Annie
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Friday, October 28th, 2011Nope time hasn’t reverted back to September, but rather this is the day I spent in labor with Annie. 26 hours of my life was spent trying to get Annie out of my body. 8 years ago today I spent the day in labor. Most the moments weren’t as glorious as this one, but thankfully [...]
{Pumpkin Patch 2011}
Monday, October 10th, 2011Yesterday we made the trek up to the pumpkin patch in Chino Valley, AZ. It was a brisk day up there so we all wore long pants and brought sweatshirts. We picked perfect pumpkins. Pretended to drive tractors. Pet animals in the petting zoo. Took a hay ride and ate kettle corn. Found our way [...]
Another Brave Soldier
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011Today Annie had her first cavity filled. It was on the exact same tooth that Madeline once had a cavity and later an abscess. When I questioned the dentist as to whether or not we should just remove Annie’s before trying to repair it the dentist assured me that Annie would not have the same [...]
Last Day at the Public Pool
Sunday, August 28th, 2011Today, Sandi decided to give the kids a special treat and so we took everybody to the public pool. It was really fun watching all of them doing the same things that we used to enjoy when we were children. Annie jumping off the high dive (doing dives, cannonballs, and pencil drops), Kimberly racing me [...]
Kick Off the School Year Right
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011Each year we have several traditions that start the school year. We read The Kissing Hand and Owl Babies the night beore school starts. We review the order of operations on the white board in the kitchen before bed so we can have a smooth morning. The kids have sweet dreams for a year full [...]
Back to School 2011
Thursday, August 11th, 2011The Girls had fun shopping for their sassy outfits. It is neat to see them beginning to have their own identities through their outfits. Each one looked perfect! Hard to believe we have two 2nd graders and one 1st grader now! The years certainly are flying by.
Wishing and Hoping
Thursday, August 4th, 2011When each one of the Girls went to the mall they each asked to make a wish and toss a coin into the fountain at the mall. I took that time to drop my own coin in the fountain with a special wish for each girl. My wishes and hopes revolved around a successful school [...]
It’s a Date
Monday, August 1st, 2011Today I had a date with Annie. With a family of 4 kids it isn’t often that we get to have afternoons out, but today I made time. When we left home I told her I was taking her some place special for her snack. I took her to Jamba Juice. This little lady loves [...]
Seal Beach for Annie
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011Annie continues to LOVE the beach. She plays out in the ocean getting tossed by wave after wave until she can’t take it any more. Then she rushes up the beach and tosses herself onto the warm sand and covers her self in sand. Over and over the same routine occurs. She can’t seem to [...]
Sandi Jr.
Monday, July 18th, 2011We should have named her Sandy Jr.
Back at the Beach
Saturday, July 16th, 2011“Mom can I keep the dead fish head?” ~ Annie “NO!” ~ Mommy and Daddy in unison Yup, we are back at Seal Beach. On our first stroll down the beach this afternoon Annie found a fish head. She thought it would be a good souvenir. Sometimes I don’t even know where this child is [...]
Swimming Lessons 2011
Saturday, July 16th, 2011Swim lessons are over for the summer. We had our last class on July 14, 2011. It seems weird to be done with swimming so early. This summer is flying by and because of the early start to school this year the summer is almost over. The kids all did really well in their classes. [...]
Gamers Unite
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011This summer the kids have really been into playing on Mimi’s DS and vsmiles. They have all become very adept at these games and it is interesting to see this growth in them. Before this summer they were only marginally interested in video games. They spent a lot of time last summer playing Just Dance [...]
Swimming time again
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011I have good intentions, really I do. I have been trying to remember to bring my camera each morning to swim lessons to capture the “first day of swim lessons” photo. But, somewhere between packing up 4 kids, their towels, bathing suit coverups, making sure I have applied sunscreen to each one of them, and [...]
Annie’s Moving on to Second Grade
Friday, May 27th, 2011and my how she has grown!!!! Yep! She is trying to grow her hair out.
Mediocrity strikes again
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011Last week I was notified that Annie and Kimberly were going to receive the Attitude is Everything award at school. Yes, this would be the second time they were getting it this year. My eyes rolled. UGH! As I have mentioned many times on this blog this award is ridiculous. It rewards children for doing [...]
Bridging to Brownies
Monday, May 16th, 2011Annie and Kimberly have been Daisy Girl Scouts for 2 years. On Saturday they bridged up to Brownies. I am very proud of the responsible citizens they are becoming.
Graffiti Artist
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011Couple things I love about this: how you can easily tell who wrote this. how she dots her i with a cat paw print. how the letter c has a cat face in the middle of it. Just in case you missed the overall message of the first photo I took a photo of the [...]
Wandering Adventures
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011The kids have been growing so much and are far more interested in exploring this Earth than ever before. One of their current favorite things to do is to go in the desert wash behind our house and look around. I take a chair and a book or my iPhone and set up my chair [...]
Standing Tall
Monday, April 25th, 2011When I was a teacher I was always annoyed when the day to turn in projects arrived and 75% of the projects were clearly made by adults. They claimed that the child helped and I am sure they did in a very small capacity. The kids who brought in projects that they made themselves felt [...]
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