Dairy-free NO MORE!

A few weeks ago Evie's skin test came back negative for milk, so we did blood work over Thanksgiving that also showed no antibodies to milk.  The final step was a 2 hour milk challenge in her allergist's office.  She hates whole milk, but the challenge was a success!  No rash, hives, or stomach issues so we were declared allergy free to milk!!!!  There are some emotional hurdles to get over, but she is trying lots of new things.  So far she doesn't like plain cheese or plain milk, but loves pizza, loves chocolate, and likes macaroni and cheese.  We feel so blessed that she outgrew this allergy.  Both of the kids are still allergic to eggs, but this opens up her diet (and my cooking) so much.  

Ready for the 2 hour milk challenge

She loved reading a book on the iPad

Celebrating 24 hours later at Big Ed's

 Happy Milk Day!

Chocolate kisses for dessert

Fantasy of Trees

Fantasy of Trees 2011

 Evie with her class gingerbread house

 Noah's Ark-Andrew's favorite

 Hello Kitty's house-Evie's favorite

 Andrew loved the cars

 Amherst Elementary tree

 Dr.Bremer's tree/scene (the kids' cardiologist)

 Dr.Darryl and Dr.B's tree (the kids' dentists)

 Fun on the carousel

Soccer Celebrations

All 2 of the players on Andrew's team and Coach Ray

 Airplane high fives.  This was a really fun season!

 Pizza party at the field

 Bubblegum Crew

Evie with Coach Bryce and Coach Keith

Happy Halloween

I couldn't find a cute/appropriate Halloween outfit for Evie, so I got a little help from the internet 

Iron on transfer from Once Upon a Design and bow from Super Twirl

 Astronaut Andrew

Lollipop Fairy

Boo @ the Zoo

Report Card Rewards *updated*

Both the kids have worked hard the first 9 weeks of school and brought home excellent report cards today.  "Andrew is a joy to have in the classroom" brought tears to my eyes.  I'm proud of them and want to reward them but we don't give $ for grades.  Personal choice, and if they were struggling we might feel differently.  After a little digging I found 3 places in Knoxville that offer rewards for good grades.  All of this info is from their websites/facebook pages.  We are headed to Zuma and Bruster's tomorrow after school, so I can confirm those tomorrow!  I couldn't find it in writing anywhere, but I've heard you get a free doughnut from Krispy Kreme too.  

Zuma Fun Center *confirmed*

FREE Tokens for Grades

We appreciate good students! Bring in your current, original report card for FREE Tokens*!
A = 3 Tokens
B = 2 Tokens
*20 Tokens Maximum

Chuck E. Cheese believes in the value of a good education. Have your child bring in their most recent report card and they will receive FREE tokens for good grades.

Valid only with a food purchase. Up to 15 tokens maximum per child. All grading systems accepted.

Bruster’s Knoxville *negative at Cedar Bluff*  The manager said they have never given sundaes to kids for good grades.  Makes me wonder who is running their facebook page?!


If you bring your child's report card to any of our Knoxville locations, they can get a FREE dirt or dino Sundae, just for making honor roll!

 Fun at Zuma!

We bought Bruster's anyway

Fall Break

Day one of fall break was a washout, so we went the dollar movies to see Cars 2.  Andrew liked it much better the second time.  We headed to the pumpkin patch yesterday afternoon and then drove on to Fall Branch to help peel apples for apple butter.  The kids loved peeling and being able to help.  They weren't so excited by the (long) process of cooking the apples today.  They stirred a couple of times, but had more fun playing with the dog, running around, and getting tractor rides.

 Wandering through the corn maze

 Tractor carts

 Andrew found his buddy from school last year on the bouncer

 Awesome contraption

Camp BaYoCa

Evie and I got to go to Camp BaYoCa this past weekend.  She had lots of fun, and is already asking about going there for summer camp.  Can she really be that old already?!