October 4, 2014 - Almost Done Being 8 Years Old

Mom and I went out and looked at places to have my birthday party. We have decided to have my birthday party at a natural history museum the day after my birthday! It will be so much fun! While I'm waiting to turn 9, Mommy and I did pictures today to end being 8 years old! Enjoy!

- The Doodlebug Princess

September 15 - 30, 2014

I'm having fun at Girls on the Run and wrestling. School is going great! I love science! Getting ready for my 9th birthday too! Lots of fun stuff will happen in October - my birthday, my friend Adireal's birthday (he's having a paint ball party!), my cousin Savannah's birthday, mom's school's treat street event, Halloween, fall festival at school, and my first 5K!! Lots of pictures to come in October!

Went to a play with Mommy at the Blumenthal Fine Arts Center in Charlotte to see a girl who went to high school with mom in this play. It was funny and had lots of music and singing. We had fun!

Me and my boy Shaggy!

Another evening at the airport overlook!

- The Doodlebug Princess

September 14, 2014 - My First Triathlon!

I completed my first triathlon on September 14. It was really hard but it was fun too! I swam 75 meters, biked 1 mile, and ran .75 miles. It was a good start since I'm starting Girls on the Run too and we get to complete two 5Ks  - one on October 25 and one on December 6.

Mom bought me a new helmet for the race

Finished swimming...3 laps. It was hard

Biking out

Running out

Finish line! Finally!!!

My metal!

Swag bag goodies!

This was me waiting for the race to start!

- The Doodlebug Princess

September 8 - 13, 2014

Wrestling started this week and I love it! It's so much fun. We have a really small class and Coach Ben is really nice! We also went to the airport overlook this week to watch airplanes! I love doing that with Mommy! It's one of our favorite things to do around here!

First wrestling class

Learning the basics!

Me and mommy at the airport overlook

Airplane taking off

- The Doodlebug Princess

September 1 - 7

Getting back into the swing of things at school for both Mommy and me. Not much going on, but I start wrestling at the Y next week!!!!

I'm the New Kids' Pal for girls in my classroom!

My Halloween Costume

New outfit I picked out that Mom bought me!

- The Doodlebug Princess

August 30, 2014 - Sea Turtle Release at Nags Head, NC

I had a good first week at school! Then Mommy and I went to Viriginia for Labor Day weekend. I got my surfboard from Aunt Chea. Mom and I stopped at the Outerbanks and watched two turtles that we saw over the summer at the Roanoke Island Aquarium get released back into the ocean! It was really neat to watch. I collected seashells and played in the water with Mommy! I love going to the beach with Mommy!

Heading to the beach with my surfboard

Watching a loggerhead sea turtle go back to the ocean

The sea turtle almost to the water

Look how big he is!

- The Doodlebug Princess

August 19, 2014 - Back to School Pictures and Swimming with Vegas

Every year before school starts, mom takes pictures of me so that I can see how much I've grown and changed over the years. These are our favorites of the ones mom took on August 19.

This is my buddy Vegas that loves to swim with me!

- The Doodlebug Princess