Starlight Symphony 09

We spent a wonderful night on the grounds of First Presbyterian Church (Julia's playschool) listening to the free concert by the Jackson Symphony (Starlight Symphony)! The girls had so much fun running around, eating popsicles and even stopping to listen to the beautiful symphony music! It was a GREAT concert and wonderful late summer/early fall weather!

Gracie enjoying a popsicle (before it got all over her!).

Julia and Gracie stopping in for a cute sisterly pose! I am not sure that Gracie can smile ANY bigger!!!!

Gracie's First Day of School!

Gracie started school today-well, just two days a week at Mother's Day Out but it was her first time to be by herself without her mommy or big sister with her during the day! She had a great time playing with new friends all day until she woke up from her nap and her mommy wasn't there! Here's to a great FIRST year!

Aren't they just so cute together? Notice Julia's beautiful blue butterfly barrette? We just HAD to have it AND our bow in together! :) Julia was a great helper today and can't wait to start back to her playschool in September. We have a few more weeks until then so we will get some T-TH togethers before she goes back while Gracie is at school.

Atlanta Fun!

Julia helping "Julia" get ready for her lunch at the American Girl bistro in Atlanta!

Where will her treat go Gracie?

Julia gets a fish at the Atlanta Children's museum-we even got in free that day so we all "caught" a good deal!

Gracie trying to figure out what she wants to catch next!

Southern Road Trip 09

We just got back from a little mini vacation around the South! We went to Murfreesboro and visited with some friends from Ryan's med school days, went to Chattanooga to see the TN Aquarium, Rock City, and the Choo-choo (of course!) and then on to Atlanta for the GA Aquarium and the American Girl store! The girls had such a great time-here's some highlights of the girls posing together!

Stopping for rest at Rock City-aren't they so CUTE holding hands?

Loving on their new American Girl dolls-they each picked one out that looked like their sister! And then on to the bistro for lunch! We will get those posted NEXT! You can view all of our pictures at the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/roygirls/SouthernRoadTrip09#

Waynesboro Weekend!

We went down to Waynesboro to Granny and Dandaddy's for a party for Kelly and Suzanne and had a GREAT time! We spent most of our time outside enjoying the wonderful weather on the porch and in the pool! Gracie loved the PINK chair and it was just her size to get in and out of by herself!

Julia posing (as usual)!

The honorees (and Ryan)! I think that they are a great looking THREE! Congrats Kelly and Suzi!

Swim Lessons

Julia just finished two weeks of swim lessons! She started out so well that we got to skip the Mom & Tots class and went straight to the Beginners class! She did WONDERFUL! She has so much fun swimming and these lessons gave her lots of confidence in the water! Here she is with her teacher, Mr. Chris, who is a friend of ours and that Julia knows from church.

Julia with the pink kickboard that she had EVERY day of swim classes. The other children were so nice and made sure that she had it every day!

Swimming UNDERneath the hula hoop in the shallow end. Maybe we will try this more at home!

On the last day, Julia got a ribbon for finishing two great weeks of lessons! Can't wait for more next year! We have lots of swim time to practice until then!

Fourth of July 2009

We went to Memphis for the 17th annual Pidgeon Estates parade (our old neighborhood) on Fourth of July. Julia rode her Ole Miss bike the whole way and Gracie got to stroll! We had a great time and got to see lots of our old neighbors. We went to Huey's afterwards so we ended up with a true Memphis experience!

Say cheese for the camera, Gracie! Guess she is just relaxing before the BIG parade!

Library Storytime FUN!

We have been trying to keep cool these days and have been to our library for storytime. The girls have had so much FUN! We hear a couple of stories, get to dance, and then there is always a fun craft! Julia got to fingerpaint last week-notice the pink paint on the pink paper! Can you tell what her favorite color is?

Sweet sisters dancing together to the Five Little Monkeys (jumping on the bed) song! We always end our trip by checking out a couple of books-we just have to try to remember to get them turned back in! We'll be back next week for more fun!

Julia's First Movie

Julia went to her first movie this past weekend, the movie UP! She had a great time and is already waiting for the next one! She was posing in the lobby before the movie so we had to get a cute pic!

About to go into the movie theater with Daddy and making sure to show off her "ticket!" Aren't they SO cute?!?!

Getting comfy in the movie chairs! She enjoyed the movie and said that the next movie that she sees needs to be a "beautiful" princess one! Of course, Julia!

Baseball Game!

We got to go to a Diamond Jaxx baseball game on Saturday night and we all LOVED it! The Jaxx won, there were fireworks after the game, and Julia even got to run the bases after the fireworks! What a perfect evening!

Gracie at her FIRST baseball game! She had such a good time and loved all of the action, the people, and the food!

Julia coming into home after running the bases!

Just Plain CUTE!

Gracie seems to LOVE chocolate! And, of course, she is learning how to use a spoon and fork so she is no longer happy just letting us feed her the cake or ice cream! She wants to do it "all by herself" as Julia would say!

Into the chocolate again at Julia's Spring Playschool Program. Did you ever see such BLUE eyes?

A Year in Playschool Pictures

Well, our first year of Playschool has come to an end and we have had such a WONDERFUL year! I thought that we could share our FIRSTS at Playschool with you all through our pictures! Above is Julia's FIRST day of school and she was so excited to be going to her "daddy's school!"

Our FIRST Christmas program (with Santa and Gracie, of course) at Playschool! Julia loves performing and we got to hear LOTS of songs that Ryan remembered from his days so long ago! :)

And our FIRST Spring Program day which was also our last day of school for the year! Julia has made LOTS of friends at Playschool, but the friend that we hear about the most is Katy who is pictured with her above. They are going to be in the same class again next year so we hope to hear many more stories! Thanks to all of Julia's teachers for a wonderful FIRST year of Playschool and we look forward to two more!

More Easter Egg Hunts!

More pictures from our Easter egg hunts last weekend! Gracie definitely figured out the basket concept and claimed everyone else's as her own-especially if they were full of goodies!

We got to decorate cookies-Julia's favorite part was the icing and the sprinkles!

Julia tried out the big jumper slide and was a PRO at it! She has had lots of practice with it lately!

Ready to hunt-just checking out the lay of the land!