Playdates, Parties, and Bird Hunting

I can't believe that we are already halfway through the 1st 9 weeks of school!

Mary Dalton got her progress report and had 100 averages in math and spelling and a 98 in phonics ~ that crazy coding!!! She has almost 11 AR points, so she is doing GREAT! I am so proud of the young lady she is SO quickly becoming!

She and her sweet friend Whitney Sue LOVE to dress alike!!! They are pretty cute if I do say so myself! ;) We have lots of parties coming up soon! This morning MD had a movie party for a friend ~ they watched The Smurfs ~ she loved it! Tonight, they are going to a karoke party! Next weekend, MD will go with the girls in her class to Statesboro to paint pottery ~ that's about an hour and a half from here ~ she has never been "off" like that without one of us ~ she is growing up! After the party this morning, 2 of her friends came back home with us to play. Jackson is bird hunting, so I needed someone to entertain her! ha! They have had the BEST time ~ barbies, games, Toddlers and Tiaras, dancing, ice cream, dress up ~ lots of giggling, too! :)
And the men in our lives ~ pretty much will be wearing these lovely shades of camo from now until May!!! Jackson was SO excited that his Daddy was taking him bird hunting again today! He just can't seem to figure out why he can't bow hunt yet!

The kids are dying to get out our fall decorations! The little bit of cooler weather has them ready for all things "fall" ~ and I'm getting pretty excited, too!