iPhone and a Pool

I love my iPhone.  It's no secret.  Before I had an iPhone, I would use my phone for calls and occasional text messages.  Since my wonderful husband got me an iPhone, I use it for EVERYTHING!  It is however a double edge sword.  I get scoulded whenever I am with Chad and I am "constantly on the phone" and then I get scoulded whenever he calls and I don't answer right away.  You would think that would prove that I am NOT "constantly on the phone," but I guess not. 

I have to admit, I am an addict when it comes to my phone.  I use it for calls, texts, emails, facebook, twitter, instagram, google searching, and most importantly, pictures and videos! 

I LOVE taking pictures and videos with my phone!  I would venture to say that most every important moment that takes place in my life has at least one picture of some sort on my iPhone.  And Caleigh loves to do "tutorial videos" on how to do everything from making some lunch to putting on pretend makeup!  It is so cute!

I say all this to tell you about the new feature that I can do with my phone.  Chad recently got me a new LifeProof case for my phone.  This case is pretty amazing.  It is a dust proof, drop proof, water proof, and snow proof case.  It is great.  I was leary about using it in the water but I figured I would try.

I am really glad that I did.  We had a great time taking some underwater pictures.  Below are some of the great shots I got!

Enjoy! (As much as I enjoy my iPhone! HAHA!)

All About Me

 The first Friday of the school year, Caleigh had an "All About Me" day at school.  They were assigned to bring in a bag of stuff to tell their classmates a little about them.  Granny got Caleigh this shirt to wear to school just for that day!  She loved it!

She used her personalized tote bag that Granny made for her a long time ago to put her things in.  One of the first things she put in was her family collage picture.  I made this up real quickly so she didn't have to try to take in lots of different pictures of her family.

 Also in the bag was a Barbie, a stuffed Pinkalicious doll, a book, her Braves foam tomahawk, a pink marker, a plastic piece of pizza, plastic french fries, a marshmallow rope, a Wubbzy action figure, and a microphone.

She wanted to put in an iPod and an iPad and while I do agree that she is "all about" those items, I wasn't going to be sending those to school with her!



Tomahawk Chop

Thanks to the same friend who gave us tickets to our first Braves game this year, WE GOT TO GO AGAIN! This time, it was Chipper Jones bobblehead doll night. The first 20,000 fans through the gate got a doll!

I wasn't keen on going this night since it was on a school night during Caleigh's first week of school, but the lure of a collectible doll of a player who is retiring after this year was just too much. I caved and agreed to go to the game and take Caleigh along just for the doll. I was glad that we did.


Before the game, we watched batting practice.  Prado, tossed a ball to Caleigh and she got to keep it.  We later got the mascost, Homer, to sign it since none of the players were signing. 

In addition, we got to cheer as Chipper broke the hit record of 2700! And the Braves won the game as well! We not only got a collectible doll, but we got to be a witness to baseball history!

Awesome night!

Imagine It!

Day two of school this year was super exciting.  Chad was off of work that day and we planned a special surprise for Caleigh when we picked her up after school.  We called my brother-in-law and asked to borrow Caleigh's cousin, Dakota, for the afternoon.  Her dad dropped her off and she went with us to pick Caleigh up. 

Caleigh was super excited to see Kota and thought that Kota hanging out with her was her surprise.  We told her that Kota was joining us for an even bigger surprise. 

We then headed to Chick-fil-a and grabbed some lunch for everyone to eat in the car on the way into Atlanta. 

Once in the city, Dakota became amazed by everything!  She kept looking up at the buildings and saying things like "Wow!  Look at that!  Oooooo!  Beautiful!"  She was so amazed!  She also called out to the trains, planes, and busses that we passed.  She was in awe.

We then parked and headed into Imagine It! Children's Museum.  Caleigh has been before but has been wanting to go again and thanks to Target Free Tuedays, we were able to take her again.
The girls had a great time playing with all the exhibits. 
                                             

Kota was skiddish at first, but warmed up to most of the activites. She still would never sit on the tractor, milk the cow, or grocery shop on her own. She did finally slide down slides, play dress up, blocks, and paint. Her favorite thing to do was to play with the balls.

Caleigh enjoyed doing EVERYTHING!  It was hard to contain her excitement, and thankfully, at a place like this, she didn't really have to.

After a few hours in the museum, we took the girls over to Centennial Olympic Park and let them play on the playground for a little while. 

We wore them out enough for each of them to take a nap on the way home. 

We had such a fun day.

First Day of PreK4!

Caleigh's first day of PreK4 went great!  She woke up early and was very excited to go.  I know this excitement won't last the whole school year, so I will take what I can get.  She had her outfit all picked out and got dressed without complaint.  I had purchased all sorts of goodies for her first day of school breakfast and she wanted none of them.  She simply wanted to have a bowl of cereal (which she didn't even eat).

Chad did not get to attend open house the day before so he had yet to see her new classroom.  Caleigh was practically dragging him through the halls to her room. 

Once in her classroom, she was greeted by a morning hug from her new teacher.  What a great way to start a school year! 

She quickly took care of her morning responsibilities and found her seat.  She began her work and I snapped a few more pictures.

I went to tell her bye and she whispered a small "I don't want you to leave me" under her breath without looking away from her work. 

I smiled and reassured her that I would wait another minute and then I would be back to get her later.  I let her continue to work and we quietly slipped out the door without her noticing.

We got back in our car only to find that it barely wanted to crank.  We drove it to our local auto parts place where I purchased the battery for the car back in December of 2008.  They tested the battery and were told "it has a busted cell, it's bad" by a very unenthusiastic worker. 

Luckily, the battery still had some of its 7 year warranty left on it and it cost us considerably less to replace it. 

Chad then went to work and I waited for the time to go pick up Caleigh.

I picked her up and then as a special surprise, took her to her favorite place to eat for lunch, Chick-fil-a.  She ate her kids meal and then played on the playground for about an hour.  She was so giddy.  I tried getting details about her day from her, but mainly got short one word or yes or no answers. 
If she is this forthcoming with information now, I dread the days of her becoming a teenager!

All in all, she had a great first day of school and was ready to do it all over again the next day!