rockets - take 1

Nathan has been very interested in rockets and space lately. For his birthday, he got several rockets. The next weekend, we took a couple hours to go out and use them. Boy did Nathan have fun! (So did the rest of us...except Caroline didn't like the sound of the "real" rocket.) This is the first of several posts about the day's fun. These pictures are from multiple launches, but I put them in order of the process.

pics by Nathan

Nathan got a digital camera for his birthday from Nana and Granddaddy. He had a blast running around and snapping off pictures. Here is a selection of his photographs from that day.

not lost...just dead

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. There really has been a few things going on. Unfortunately, our "normal" computer died lately. It has made working with pictures, in particular, very very slow. So, when Matt gets it fixed...hopefully in the next day or two...I will try to get caught up. Until then...

Birthday Party

On the 6th, we had Nathan's birthday party at Grandma and Granddad's house. Unfortunately, quite a few people couldn't make it. However, Nathan had a great time with the group that was there. The kids played a couple games including Candy Land and a Honeybee Hop game. Caroline even got in on the action. We had cake and ice cream and then Nathan opened his presents. It was a great party! (If you would like to see more pictures, take a look over on Dropshots - the "More Moseley Pictures" link on the right.)

school birthday snack

December 3rd, Nathan got to have birthday snack at school. He wanted strawberry cupcakes. We went to the party store, and he picked out airplane party hats. Luckily for Caroline, one of Nathan's classmates was missing that day so she was able to have a cupcake as well.

grandkids

On Saturday after Thanksgiving, Uncle Jason, Aunt Jenn, and Kaitlin came down to WR to hang out and watch the Ga Tech vs. UGA game. Go Tech! Afterwards, we took some pictures of the three kids in their new Christmas outfits (girls' from Grandma and Nathan's from Mema). We had three or four cameras going the whole time. I don't know how the other pictures turned out, but here are the two that I had that I like the best.

Christmas decorating

The day after Thanksgiving, we got out the Christmas decorations. We don't usually get started so early, but with Nathan's Birthday party the next weekend, it would be two more weeks before we got to it. So, we took the plunge so we could enjoy the decorations longer. I asked Matt to take a picture of the tree on top of the van before he took it down to set up. Apparently, Nathan wanted in the picture. :)


It's so nice to see Daddy and Nathan working together on a project. Nathan is old enough now that he can really help!


And he did lots of helping. Here, they are tightening the tree stand. I think Nathan did as much tightening as Daddy did.


After decorating the big tree (which I did not document in picture form), we moved on to the little tree that the kids could have in their rooms. It was originally set up in Caroline's room, but will probably live in Nathan's room part of the time as well.


I tried to get a picture of the kids with their decorated tree, but this is what I got. Lots of pictures with weird Nathan smiles and silly acting Caroline.


At least I did catch a pretty good one at the end...just not with the tree.

reading the raisin box

A couple weeks ago, Nathan came in to where I was and told me about what he was reading on the raisin box. I asked him to read it for a video and he gladly complied. I had forgotten about it until recently. Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy a little bit of Nathan reading.

picking up pecans

Thanksgiving afternoon/early evening, we spent quite a while picking up pecans at Grandma and Granddad's house. I helped for a long time, but when my pregnant body got tired on leaning over and squatting down, I went in for the camera. (Please excuse the blur and change of color...I was playing with camera setting and the light was getting low.) Everyone picked up lots of pecans...except Caroline. She helped some, but mostly she just ate. Granddad shelled quite a few pecans for her. There was also lots of tree shaking going on. I didn't have a good picture to really show what happened, but Daddy and Granddad would grab onto limbs and cause a downpour (hail storm?) of pecans from the tree. It was a nice afternoon activity and there were LOTS of pecans to show for it.

a busy little girl

Our new baby is often a busy little girl. The last couple days, I have really felt her a lot because I've been resting. The thing that is most interesting to me is when she moves her hand across. (at least that's my best guess about what it is) Rather than the more general movements that I often feel, this is a specific small spot that quickly moves across from one side to the other. When she makes this movement, it almost makes me jump because it's so different.

Nov pics at home

One morning we cleaned up the leaves at the front of the house. I wasn't about to rake them to the street and didn't want to get out the blower, so we just made a big pile. The kids had fun playing in the leaves.





These are just a couple random pictures. Nathan wants to have pictures with William all the time these days. Caroline is just a ham.

bedroom furniture thoughts needed

So, we're working on ideas for the girls sharing a room in the future. Basically, I'm wanting to go ahead and get whatever bed Caroline is going to need (even though she won't need it for a little while since she'll be sharing a room with Nathan for a few months). So, what do you think? Two separate twin beds with under bed storage and little to no other furniture - or - bunk beds with the ability to have some kind of storage furniture? Any thoughts?

morning kiddos

fear of the unknown

Sunday night, Caroline and I were headed into church. She was a little ornery because I had gotten her up from her nap before she was ready. She was awake, but not yet ready to get up. Anyway, she was lagging behind me a little on the sidewalk so I stopped to tell her to catch up. When I turned around, she was picking her feet up one after another. She would pick one up slowly until her knee was at a pretty good angle and then repeat with the other one. She did this three or four times all while seeming to be really concentrating on something. All of the sudden, she let out a scream...her "something's on me and I can't get it off" scream. It was at that moment that I realized that she had discovered her shadow. She was picking up her feet trying to get it off. And when it didn't come off, she flipped out. :) We had a brief lesson about shadows, but we were already late for church, so it was short. I'll guess we'll have to really check out the shadows one of these days!

an amusing moment

There are many times that my kids make me laugh...or at least amused. Sometimes they say silly things. Sometimes they just act silly. Other times, it's just a lack of information. Yesterday, I had one of these moments with Caroline. She squatted down and saw a ball under our living room console table. She reached her arm under with all her might to try and get the ball. Her arm just wasn't long enough...or so it appeared. So, I decided to help her. After getting down on the floor to look under, I realized the problem...the ball was at the other end of the table - like 5 feet away! No wonder she couldn't reach it! It made me chuckle.

pictures from the last couple weeks

Caroline loves to climb. She's pretty good at it, too, so I don't worry about her too much. This day, she climbed up on the stool without help and was pretty proud of herself.


This is a Nathan creation. And Caroline loved it!


Nathan is always wanting me to take his picture with William. He loves that dog! Most every night when he prays, he thanks God for "my William and blankies".


One day last week we went to the park. While Caroline was on the swing, I ran over to take a picture of Nathan picking up the pinestraw (which would later be money for him to get out of jail).


I tried to get a picture of him standing, but he kept putting the pinestraw in front of his face. I told him to hold it to the side a little and this is what I got.


Later, after Caroline was off the swing and we were headed to where Nathan was playing, I heard behind me "picture...picture". As I turned around I found her squatting to pick up pinestraw. That little girl loves to do whatever her brother does!


After a squatting picture, she stood up and did this. I knew immediately that she was holding her pinestraw to the side...just like Nathan had!