Beach in September!

Deleted the pictures off this post to get rid of that music....

For some reason I cannot get these pictures to cooporate. So, I will just give you all the info. down here.

Robert's grandmother, Mae, turned 80 two weekends ago. We headed to Clayton to celebrate. She had a party at her house, and the whole town of Clayton and probably every surronding area was there. It was really fun. Mae had a great birthday!

Robert's mom packed a toy box for the girls (Lydia, Ellison, and Tate). Tate quickly found the belly dancer skirt and was determined to wear it everywhere. It was so funny. I guess it is time to pull out all those old dancing costumes my mom has been saving for years. We will be writing a letter to Santa asking for some dress up clothes!

From Clayton we headed to the beach. It was amazing how different this trip was from our July trip. Tate LOVED the beach. She picked up shells in her bucket, loved the sand (which she wasn't very fond of in July), and had to be in the water. She wasn't scared at all. She would just run straight into the ocean. She had a "love-hate" relationship with the raft. She would want to be in it..then out...then in, etc.


While we were at the beach we discovered that Tate has a thing for apples. She found and apple at the beach at sat down and at the entire thing. It was hilarious! I have never seen anything like it. The next day Robert's sister, Kassie, had one in her beach bag. Again, tate found it and and it was gone in no time at all. She looks like a horse eating those big apples!

The rocking horse picture has nothing to do with the beach. My knitting group gave it to me before I had Tate and it is her new best friend. She rocks on it all the time. She also likes to drag it all over the house. It is great for knocking things over!

Robert's mom had a photographer come down to the beach one evening to get pictures. It was pretty funny watching himtrying to get pictures of the three girls together. I am sure six adults singing "Old McDonald" behind a little round man with a camera was a pretty funny sight. Lydia had to pretty much keep Tate in a "head lock" so she wouldn't run into the ocean.

First Day of School!

Looks like she is ready for a great first day of school, right?

Well, last week was our first week of school. It was a rough one for Tate. She had a pretty horrible first day. She was so upset the whole time (8:30-1:30) that she created a horrid diaper that got from head to toe, and she ended up in the "rag doll" clothes I put in her bag for back up. I assumed those clothes would just stay in her bag all year. Wrong! They got used the first day of school. She was a pretty pitiful sight when I picked her up. Today started our second week. They said she is still fussy, but they are seeing progress. Any little bit counts I guess.

Last weekend we were at my parent's house for Labor Day. The boys always love to go to the creek. Tate got to have her first creek experience as well. She loved it, but wanted to be free to play.