Emmitt Sings "Real Gone" From the Movie, "Cars"

If you know Emmitt, you know he LOVES anything with wheels...ESPECIALLY the Disney Pixar movie, Cars. Here he is singing and dancing to the opening song as well as showing his motorcycle sound skills. Oh and if you haven't seen him boogie, here's your chance! Turn your speakers up. My phone didn't pick his voice up too well.

In Him,

The Hutchins Family

I Finally Did It

I cut Emmitt's hair yesterday. I was SO tired of cleaning his hair after EVERY meal! It was SO long and thick in the back and wispy on top. I just finally did it! It turned out fine! I just need to track down a good trimmer for the edges!!! I put a towel down under a stool in front of the TV downstairs. He watched "Partysaurus Rex." He didn't have any problems at all sitting still!! I forgot to take some before pictures, but I looked through some for the last few months and came up with some. I did save his hair in a baggie and taped it to his baby book!

Before.

After.

Emmitt and I have been busy the last few days since Jesstine has been in school most of the morning. Monday I mostly did laundry and he played. Tuesday we ran some errands and played a little before we picked up Jesstine. Today we went for a bike ride and then to the zoo!!! It was great to spend time with just Emmitt! It is great that he is older now and we can do more than just stay home and play. He gets to where he will beg to go bye bye! Here are a few pictures from our adventures today!

Bike ride

Such a big boy! We didn't even take a stroller to the zoo this morning!

Penguins are ALWAYS a favorite!

Amphibians and reptiles are a close second. He doesn't like the snakes close up though!! 

Where's the frog Emmitt? DEHHDIZZZZ!

Guess what?! Hippo butt!

Meerkat Manor.

His best orangutan impression.

In Him,

The Hutchins Family

Birthday and First Day of Kindergarten

I have been working on this for a full day now! It has just been hard to sit down and get it all documented with school starting for Jesstine, work for me and both of our birthdays in the midst of it all! Hopefully I can get it all knocked out now!

Tuesday we went to orientation at Jesstine's school. We dropped off her school supplies, met with her teacher, met the board members of her school (one of whom is a former teacher of mine which was VERY reassuring), and other key people in her school. Here are some photos from that night:

Only 8 kids in her class! 

Her teacher Mrs. Coleman! She has already discovered that Jesstine can read pretty well. She has said that Jesstine will be her helper in storytime!!!

Wednesday was Jesstine's birthday. She had to have her well child check that morning since she needed her final shots for school. She did GREAT! She didn't cry, just screamed "OUCH!! THAT HURTS!!" She weighs just under 40 lbs. and is 43.5 inches tall!! Other than that the day was really low key since we had already had a party earlier in the month for her. She did get a few guests though that showed up briefly to say happy birthday and she got a few presents from us on her birthday too! I think it was an exciting day and what a better way to end it than with her first piece of chewing gum! A while back she asked if she could have some gum. I told her she wasn't old enough. She asked how old she had to be. Tired of her questioning, I flippantly said "I don't know...5!!" At the time I thought even if she did remember, surely she would be old enough she could handle it by then. She held me to it!

"Look at my brother wearing my crown backwards on his head!"

Her favorite gift!

She decided she wanted apple pie for her birthday! That's my girl. She only ate a few bites though! LOL!

Her first day of school went fantastic (as far as I can tell). When I picked her up all she said was that she played, colored some ducks and wrote her name. I got the papers back today and sure enough, she wrote her name and colored ducks! She got to bring snacks because her birthday had been the day before. She chose cookie bars! I attempted to decorate them and determined that I will not be pursuing a career in cake decorating if teaching doesn't pan out!

She wants to be a doctor when she grows up!

I didn't get it until today when I dropped her off, but this note from her teacher assures us that she is in the right place! Couple that with the fact that a teacher that I used to have and I know to be a good, godly man is on the board, I think we made the right choice!

In Him,

The Hutchins Family

Overheard At Breakfast

Jesstine had already said her prayer for her breakfast. I was in the kitchen doing something. I overheard her randomly praying another prayer. It went something like this: "Dear God, Thank you for my mouth! Thank you for my eyes, my ears, my hands and my feet. Thank you God for me."

Thank you God for Jesstine!

In Him,

The Hutchins Family

Party Animals!

It has been a busy few weeks! We are gearing up for school and celebrating THREE birthdays in our household! Last weekend we had Jesstine's birthday party. We had to do it early this year for many reasons. Here is a recap of our celebration:

She couldn't decided between Cars and Tinkerbell. Since we invited a couple of boys to join us, we decided to do both!

Aunt Ola made her the CUTEST Tinkerbell shirt and of course the party store had the perfect accessories! The necklace was also from Aunt Ola!

Let the party begin! From left of Jesstine we have Sydney, Sam, Jackson, Carter, Carsyn, and Kylie.

Don't worry! Emmitt didn't miss out on the fun! He was a MESS!

Determined to get that cupcake!!!

Daddy helped the party guests gear up for the pinata by playing a game of "Simon Says." It actually turned out to be more of a Daddy says, Emmitt repeats and the guests followed what Emmitt did!

Pinata time!!

They got bored with the process and decided to play tag!

Time for gifts!

This was the gift she asked for and wanted the most. She was so excited when she opened it!

This is the gift she has enjoyed the most!

Playing the game Jackson got her!

And of course the next day happened to be Daddy's birthday. We hired a babysitter that night and went to a movie and dinner. Then of course the next day was church and we celebrated Stephen at Grandmom's house with a special surprise cake!

Emmitt was WAY more comfortable this time with our babysitter Kara! He put the cheese on!

Jesstine had to wear her pretty new flip flops from her best friend Kylie to church.

Daddy's surprise cake! Jesstine came up with the idea. It turned out GREAT! It tasted great too!

For the past two weeks, we have been getting up early to practice getting ready for school in the morning. Jesstine and I will have to be out the door at 7:45 EVERY morning! The first trial week went great! It has been getting harder! Getting up isn't the problem. Going to bed on time to get up early enough and not be too sleepy has been the big issue! Jesstine starts her first day of school on the 15th! She gets to be 5 for one day before starting school! She is excited, but nervous! I can't believe she is going to Kindergarten! So what do you do when you are ready by 7:45 and have no place to go? We went on some morning walks as a family!

The first morning we saw some interesting creatures (snails mainly) and Emmitt was showing signs of the adjustment period! It made for great cuddles.

It has also been raining a LOT lately! We have been trying to find things to keep us busy and taking advantage of some outdoor play time when it isn't pouring!

Jesstine is finishing up the summer of dance class. We are still not sure what direction we will be going as far as dance is concerned. We have a couple of choices. I guess we will go to the open house and look into it more!

This was taken outside of the Y after dance class.

I started work this week (just inservices right now). Jesstine and I offically start school Thursday! My days have switched this year too giving me the entire first part of the week off and working the last two days for a half day each. The plan is still to let Jesstine stay for lunch and recess on Fridays and I will pick her up after I get done with work. We are excited! We hope to celebrate our birthdays actually ON Jesstine's birthday with my mom. Jesstine has requested Apple Pie and I will be requesting a cookie cake! Until next time!!!!!

In Him,

The Hutchins Family