Chloe turns 8

Chloe was so excited counting down for her birthday to come. I don't know where the time has gone and can't believe my little girl is now 8. Chloe was so excited to get the doll she had been wanting for  a while and has named her Skye. She had her birthday off from school for a teacher's planning day. We made cupcakes to bring to her class the following day, went out to lunch and did paint your own pottery Chloe picked an owl and Brooke did a dog. The Saturday following her birthday we celebrated with her friends Sam and Sha'taria by going to the peanuts movie and cupcakes at home :)

Fall 2015

Things have continued to keep us very busy. We are settled into our home and the area. Chloe is doing well at her new school and enjoying it. The girls and I attended the princess ball, which was essential a meet and greet of some of the disney princesses. Both girls were excited to meet Elsa from frozen. We've had a nice visit from Grandpa & MOD and Grammie. We've even had a chance to venture a bit further out of the area and take a family weekend to the Great smoky mountains. The scenery was beautiful there and the girls loved the fireplace in the room. We visited the aquarium there that was very nice and had a huge tunnel walk through under the shark and large fish tank. The girls loved the interactive exhibits of touching the horse crabs, sting rays and getting your hands "cleaned" by little guppies. We also went to the indoor waterpark there, Brooke's favorite was doing laps on the lazy river and Chloe loved the 2 biggest water slides.
The girls are also starting to learn how to fish with daddy and enjoy going to the Nashville zoo.
For halloween the girls each picked out their jack o lanterns face. Chloe also drew it on her pumpkin and helped scoop the seeds out, Brooke wasn't a big fan of the goopy insides ;) so mommy did hers. The girls dressed as the frozen sisters, Chloe was Elsa and Brooke was Anna. We did some trick or treating in the neighborhood then headed home to hand out candy.
We've also visited home depot and the girls did their first kid's craft. I was quite impressed the girls did the hammer and nails almost all by themselves. They each made an Army plane

Our Yard

With a new home comes new improvements :). Our yard had very poor drainage and lots of red dirt in the back yard which with a dog & 2 kids spelled lots of messes. We had the landscapers put in sprinklers, sod, new mulch and a magnolia tree. It took longer than expected due to lots of rocks & clay to dig through but the results are very nice. The night we got to plant my flower bed the girl's friends Sam & Shataria helped the girls and I plant them & it went quickly with a large team of diggers :)

Chloe starts 2nd Grade

Chloe was very excited to start back to school and make some new friends here in TN. She was also very excited she would get to ride the bus to and from school. The bus stop is just under a 1/2 half from our house and we walk while Brooke rides her scooter or bike. Chloe loves her new teacher miss Cutler and received the best attitude in her class for the month of August. Her favorite subject continues to be P.E. We also enjoy talking and walking with her friends that live about half way in between our house and the bus stop

Settling in

We are really enjoying getting settled and exploring the new area. With the move with gave away the little tricycle and upgraded Brooke to her first big girl bike with training wheels (this was Chloe's 1st real bike as well). We found a few playgrounds one of them is on base and all of them are very nice. One was in the river district and has beautiful scenery! There is a farm about 1 mile from our house that sells farm chicken eggs and will be our egg supplier :). I also brought the girls to the movies to see inside out and it was a great movie. We have registered Chloe for 2nd grade and will attend at west creek and take the bus to and from school, at the back to school bash they had a firetruck from the 30's, bounce houses, food and games the girls had a nice time. We have also visited a nice furniture store outside of nashville where we ordered a fe things to complete our house. The last outing was the zoo. It was a very nice zoo and we have become members! The girls and I loved all the animal exhibits and they even got to feed the lorikeets!