Playing with the packing materials from the den...

The WHY's and WHAT's live at our house...

Why does the dog have his tongue out???
Why does the dog lick???
What is the dog doing???
Repeat over and over and over in the 15 second walk back from the mailbox... 

Never stopping to hear an answer.

I LOVE to talk...

Mommy: Grace, please be quite Daddy needs some peace and quite for a few minutes...

Grace: But Mommy I LOVE to talk...

In Mommies head: LAUGHTER and Really!!! Oh don't I know it...

VERY first attempt at people

As far as we know this is Grace's VERY FIRST attempt a drawing people. The original is in color. The smaller character in the upper left is Grace, the one on the lower left is me, and Scott is the one on the right.

Monsters...

Just did a little MONSTER cleaning... It seems that we had 8 monsters of all sizes in our house... So Grace and I rounded them up and asked them to all leave... They did... So we are now monster free how about you???

Ballet Class...

Grace on her first day of ballet class...

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE  2011

Fortunes received this evening at our NEW YEARS EVE dinner:
GRACE: You will bring sunshine into someone's life... (many people's)
MOM: You will advance socially without any special effort. (Not)
DAD: Today is a good time to take some extra relaxation. (YES)

Another Quote...

While looking for the eyes on the snowman in the wreath in the bathroom.
Grace said"Kind of hard to see him when your standing little" 
1.07.2011 @ 9:30 PM

I don't want breakfast...

Grace: "I want a brownie." Mom: "You can't have a brownie for breakfast!" Grace: "I don't want breakfast, I want a brownie" 12.20.2010 @ 9:00 AM (Dad wrote)

Do you have any pictures of God?

Grace, who is 3 1/2, noticed some pictures on my screen from when she was a baby (from our adoption trip). After a few questions she said "I'm growing! God is always changing me." ... then she threw me with this one... "Do you have any pictures of God?" Help. 

 12.06.2010 @ 6:38PM - POSTED FOR DADDY BY MOMMY

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    Caroline Godbey Kelley I'm told that in addition to looking like Kenny Rogers my dad looks like some depict God. Not that Kenny looks like God. I'm just repeating what people have said about my dad. :)

    December 6, 2010 at 6:40pm ·
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    Cecilia Wutka She is old enough for a simple biblical explanation - tell her that the bible doesn't tell us what God looks like. He isn't human like us, but you could explain that people try to picture him, usually as a kindly grandfather.

    December 6, 2010 at 7:17pm
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    Anne Turner aw...how sweet. How about a picture of the grand canyon? zion national park? the ocean? Probably too abstract for a 3 1/2 year old. :)

    December 6, 2010 at 7:43pm
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    Shira Newman Awww.

    December 6, 2010 at 7:54pm
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    Alexis Senger Hug her and tell her that's what God looks like.

    December 6, 2010 at 8:19pm
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    Bill Hunter There is a good picture of him here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

    December 6, 2010 at 10:00pm
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    Jim White Here you go:
    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel
    
    :)

    December 6, 2010 at 11:26pm

The NEW YEARS EVE ride on the MACY's PINK PIG

Getting ready to go...

Having fun...

More fun...

The MACY'S PINK PIG a holiday MUST here in Altanta... We had nothing planned for today and Grace and not been to the Pink Pig so off we went tonight... After checking that they where open and what time they closed. Upon arriving at the mall we found that the mall was closing early (I should have know says the former retail manager...What was I thinking?) and the Pink Pig was also... While waiting in the line of cars circling the parking lot I jumped out of the car and ran to the tent... There was a gentleman with his had in the flaps of the tent... "What time do you close???" I asked... He asked me how many children do you have... "One" come ahead he said... So I ran back to the car and got Grace and Scott... Ran back to the tent and rushed inside looking for our benefactor who was restarting the Pig... We where followed in by twin boys about 8 or 9... Who asked "Are you open?" The young man said no but come ahead. One of the boys went to tell his father who brought the sisters and Mom... They where followed in by a Mom with two girls and a father who was smart enough to come in the EXIT... So here we all where riding the PINK PIG for nothing on a night that they where supposed to be closed... The young man let us ride around twice... We got off and thanked him $$$ profusely.. The other families rode around again and when we left two more families where probably treated to an extra special evening of fun by the night security officer.... MEMORIES WHERE MADE TONIGHT!!!

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Grace's first Choir concert....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WTMkmSPWwU

This was Grace's first concert with the choir at church... I was in middle of the church so the video is at full zoom and every move I make causes the shot to move, please forgive me... And this is my first attempt at using Imovie software.

Grace is the only girl not dressed in red... She is wearing pale blue with snowflakes and fur at the hem...

She looks a little lost but I think she had fun...

Grace's FIRST Snowman

Click here to view this photo book larger

Grace's First Fall Concert @ Oak Grove Young Children's School

 Our little puppy eating her breakfast...

 This is the first layer of the puppy costume...

 Oh dear put the wrong nose on... This is a bunny or kitty nose...

 Grace all dressed up and ready to go to school..

 Our puppy in her puppy carrier...

This is Grace's three year old classroom the Tigers...

Singing in the fall concert...

All the three year olds song the same two songs... 

Five Little Pumpkins

and Autumn Leaves Are Falling

Bed inventory... 08.25.2009

I crawled into Grace's bed this afternoon and this is what I found:
22 books (all sizes),
13 small stuffed animals,
1 purse/stuffed animal,
1 doll,
9 blankets,
1 pillow and
2 sandals
this was over and above the standard pillow, sheet and blanket...


The books had to go, they are to hard to lay on...

Otherwise we had a great time playing with almost everything....

Grace's Family Birthday Party

Mom & Dad would like to invite you to
Grace's Family Picnic/Birthday Party

We are celebrating Grace's special day
she is turning 3..

May 29, 2010 @ The Country Cottage (Our House)
from
5:00 till 7:30(ish)

We will be providing the burger's, brats, & garden burgers; the drinks; and of course the BIRTHDAY CAKE...

Waiting patiently while everyone sang Happy Birthday.

Blowing out the candles...
We had to do this twice since I forgot to record the special event...
My brother thought he got it on his phone but as of yet I have not seen it...

Opening Nai Nai's (祖母) present... Cowboy Boots

Catching the elusive THANK YOU...
Grace blew thank you kisses to everyone when she opened their present.
And my brother took over 58 picture of Grace opening presents trying to capture the elusive THANK YOU...

Happy Birthday Grace...
with LOVE from Mom & Dad


We're not clowning around
so circle the date
For Grace's 3rd Birthday
It's gonna be great!
on
June 5th
at
3:30
Toco Hill
Gymboree
2205 LaVista Rd.
Atlanta Georgia
30329 US

Juggle your schedule
squeeze us in for awhile
When this party is over
you'll leave with a smile!

Karen & Scott

***Please remember that all adults must wear socks***

Grace had a wonderful time at her birthday surrounded by so many of her friends...

Many of her classmates and dear friends where at her party...

Pictures to follow...

First Big Boo Boo's

Grace fell and skinned both knees for the first time... When I went to get her to go to bad she said, "Mommy, carry me I have boo boo's with band aids..." She seems to think that when you have band aids your legs no longer work, this has been going on for sometime... She is hilarious after she gets a shot...

Baby Bearism's

Baby Bearism's : ABC....Double XYZ, "Two motor duckies" (for those who do not speak toddler that is two motor cycles), chu chu plane, more to come I am sure...

No light on! Light Off!... Back in bed! Back in bed!

Grace has progressed from pre-schooler to teenager over night. "No light on! Light off! .... Back in bed! Back in Bed!"...

Laura

Grace is more and more like Ellie Grace every day!

Primrose

How far into the "why" phase has she gotten? H asked the occassional " why" THEN.....she turned 3! I think that this is the revenge that my mother always talked about. I always swore that I would do my best to answer all of my child's "why's" without the unhelpful "because...just because". Now, I am sorry that I ever thought that! "Why? Why? Why? hmmmm but ... WHY?!"

Daddy

She hasn't started the why's yet, but I am sure it's coming soon.

Primrose

Scott, it was like a switch went off on her 3rd birhtday!

Mommy

Prim the switch was turned on last weekend... We are getting more and more complex questions and rebukes: like - No Mommy Daddies eyes are black not brown...or at a stop light when asked what do we do at red lights - Daddy's car does not go...