School
We’re Adjusting
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Paul and I are adjusting well to our time without the Girls. He is still lost without their constant direction but he is getting along. He likes to swim and hang out with just Mom. He hasn’t really gotten into playing by himself yet, but I know it will come. We have only been on [...]
First Day of School
Monday, August 16th, 2010First Day Sassy Outfits Madeline had her first day in Kindergarten. We celebrated the day with First Day cakes. It was a nice day. The kids all enjoyed their classes, except for the fact that Annie and Kimberly said recess was way to short.
‘Twas the night before school
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Today was the last day of summer for my kids. Tomorrow a new school year begins. Because of this we did some family traditions and started a new one. The kids really took their time in the bath tonight making sure they would be clean enough for school. We reviewed their morning checklist. They laid [...]
Back to School Fever
Thursday, August 12th, 2010The kids are so excited and ready to go back to school. Each has their “sassy” outfit and two new pairs of shoes (one running and one any style). They have played every video game until they are bored with them. The swimming pool is no longer a great source of excitement. And they are [...]
The moment I have dreaded ever since I had twins
Thursday, March 18th, 2010It all started the moment the Kindergarten teacher suggested we have the Girls tested for gifted education. I knew one of them would qualify and one wouldn’t. Because of my background in education it was clear to me that one was gifted and that she would qualify. Since it is good to have them identified, [...]
Mom’s Night Out with Mimi
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Last night I was invited to Mom’s Night Out at the preschool. Madeline was so excited and picked Chick-a-fil for dinner. She wanted fruit, french fries and chicken nuggets. Madeline did an excellent job at introducing her Mom and Grammy. We listened as she sang us two songs. Then we helped her decorate her Valentine [...]
Bingo Night at school
Sunday, February 7th, 2010On Friday night we went to the Elementary schools Bingo night. The kids had such a fun time eating at the school with friends. They were excited to play bingo. They have heard me talk about it plenty and were very interested. As you can see from the picture above Annie and Kimberly were overjoyed! [...]
100th Day
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Today was the 100th day of Kindergarten for Annie and Kimberly. They had to make a shirt with 100 things on it. Kimberly’s shirt had 100 pieces of fabric fused to it. Annie had 50 pieces of fabric and 50 buttons hot glued on. They were excited to celebrate the day at school and had [...]
Kindergarten party
Saturday, December 19th, 2009On Friday I had the opportunity to go to Annie and Kimberly’s Christmas party at school. They had a lot of fun making Christmas trees and decorating them. Making reindeer bags full of reindeer food. And making Santa out of paper and cotton balls. They were so surprised to see me there. I didn’t think [...]
Annie’s attitude
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Today Annie was awarded the Attitude is Everything award. As I have said before this is a feel good award and is given to almost all students. With that being said, we are pround of Annie for acheiving this. We hope that she continues to have a good attitude for school. She has so much [...]
Goodies with Grandparents
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Today Annie and Kimberly brought Grammy and Papa to school early to enjoy breakfast with them. They ate bagels, visited with friends and had a nice time. Kimberly and Annie had been anticipating this for a while. They loved every moment and I am sure Grammy and Papa did too. *I have pictures of them [...]
I am “that” parent
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Tonight was Parent-Teacher conferences. I really didn’t want to be “that” parent, but I had to be. You know the type, “oh my child is so smart and you aren’t challenging them, and what are you going to do about it?” parent. Really I wasn’t “that” parent, I cannot imagine being that way, and since [...]
Our go-getter
Monday, October 26th, 2009Kimberly is a rule following child by nature. She likes to please and works hard to always do her best. At home she tends to not be as obedient but at school she is. Honestly if I had to choose just one place for her to be well behaved I would choose school. She has [...]
Family Movie Night
Sunday, October 25th, 2009Friday night was Family Movie Night at Annie and Kimberly’s school. We bought dinner packages at the school so we only needed to bring snacks and water. The school PTO was showing Ice Age 3. The kids have seen this movie before and really enjoyed it. Paul proved to be a little more difficult to [...]
Seen through my eyes
Monday, August 17th, 2009I decided today to not take a load of pictures but rather to just soak up the day in my mind. I wanted to keep those mementos as snapshots in my mind. John Mayer said it best in his song “3X5″: Didn’t have a camera by my side this time Hoping I would see the [...]