Pitter Patter Turns 3!!!
The Beautiful Game
We will play the first 4 Saturdays in August at 8:00 a.m. Join us for a fun time on the green field at Shades Mountain!
Patterson Meets Granny Smith
Everybody told me thay would be different…
What brings these differences to mind today, you ask? Those of you who know me might well remember my foray into making baby food for Mary Anneliese. Although it might have looked gross in the bottle, my sweet baby girl was being introduced to a bounty of healthy foods. She ate spinach, turnip greens, broccoli, beets, cabbage (plus all the predictable foods), all of which I made from scratch in my kitchen. She was and is one of the healthiest children I have ever come across. Patterson, however, much to my chagrin, will not eat ANY of my home made delectibles. Not even ONE!! She would rather starve than eat anything I have made for her. (Not likely to happen soon as seen in the attached photo.)
Thank you, God, for the differences in all of us. Without them, the world would be boring!
What a whirlwind week!
So much has happened since my last blog that I really don’t know where to begin. Patterson had her first overnight visit to Gran’s house. Gran and G have been looking forward to having her spend the night for a long time. However, if any of you know Patterson, you know she can be high maintenance and usually she just wants her Mommy! She did great, and ended up spending 3 nights in Meridian. There were no major meltdowns (at least none that I know about!). We look forward to her next trip to Gran and G’s or CC and Pop’s at the beach!
Last weekend I went to a homeschool conference and curriculum fair in Georgia. I went with a friend from high school, who is also a homeschooling mom (Things are always more fun with friends!). There were several speakers, but the ones I really went to see were Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer. They are a mother/daughter who started homeschooling in the early 1970’s when homeschooling was unheard of. They have written a book, called The Well-Trained Mind, that is regarded as the handbook in homeschooling using the classical model. Susan (the homeschooled daughter) is now a published author, professor of literature and writing at William and Mary, and homeschooling mother of 3 boys. It was so great to see that homeschooled children really can go on to become extremely successful and productive because of their homeschooling education (not in spite of it). So we are now gearing up for the year and extremely excited about how much Mary Anneliese will learn.
My Beautiful Dancer
By way of introduction…
I guess we should start with introductions. My name is Ashley and I am wife to Jonathan and mom to Mary Anneliese and Patterson. We live in Birmingham, where Jonathan is the controller for a granite company and I am a stay-at-home mom. Mary Anneliese is 6 and will start homeschooling for first grade in the fall. Patterson is 7 months.