Thursday, August 5, 2010

Quinn's first day of kindergarten!!

Today was Q's first day of kindergarten and we are so proud of her! Her teacher is named Mrs. Chasity Moak, and she is a perfect match for Q. She is young, energetic, and super-fun. Q has some friends in her class from last year, and she also has some new friends. Today she got to be the leader to lunch and I asked how Mrs. Moak picked that and she said, " she picked the quietest one who was a good behaver."  (Ha! love it! Did she mean behavior?) After school she jumped in the car and said, "today was GREAT!" I can't wait to watch her grow and learn in this precious environment!
On another note, we are a host family for two students from the Mississippi Arts School: Melanie and Whitney. Tonight we got to meet them. We took them out to dinner and really enjoyed getting to know them. T was a little wild - screaming and throwing his sippy cup- so unlike him! (Hope we are not venturing into the twos early!) The girls are precious and it was really cool to get some insight into what it is like to be a part of MSA. I will post more about that later, along with some pictures of Melanie and Whitney.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

BARL Summer Camp

Q attended Doggie Days Summer Camp last week and she LOVED it! It is the first year that our rescue league, BARL, put on this camp. The kids learned all about animals...safety around strange dogs, how to treat animals, what a veterinarian does, what a groomer does, what agility training is, teaching your dog tricks, etc. They learned songs and did arts and crafts. We celebrated at the end of the week with a "Pooch Parade," where each child could walk their dog in a big parade.
Gimmie so kindly volunteered to bring Wiley so that Q could walk him in the parade. T loved visiting with "Liley"...as he called him.
The pups on parade were led by a Brookhaven Fire Dept fire engine.
Brad and T watching the parade.
Here is Q's team...the Pupsqueaks...posing with their pets.
Afterwards, all the kids (and dogs if they wanted) got to cool off in the water park..fun fun!