What We've Been Up To!

A few random shots from the past couple weeks to give you a little insight into what's been happening at the Gill house.

First, William....still loving his tee ball games each week...lots of fun to have a classmate on your team!

 

 

He's learned how to ride on two wheels and loves it!  A brother bike ride has become an afternoon ritual.

 

 



 

And he lost his first tooth!  So exciting!!  (Never mind the goose-egg on his head...we had to work on learning how to use the brakes while biking!!)

 



We had some rainy days that led to this fun (and rather messy) afternoon!!

 

Philip got invited to go see the older St. Paul's students put on a play based on Grease.  He had a blast but Chris and I struggled to stay up past 9:00 on  a school night waiting for him to come home!!  Our future does not look good in this regard!

 

 

The days have been busy but fun.  Holy week approaches and then a week for Springbreak.  We are all ready.  It won't be long and we will be putting those lunchboxes away for good!

 

Thanks for checking in on us clowns!





Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley is a 2nd grade tradition!  When Daniel first brought his Flat home, we discussed different places we could send him.  Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Denver, Montana, etc.  We have friends scattered all over that we could call in to duty. 

He wasn't interested.  He wanted to take Flat on an adventure himself.  So we decided on a tour of Mobile's forts. 

One day after William's early tee ball game, we loaded up and drove to Dauphin Island.  The adventure would begin at Fort Gaines. 

The boys were full of energy and ready to go! 

They had a blacksmith there working.  Watching him was riveting.  Really cool to watch this decorative horseshoe come into being.

After we had seen it all, we headed over to the ferry.  Here's Flat enjoying the ride!

 



When we arrived at Fort Morgan, our troops were beginning to drag.  Flat's owner being the weakest!!  We paid for our entrance but only stayed about 10 minutes.  We did get a few obligatory pictures.

 

 

he's a McCall...tired and hungry is a deadly combination

 

 

Finally, we had to find sustenance.  Lulu's is our usual stop, but we decided to try the Hangout since Springbreak wasn't quite in full swing and we didn't think it would be crowded.  The food was good and the boys loved the huge pile of sand to play in.

 

 

 

Flat's adventure had ended and now it was time to put the presentation together.  He procrastinated a little bit (reading the last of the Harry Potter books in two days caused most of the procrastination!), but once he started it was full speed ahead.

 

 

 

And finally, the big celebration...Flat Stanley Returns!

 

 

 

Two Flats down...two to go.  I've got money that one of the next two makes his visit to Uriah!









Trip to the Farm, take five!

Every spring Westminster takes a field trip to Brantley Farms.  And (for the past five years...with one more to go!) every spring, I am on that trip with at least one child.  John has accompanied me on many of these trips because siblings are always welcome, but today was his chance to participate and boy did he love it!


There's hay to jump in...

 



 Animals to pet...

Horses to ride...

Animals to feed...

 

 

And animals to hold...

We always end with a group shot and a picnic lunch.  Such a fun trip.

Each year, I long to sneak off and snap pictures of their sheep and vineyards.  They would make such great additions to our Good Shepherd atrium and True Vine atrium!  I was able to snap this sweet sheep from my seat on the hayride!

Play Ball

Tee Ball has begun and William is back at it.

The first game is typically quite comical, but we could definitely tell William remembered what to do from last year.

 

 

He got to play defense on the pitcher's mound and he did a great job fielding the ball.

 

 

Most importantly, he had a great time playing the game!

 It was such a beautiful day and was quite pleasant at the ballpark.  Looking forward to many more games this spring!

Around the World

Each year the second grade studies continents and different countries.  Last year, Philip's class focused on France.  This year Daniel's class studied them all and then put on an adorable play for their parents.

Daniel and his buddy, Caleb, were the pilots of the plane that traveled all over the world.

Daniel has come so far in his willingness to perform...from completely unwilling in PK, to reluctantly cooperative in K and 1st grade, to loud and clear in a lead role this year!  So fun to watch him perform.

 

 

Proud of this little guy.  Can't believe he only has a few more months at the Lower School.  Time moves much too fast!