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Getting outside
We took our schooling to the mountain yesterday, talking about Fall, nature, and trees. Fuller had a blast running around, taking pictures with his own camera, and well… running around. Eventually we ended up at a playground. I was new to us ...
Happy Halloween!
Well, it’s a day late, but hey, Happy Halloween from the Crumleys! Damon worked many hours and late nights to bring Fuller this amazing costume for 2009… Meet Thor, as portrayed by Fuller! Quite a few months ago Fuller and Damon entered...
Back in the groove
When we returned from Auburn last week we were met with a broken fridge and quite a messy house. I decided then and there we needed a break. Fuller and I had been struggling with school, where it was becoming me pulling him along and everyone getti...
When it’s not raining…
This past Sunday we officially opened our fire pit for the fall season. It was such a boon for us because it wasn’t raining. We managed to all be outside, enjoying the fire and roasting marshmallows for a few hours. It’s a fun annual trad...
Smooth sailing right now
Damon and I had a strange evening, and I blogged about it on my personal blog, Always, Alli. If you don’t usually read over there, this is an interesting one to check out. I do have to say the last few days have been very pleasant for our fami...
Everybody’s working for the weekend
This past weekend we took a trip to Auburn to visit with my grandmother (aka Grandma Great) and her sister, Aunt Margery. Damon and I were able to take in Auburn’s win against West Virginia (and enjoyed the wonderful weather at the same time) a...
Tebow Talks: With Teeth!
Hi! It’s me, Tebow. I’m filling in for Mommy because lately, she has been a bit busy. I’ve been busy too! I’ve been learning to crawl, pull up, eat something called “solids” (which I don’t really like, they ...
New nephew
We traveled to Lake Martin for the Labor Day weekend. It was a trip with a two purposes: Damon, Tebow, and I went to the first Auburn football game of the season AND we met our new nephew, Jake. Isn’t he cute? He was born at the end of July a...
Desert before lunch
On Saturday Damon took off for the Auburn game with a friend, leaving Fuller, Tebow, and I to find fun here on Saturday. Instead of staying home and making sure Fuller had clean underwear on Monday (he does!) we took off for a gala. The neighborhood ...
Toothfully
We took Tebow to his first Auburn football game last weekend. It was pretty nice of us since he has been pretty mean to us ever since. I mean really, how hard is it to grow teeth? According to Tebow, it is pretty awful. I mean for all the fussing, c...
Brothers gotta laugh
Even though they are four years apart, one thing Fuller and Tebow are able to do Very Well together is laugh. And laugh. And laugh. Fuller loves to get in Tebow’s face, and scream give a little shout of joy, and then they both laugh. Yesterday ...
So far, so good
Looking back, last week was a really good first week of homeschool for both Fuller and me. Every day we were able to make it through whatever I planned. Only a few times did Fuller protest and only a few times did I feel unprepared. Fuller is a chil...
Visitors, again!
On Thursday my little sister, Sarah-Ginny, and her family drove from Florida to spend the weekend here. We hooked up on Friday to spend time at the aquarium wading pools. On Friday, my other sister, Austina, and her family drove from Georgia to spe...
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
Last week we spent a lot of time at home. By Friday Fuller was bouncing off the walls and couldn’t really go outside due to rain. So I packed him and Tebow into the car to head to his choice: Happy Donald’s (aka McDonald’s) or Chik-...
Visitors!
It is always nice to have visitors to entice a mom to clean up a bit. It wasn’t quite “Mother-in-law” clean… oh, who am I kidding. My house is never MIL clean. But I got some cleaning done and felt good about it in time for my...
ABCD… Watermelon
There is this game on the PBS Kids Island website called ABCD…Watermelon. It helps kids with letter recognition and order. Fuller is pretty good at it and it translates into a fun game you can play together- with out a computer! Fuller is very ...
VBS done
I think we are recovered from the fun of last week’s VBS. Every morning he woke up and was asking and asking when we would leave for VBS. Every day we went home (usually walking) and Fuller was talking and talking about the fun he had. Every da...
VBS week
Today begins our church’s vacation Bible school week. It has a fine arts theme so last night at 10 p.m. I was making playdough in the mixer. (I only had to make 2 batches, other families are also making some.) Since it looks like we will have ...
Home sweet home
We’ve been home for just over a week, recovering from our annual Lake Martin vacation. We were without internet access, so I wasn’t able to post pictures for day by day updates. Soon after we got home I was able to post the pictures. As y...
Perfect Summer Day
Whew! The winner of last night’s Little Debbie giveaway is Jenn (R)! (I added the R because two Jenns commented.) I’ll email you Jenn! We had a packed morning planned- free movie at the Rave and then playing at Esther’s house. Becau...
Impromptu monologue
I have this picture saved to my desktop where I can easily gaze upon my little family and see how absolutely good looking they are. I see two boys my heart is bursting with love for and their father who also has a heart bursting with love for them. T...
George Watch is over! Curious George is here!
This past Saturday the countdown to Curious George at the Creative Discovery Museum finished and found our family eating breakfast on the museum plaza. It was a delightful pancake breakfast and made getting up early worth it. We went inside and stra...
Fuller Photo Friday
Fuller’s little brother is finally here and when he came to meet Tebow in the hospital, he brought his camera. We added the pictures to his February Flickr set, but here is my favorite picture:...
Father- son entertainment
Lately Fuller and Damon have been bonding over Justice League cartoons. Tonight, while dinner was cooking and I was puttering, they settled into watching a few in Fuller’s room on his DVD player. When I took the picture, I used the flash since ...
Family Fun, Family Comfort
Today our new rocker/ recliner was picked up from the warehouse (thanks Damon and Ed!) and installed in our living room. Currently I am sitting pretty, enjoying the comfort of putting my feet up and reclining while watching Fuller play happily. IR...
February: the countdown begins
On the first of every month Fuller gets the opportunity to rearrange the numbers on his magnetic calendar. I enjoy it because he tests his number skills and we talk about things coming up. Fuller is obviously getting smarter because he realized two d...
Playground politics
The high today was 66, which was ten degrees more than the predicted high. I shoved Fuller out the door after his quiet time so we could enjoy the warmth and sunshine. The playground was packed with kids and moms with the same idea, which pleased Fu...
Transitional Period
We have started transitioning Fuller’s room into The Boys Room. Today the new carpet was installed. And now we are slowly figuring out how to fit both their stuff in there. Fuller spent a lot of time in his room today, just playing and enjoyin...
Snow
Sometime during Fuller’s quiet time it started to snow. Fuller and I put on coats and gloves to head outside and just be in the snow. It was melting as soon as it hit the ground, but it still entranced Fuller. I wish it would accumulate a littl...
Gotta fly
I have no idea what planted this in Fuller’s little brain, but he was convinced we were going to the park today. I do not recall ever telling him we would be going, but he kept insisting. So, we did. We have had a lot of rain in the past days, ...
