Sad moment for Mom

Ever since Amelia had enough hair to hold a bow she has worn one in her hair... all colors, all sizes... her hair was almost always up in a bow! I guess almost 2 years ago she stopped wearing the bows and graduated to more mature things for her hair... I really missed those bows! She was even known in her classrooms for wearing the bows, and it was mentioned a few times in classroom memory books.

Last night Amelia was cleaning her room and called me in to show off her hard work... especially in one particular drawer where the bows used to be. I say "used to be" because she has decided that she no longer needs a drawer full of bows and had a huge pile of them on the floor to give away! It's pretty funny explaining to your 10 year old why you are getting all teary about a pile of bows on the floor... Amelia is really growing up and we have officially come to the end of a very sweet stage in her life!

Fun Wednesday!

Wednesday was a big day for Mitchell and Amelia for different reasons. First... Mitchell got his braces off! He was so excited to have them off for a while (official end of phase 1) and we celebrated with lunch at Chick-Fil-A before heading back to school. Also... this week was the kickoff for Wednesday night church activities and our church had a talent show. People of ALL ages participated in the show... Amelia and her friend, Elli, sang the song "Oh you can't get to heaven... on roller skates... cause you might roll by those pearly gates...!" They wore their skates while singing the song (accompanied by Elli's dad on guitar) and they looked adorable! A great day for the Graves!

Camping!

This past weekend we took a break from the busy start of school to enjoy some fun and nature! We met the Wilsons at Trackrock Campground in the North GA mountains for 2 nights of camping. The weather was absolutely perfect with highs in the low 80's and the lows in the 60's at night... perfect for tent camping! We all had fun exploring the campground, hiking, eating (food is always better outside!), playing games, riding bikes, and swimming... as well as lots of catching up with great friends! It was just what we all needed!

School!

We now have the first 3 days of school behind us... only 177 more to go! Amelia had a great first day of school... she discovered that she is going to be in classes with many of her good friends and has already made some new friends, also. She is very excited about her 5th grade year! The first day of school did not exactly go as planned for Mitchell. He had been fighting sickness all week and his fever did not go away in time to attend the first day... he was SO disappointed! HIS first day went great, though... he has classes with many of his friends and likes all of his teachers... a great start to 7th grade! We hope for 177 more wonderful days for both of them!

Tennis weekend!

Mitchell's tennis team went to Macon this past weekend for the USTA junior state championship tournament. Although they didn't win all of their matches they all played very well and we were very proud of all of them!!

"Dear Edwina" weekend!

Amelia was in 4 performances of "Dear Edwina" this past weekend... whew! The musical featured kids from 1st grade through 8th grade and was very cute! We were very proud of Amelia's performance as a neighborhood kid... this was her 10th musical with Oconee Youth Playhouse!