Follow Me Friday - Let's Try This Again

Ok, so Follow Me Friday didn't work out so well for me last time. However, I am all for trying it again. Come on all you followers...I'm waiting for you! Head over to On the Verge to play along!


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School's out for Summer!

Well, summer vacation is finally here, and AK couldn't be happier. She had started to cry about school the last couple of weeks because apparently 5 year old girls are as mean to each other as teenage girls are. There was all sorts of bickering and uninviting to birthday parties between AK and her little circle of girlfriends. Why is it so hard for a group of girls to be friends? I remember the same sorts of problems in high school. I had 2 close girlfriends, and it seemed like each week one of us would be excluded from the group, and it was really hard when it was your week.

Anyway...this is not what I was going to blog about, but if you can shed any wisdom on the above topic fell free to COMMENT! :)

To celebrate the last day of school, AK's Mimi planned a camp out in our front yard. Mimi has been AK's babysitter/2nd mother since AK was 3 months old. She is a big part of our family. AK and Mimi had all sorts of fun games and activities planned. Including ghost stories and pranks to be played on N, the only boy attending.

Well, the weather wasn't too cooperative because at 2:00 on the afternoon of the camp out, the bottom dropped out of the sky. The camp out was not canceled, but the camping out part was. So now the festivities were moved to inside my house. Joy. Also, N decided not to attend, so the pranks had to be put on hold.

The festivities started around 4:30, and 5 meltdowns (by MY child only) and tons of fun later they all collapsed and fell asleep. I think it was actually around 10:00, which I found amazing! They all slept through the night, and no parents had to be called in the middle of the night to get their homesick child. AK had the time of her life, and is already planning a 2nd camp out, with hopes of actually camping out, for the end of the summer!

Here are some Kodak moments...

Fun in the sprinkler!


Dinner time


Dirt cups: vanilla ice cream, crushed oreos, and gummy worms


Water balloon toss!


Make-up fun


Rocker chicks!


Meltdown #3



Morning pinata fun! Thankfully, there is no picture of me in my pajamas hacking the poor donkey/unicorn to bits with a shovel.

For the Birds

We had beautiful weather this weekend. Although I am not a big "outside person" I finally decided to get off the couch and go outside with AK this afternoon. She was anxiously awaiting the return of her friend EG. He and his Daddy had gone to ride motorcycles and had promised to call when they got home. While she made grass salad in the bird bath, I tried to get a few pictures of my little feathered friends. I was more successful today than I was during the Backyard Bird Count. I caught this little guy several times...




There was also a pair of house finches hanging around, but they were pretty wary of me and wouldn't come to the feeder until I was far, far away. I did zoom in and get a few shots of them in the tree...




I heard this guy before I saw him. He kept his back to me, but you can see his black and white markings in this shot. He is a downy woodpecker...



All of a sudden I heard squeals of joy! AK had seen EG and his daddy drive by in their truck.



EG came over to play and I got this cute shot of these to BFFs.



After this, my bird photography session was pretty much over. I was held hostage in the backyard and put in "jail" until Aunt Pammy came to the rescue and took my place. I did witness a bird party going on at the feeders. It was rudely interrupted several times by a red-bellied woodpecker who was enjoying swinging from one of the feeders as he munched and crunched. I wish I had gotten pictures, but maybe next time!

Six More Weeks of Winter

Even though General Beauregard Lee did not see his shadow on February 2, I think Winter will never end. We got 2-4 inches of snow here on Friday. This is the 2nd (or 3rd?) snow/ice we've had this year. That's a lot for Georgia. They predicted snow for this morning, but it never showed up. Now the weather report shows snow for Friday! AK has a good time in the snow. Her friend MM came over Friday afternoon and they played until their hands were numb. On Saturday AK and her daddy built a very leafy snowgirl. She is slowly loosing inches off her waist as we speak!



These were taken Friday.

The next pictures were taken Saturday...you can see it warmed up a bit!