Culp Family News

Yesterday was a kindergarten shopping day. I thought about having her show off some of her new stuff for pictures but thought it would be more fun to share it all later this week when she's actually off to school. But the day did start with her getting her hair cut. We got it cut a tad shorter this time & it is absolutely adorable! We also picked out her dress for Day 1 which Adam & I both fell in love with. I can't wait to be able to show all of you on Thursday.

Today Mya went to Taryn's birthday party. As a surprise Taryn's parents had The Game Truck come to her house. Don't know what The Game Truck is? I had never heard of it either!!

That trailer is actually a mobile game room! My pictures aren't the best but basically it has very fancy, soft leather couches lined up on one side with 4 tvs on the other. Mya was a little intimidated by it at first but once she sat down & started playing one of the games she loved it just as much as the rest of the kids.

 

Well, today was Meet the Teacher but, unfortunately, it was rather disappointing. Being new to this thing I'm not 100% sure but I think typically you would line up to meet your teacher who would speak to you briefly & then you would be set free to explore the classroom & the school. This year, however, our session was held in the middle school because the elementary school is still under construction. So, basically that means we spoke ever so briefly with the teacher & were done. I even think the teachers were uncomfortable with the situation because unless we had questions or topics to broach with her she didn't really have a lot to say to us. We didn't have either so we stood in line longer than we talked to her. Mya's assessment on Tuesday will be with her teacher in her classroom so the plan now is for her to see it all then. In my opinion they should have just cancelled the thing today. But I guess that's why I'm not in charge.

August 24th

This past weekend we went on Mya's very 1st camping trip. She has been to many parks & campgrounds with family & friends in the past but this was the 1st time that she slept over night in a tent. We went with The Grimms who had a RV site next to our tent.

Our sites were on the outside of a circle. In the middle was a small playground where the kids spent a lot of the weekend playing.

This is also where Mya split her head open. Her only negative to the whole trip. Her & Evan had put huge sticks (small logs really) up against the side of the jungle gym. One of them got knocked over & hit her in the back of the head. We thought she might need a stitch or 2 at first because the swelling made the split look horrible. Ice brought the knot way down though & she was just left with a nasty but small little wound.

Besides the pool & the golf cart that we rented to get around the kids also liked when we went down to the creek. We saw huge spiders & a ton of frogs.

The most unique part of the trip was definitely Bessie. That's what we named the friendly cow who came to visit us from her farm behind our sites. She visted us several times each day. Some times we fed her a little bread...other times she just hung out with us for a while & then went on about her business for a while. One morning she was waiting for us right outside the door of our tent.

Saturday night Misty & I took the kids down to the shelter house for a 50's dance. We did the chicken dance, the hokey pokey, the twist...all kinds of dances. It was SO much fun!!

It was also the 1st camping trip for Adam. He didn't hate it as much as he though although I wouldn't say it was high on his 'fun' list.

Mya on the other hand loved every minute of it & asked almost right away when we were going to go again. I am counting the days. :)