Jeff Ruby's First

Post performance hunger gripped us as we exited TPAC.  We decided to walk down to Jeff Ruby's for dinner.  An excellent meal, an excellent date.  Isabella was the perfect lady in this fancy restaurant.  Could this day get any better?

Study in Color

Isabella has been begging for a return to the pottery house for an afternoon of art.  I promised her we would do just that the next time we had a rainy day.  That rainy day was today. Isabella did a study in color with an Elephant.  I think she sees them differently than I do.  But that's why they call it art.

Lily's Pot

Stepping off the porch with his size 13 shoes, Skyler accidentally knocked over a flower pot that neighbor Lily Joy had made for herself.  Shoe + clay pot + concrete = broken pot.  Skyler felt awful even though Lily was gracious about the whole thing.  He decided to spend his artisan afternoon crafting a new flower pot for Lily.  He even put her name on it.

Well done, Gentleman Skyler.

Pumpkin Painting

Yes, pumpkin painting in August.  It won't be long until time to decorate for Fall so this, I figured, was a good time to make a pumpkin for my other pumpkin (Deborah.)  Here's to hoping it turns out bright orange after the glazing and firing process.

Teacher Lottery

Mrs. Saylors for Math, Ms. Hood for Reading.  I do think we hit the teacher lottery this year.  3rd grade - bring it on!

Nana Bananna

Hanging out with Nana Bananna.

Ruff Housing

Stock Girl

I guess we'll need to get with our Human Resource team and make sure Cain-McNatt, Inc. has the proper job description in our associate handbook.  We can certainly no longer say "stock boy" when we have talent like this putting away new product.  Stock boy, stock girl, stock person - around here we just call it family.

TN Pearl

Isabella wearing her Tennessee River Pearl necklace that cousin Calvin crafted for her.  A traditional Sunday schedule - worship at Grace Chapel followed by brunch at JA's.

Emoji Movie

Enjoyed a movie date with my little Emoji.

Clone Cone's

Lady Juliet came home from her spay with the cone of shame to keep her from licking her incision.  Later in the day Isabella came through my office with a hand made and decorated cone around her stuffed dog, Pinkie.

This is classic Isabella.  I have noticed through the years that she learns and copes by extension.  If she's learning to read, she lines up her dolls and teaches them to read.  If she is grounded, suddenly she is grounding her dolls.  Today, she is learning to care for a dog who has an incision by duplicating that with a stuffed animal.

Classic Isabella!

First Dooney

Someone is all smiles about her first Dooney & Burke.  I guess it was only a matter of time - like mother, like daughter.  Congratulations, Isabella.  You make that bag look good.

20/20

Eye exams aren't what they used to be. Isabella did great and got a great report. 3rd grade, here we come.

Finished Product

We went back to pick up our pottery  - everyone was please with out finished products.  Bella even wanted to know when we could go back and do it again.