Monsters and the Wups

Tuesday we went to Crossville and saw Beauty and the Beast LIVE with a group from church. The play was awesome and the cast was FULL of talent and was hilarious at times! The songs and dances performed were amazing! Abigail and Anna were so well behaved. Aliza hummed along with some of the songs...but all in all was quiet too! Anna says she loved Beauty and the Beast but didn't like the "monsters and the wups" (the beast's loud roars and the wolves). It was a fun time!

Would you like FIRE with that?

Tonight as we were eating our desserts at Golden Corral, alarms sounded off and water began spraying down on the hot bar nearest the kitchen...we were a little unsure of what to do as employees scattered around. We smelled smoke, but all we could see of the kitchen was the massive amount of water 'raining' down. Our server assured us everything was fine as 3 firetrucks and a fire squad explorer arrived within minutes, and 2 firemen ran in. Apparently, a small grease fire began, and when they couldn't extinguish it quickly enough, the sprinklers went off, then a water line broke. Luckily, no one was injured. Anna LOVED seeing the firemen in action and was so excited about the firetrucks! Abigail requested that we not go back!

Dora paste & Hannah Montana gloss

Today the girls had dentist appointments. While I was putting Abigail's hair up, we were talking about going and she said, "But we already went there once". That time Anna did great, but it was pretty traumatizing for Abigail and all the dentist got to do was count her teeth. It's no wonder the dentist wore ear plugs! But TODAY they were EXCELLENT! The new dentist and assistant were very patient, and were absolutely amazing with kids! The girls got to see the pictures of their teeth, and were given choices between Dora paste, (which Anna picked) princess paste, or Hannah Montana paste (which Abigail preferred). All three choices were good ole light brown! (They didn't know the difference, and enjoyed having a say so!) The only time Abigail whimpered in fear was when they used the tube to suck out the paste/water. After I got up in the chair and had Anna lay back on my lap, she did GREAT too! The dentist was so impressed with her! He said typically with 3 year olds, all he can do is count their teeth. He never is able to get films, clean them and do the fluoride treatment! They each got to pick out Hannah Montana gloss and enjoyed having their teeth "painted". We were thrilled to have a positive dental experience this time!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Can it be time for school already?

We've had a ton of fun this summer! We all attended VBS the week after we moved in and got to make some new friends. We have taken advantage of being just 2 minutes from the lake! We swim, have picnics, fish, feed the fish and ducks, play at the playground and eat ice cream in rocking chairs on the dock at Sunset Marina. We are getting to know people at church and have gotten to go out on a couple of boat rides. We went to Be-Bop on the square, got to jump in our neighbor's jump house FOR FREE, played putt-putt, decorated the bikes and rode in a bike parade, saw an awesome fireworks show with friends from church, participated in a 4 week Summer Reading Program at the library, were in the 1st Pickett Co. Fair's pageant, went to a horse show, had movie nights with popcorn, spent the night in the camper some, visited with cousins, aunts/uncles and grandparents, helped wash the car, shucked corn, and played on our swingset. The slideshow includes some pictures.

Can we live here?

A couple of weeks ago, a couple from church invited the five of us to dinner. It wasn't to be just any dinner though. Yesterday, when the girls chattered and sang for more than an hour of their naptime, I decided to let them get up. They were just way too excited to sleep! We met the rest of the Sunday school class on the dock. One by one they got onto the pontoon boat along with their covered dishes. Our pasta salad, diaper bag, 4 life jackets and carseat carrying Aliza seemed like half the house! We set out on the lake! The wind whipped our hair as Aliza cried...couldn't figure out if she did not like the wind or her life jacket (maybe a combination of the two). After about 7 minutes, we spotted the houseboat from a distance...we were going to have dinner on a houseboat! The houseboat had 4 bedrooms and was huge! It even had a dishwasher and trash compactor! Abigail asked me when we were going up to the top deck after we'd been on it for a while, "Can we live here?"