Cast free!!!

seven weeks [and one day], three different casts, three different broken bones.

And yet, she remained so strong through it all.  They say kids are resilient, and Chloe was certainly no exception.  I'm so proud of our sweet Chlo-Chlo!!

 the cast hasn't slowed her down at all. I'm so proud of her ❤

May 30, 2017 - after!

this "brace" is totally mental.  I wasn't prepared for the cast removal to be traumatic, I was so ready and excited.  But after seven weeks, it's a little scary and overwhelming.  And her poor skin was a mess.

ice cream with the Conleys [and Jackson] to celebrate!

Now bring on summer and the swimming pool!!

She has an arm!!!

from ice cream to the pool for a victory swim and some physical therapy :)

for the first few days, the water was her happy place!  It must have felt so good.

for the first four or five days, we went swimming twice a day!  

[she'd splash around on the steps and baby pool during swim team practice and we would go back in the afternoon]

Chloe, Mari, Caylen, Addie

this day was so much fun!  We love our awesome neighbors  - the Taylors, Houlihans, Esterlings, and Griggs were all there.  We swam for two super fun hours with all sorts of friends!!

Memorial Day weekend 2017

Memorial Day Saturday

waiting patiently for our party to start!

Mari, Kayla, Chloe

 cookout, fire, movie, all sorts of fun

Jake, Chloe, Josh

we had a blast, everything went really well - cornhole, kickball, baseball, all sorts of fun

and a movie on the lawn! 

great job on the movie, Dear!

Sunday afternoon - Poole's Mill park

the Chases, Browns, and Houlihans

Three families, each brought four kids!  

I realized at some point that not only was it our neighbor-friends, even more specifically it was our bus stop, hehe :)

Faith and Chloe

Ms. Emily [herself pregnant and unable to participate] was awesome enough to sit with these two and eventually took them to the playground

Abby, Kayla, Oakley

Memorial Day Monday bowling with the Esterlings!

[and pizza lunch]

I might be biased, but I think she's just the cutest bowler around :)

May 2017, part three

First [non swim team] swim of the season!

Lyla and Cooper came with us

Finally trusting the girls enough to share my childhood Holly Hobbie dolls :)

Cub Scouts, den one

Johnny, Huck, Thomas, Jackson

Ryan, Matthew, Nickolas

from Bear to Webelo!

Jackson banged up his knee real good.

Cooper spent the morning with us so his Mommy could focus on Jackson and doctor appts.

We had a great playdate at the playground with several neighbors before hanging out at the house.

These two got along sooo well, not one disagreement over the course of probably five hours together.

Tuesday, 5.23.17

Coleson, Paul, Carlynn, Owen

me, Brittany, Katie, Kyle

missed Sarah and Sam lots!

small group social to the Braves game

last day of preschool speech for these two :(

we had to park far away since it was also party day and there were no good spots.  They held hands all the way in!

Ryan's awards day!

Presenting the "graduation" folders

Ryan got the PE award for his class, most AR [reading] points, the math award, 1st place in 3rd grade for the sport writing genre at younger authors, honor roll all four quarters, peer mentor, student of the month for September, the character award for "hero" - being a role model for others.  

He racked up!  proud Mama!

Ryan, Ryan G, Mrs. Dotson, AJ, Aaron

from Ryan's awards to Abby's!

Abby and Mrs. Lanier

outside for Kona Ice

Jackson, Abs, Lyla

Ryan, Cooper, Abs, Chlo, Couper, Annsley

 I checked mine out after parties, and we took Cooper Allen as well [Jackson had an ortho appt].  

We met Couper and Annsley at Culver's for lunch and then the playground!

Last day of 3rd grade and 1st grade!

we attacked them with water guns and silly string as they came off the bus!

Cooper, Ryan, Lucas

best bus stop ever!  

1st grade field day and 3rd grade rice babies

Friday, 5.19.17
★⭐Field Day⭐★

My girlie tomboy ready for field day!

Lyla, Chloe, Abby, Sean, Kennedy, and Kerrigan

class pass-the-hula-hoop game

love that they encouraged the sibs to play too!  

[Sean's brother is Josh.  Kennedy's sister is Kerrigan.  how cool that the three siblings were in the same class too!  love our community connections!]

selfie 😁

3rd grade rice babies!!

a break from field day to help Ryan's class with the much anticipated rice babies.

biggest baby in his class!!  

And since his Mommy was helping with the scale, we got him exact :)

Ryan and AJ

**aren't they just the cutest little babies?!?**

love this class!

:: Afternoon session of Field Day ::

Back outside for more field day fun

my phone had died, but luckily I had friends taking pictures without me even knowing it :)

 [not only taking pictures, but Lauren had a real camera and got some awesome shots!]

LOVE!!!!  these girls and this pic!

Lyla and Abbys, bestest buds since the 2s class in preschool!

ps, did you notice the awesome beadwork!?  we're pretty cool moms like that.  The benefit of Ryan's field day being first was seeing all the things the cool 3rd graders did to their shirts :)

the rice babies were lots of fun, loved how they played with them!

Wed 5.17.17 - Third grade field day!

All pumped up for dodgeball

Southern, Kinsley, Ryan, AJ, Aaron, RyanG

Chloe had a BLAST at field day.  Kinsley is sooo super sweet, I love that all these sweet neighbor-friends love each other even when others are around, you know what I mean?

Ryan C and Ryan G

AJ, Ryan, Lexie

We love sweet Gracie 

Chloe may very well be the youngest Kindergartner next year, but this girl is ready to be a big kid!!  

she was so cute dancing!

Chloe, Gracie, and Kayla

Kinsley, Chloe, Bailey, AJ, Zach

💛💜Mrs Dotson's class is the best!💜💛

Ryan has hula hooping skills!

the race!  Ryan qualified for this during PE a couple of weeks ago, he's been super excited about it.

AJ and Ryan, baseball and school buds!

Ryan, AJ, Aaron, Ryan G

there are only eight boys in this class, so they have to stick together ;)

Best buds, they've been in the same class both years at MES, as well as in AIM together.

Ryan G, Ryan, Aaron