Millie and the dogs

Now, don't be jumping to conclusions with this post, but I had to put it on here because it was so funny.

One evening we were sitting down for dinner and halfway through dinner, Millie got out of her chair and wouldn't eat. But Jacade started feeding her while she was standing beside him and then sat down with the rest of the dogs, "begging" for food. It was really funny, but I promise, we don't feed Millie on the floor.

Millie & Ryan

Jacade, Millie and I went to North Carolina in November to celebrate Thanksgiving with Mops and Pops, Aunt Lexi and Uncle Chris and Ryan. We all had a great time and it was nice to be able to spend time with my mom and sister as well as Ryan and Millie playing together.

Here are some Christmas pictures that we took of Ryan and Millie. They both look so grown up.

Trip to Savannah

I am backtracking a little because I am behind with posts and updates.

Back in November, Uncle Eldon and Aunt Rita treated us, as well as some other family members, to Savannah for Jacade's birthday. We had a great time, ate at Jacade's favorite restaurant - The Crab Shack, and went to the beach at Tybee Island. Millie had a great time playing with her cousin, Sara, and we even were able to sneak in a few minutes to visit with our friends, Kevin and Cassie.

Here are some photos from that trip.

Millie's 2nd day of school

Today, it was a little easier getting Millie up and ready this morning, although she did balk at putting on the uniform at first. But then I reminded her that she was going to be wearing a jumper today and she quickly changed her mind. She has to wear a uniform on Wednesdays because they have Chapel from 8:30-8:50 a.m.

On the breakfast menu was a Pop Tart and Milk and I didn't think Millie would eat that, nor did it seem very healthy, so I made her some oatmeal with honey and she ate it all up before we left.

And we dropped her off in the drop-off line and she went in with no problems.

Her teachers said that she did well yesterday, but Millie said, "Ms. Nicole said we weren't listening." So we explained to Millie that she needed to listen so she can learn more things. She came home with a stack of papers she had worked on, like coloring, tracing and letters.

Millie's 1st day of school

at the door, ready to go...

walking to the Butler building

having breakfast

Millie and her new friends

Tuesday, January 12, 2010, was Millie's first day of school at Rock Springs Academy in Milner, GA. She is attending the K2 program 3 days a week from 8-12.

We arrived this morning around 7:35 a.m. and were able to take Millie to breakfast. If she gets there at 7:30 then she can have breakfast. On the menu was buttered toast, cheese grits and milk or juice. She tried the grits but wasn't crazy about them so we got a banana for her so at least she would have something in her system. But she was just so preoccupied with watching all of the other kids there, that she couldn't focus to eat.

Then we walked her down to her classroom and all the kids were waiting in the hallway. We saw some kids that are there on Sunday mornings and some new ones too. Her teacher, Ms. Nicole, walked up and said good morning to her and then asked one of the little girls, Natalie, if Millie could sit with her, and Millie went right over and sat down. Nicole was impressed and excited about that (no whining or crying). Then we told her that she was potty-trained and she was excited about that too. We told her bye and gave her a kiss and as we were walking out, she yelled, "Bye."

It was very easy. I can't believe that she is starting to school. And we felt very welcome there. The good thing is that we already to go to church there so we know a lot of the people. But it was nice for people to walk up to Millie and say, "I heard that you are starting school here today. We are so glad to have you." It's just comforting for a parent, I think, knowing that so many people love your child.

On Wednesdays, Millie will have to wear a uniform because they go to Chapel. So we picked out a navy blue jumper to see if it will fit. If it won't, we will just have to get her one. And they said that she could just wear a white turtleneck tomorrow (which we already have). I will definitely take a picture and post it tomorrow.

What Millie said.....

Just wanted to record what Millie said the other night; it was too funny!
Mawt Maw was holding her and told her, "Millie, I'm going to eat you all up!"
And Millie said, "No, no, then Mommy and Daddy wouldn't have Millie."
How cute is that?

Say a prayer for Millie

She has been sick for a week now. Jacade took her to the doctor last Friday and they told her that she just had a cold. She was able to get the FluMist. And she now weighs 32 lbs. and is 36 in. tall.

But since Monday, she has been running a fever. It goes from 99.5 to 101.9 all throughout the day. It was 99.2 this morning so hopefully we are getting towards the end.

Just please say a little prayer for a quick recovery for her (and for her parents - we've been getting up every 4 hours to check her temp and give her medicine).

Our Halloween Pumpkins

Instead of carving pumpkins this year, we put stickers on them - well, Millie did! We spent a few minutes decorating our pumpkins.

At the pumpkin patch

One Friday afternoon when Jacade was keeping Millie, they came up and had lunch with me and we went to the Pumpkin Patch at the church up the street from my office. Although it was raining, I got a few good pictures of Millie for her 3rd Halloween.

Salt Dough

I mixed some salt dough for Millie to play with one Saturday afternoon in October and needless to say, she had a lot of fun...and made a BIG MESS!

Mischievous...

Millie has figured out that if she wants something bad enough, she will just take matters into her own hands, drag a chair over to the counter, climb up on the chair, then up onto the counter and into the cabinet!

Halloween!

One morning, I had set out my clothes to wear that day. I was going to get Millie's clothes together for her to wear that day also, but she decided that she was going to wear my clothes instead. After she got dressed, I thought it would make a perfect Halloween outfit. But on Halloween, she was not interested at all in dressing up, so she went as herself. At least I was able to get a few pictures of her dressed up like.....MOMMY!

Millie dresses herself

Don't you just love it when your child takes it upon themselves to get dressed? You never know what the outcome will be but you know they have some satisfaction from doing it themselves. This was one of those days.

Millie loves to cook

One afternoon in October after church, Millie decided that she wanted to help Daddy cook lunch/brunch. We had scrambled eggs with cheese.

Millie goes fishing

One day in October Millie said that she wanted to go fishing. So we got all geared up and went out to the pond. Of course, we didn't catch anything and she didn't stay interested for very long, but I got some good pictures.

Millie cuts the grass

Well, not really. But she does like to ride on the riding lawnmower with her daddy and pretend to cut the grass.

Uploading pictures

I've been horrible about uploading new and recent pictures of Millie. I guess I've been a little busy! So I'm going to overload you with some new pictures of Millie from the past 2 months.

Reverse Psychology

Do you think it is wrong to use Reverse Psychology? I have been using that a little with Millie lately and it's been working. For instance, I have tried to get her to use the bathroom on several occasions and she says no. So then I said, "Let's see if you cannot use the bathroom." And she runs to the bathroom, laughing all the way, sits up there and uses it.

Or this morning when I tried to get her dressed and she resisted. I said, "Let's see if you can't put on your clothes." And she got dressed.

And the other night, she wanted to read the 12 little Christmas books she got from Mops. She pulled all the books out and after I finished reading them, didn't want to put them back in. So I said to her, "Millie, I can't remember how to put these books in the case. Can you show me how to do it?" And she did it, no problem!