Shiloh 3rd

3rd grade brought some new challenges for Shiloh, as that is the year that grades begin!  

She had an adorable first fall school picture!

This year's first day of school looked a bit different.

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In that masks were a very new thing, the art teacher had them do this craft...

That included so many characteristics that she felt about herself.

Zoe, also, created one for her sister.

I thought it was pretty sweet.

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First creative project involved Alexander and the world.

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Shiloh had gotten into creating some books about heaven.  I've included a few pages.

"Where you go, I'll go.  Where you stay, I'll Stay. When you run, I'll run. I will follow yoooooou.  I will follow yooou!"

"The Holy Spirit will grow in you in many ways."

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"Ava goes to school and she has fun!  She finds a friend"

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Shiloh often created stories/pictures/school work in her notebook, including about her Halloween Party.

"Mom and her daughter trick or treat."  "Are you ok walking on stilts" "Yeah" "I'm ok, too."

"Lous goes trick or treating to the Owl's house."

"The girl goes to the Pumpkin Patch but she sees a Candy Corn instead of a sun."

"I hope mom gets here soon."

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Guess what day this was?

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Learning to write letters in school....

"Dear Mom, No chores.  I hate hate hate chores and no homework.  No, no, no.  And I want a pet in my room. And ground Ezra and take his stinky teddy bear with him.  Sincerely, Shiloh."  

Clearly it was not a love letter.

"Dear mom, I need a pet!  Cat or dog, I don't know.  Please, please, please.  I am so lonely.  Love, Shiloh."

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In that we couldn't be in the classroom, I am thankful for the staff that took pictures so we could get some glimpses of what was happening.

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"Baseketball: 10 good reasons to love basketball!  1. It's fun 2. It's ? 3. It's exciting  4. It's loved  5. It's good 6. It's faned  7. It makes you smile.  8. It has boys  9. It has girls  10. It's good for your body."

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This was a crazy fairytale story that made me laugh, so I had to include it.  "There was a slave boy and he had to do all the dirty work.  The princes was throwing a ball.  The slave boy snuck out and whet to the ball and his pants fell off.  But the princes loved him anyway so they got married. The end."

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Things like this are my favorite!  "May 2021 Autobiography. Shiloh: I love candy.  I have brown eyes!  My favorite food is hot dogs! I like my hair in a braid.  I love to give.  I have a swing in my backyard. I have 5 people in my family!  I love cupcakes."

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She was pretty proud of this!

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"Dear mom. I love you so much but it's to young for chores. Wait 20 years. Love, mad Shiloh"

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This year Shiloh's teacher ended up having twins in the spring.  So they had a full time sub, who Shiloh really loved, to finish out the school year. It was a handful of a class.

So I think this picture was more accurate....can you spot the Shiloh?

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Shiloh's all about me year end review (based on her work, I don't think she was to into this activity)....

"I love cupcakes.  I love my mom and dad.  I love to give a gift.  I love Zoe and Ezra.  I like to play ball.  I love Piper, the dog.  I like dogs and cats."

"Moments to Remember: Love, Food, Happiness, Cats, Dogs, Smile, Food, Miss Isabelle, Ava, Cats"

"Top Ten Things You Should Know About MY TEACHER: she eats lunch; she is loving; she likes good; she loves more food; she loves dogs;  She loves hamburgers; she loves books, she eats lunch; sees the dog; coffee"

"She is so kind and loving.  She is a good friend and she never lets me down."

In the beginning of the year, I thought: I hate school" But now I know I love school!" (I consider this a win!)

"When I grow up! I want to have kids.  I want to live in a house. I want to be a teacher."

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My beautiful amazing 3rd grader who is dearly loved!

Mountain Getaway

 Life was about to get a little more than crazy with redoing a lot of our house, and we were still recovering from all the new business crazy.  So I planned an overnight in the mountains with my main love to breathe and connect and have a belated anniversary celebration.

We made many stops along the way including a couple of farms, as it was farm tour weekend.  Beach is such a good sport with my crazy ideas.

Our AirB&B was in the middle of nowhere in the south of NC.  So I made sure to make a couple coffee shop stops along the way as well. 

Some were better than others and made for an interesting experience!

Small town loving on this beautiful day.

Since we were eating more of a progressive meal/snacks throughout the day we found a fun brewery to eat an actual meal, an early dinner.

Flights and tacos to share.  Finished just before the rain started.

A perfect indoor activity, that is a favorite for Beach is antiquing.

This one was huge but the only treasure we ended up with was a toy for Ezra.

I just try to be a good sport, as it is not my thing, and take silly pictures along the way.

Then we made it to our AirB&B, The VIEW, that was such a special place.

Our host was so kind to make a cheese platter to go with the bottle of wine that was included.

We enjoyed such and the back porch views!

In the morning, our host had a great spread for us that we enjoyed outside...

And I was so thankful that the clouds had cleared to truly have some quite time in the amazing beauty.

I love a good hike, and there was one not to far off!

Cheesing it for the selfie camera.

While it was actually pretty crowded, we climbed a little higher and had some time to ourselves.

And wouldn't you know...another awesome brewery right near the hiking spot, and we found a perfect table right by the river.

We went home by way of Black Mountain and had one more coffee stop.  An intriguing one for sure, as we reminisced on how many years prior we had just started our coffee journey and were dreaming of opening our own cafe one day.  In someways it felt like it would be just a dream.

So thankful to get away, even briefly, from the hustle and bustle and just be us!