Emmie's Greenville Trip

When my dad brought Ellie back from Greenville he picked up Emmie so she could have a few days by herself with Gran and Grandaddy.
While she was there they went to a park...

...to the pool...

...they explored Roper Mountain and had a picnic...

...they had TCBY (more than once I believe!) and went to Grandaddy's office.

Emmie made molasses cookies (my favorite!) to bring home with her, she helped Gran cook and she helped Grandaddy do yard work.

She also spent quite a while at Target agonizing over the perfect small gift to bring back to each of her siblings. My sweet girl puts LOTS of thought into everything she does especially if it involves making other people happy.

Emmie had a great time getting to be the only grandchild but we sure did miss her while she was gone!

Ellie's Greenville Trip

When we went to Greenville a few weeks ago the kids and I headed back on Wednesday night and Ellie stayed by herself with Gran and Grandaddy until Saturday. She had SO much fun!

 Thursday morning Ellie and Gran went to Panera and got BIG cinnamon rolls!

They went to Barnes and Noble. Ellie loved the train table...

...and of COURSE the books! She came home with all the Narnia books and we're really enjoying reading them together!

 They went to Roper Mountain and explored the nature trails and had a picnic.

 Apparently these turtles were  very entertaining. They kept climbing on the log and then splashing into the water.

Ellie and Gran went to a laser show at Roper Mountain. Apparently it was super loud and intense and lots of flashing lights and neither one of them particularly enjoyed it. BUT everything else at Roper Mountain was lots of fun!

They went to TCBY and then over to Grandaddy's office for a visit.

Grandaddy always has snacks!

Ellie enjoyed playing with all toys by herself!

 Ellie and Grandaddy went to the pool.

 On Friday, Ellie went to get her haircut! She wanted it cut short...apparently April, who cuts my mom's hair, was very nervous about cutting a few inches off without Ellie's mama around! Gran convinced April that I was ok with it and Ellie's haircut is so cute and she absolutely loves it!

Ellie helped Gran make biscuits to bring back to Columbia. She told Gran that she could already taste how yummy they would be with jelly on them. (Or something like that...it was very descriptive though.)

They went to a park (Ellie LOVES to go to parks).

 Ellie helped Gran make dinner. She felt so grown up because she got to use a sharp knife.

Saturday morning Grandaddy brought Ellie back to Columbia. We were all so happy to see Ellie...we had missed her!

Granddaddy treated us to Chick-fil-A for lunch. JP was very excited that he got to get an ice cream cone. He felt very grown up. Now when we go to CFA he talks about how Grandaddy got him an ice cream cone.

After CFA, Grandaddy loaded up Emmie and they headed to Greenville so she could have a few days alone with Gran and Grandaddy!

Theater Camp

This past week Ellie did theater camp at Town Theatre. The theme for this week was Villains. This was the first tie she has done theater camp but she really loved it! At the end of the week they did a performance and we were so proud of our Ellie Belly!
She played the part of Ariel in a scene from Little Mermaid. (I had some technical difficulties so it's 3 different videos.)

Next she was a puppy in 101 Dalmatians.


Finally, she was a villager in Beauty and the Beast.

All of us, including Paul, came to see her performance and her dance teacher from last year, Mrs. Carrie, and her kids came (her son was the in the camp after Ellie's)! Ellie felt so special with her cheering section!

Mrs. Carrie and Ellie

Ellie and the Emmies

Ellie really loved camp and she has decided to do the school year program that Town Theatre does!

PS. Emmie and I went a few weeks ago to see Town's production of Beauty and the Beast. It was our first Town show and we were amazed! So good!

Greenville

Last week we headed up to Greenville for a few days to visit my parents. We arrived on Sunday afternoon and got back home late Wednesday night.
We had so much fun during our visit. We ate TCBY and watermelon, went to a park, went to the pool, and visited the Upcountry History Museum with some friends, and went to Wednesday night church with Gran and Grandaddy (the girls loved their programs AND they had friends from our church in Columbia who were visiting their grandparents that week who go to my parents church so they had people they already knew in their classes!).

TCBY

JP thought it was great fun to help Grandaddy dig in the dirt!

The Upcountry History Museum had a Fairy Tale exhibit which was SO good! They had exhibits set up from a variety of fairy tales and they had all kinds of interactive  activities for the kids to do! We met up with Kerri and her kids Ivy, Wren, and Axel.

Cobbler JP hammering nails into the shoe. He LOVED it and was so careful.

Be Our Guest at the Beauty and the Beast table.

Ellie, Wren and Ruthie. Butterflies!

Wren and Ellie in Cinderella's coach.

Emmie enjoyed sorting all the food.

You could write and print out your own fairy tale. The kids loved it.

JP loves a good broom!

Watermelon lovers!

We went to a park near my parents house. It was so fun and the best part was they had a mist machine!

And a tire swing. All my kids LOVED the tire swing.

We headed back to Columbia after church Wednesday night. However, we left Ellie in Greenville so she could have a few days by herself with Gran and Grandaddy!