Rule #1 about Activity Days: When going to the library to get sciptures for your activity NEVER TAKE A SHORTCUT THROUGH THE GYM. The lights will be turned off and you can't find a light switch so you will just decide to run through and hope the door will stay open long enough for you to get to the other side. The door will close VERY fast. There will be chairs set up and you will crash into them, resulting with your leg stuck in a chair. You will scream fro help, but by the time everybody gets there you will be unstuck and will just be very embarrassed. At the time, your leg will not hurt, just be very hot and tingly, but later your ankle will hurt like crazy, same with your arm.
Rule #1 about changing your clothes when you fall down in the snow and get saturated: ALWAYS GET YOUR CLOTHES THAT YOU WILL WEAR BEFORE YOU TAKE THE CLOTHES THAT YOU'RE WEARING OFF. You will have to run to your mom's room to get some pants, but the builder dude (note: your mom puts your clothes on her dresser after she folds the laundry for you to pick up, and the builder dude is the person who is finishing your basement) will be walking in the door just as you are walking across the hall with no pants on. You will be very embarrassed and will not be able to sleep that night because you worry if the builder dude will tell his whole family about it at dinner. Then his daughter might tell the kids at school and the result will be disastrous!
FOLLOW THESE RULES AT ALL TIMES!!!!!!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
It's a ......
GIRL!!!!!!
I had my ultrasound this morning. Our baby was so wiggly and kept putting her hand in front of her face so this is the best profile picture they could get. We're going to think outside the box this time with our names. Which name do you like the best?
Alyssa
Allydia
Mashayla
Something else?
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Jacob - Valuable Incredible Kid Award
Ever since Jacob discovered that he could buy a toy football at the AR (Accelerated Reader) store, he has been very motivated to earn more points, and I find him reading like this a lot.
Today, he came home from school beaming. He received the "Valuable Incredible Kid Award." His teacher wrote "Jacob has made fantastic growth this year. He always has a book open and is reading. His handwriting has improved 200%. Jacob is a phenomenal First Grader!!
Today, he came home from school beaming. He received the "Valuable Incredible Kid Award." His teacher wrote "Jacob has made fantastic growth this year. He always has a book open and is reading. His handwriting has improved 200%. Jacob is a phenomenal First Grader!!
Snowman
I am so ready for this kind of weather...
But Jared & the boys had plenty of fun working together to build this snowman a few weeks ago. Daniel always loves it when it snows because he's now added shoveling the snow to his list of chores. He really enjoys it, and I had to smile when I saw him head out with some denim overalls and his boots on to shovel the other day. He looked like a little farm boy.
But Jared & the boys had plenty of fun working together to build this snowman a few weeks ago. Daniel always loves it when it snows because he's now added shoveling the snow to his list of chores. He really enjoys it, and I had to smile when I saw him head out with some denim overalls and his boots on to shovel the other day. He looked like a little farm boy.
Fun after a good day's work
Last week we told the kids we would go do something fun as a family as soon as we got the whole house clean (a relative term). They worked really hard and chose to go to Randy's Tumbling for their reward. Following are a few pictures which are sadly full of spots because I think one of my kids got into my camera and got spots all over the camera lens. But the pics are fun- especially Jared in the middle of his flip. All the boys were brave enough to jump off the high platform. Emily - our child with no fear, jumped off with Jared.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
A Good Day
Today was such a good day. It was so refreshing compared to my bad day yesterday. First we went to the Primary Get-to-Know Your Teacher Breakfast. Emily's teachers didn't show so we did some fun games with her class. It was just fun to sit in a circle and watch the delight of the "Sunbeams" when we played Duck-Duck-Goose and Spin the Cup. I should take time to have fun more often.
Then I came home to teach a piano lessons - I so love it! After my students left, Emily wanted me to do a lesson with her so she learned to play a song with F-G-A-B on the white keys. Jacob was next in line. Ever since he discovered the Happy Note Game and Staff Wars games where he can shoot bullets at the notes and name then as they slide across the screen, he's been really interested in piano. I love to see his persistence. Then we played Piano Candyland together. Emily was quite distraught when she got bumped back to the Bass Clef Candy Cane when she'd been ahead the whole time. Jacob can be so sensitive in a good way sometimes. He had a definite lead but when he noticed how bad she felt, he actually "cheated" by making himself go backwards on a few of his turns instead of forward so that Emily could catch up. Maybe I shouldn't be celebrating when my son cheats, but I was just amazed at his maturity of being more concerned with his sister's feelings than about himself winning. He's usually quite competitive. I actually got a lot of housework done in between all the fun because the boys were really content playing outside and watching Jared help out our friend who we hired to finish a room in our basement. Jared, Dan, Emily & I had fun playing UNO this evening. It brought back memories of playing games with my brother Matt when I was a kid. I have always liked playing games way more than watching TV or movies. In fact, I guess it was on our 2nd date when Jared saw my competitive side come out when we were playing Risk that Jared decided he was interested in asking me out again. So, my kitchen floor is still dirty and we have some company coming tomorrow, but I'm happy anyway:)
Then I came home to teach a piano lessons - I so love it! After my students left, Emily wanted me to do a lesson with her so she learned to play a song with F-G-A-B on the white keys. Jacob was next in line. Ever since he discovered the Happy Note Game and Staff Wars games where he can shoot bullets at the notes and name then as they slide across the screen, he's been really interested in piano. I love to see his persistence. Then we played Piano Candyland together. Emily was quite distraught when she got bumped back to the Bass Clef Candy Cane when she'd been ahead the whole time. Jacob can be so sensitive in a good way sometimes. He had a definite lead but when he noticed how bad she felt, he actually "cheated" by making himself go backwards on a few of his turns instead of forward so that Emily could catch up. Maybe I shouldn't be celebrating when my son cheats, but I was just amazed at his maturity of being more concerned with his sister's feelings than about himself winning. He's usually quite competitive. I actually got a lot of housework done in between all the fun because the boys were really content playing outside and watching Jared help out our friend who we hired to finish a room in our basement. Jared, Dan, Emily & I had fun playing UNO this evening. It brought back memories of playing games with my brother Matt when I was a kid. I have always liked playing games way more than watching TV or movies. In fact, I guess it was on our 2nd date when Jared saw my competitive side come out when we were playing Risk that Jared decided he was interested in asking me out again. So, my kitchen floor is still dirty and we have some company coming tomorrow, but I'm happy anyway:)
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