DOODLES AND GLLUE

Now that I am an official stay at home mom, I wanted to be productive with my time home with Tristan. So I  am going to do what I know best... lesson plan :) Join us on our new blog, Doodles and Glue, to see our educational adventures! I can't wait!

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Doodles and Glue

Fun News!!

Some fun news to share...I got asked to write an article on our adoption journey! I am so honored and excited about this! The article will be printed in the Oct/Nov issue of Southern Child Magazine. Stop by and suscribe to the magazine for FREE online at Souther Child Magazine. I will be sure to pass on the link when it gets published!

busy busy week!

Our computer issues are still here...longest feeling ever!  Hopefully we will have the issue resolved soon so we can get some pics uploaded.

This week, Tristan and I have been super busy! We painted, glued, spent one day at the lake with friends, spent another day at a water park with Grammee and finally Tristan now sleeps in a big boy bed! What a big week! There is so much to share but I hope to do a lot of it with pictures...soon :)

Book Signing Opportunity

I will be in Fredericksburg on September 10th at the Hartwood Days Festival signing books. I am really looking forward to this event! There will be so  many things there for children, so I hope to see an awesome turn out! There will be firemen, police men, building workshops, cub scout activities, craft tables and many other things geared for children. This event is designed for kids and should be an awesome time! I am honored that I get to participate in such a great day!

NO TURNING BACK NOW...

There is no turning back now! All of my fellow co-workers are heading back to work in 2 weeks. I can not begin to tell you how elated I am that I will not be going back with them! I will certainly miss them all dearly, more than I can express, but I am so glad to be able to stay home with my little man.

Having been on a pretty set schedule for the past 8 years of my working life, I am finding it difficult to get motivated and productive. I have decided that for my benefit as well as Tristan's, we are going to have to set some sort of routine and schedule. I am not really sure when this will start, I am debating on that part :) but very soon I am going to try to implement some things with him. I want to carve out some time each day for either some sort of field trip or a mini lesson. There are lots of things that I want to do with him!!! I am exxcited to sit down and put my teacher self to work on this. It should be fun!!! I think the first thing we are going to do is creepy crawlies.....ewwwww........ Stay Tuned for more on the Frey School of Learning!!! HAHA

Animal Time!!

 I have been wanting to go to the Washington Zoo for a LONG time. I love zoos and Tristan and Ryan do too! Our good friends, the Maddox Family, live in Northern Virginia. We made a quick trip up to see them and we all ventured to the Zoo! We had a blast! I am so glad we got to hang out with Jimmy, Margaret and Lexi as well as spend an awesome day at the zoo. We had to laugh because the one animal Tristan wanted to see was the panda, and he was sleeping on his back. It was too cute! Legs were everywhere! Again, I can't wait to get  pics uploaded! I hope Ryan's computer is fixed quickly!!

The Washington D.C. Zoo entrance. I love my family :)

Ryan and me being silly.

Tristan enjoying "a BIG popsicle" as he would say. They were watching the tigers play with the huge ball!

This guy is NO joke!

These animals are absolutely incredible. I can't imagine being on a safari and seeing them in the wild!

BEACH

 My sweet, precious boy, LOVES the water just like his Mommy and Daddy do!

 Granddad (my dad) swimming with our little fish.

 Daddy and Tristan building a castle....kind of...

 Cheesin...

My boys :)

We left for the beach Sunday after church. Because of several things going on, we were not able to stay the whole week with my family this year. We did get to stay a few days, though. We will take a few days over none at all!!!

(I am now realizing that these posts are out of order... what I get for waiting so long!!!)

Tristan loved the beach in small doses. It is hard having a two year old at the ocean for several reasons. The days of reading and sleeping on the beach are long over :) We did have a great time with my Mom and Dad, Katie and Tim, and of course the 3 dogs!! We took many nice long walks and had quality family time. I can't wait to get some pictures uploaded! 

BIRTHDAYS

Ryan and I both have June birthdays. We had several chances to celebrate each other this year. We went out to a nice restaurant with Ryan's parents, which was awesome. Ryan also threw me a surprise birthday party! He is so thoughtful... The best part about having birthdays so close is we get to really honor eachother. I have the best husband. He is so loving, kind, devoted and respectful. I truly could not ask for more. It is so much fun to celebrate with him!

Finally :)

 I have wanted to go to the beach for the past few months. Every year when the weather gets nice, I get the "itch" to lay in the sand. We finally got the chance to get a little beach time in June. My birthday was June 16th and we invited some friends and headed down to Buggs Island Lake to camp for the night. We had four familes total and we had a BLAST. We got to lay and play on the beach two days straight and enjoy the compay of great friends. What could be better! Tristan had a BLAST in the water. He would not come out! Ryan and I are so thankful he loves the water as much as we do!

The interesting part was that we camped, which is something we have never done with Tristan. He was excited to sleep in the tent. I was a bit nervous about this part for several reasons, but everything went great! The best part was in the morning, Ryan rolled over  and Tristan was sitting up on his "bed" and said, "Good Morning,,, Daddy! I am reading books!" Sure enough, Tristan was sitting quietly readings, waiting for us to wake up. He is so considerate! I will be posting pictures soon. Ryan's computer crashed and all of the pictures are on there.