MCR's Photo In The Scoop

Recently, Mary Catherine's photo was in the Scoop Magazine when she attended a horse show with Sissy and Gaga in Lexington South Carolina. Her Aunt Jenny writes for the paper and takes photos at horse shows. In the magazine, the photo was from the shoulders up so you couldn't tell she actually already has on her tootsie roll pj's! She likes to go to the horse shows. After a lot of contemplation, Kevin and I sold her pony Prince Charming. He wasn't exactly what we wanted for her and we really didn't have anywhere to keep him that it wasn't going to cost us an arm and a leg. Thou she is a very good ridder and sits a horse very well, we felt like it was too expensive to have a horse that she didn't ride everyday. We have told her that when she gets older and wants to take lessons, we will lease a horse for her and she can take lessons. We are in the process of selling our house and farm in the country and moving into town. That plan just doesn't go with owning a horse.

On the way home from the horse show, there was a pretty Carolina moon. Celia was telling Mary Catherine to look at it and if she concentrated very hard she could see the whole moon. Celia said Mary Catherine was very quiet for a moment and then she asked, "Sissy, do you think you could teach me how to concentrate real hard?" Celia about fell out the car. Mary Catherine then proceeded to tell her about how when she was three (anytime she is telling a tale...it takes place when she was three) that her Daddy was holding her outside and the moon waved at her. Whew...we have a BIG imagination!

Mothers Day Program

Today the perky puppies performed a Mothers Day program. They sang 3 songs for their Mom's. We were then invited to their room for muffins and juice as a special Mother's Day Treat. It was a very cute program. Gaga McLaughlin, Aunt Flo and Uncle Jay joined Mommy and Daddy in the audience for this program. We had parent teacher conferences with Mrs. Justice this week. Seems Mary Catherine is exelling in all academic areas. She knows her address, birthday, can count to 36, knows all of her colors, all of her shapes. can cut a straight line, knows all of her letters, and can spell her name. She is really doing well at All Saints. We have been very impressed with the school, the program there and the teachers. She will be attending full day 4K next year from 8am-2:15pm. They feel she is ready to move up to the Fast Cheeta class with Mrs. Bennoit who was teacher of the year this past year. Mary Catherine took swimming lessons at the YMCA this month. I wish I could say she did as well with Swimming as she did with school but she did not. She does not like to get her face wet. She didn't pass the pikes swimming class and is going to have to retake it this Summer. I worry that we are going to struggle with our swimming skills. We are going to try again in July to get this first class under our belt.

Old McDonnald Had A Farm

The perky puppies have had a wonderful week learning about Farm life. They studied all kinds of animals and the names of their off spring. Today they celebrated the end of the farm unit with a FARM party. They all wore overalls and farm attire. What a wonderful picnic with animal snacks. Mary Catherine even took the Cowtails for the group to enjoy. E I E I O!

Spring Break Trip to Charlotte

Mommy, Daddy, Ella and I took our first big trip together. We went to Charlotte North Carolina for Spring Break. We did some really fun things. On the way to Charlotte, we stopped in and visited with Mrs. Linda and Big Eddie Potts. I helped her arrange flowers for a big party she was having at her house on Friday. Mommy helped Mrs. Linda with her party on Friday while Dad, Ella and I hung out in the hotel. On Friday afternoon, we went to the Concord Mills Mall and Mommy helped me pick out some new school clothes and bathing suits. On Saturday we spent the day at Carowinds. What fun I had. We got to see Dora the Explorer, Boots the Monkey and Diego. We also saw Sponge Bob and his friends. I rode on Dora's Azuel Train, the sponge bob boats, boots ballon ride, the back yardagans swings, the helacopers, the scoobydoo haunted house, and the carosel. We had so much fun. We didn't get to do everything but we ended the day with a trip to the top of the needle. We could see all of Charlotte, Fort Mill and Rock Hill from up there. I wasn't scard at all! On Saturday night we went out to supper with the Putnam Family at Chiles. I was so glad to meet them all at the same time. I had met Mr. Andy a few times when he and my Daddy did things. It was one of the first times I got to meet Mrs. Anne. She wore a really pretty scarf . She and my Mommy enjoyed catching up with each other. Shelby is 8 and she likes lip gloss and finger nail polish just like me. Merritt is 5 and he had a loose tooth. Katie is a freshman in highschool. She is very responsible, makes all A's in her honors classes at school and wants to be a doctor when she grows up. Nathan is a senior in High school. He just got accepted to the Citadel and is waiting to hear back from the Merchant Marine Academy. Shelby and I really bonded and made several bathroom trips durring dinner. As all girls know...that is where real friendships are made. Shelby definately wants me to come back to visit her so we can play. On Sunday we got up and went to the Discovery Museum in down town Charlotte. I was facinated by the tall buildings. We saw the Deep See Movie in the IMAX theatre. We also saw a great exhibit about candy and sugar. They had a BIG tounge set up that we could jump on. There were also some really neat jumping magnets. I had a great time on my spring break trip but I was glad to get home Sunday night.

ZOO

Today I went to River Banks Zoo with Gaga, Sissy, Wills, Ella and Mommy. We had so much fun. After I was hanging on the fence and almost fell into the seal/ sea lion pool I decided I would stay a little closer to Mommy and stop hanging on fences. My favorite part of the Zoo was the Giraffes and the Gorillas. Check out the photo of me sitting back to back with the big silver back. Thanks for a fun spring break zoo trip Gaga! WOW!