Monday, August 28, 2017

McKaila's First Day of 1st Grade

WOW!! I can't believe we have a 1st grader!!

As you can tell by the smile on McKaila's face, she was so excited to get back to school and start 1st grade. 






Last week, we went to meet the teacher night at school and McKaila got to meet her new teacher, Ms. Finley. As always with meeting new people, McKaila was very shy, but once we got home, she started talking about the familiar faces she saw in her classroom and how excited she is to have Ms. Finley as her 1st grade teacher. 



Monday, August 21, 2017

Solar Eclipse

The Polnicky household was very excited about the upcoming solar eclipse. I was able to snag a book that included glasses along with 2 other glasses about 2 months before the eclipse. Thankfully, I got them when I did because many people were scrambling to find some glasses at the very last minute. 


The eclipse started by us around 1:20ish and the total eclipse was around 2:40. Unfortunately, we didn't see that total eclipse here, but it was about 95%. 

We did get to see the many different locations that did experience the total eclipse by watching the NASA channel. The kids would freak out every time the screen would go black by the moon covering the sun. So, when it came close to the total eclipse time here in Huntersville, McKaila got pretty bummed out because she wanted to see what she was seeing on the tv. But even with that, the girls kept coming in and out with me to witness the eclipse and was in awe of all that was happening. 


Logan looked up once, before he fell asleep. Guess it was too much excitement for him.


Saturday, August 19, 2017

Sky Top Orchard and The Carl Sandburg Home



It's that time again... time to pick some apples. I am so used to picking apples in Michigan and having it beautiful fall weather, but here, not so much. I believe it was in the mid 80's, but oh so hot. But even with the hotness of the day, it was a fun time. 

We decided to head back up into the mountains to the same place we picked apples last year. It was the first weekend they were opened, so I was worried that it was going to be too busy, but it wasn't too bad. 

We started off by walking up and finding the honey crisp apple trees. Thankfully, we came when we did because our favorite apples are the honey crisp and those were very limited. But, we were able to get a bushel full of some good apples and we're excited to get home and eat them and bake some apple crisp.


Love the view here

So excited to pick some apples







McKenna is always happiest with the lambies







After picking apples, having a picnic lunch, enjoying donuts and apple cider slushes, and then letting the kids play in the park for a while, we decided to explore the area a little bit. So, we got into the car to cool off and drove around to explore. We came across the Carl Sandburg Home, which is a National park. We had no idea whose house this was or anything, but we thought it would be cool to walk the trails and see what it had to offer us. 

Come to find out, Carl Sandburg was a writer and best known for writing biographies on Abraham Lincoln. He wrote many more things, but was best known for that. 

But the kids favorite thing, other then running on the trails was seeing all the goats on the property. Carl's wife was a huge goat lover and started producing milk and cheese which was then sold around the local area. 

It was a great stop and always love finding random areas to stop and explore. 







It was a very fun day! Love seeing the kids smile from ear to ear when they see the beautiful surroundings and get to be out doing something fun! 

Thanks for another fun year of apple picking, Sky Top!!

Saturday, August 12, 2017

Douglas Winery

Time for some sister time! 

 It was a surprise for me on where we were going, Amber put it together and wanted to make it a special day since I don't get out much without the little ones. To my surprise, we went to a winery. I was so excited because I have always wanted to go to one, but haven't been. 

We started out with a wine tasting and then proceeded outside with our wine slushes and enjoyed catching up with each other. 










Besides going to the winery, we went into Davidson and ate some lunch and walked around downtown. 

It was an amazing day and so needed for me. After having Courtney being gone for a couple weeks in Wyoming, and then a few nights in Nashville, I needed a day like this! 

Thank you sis for everything! I had the best time and really enjoyed having some sister time, without the kiddos getting in the middle of our conversation. LOVE YOU!


Friday, August 11, 2017

Charlotte Knights Baseball

We finally got to attend our first Charlotte's Knights baseball game with the GVSU alumni group here in Charlotte. 

It was a very hot night, but still lots of fun. Courtney got to mingle with other GVSU graduates and we got to take in a baseball game. They weren't the best of seats, but we were in the shade and not sitting in the hot sun, so I couldn't complain to much about not seeing home plate too much. 

The kids had a fun time too. They mostly like eating all the ballpark food and getting all the little snacks that come with it, but they still enjoyed watching the game. The kids don't sit and watch a baseball game like they do a NASCAR race, but they still got entertainment out of it. 















We actually didn't stay for the whole game. We could see that there were storms rolling in, so we were keeping an eye on the radar on our phones. Got to be the end of the 6th inning and looked like the storms were getting closer, so we made the decision to leave. Thankfully, we left when we did because so after we left the parking garage, it was a downpour. They called the game shortly after that.

We may have not finished the game, but it was lots of fun! Hopefully we will be able to attend another Charlotte Knights game in the future!