Annie
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Thursday, April 11th, 2013As I have mentioned before I am a season ticket holder at Gammage. When I go once a month the Girls are always so excited/jealous. They ask for details of the show and dream about going. This season Beauty and the Beast was coming and they were wishing and hoping they could go. Kimberly even [...]
April Fools 2013
Monday, April 1st, 2013This year for April fools I was subbing so I was not able to spend a lot of time creating something fabulous for April Fools day. I had to resort to some easier things that were just as much fun. I switched the sugar bowl with salt and offered the kids hot tea with dinner. [...]
Easter 2013
Sunday, March 31st, 2013Our kids are getting so big but they still enjoy a simple egg hunt or two. The kids looked adorable as always. We had a nice day at home. Grammy, Jake, Joey and Wyatt came over for dinner. Annie folded the napkins into bunny faces while the other girls made place cards for the table.
GoDaddy Family Picnic
Saturday, March 30th, 2013The kids always love going to the GoDaddy family picnic and this year was no different. Because it was on the day before Easter they did an Easter egg hunt. The kids had fun searching for the eggs. They each were able to pick a snack. Daddy got to hold all their treasures while they [...]
Memories
Saturday, March 30th, 2013Sometimes the kids have a very nostalgic moment where they look fondly on something from their childhood. Because we were having some of the neighbors over for a picnic after the neighborhood Easter hunt we took out the baby swing. (There are a lot of babies on our block.) Annie was the first one to [...]
Faith in Humanity
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013In this busy life we lead it is easy to get burdened down with lots of different thoughts and situations. Some days it seems as though everything that can go wrong is and the people around you are only there to cause you trouble. In general I am optimistic. I like to believe that people’s [...]
Sock Hop
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013The kids had a sock hop at school. I thought they could wear jeans and white shirts but they had other ideas. I hesitantly made three poodle skirts the night before the sock hop. Thankfully I found this no sew poodle skirt tutorial and my Mother was there to help get the project started. This [...]
Seeing a Different View
Saturday, December 29th, 2012We have been noticing little things about Annie’s vision for a while now. She was always in the front of the class near the teacher because she can be a bit off task so we never noticed that she couldn’t see the board. This year she has been sitting back farther in the class and [...]
Brilliantly Simple
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012Did you know my husband is brilliant? Most people do, but most don’t know that I think he is as well. It is something I keep to myself. That is not the point of this post just a side bar I thought I would note. While Annie is highly gifted in the area of language [...]
ASU meet
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012Annie and Kimberly had a synchronized swimming meet over the weekend. They both were competing in the intermediate category and it was a huge meet with kids from all over Arizona. Kimberly received the 6th place medal for her efforts and Annie received nothing. We are proud of both of them.
I Love Her Heart
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012My Annie is the kindheartedest person I have ever met. She is genuine in her resolve and she hates to see anyone in pain. Randomly the other day she said, “One day I am going to Ethiopia and I am making the biggest pot of porridge and I am going to feed all the hungry [...]
Annie’s 9 Year Well Check
Friday, November 9th, 2012Annie is happy and healthy! Annie had her well check she is now in the 15th percentile for height and weight. She measures in at 50 pounds and is 4 foot 1 inch tall. This was slightly concerning to the Dr. because at this point with 5-7 hours of synchro a week she is considered [...]
Desert Dolphin Invitational
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012Annie and Kimberly had their first meet this weekend. We weren’t exactly sure what to expect but the girls did well. We had to be up quite early to make the 7:30 check in time for Annie. The pool we were competing at was 45 minutes away and I was greatful there wasn’t much traffic [...]
Annie’s 9th birthday
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012Color: pink and purple Sport: skipping Animal: cat Food: meatballs Book: Hank the Cowdog Season: fall Restaurant: Dim Sum Holiday: Christmas Weather: hot Cereal: Gorilla Munch TV Shows: Wild Kratts Movie: Hotel Translyvania Candy: Now and Later Subject: science Toy: Webkinz Thing to do: play DS or computer Place have been: Arizona, California, Washington Place [...]
Carving Time
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012We carved our pumpkins the day before Halloween. With our busy schedule it was a mad dash to clean them and carve them but we got the job done. The kids always love getting dirty and scooping out the goo. This year was no exception. Kimberly wanted a cyclops. Annie wanted her pumpkin carved into [...]
Annie’s Halloween Costume Party
Sunday, October 28th, 2012Annie had her 9th birthday party on Friday night. She invited her friends over and asked them to dress up in their Halloween costumes. Just like Kimberly she had very specific ideas on what we needed to do at her party. We bobbed for apples. We played pin the stem on the pumpkin. Yes, that [...]
Why 9 Makes Me Cringe
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012I love watching my kids grown up. I love watching them make life choices and big decisions. They are all so unique and special. Kimberly turns 9 tomorrow and Annie in 13 days. Simple math tells you that 9 is 1/2 of 18. Did you read that? Half way to 18. Did you know that [...]
An Unexpected Benefit
Friday, October 5th, 2012This year we decided to allow the children to do more sports. We have taken complete breaks and have had much success at just allowing our children to be children. However, they were really pushing to do things. Kimberly is determined that she is going to be an olympic swimmer and Madeline wants to dance, [...]
Third Grade Experience
Thursday, October 4th, 2012Annie and Kimberly have finally settled into third grade. The transition from second to third grade is never easy. You go from breezy days of addition and subtraction to multiplications, fractions and division. No longer do the papers have happy faces on them they have hard scores with percentages and averages. I remember when I [...]
Swimming party
Monday, September 24th, 2012The kids were invited to a birthday party at an indoor swimming pool. They were so excited since they had only been to an indoor pool once at a hotel in Seattle. They had such fun hanging out and playing with their friends. Even though Annie and Kimberly had already swam for 3 hours that [...]
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