We wish you a Merry Christmas... & its only September.

Christmas is my favorite holiday (besides my birthday, its a national holiday, in Canada:]), I love the food, shopping, the smells , the decorations, the EVERYTHING.

So of course I have started my shopping. I've only gotten a few things, Wal-Mart is bringing layaway back for a few months, so that's when I'll get his toys. Right now, He has a Paper James guitar.

& Some hot wheels for his stocking. Then the boring stuff, ya know, like the stuff he needs.

Socks, Underwear, Undershirts, & 1 Set of PJ's. I hope to have him pretty much done by the end of October maybe the beginning of November.

But I am so excited to decorate and for our "Merry Christmas" party. We had one last year so now its going to be something like a tradition i suppose :] We have Gumbo, Potato salad, Crunchy Bread and a little appietizer of some sorts.

I just can't wait :] 



Surving Pre-k

Well, hello stranger :]

I know, it’s been a while & I've really just been busy with working.

But on to what the title says, Surviving Pre-k.

It's been almost a month since he started and he LOVES it. He loves his teachers,

He loves his friends, he loves everything. Which doesn't surprise me; I loved school when I was kid, mainly because I was an only child and that's when I got the most interaction With other children my age.

Anyways, I'm getting off track. He goes to a pre-k at a Daycare. Its 100% by the lottery (as I think most are) & there are REAL teachers who actually went to college to become teachers which is why I was comfortable with it. It is the same daycare he was going to before Pre-K started. But now, I’m wishing I had done a little more research into a Pre-K instead of picking what was most convenient.

Pre-k doesn’t start until 8:30; the child cannot be dropped off before 8:15. This is fine, except that if you get there at 8:15 you’ll be sitting in the road. Not like a back road, but Ringgold road. This is not fun at all.

This morning in the Pre-K car riders line they let us know that we cannot pull in the

Parking lot until 8:15, this is going to be MADNESS, that I am not excited for (who would be?!). I usually get there around 8:00ish. We were told we could either park, in the 5 spaces they have available OR the restaurant across the street. Now it was my understanding that there were 60 kids in this particular Pre-K program. So tomorrow morning should be a very fun and interesting in the least.

This is just so aggravating that they think this new way will be "better". The director (I think that’s her title) has been doing this for 18 years, so why in the world are you changing it? Because I’m sure we are not the first group of parents to have sit in the road. Ugh, it just aggravates me even more while typing this.

I guess I’ll come back tomorrow and write down how the madness goes in the morning ;]



The Chattanooga Zoo.

We went to the Chattanooga Zoo with some friends. It was Kenneth's first time going (mine too, if I had been, it was so long ago I couldn't remember.) He LOVED it. Especially the monkeys and the snakes. For $8.00 it was pretty fun thing to do, going to see the animals. Even if most of were asleep.The Jaguar was the most fun! It got up walked around in circles and came to the window several times. It was exciting and terrifying at the exact same time! After we had walked around the entire Zoo, the boys went and rode on the carousel. Which I just knew Kenneth would be scared of, but surprisingly he wasn't. They had a blast and I am so glad they did! This was one of the last things to do before summer is over and school starts. So it was fun just to enjoy something, just to enjoy it.

Here are some pictures!



My sweetums' and I.


I always thought that Owls were nocturnal, evidently not, well at least not this one :]


I was also freaking out a little bit about the Peacocks and Turkeys roaming free, I just knew we were going to be attacked by a Killer Turkey.
These Gophers are sooo cute and quick!


AFLAC. Yes, I defiantly yelled Aflac when I saw these ducks. lol

They had some HUGE Fish in this pond.


Ya know, Just Monkeyin' around.