7QTs - Rain, Turtles, Pizza

This actually from last week... 

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R finally finished the elusive pre-K workbook she's been working on since the summer...

It has not been all smiles... 

She's not overly motivated so it took awhile but she traded that baby in for: 

Star Wars Legos with Rey. Which E (helped) build

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Trying his hand at homemade pizza...

Everyone got their own with toppings ranging from olives to mushrooms to tomatoes. 

Getting the pizza loaded into the oven was a bit of a learning curve

So tasty!

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I think this might have been before pizza... We went to the opening of a new domestic violence center.

Try explaining 6 empty chairs representing the 6 minors who had been killed THIS YEAR in NC because of domestic violence, to a 6 yr old. There was a 2 yr old. There were 40+ chairs for the adults  who have been killed. There are no words. 

The new center has a children's room which is Kibbe tested and approved. 

On the way out we had to cross the tracks (aka the county line) and got caught for 11+ minutes by a lovely freight train. 

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Here's the Wildlife news from one afternoon...

So there was this turtle crossing the road and I stopped and grabbed it and took it home and then took it to pick up E and then 25 million kids petted the turtle and E was freaked out (of course).

Then we let him go in the back yard and the next morning he was back in the front yard...

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Injuries of the week...

Holding onto the counter and bouncing up and down is a terrible idea...

Mister daredevil himself... 

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M got to go to a princess birthday party... 

It was awesome 

And insanely cute!

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And this was Matthew...

It rained over 10.5 inches

And then the next day was like this ^

This was our neighbors backyard that flooded during Floyd. The water was 20 ft from the house... #swamplife

Schools in the county were closed for a week because of roads like ^ 

But the weather was really nice 

And I cannot decide who enjoyed this more E or A :  )

And I would be remiss without mentioning the need for prayers for those who lost their homes in Matthew. It was really bad for a lot of people.