Middle School Update

I know it is not Christian-like to be boastful, but I just wanted to tell you how very proud of Meg we are. She took her placement tests for 6th grade and got into advanced math (which also includes advanced science) and she also got into advanced language arts (which includes advanced social studies). She was so worried about the tests, but did awesome! Way to go, Meg!

Memphis in May

Saturday in Memphis, we went to the children's museum. Their museum is so much fun! They have the neatest exhibits! They have this huge tower that you can climb in, a real FedEx jet INSIDE the museum, a miniature Kroger to actually shop and ring up items, a bank to get "money" to buy the groceries, and a fire truck, police car, and police motorcycle to play on/in. They had the best time!

On Sunday, we went to the Memphis Zoo, which is fabulous! They have pandas on loan from China named Ya Ya and Le Le. They are so cute! Trey loved everything about the zoo! He ran from one exhibit to another. It was his first trip to the zoo and definitely well worth it for him! Every time he saw a new animal, he would laugh his silly little laugh he does. He was hilarious! I think he sat in the stroller for about a minute at the beginning and then he was off! The girls loved the sea lions. They put on a show and then we went down below where you could see under the water. One of the sea lions was very friendly and when the girls moved their hands up, he would do a flip! Meg was in love with him!

We had a great time and hated to leave! Thanks for a great weekend, Grandpa!

What a Weekend!

Miss Rori Ember made her way into the extended Mac family on Friday evening weighing in at 9 lbs, 11 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. She is so cute and the girls are so glad to finally have another girl cousin! I love all the dark hair she haves! Congrats to James and Erin on a beautiful addition to the family!


We also just got back from Memphis this evening, so I will post about that tomorrow with pictures! We had a great time visiting my dad and enjoying 90 degree weather (yes, I said 90) and boy, was it muggy! I am not really ready for that kind of weather yet!

Trip to the Zoo

Lily had a class field trip to the "L" Zoo and I took my last personal day to go along. I rode up with another mom (which was nice to save on gas!) and it was nice to have some girlie chat time. I had two of Lily's classmates in our group and we hung out with a couple of other mom's and their kids too. It was a lot of fun! We got to see a python eat a rabbit....yes, you read that correctly....we watched him eat it head first (Lily was fascinated and grossed out all at the same time!). Luckily we missed the part where it squeezed it to death! We also went to see the gorillas which were VERY active and we spent 25 minutes just watching them! They were the best part, plus you could get really close to them, with just a thin sheet of glass between them and us. They were climbing and playing with each other. Very cool!

The exhausted girls sleep on the way home! (Lily and Caroline switched nametags in the car!)

Girls Night

Last night, after Trey went to bed, the girls and I had a little pedicure party. Daniel was at drill, so it was a true girls night. We pampered our feet with Mary Kay Satin Hands and then I let the girls pick out their colors (Lily chose 2) for their toes. We made our toes look good all the while watching a marathon of Hannah Montana (who, by the way, Lily wants her hair to look like). It was a fun girlie night in!

Family Favorite

This book is one of our family favorites. It is the cutest story and has lots of animal sounds in it. I bought this book when Meghan was born and it was so cute when she was learning to talk, how she would "read" the book. Lily did the same, and now so is Trey. He calls it "La La" and LOVES THIS BOOK!!! His favorite part is "Three singing pigs say la, la, la.....No, no you say, that isn't right. The pigs say Oink all day and night". He says the la la part when he sees the page and then will turn the page and say no no no. I love to watch him "read" to himself. I need to buy two more for keepsakes for Lily and Trey. The one I bought when Meghan was little is a little dogeared...very well read. Both of our girls love books and now it seems that Trey is continuing that tradition. He brings me a big stack of books to read to him on the couch....daily!

The Princess and the Pea

Meg performed in her school play this evening and did a fabulous job! She was "solo #2" and sang beautifully! She had many there to watch her....the Shannon's, Brenda, the Bush's, Alyssa & the boys, and my mom & cousin Barbara. It was great to have so many there to cheer her on! Way to go, Meg!