a great bike rider he is and then we played on the playground, played hide-and-seek, and swung. We also threw rocks and sticks into the creek. I love a creek and feel that every child should have the experience of playing in a creek.




Love the playground structure with all the colors and chipping paint. This would be a great place (for someone with more talent or a better camera than me) to take pictures!