Hallie turns 6 and flashback to 5!

 

We went to Paw-Paw and Karen's pool and Justin loves

splashing and jumping in the water!

 

Hallie is still liking swimming too!

 

 

 

 

 

Riding bikes!  Justin is starting to pedal!

 

 

 

 

In Spider Man pjs!

 



Hallie started kindergarten on the 30th!  She wouldn't do a

first day pic or 6th birthday pic, so I got this on Friday, 9/2....

 

she wanted to do a "fierce pose."

 

 

 

 



She has done well with school!  She really likes

her teacher (which is the one we wanted) and I haven't had

to carry her in!

 

 

Justin started his new daycare this week and has

cried each day when I've dropped him off, but the

teacher has sent me pics that he is playing!

 

 

She sent me this the first day (8/29)...he doesn't

look too happy but she said he was doing fine!

 

He loves this toy, which mom/dad have too!

 



 



 



No doubt he's Southern!  Loves the sweet tea!

 



Hallie wanted to go to the splash pad and got in!

 



 

 

We had her 6th birthday party on Sunday, the 4th...

 



The kids played ball really well together!

 



 

Since opening presents is hard to do pics of with the

crazy chaos, here's a video!

 

 

Justin got a rolling suitcase!  Loves it!

 



Singing video!

 

 

 



 

I don't know how, but it appears I missed posting

her 5th birthday party at Lakewood park last year!

 

It was almost a blur with everything too!

 

Mermaid cake!

 

 



More Summer Fun!

 

 

This is how the Holcombs play hide and seek! They love when daddy

"scares them!"  He is starting to count!

 

 

 

 

Justin being a good brother!

 

He is talking so much now! He's saying sentences.

 

His favorites are "Stop it" and
"I don't want it!"

 

 

 

 

We took Hallie bowling!

 

 

She got in the water at PawPaw and Karen's!

 



 

She can kick her legs on the noddles!  I hope next

summer she'll be swimming!

 



 

 

 

 

 

Justin didn't like the water so much.....

we think he was saying "No video!"

 

 

 

 

We went to Price Park with mom and dad one Saturday.

 

She loved walking in the creek water!

 

He liked throwing rocks!

 

 

Arlo and Nolan visited Deda one week and we went

to Lake Hickory beach area one night!

 



He wanted to wear a headband like Hallie!

 



Nana got her a clothes rack for the school days

of the week!

 



 

We went to the Nature Center in Asheville

and enjoyed seeing the animals!

 

Otters!

 

 

They had this cute slide near the otters!

 

 

 

 

 



 

It's hard to see the black bear!



 

Bobcats/mountain lion!

We've had three weeks in August with no daycare since she moved

so one day when I was with them he fell asleep in Hallie's lap.

 

Then she wanted to have him lie on a pillow!

 



We've gone to lots of parks during the no daycare weeks and

she did the Monkey bars!

 

 



 

Her birthday present from us was I took her to Bisque-n-Beads

and she painted a Hello Kitty jewelry case and also made a necklace,

which she's wearing in the shopping cart picture!

 

We'll get the case back this week since they fire it to make it seal!

 



Food Lion now has "Customer in Training" carts, so

she took a crew of animals to shop with us!

 



 

They both are loving legos!  He is usually more

focused but was distracted by the camera!

 

 

The saddest thing in the last month has been Mary passed

away on July 15th.  Mom and Dad had her over for dinner with us

on Monday nights, so we miss her!

 

She loved the kids and called Justin a "precious boy"

all the time!

 

Here's pic from Hallie's birthday last year!

 

 



Beach Trip!

 

We went to Myrtle Beach July 1st to 4th with

Linda, Gary, Lee, and Der.

 

 

Biggest surprise was Hallie got in the water!

 

Pool and ocean! We jumped waves in the ocean!

 

She had a blast!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The view from our hotel! We were on the 2nd floor!

 

 

Justin on the "deck"

 

Hallie in the pool!  We hope she keeps this up!

 

She followed me in on Saturday morning, like a pro!

 

I think sunglasses and realizing she could touch the

bottom helped!

 



Building a sandcastle, then wouldn't smile for the next pic

 

 

 

 

What Justin did on the beach....he didn't like the water!

He did play in the sand a bit but I think was

a bit overwhelmed with everything!

 



 

Only Hallie wouldn't pose for the selfie!

 

 

We spent the night with Dean and Karen in mid June

and Justin did this!