Grandparents Day 2013

We've got some really great grandparent's around here, so we celebrated them for Grandparent's Day.  

The kids worked hard to make flower bouquets, which Ella though were "sooooo beautiful".

Miles made menus for the occasion.

They also made one of those handprint trees inspired by something I saw on Pinterest.  
Emmett especially loved doing his handprints.  

Happy Grandparent's Day to Papa, Grandma and Granne!  

Emmett & Ella {in the garden}

I was in the garden with a couple of cheeze-ers this evening.  

Stepping in front of his sister....

Notice all the green tomatoes.  

Makes for a pretty, colorful picture.

But mostly just evidence of Emmett being in the garden.  

He picks whatever he wants, ready or not.  

wedding ella.

In Disney princess land each princess has her own identity, and then what Ella likes to call the "Wedding" princesses.  

There's regular old Ariel.

Then there's "Wedding Ariel".

(Ra)Punzel. 

"Wedding Punzel".

"Wedding Cinderella".

You get it.  

So today, when Ella found a giant bolt of tulle in our laundry room (still not put away properly from her birthday in May I might add), she wanted to wear it. 

I believe she rocked it.  

These pink flowers just popped up seemingly overnight.  We've never had them before.  What are they?  

Whatever they are, they made a perfect bouquet and backdrop for our Wedding Ella.  

I pray she feels just as beautiful and magical on her wedding day.   

"Aren't I beautiful, Mommy?"

scrappy the turtle.

We made a new friend today.  

Our normally quiet dog was barking his head off in the yard because this little fella was there.  

Would you believe we've lived on these 3 acres outside of town for over 4 years and we've never seen a turtle? It was a big day.

So obviously we got a box and kept him in the house for a few hours to observe him.  

He scratched the box pretty much the whole time trying to get out, so the kids called him Scrappy.  

We learned that he is known as a three-toed box turtle and may live to be up to 100 years old, that he'll munch on the leafy top of a strawberry, and that he was approximately 12 years old (based on the number of rings on the under side of his shell).  

And that, my friends, is what we homeschoolers like to call "science" for the day.  

It was quite possibly the best day of Emmett's life.  

He was ecstatic over this little turtle!

He just kept shrieking and pointing. 

 

We kept him until Britton got home from work and then let him go in the shade of our yard.  

 

Hope you live 100 years Scrappy!

apples.

We have a great big apple tree.  

The apples have never turned red and never seem to get sweet.

Britton and the kids bought me another apple tree for my birthday and we planted it hoping the two would cross pollinate and be good for each other.  

The big one now has loads of apples, so we decided to pick some.  Surely I can make something yummy if I add enough sugar and cinnamon, right? 

Doc Ella.

Ella loves playing doctor with her baby dolls and stuffed animals.  

She uses my 30 year old doctor kit and whatever else she can find in her dress up basket to complete her look.

I bet my Grandpa "Doc" Savoy, whose mother inspired Ella's name, would be so proud of little "Doc Ella".