Friday, September 26, 2008

Happy Birthday, Noah!

Samuel and I went to Virginia on Friday for Noah's 6th birthday party. Adam was on call so he couldn't go with us. Samuel did great on the car trip up there, but I could tell he was glad when we finally arrived. We had a few hours to chill out before the family party that night.

Samuel and Noah playing



Jack









Noah opening his present from us. He is really into Star Wars this year and everything he got was Star Wars, except for the Nintendo DS he got from his mom and dad.






Jack was checking out the gifts



Gramps chillin' on the couch



Noah blowing out the candles



Jack and Uncle Scott waiting for some cake



Samuel and I got up really early the next morning so we could get on the road and get back to Knoxville before his soccer game that day at 11:30am. But, it was raining and we had to stop more than I planned so we didn't get back till after the game was over. Oh well!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Cubbies

Samuel started AWANA at church a couple of weeks ago. He is in the Cubbies class. So far, he has done really well and says he likes going. He has learned 6 verses so far and gotten his stickers for each one. I think he has to say a few more before he gets his first badge. Guess I'll have to learn how to sew on badges soon. But, last night he finally got his vest (they had ordered them and they took awhile to come in). He was so excited! Here's a few pictures.







Little Hands Toward Heaven - Unit 4

It took us awhile to get this unit done because we took a couple of breaks for Labor Day and then we had Uncle Jon visiting us, but we are finally finished. From here on out, we should be on track to finish a unit every 2 weeks.

Anyway, Unit 4 was about Isaac and His Sons. We started out learning a new rhyme called, One Dusty Camel. Samuel didn't act like he liked it as it wasn't as active as some of the other rhymes, but I overheard it saying it to himself in his room a couple of times so he must have remembered it. Our letter for this week was the Letter D.

Our first story was about Isaac sending a servant far away to bring back Rebekah for him to marry. We also worked on the Number Four page for our counting book. We cut out pictures of 4 women from magazines and glued them on the page. Samuel had fun with that because he loves anything that involves glue!
















Our next story was about Jacob pretending to be Esau and getting the blessing from Isaac. For our art activity, Samuel was supposed to write his name and then draw a picture over it to try to "disguise" his name to show that Jacob had disguised himself to steal the blessing. Well, I drew Samuel's name in dots for him to connect to write his name and he had so much fun with that he refused to do anything else. He kept asking me to make more letters with dots. I ended up doing the whole alphabet for him and he actually did pretty good.













The next story was about Jacob leaving and how he met and married Rachel. Samuel also worked on a worksheet for the Letter D.







The next story was about Jacob wrestling with an angel. Samuel liked that story because he and I wrestled afterward. He also made a Letter D out of beans. Again, he loved it because it involved glue.







Our last story was about Jacob going back home and Esau forgiving him. We also read a devotional about doing to others what you want them to do to you. We also practiced writing the letter D, but I forgot to take pictures.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Cades Cove

Adam was off work and the weather was nice so we decided to drive up to Cades Cove. There weren't a whole lot of animals out, but we did manage to see a few. Samuel liked it and says he wants to go back so I guess it was a success.

This is one of the churches there -- I think it's the Baptist one




This was either a coyote or a wolf in the field. We'd never seen one of those at Cades Cove before. Usually we just see deer. We had the zoom lens on but it still didn't come out very clear.




The family




One of the cabins there. Samuel loved going through all the old buildings. We couldn't just walk by them, he had to go in each one.




Outside the cabin there were a couple of deer. They didn't seem afraid of us at all and came very close. I was suprised Samuel didn't scare them off, but he was actually really good. He even would tell us to Shhh! when he thought we were being too loud.













Samuel and I looking through the gap between the logs of the barn wall.




Adam and Samuel coming back from the cabin.




The old mill by the visitors center




Another one of the lovely wildlife we saw




The real excitement came as we were leaving. The pictures didn't come out that great but if you look just past the car and to the right you'll see a black bear walking down the side of the road.




Here he is again on the left just off the side of the road.




Saturday, September 20, 2008

Soccer Game #2: Stingrays vs Sea Lions

Samuel played his second soccer game. We didn't take the camera because it was really cloudy and drizzling a little and I didn't want it to get ruined. Wouldn't you know, that Samuel actually got on the field and played most of the game. He did great! He didn't make any goals, but at least he was out on the field with the rest of the team.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Soccer Game #1: Stingrays vs. Blue Marlins

Samuel had his first soccer game today. I can't remember if I posted this or not, but Adam is coaching his team. Samuel was really excited to go play soccer, but he didn't actually do much playing. He sat on the bench the whole game and didn't even want to go in and play. The one time we tried to make him, he whined and cried so we let the other kids play instead. Maybe next time he'll want to play. He did cheer for the other kids though so that was good.

Samuel before the game



Warming up - Samuel is the one squatting down



More warming up - Samuel is the one to the left with his hands up in the air away from the other kids



Samuel's actually with the other kids in these next pictures but he got upset because they wouldn't let him have the ball.






Smiling for the camera



Getting ready for the game to start - notice Samuel walking on the line



Adam getting his team ready - notice Samuel in the background



Here's the ref explaining the rules. Samuel actually stuck around for that one.



This is what Samuel did during the game. He sat on the sidelines with me and kept trying to get his own ball to kick around. He didn't understand why he had to share with all the other kids.



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