Student of the Week

This was Hatcher's second time as "Student of the Week" but we were just as excited. This time I was sure to capture it on "film." He was super proud. He is always a big helper at school and really loves his teachers (Ms. Mary and Ms. Christy). I know he will be more than prepared for Kindergarten this coming fall.

Valentines Day

The boys were really excited this year about Valentine's Day. Not completely sure why - perhaps another reason to have a party at school. I got them these super cute shirts and decided to stick with the tradition of sending family Happy Valentines Day cards. They turned out super cute. We hope you had a wonderful day with your valentines! xoxoxoxoxoxox

Hatcher turns FIVE!

What a big boy! Hard to believe Hatcher is officially five years old. We decided to celebrate his birthday at Ultimate Gymnastics this year. He loves going each week and when I learned that they had birthday parties there, we were in! He was able to invite his friends from school this year and he was super excited about that! The kids enjoyed an hour of jumping, running and getting time on the trampoline followed by the well deserved cake!

Being half way through Pre-K now, Hatcher is doing more things than I ever imagined he would. He is starting to read, has spelling tests on site words, doing homework every weeknight, and really involved in family activities. He is really starting to color and enjoy coloring a lot more. I am including some of his more recent and really cute drawings. As for sports - well, it has started. Hatcher is in spring T-ball ( plays for "the Mets" at PCBC), he is rounding out the second half of tennis lessons, finishing his year with Church choir, and near the end of his second year in gymnastics. No soccer for Hatcher now (Aidan is doing that instead of T-ball) but he always puts his kleats on to help out Aidan.

Hatcher is an extremely loving little guy. He adores and has an amazing bond with Derek. He gets sad when Derek travels too much. He is still very helpful with Aidan for almost everything. He is just a huge love and I feel super blessed to be his mom.

Let it Snow, let it snow, and even more SNOW!

An entire week of snow. Who would have thought 6 inches of the stuff would shut this city down. But as Sunday night (Jan 9th) came to a close around 10 pm, the snow fell...and came down fast and hard. With a layer of ice underneath it all and temps frozen below 20 degrees the weather system that brought the white stuff did exactly that...shut Atlanta down for an entire week. The schools were closed from Monday through Friday and most didn't reopen until the 17th of January.

Day 1 - Monday, January 10th

Day 2 - Tuesday, January 11th
Fun with our neighbors - The Riley family came down for some sledding and snow fun!

At the end of the second day,temps still near 20 degress, the sun managed to peak out. We gathered the snow off the front covered porch and built a little snowman.

Day 3 - January 12th - Sunny but SUPER COLD.
At the end of this day we knew we would have to start scraping the driveway if we were going to get out. The next two days were the worst on the roads. Some of the snow and ice would melt and refreeze again each night. By day 5 most of the roads had been scraped at least once and sanded. Even our road finally got scraped and sanded...ironically the last day we finally cleared the driveway of ice.

Day 6 - Saturday, January 15th ... lots of snow still around