Sarah goes to Pre-K

Moana 5th Birthday party! 

Although Sarah was excited to go to school she was a little nervous the first couple weeks. There were some tears (mommy, and Sarah). However, she quickly fell in love with her teachers and friends. By November she already had two boyfriends. She's learning so fast and loves showing off what she's learned. 

Summer Eighteen

In May we had the chance to walk for the Children's Reading Foundation of Appalachia in the Mountain Laurel Festival Parade. It was truly an honor as CRFA has been the backbone in all the reading the kids and I have done. Our book shelf is full of fun children's books thanks to CRFA. 

We discovered Elijah had a great talent for drawing. He was given a book on drawing Garfield characters and soon after he came out with this picture he drew. 

We went to Somerset to see a wonderful "LIVE" Dinosaur exhibit. It was really super cool seeing all the dinosaurs and learning about them.

In June we had the chance to participate in a Community Helpers Camp. We had the opportunity to meet Gero, the police dog and watch him in action. We got to see the helicopter, ambulance, and hummer that is used to help people. We also learned about plants/trees. It was a fun event.

We also enjoyed reading at the lake, and celebrated Children's reading week by having a fun little party with Pinkalicious.

Winter 2017/2018

We had breakfast with Santa at the library

We drove to look at the lights in Sevierville

Crazy Hair and Wacky Olympian Wednesday at School

Twinning for School spirit 

Some Dr. Seuss week fun

Levi started making YouTube videos reading his books! 

Levi was Mr. Brown for Seuss Day

Sarah discovered a little kitty meowing in the snow. After he hung around a few days we fed him and brought him in to keep him warm. Sarah named him Rudy. We took him to the vet and they kept him over night. This was very hard on the new kitty mommy. She cried so hard. 

Meet Rudy

Christmas 2017

Elf on the Shelf 2017

We had another ELF show up this year before Christmas. It was touch and go at first as Zachary and Zoey fought in attempt to keep the other elf from coming to the Gibbons house. In the end they chose to work together in mischief. 

Fall 2017

Elijah, soon 11. Loves gaming, math and competing
with his friend for highest GPA.

Sarah, 4, loves books, Peppa Pig, Barbie and Princesses.

Levi, 7, loves Bella, math and playing games.

OBX 2017

The beach was so much fun. We had lots of cousins to join us on the trip and the memories we made are priceless.

National Read with a Child Week September 2017

After school I prepared pigs in a blanket "The Three Little Pigs" grape and strawberry skewer caterpillars "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" carrot sticks for "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and lots of candy for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which we were currently finishing.

Wonka's fizzy lifting drink was by far everyone's favorite. The "lickable wallpaper" was also fun although I chose not to hang it! 

For the love of Reading!

How cute is puppy Sarah with her book?

Since Sarah loves to read and her birthday has held her back on K we decided to take the 1000 books before Kindergarten challenge at the local library. To begin, I packed away a lot of her books that we've already read multiple times so we would know what we have already recorded. Just look at that stack of books. I'm convinced this isn't half of what we've read already! 

The Great American Eclipse 8-21-2017

Fun Snacks for "Eclipse Day"

Funny Glasses. We chose not to risk using glasses

Instead we chose the old fashioned pinhole box
Look how neat the clouds shined through. We were not in
the path of totality but something like 93% we were able to see
a nice crescent shape and then the shape reversed.

Sarah is 4!

I'm sitting here and I'm 4 years old! Sarah Elizabeth is 4!? She is the sweetest, loving little girl. She loves her brothers so much, her cousin Gracie is her "best friend." She loves books and learning. She STILL loves Peppa Pig. She loves Barbie and watches it continuously on Netflix. She loves purses and shoes. She ALWAYS has a purse with books in it in the car. She can sing the alphabet but still messes up on the "now I know my ABC's" part and usually asks me to sing it for her. She is recognizing most of the alphabet and can write her many along with her name. She also recognizes and writes Mommy, Daddy, and Elijah and Levi. She can count to 10 sometimes higher. She loves "yucky" green vegetables and always says "not yuck, yum" and likes pointing out the ones she loves while reading Pinkalicious. 

3 years old

Two year old

First Birthday

Birth day!