Coca-Cola World

One of the cool things about CCW is that you get to try all the products from around the world.
This was one of our favorites from China. We thought it tasted like a jolly rancher with fizz.
Sydney sampled every single one. When we first got in the room she told me she was going try every single one. REALLY???? She had every single one even the vegetable one from Japan. I can't even say I tried everyone. Some were good and others were dump down the drain.
At the end of the tour you leave with your own glass bottle of Coke.

The Coca-Cola Polar Bear.

We all got to hold the torch from the Olympics.
This the the torch for China.
This is the couch from American Idol. Tom's sister also came along with us. I guess I forgot to get pics of us all.

Aquarium

On our first full day in Atlanta I took the girls to the Aquarium. I was a little nervous because I don't drive in cities. We made it in and out of the city. The entire time they kept saying how they wished Daddy could see this. Thomas had to work while we ladies vacationed.

They had an indoor play area for the kids. It was huge and all about the sea. The slide was an entire whale you slid thru. You started in the tail and came out of the mouth.

The girls got to touch a stringray, starfish, shrimp and a crab.

Hard Rock Cafe Atlanta

We are back from Georgia and had a great time. Tom had to go on a business trip and we went along. On the first night we headed over to the Hard Rock Cafe. If you ever go to Atlanta it's not worth it. If you've ever been to a HRC you know how loud they are. While we ate a large group of people came in and sat down. The next thing you know there is some more music playing and even louder than the music the HRC is playing. Everyone is trying to figure out what is going on???!!!!! The CRAZY group that came in brought there own stereo. Hello!!!!! Who does that????!!!! When the manager came over and asked them to turn it off they claimed not to know they had turned it on. Duuuhhhh! Madison had a great time she thinks she is a rock star.

School Room

This is where Sydney does her work. My Dad made this table with 4 chairs about 27 years ago. We have the other 3 in storage. She love her little work space.
Everybody has a cubbie with all the school books. We went supply shopping a couple weeks ago and are loaded with tons of fun things. The girls had a blast picking things out. Everything for school had to be a certain color and plain in the past. I thought they would get all this princess and High School Musical stuff and I was wrong. Everything has puppies on it.
We made a little corner in our bonus room the school room. The other half still has the tv and all the toys.
That is where we spend our day. All that is left to do is have Daddy hang our dry erase board on the wall. Today was our 3rd day of school. I know some of you are like what it's still summer. We've been out since the 20th of May. Our plan is to be done by then again. Madison has been fantastic and a great worker. Sydney on the other hand has been a bit of a stinker. Today was much better. We had a little chat yesterday. Next time I'll post some pics of the girls hard at work.

Diva ???

Sydney hates to have her hair done and has been looking like a little homeless girl. She and I went and got our hair done. During school last year she decided to grow out her bangs. Oh joy! She didn't want her hair cut and I told M our hairdresser to just cut it. She was so angry. Now she is looking owned and loved again. By the smile you can see that she loves it too. We even had to stop by work and show Daddy.

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This post is for my mom whoe doesn't have email. My cousin had a baby and emailed pics and this is the only way for me to share them with my mom. My sister Sharyl went there to be with my cousin. Isn't the baby beautiful!

BAXTER

Today we went to look at a puppy. Of course we fell in love with him the minute they opened the door and this little puff of white came bouncing toward us. He is quite the active little guy. We go back and pick him up on 8-14. The girls are sad we had to leave him. We will be very busy the next 2 weeks and the lady said she could keep him for us. Madi and Sydi just keep watching the little clip over and over. I'm sure we will have MANY stories to share about Baxter when he comes home.

What do you want to do today?

Every morning I get greated with when are we going to the pool. I've been working a lot and was exausted this morning. I made a suggestion for what we should do today and they both gave a reply with what they wanted to do. Here was our conversation.

mommy: How about we have a nap day?

syd & madi: nnnnnnoooooooooooo (whine)

madi: I have an idea how about we have a beauty girls, movie day.

syd: I think we should have a wedgie day.

mommy, madi & syd: (tons of laughing)

Right now Sydney is all about wedgies and burping.

My Baby Is Going To Camp

I found out that every year our church takes the 3rd - 5th grades away for the weekend for camp. Madison found out and wanted to go. We had to decide quickly because camp fills up fast. I also had decide if I wanted to be a champerone or send my baby on her own to camp. I called the church to see if champerones have to pay the registration fee. The answer was yes. I can't afford to send us both to camp. Madi will be on her own. The lady at church told me she won't even have time to think about me.
These little train cars are what they sleep in. Each car has it's own bathroom. They are cute.

This is a bus they will ride up to the camp on. The camp is about 3 hours away. We also told her she would miss trick-or-treats and she said who cares it's just a bucket of candy. I guess my little girl is growing up.

Cow Appreciation Day

Today was Cow Appreciation Day at chick-fil-a. If you dressed up head to toe as a cow you got a free meal. If you came in only with the cow hat you got a free entree of your choice. The girls were decked out head-to-toe and Thomas and I had on cow hats. I forgot to bring my camera and missed out on a picture with the cow. There is always next year.

There's A Storm A Brewin'

Every night we've had some major storms. I thought I'd get a few pics. The gilrs wanted me to get pics of them looking scared. The funny thing is that Sydney didn't have to pretend.

What's In A Name

We sent our forms into the State of North Carolina for our intent to homeschool. On the form they ask for the name of your school. We've gone thru many names trying to come up with the perfect one. Of course we came up with funny ones (Krause House Academy). Fuuny names are cute but not so cute on a diploma. One of our friends is going to use the name of the street they live on. We don't like our street name. We thought about others streets we've lived on since being married: Deep Hollow, Martin Tavern (top choice), Deer, and ect. Then we went to childhood streets Thomas moved a lot and didn't have one he wanted to use. Then we thought about the street I lived on. I lived on my street my entire life and my parents lived there for 47 years. Thomas also asked my Dad for permission to marry me there. It definitely has the meaning were looking for. Drum Roll: Our school will be named River Road Academy.

Thank You!

This post is a Thank You to my wonderful friend Melonie. She sent the girls some goodies (all made with her own hands) and we thank you so much. Even though we live far apart I think of you as one of my best friends ever. Melonie and I met in college and have shared things: hanging out at your place and watching GL (shhh don't tell my mom), your wedding dress, crafts, shopping at little craft/antique shops, strawberry festival, a crazy night with a ring (need I say more) and many others I could list. My child Madison even has your last name. The name thing just happend (loved the name since high school) but it sounds good. Thank you so much for your now long distance friendship and the goodies for the girls.

Our Kinda Sorta Happy 4th.

One of the blow up things they had in the building. It was so nice to be able to stay in the air conditioned building.

We spent the morning at the pool and then later headed off for Tom's work. Every year for the 4th the place that Thomas works for has a BIG bash. They provide the building to hang out in all day, food, dj, face paint, and jumping houses for the kids. We also bring some of our own toys. In the evening the town sets off fireworks across the lake from his building. The have a HUGE deck and we all move outside for the BIG event. This event is so BIG that people start laying out blankets the night before. It is just crazy. We hang out for 5 hours for the BIG show. About 15 minutes before the show began God decided he wanted to have his own light show and pouring rain. We waited about 1/2 hr. and they decided to do the fireworks the next night. You can only imagine kids crying and ect. It was so crazy Sydney was screaming that we were going to be killed by lightning. The next thing were rushing thru the parking lot and the cooler tips over and bottled water goes rolling all over the parking lot and Syd still screaming. We didn't get to see any fireworks on the 4th. The next day our town had a little and I mean little display. We decided to go see that. We will pass next year on that one. The traffic issue was not worth the show. I hope you all had a dry and Happy 4th of July.