My Photo Album

I have created a photo album on picasa web that you can access at any time. I try to upload albums often. Since I don't want to put a million picures on my blog, you can go to this website and see all of the pictures I have taken (www.picasaweb.google.com/karijarrett). I also put the website as a link on "my favorite links" at the bottom left of my blog page. It is titled "photo album". I know I am a genius with the titles.

School Photo

To see Ethan's school photo, go to www.mccphoto.smugmug.com and click on sessions. Click on the Oak Grove folder. He is in Primary 2. The password is OG.

Future Montessori Student

In the Montessori invironment, children work in the "sensorial" area of the room. This is where there are materials that help them use their senses to learn. Eli wanted to do just that when I was feeding him Oatmeal the other day. He ate some, but kept wanting to touch it. I thought, "why not". So here is the messy result of my future montessori child at work!

7 months old and sitting up!

Eli has been practicing sitting up for a while now and he finally has it down. He still falls over sometimes, but for the most part, he is doing great! He is 7 months old today. Time goes by too fast. His favorite things are the cats, eating food and playing outside. He especially likes going on a golf cart ride before his afternoon nap.

Panama City Beach, Florida

We had the pleasure of visiting the sugar white sands and emerald green waters of the Gulf of Mexico for vacation this year. Dina was with us for the first part of the week, so we were able to go on a boat trip by ourselves (Kevin & I). That was great. It was great having a friend along for our vacation. Eli loved the beach (his first time) and Ethan always loves it. Ethan was pretty brave in the water this time. He loved jumping the waves on a raft with dad. We all got to go to the zoo and on a pirate ship while on vacation. It was a great time.

Labor Day

Labor Day at Woodland is always fun. We have family camp. This is a time where families come to enjoy the camp atmosphere and spend quality time together. On Friday night, we swam in the pool with the Gray family, then Kevin, Ethan, Kevin Gray & Nora Jane spent the night in a boxcar. Saturday, we continued to play at the camp, roasted marshmallows by the campfire (yes, we at smores) and Kevin & Ethan slept in a cabin at the Heritage Camp. On Sunday we enjoyed worship with all of the families at the camp, then we ate a meal together. Sunday night, we all slept at home. Monday we enjoyed a picnic at the pool with the Gray family and we really enjoyed the pool. We knew Kevin would close the pools on Tuesday, so we wanted to make the most of them. Eli was exhausted, but wouldn't fall asleep with so much activity, so Kevin put Eli under his shirt to help distract him. He slept nicely in there, but they were both pretty sweaty.

Ethan was so proud to bring home a Katydid that we found at the pool. It is missing two legs, so we thought we would rescue it. We needed something to bring it home in, so we used our empty "Famous Amos" cookies box. It looks like we are doing an ad for "Famous Amos" because Ethan wanted his Katydid in the pictures. He affectionately named him "Toad". All in all, it was a great weekend!

I love my walker!

Eli loves playing in his walker. I can put him in it and he is content for quite a while. He scoots all around the kitchen and squeals!

Men at Work

Kevin & Eli worked hard tonight vacuuming the house. Eli loves watching the vacuum move and hearing the loud noise.