We went to Excel by Five twice during our last week at Keesler. We went once with Angela & the boys and another time just us. I will miss this place so much! When I first started staying home with Shelby , we stayed home all the time. Sure, we would get out of the house for walks and grocery shopping and other things here & there...but we were home a LOT. I kind of thought you were just supposed to stay home all the time with new babies, and plus I didn't have many friends on base yet with kids similar ages to get together with. After a few months into the stay-at-home mom thing, I realized I didn't do the "stay home" part of being a stay at home mom very well. ;) Shelby & I were both so much happier when we were out and about and doing fun things together! Excel by Five was one of the first places I started regularly taking Shelby to when she was a baby, and she did a lot of growing up over the years we were going there. It's been really fun & sentimental for me to see Hadley playing with the same toys and doing the same things that Shelby did as a baby there. Anyhow, this place just holds a lot of memories for me & we will miss it dearly!
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| Mrs. Susan was in tears saying goodbye to Shelby..we will miss this place! |
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| Going away gifts from Mrs. Susan :) We were so thankful for these gifts b/c all of the girls' toys had already been packed away by the point, so these toys were a welcome distraction! |
Another of our "regular" activities in Biloxi was Kangarooz. Every Wednesday, the girls & I would go to Kangarooz for their Toddler Time & then we'd go to Chick-fil-a for lunch afterward. It was something I looked forward to every week! And I espcially loved it b/c it was one of the few things that Hadley always enjoyed so much! Usually I felt like poor Hadley was just being lugged around to all of her big sister's activities, but this was one place that Hadley enjoyed just as much {if not more!} than Shelby! Hadley was always enamored with Nana Deb as she would lead the kids in finger plays with songs. She would never really mimic the hand motions for me at home, but she would always do it at Kangarooz! It was so fun to watch her learn & interact there!
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| Shelby & her BFF from school, Elise |
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| Shelby & Nana Deb who runs the Toddler Time She used to work at Excel by Five, so she has known Shelby since she was a baby as well! |
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| Shelby with her sweet friend Auburn & Mrs. Hope |
And a few other random pictures that I stumbled across on my phone from our last days at our house at Keesler....
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| We were on a walk in our neighborhood when Derek was coming from home work. He let Shelby jump in his truck with him to "drive" home...she thought it was the coolest thing ever! |
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| Our last morning walk along the bay in our neighborhood....I will miss the view terribly! |
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| We turned an empty box into Doc McStuffin's clinic! ;) |
Writing this post sure made me nostalgic & homesick for Biloxi! Change is so hard, and of the things I miss the most about Biloxi is the routine of activities I had there with the girls. I know we'll find our rhythm here too, but we still miss what we had there!
I will say the upside of having an empty house is that it forces us to get out & explore our new city! The girls & I tried out two new indoor playplaces and a local storytime as well as several fun, unique restaurants with Derek for dinner! And we've already got a list of places to try out for next week! There is certainly no shortage of things to do around San Antonio!
I've think I've got just one more post to publish from Biloxi--Derek's 30th birthday!! :)
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