Monday, September 20, 2010

That's My Job


Rubbing my daddy's feet and back.....that's my job
giving horsey rides.....that's Nana's job
hanging out in papa's arm....baby's job
Scribing for papa about all of the experiences that he was able to participate in: a baptism confirmation, a high council meeting and an eagle court of honor all while in his hospital bed....my job
Loving his children and grandchildren without end.....papa's job

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Wait a minute


Wait a minute....

When did I tell you could get bigger?
When did I tell you could eat so much food?
When did I tell you could out grow clothes so fast?
When did I tell you could outgrow Seasame Street and like superheros instead?
When did I tell you could do chores without my help?
When did I tell you could go to the 'BIG' School?
When did I tell you could turn 6 years old?

Please stop! Just stop!

I want you to be little!
To continue to be my snuggle bug!
To continue to be Best Friends with your sister!
To continue to want to be our big helper!
To continue to want hugs from me!

Your are growing up to fast....slow down.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Rolly Polly


It has started...He is on the move, no way to stop him now.
He's getting big way to fast!

Kindergarten


August 12th was J's first day of kindergarten!
The day went great-he woke up, got dressed, had breakfast,
received a father's blessing all before 7am.
Since we had a c
ouple of hours until drop off would occur
we went to our lo
cal library.
Where he proclaimed to everyone
that would listen that he was going
to school today!
Yeah just a tad bit excited!

After lunch, it was time to go to school.
Shoes and backpack on and we were off.
After a few pictures outside of the school.
It was time to head inside.
He found he's name on his locker placed his backpack inside and
walked into his classroom
said hi to his teacher,
found his seat and was set until
he saw a little girl sitting close by crying.
At that point he wasn't sure if he was ok or not
however, after some reassurance that he would be fine and have fun
and a promise from his teacher that he could feed the classroom fish
he was set.

The teachers aide started to tell some jokes to all of the students
that definitely captured J's attention.
His favorite joke was:
Why do cows have bells?

While he was at school, we kept busy going to Sams Club, doing the
dishes, laundry and of course having some ice cream from DQ!

When the time came, we walked down to the corner and waited for the bus to arrive.
He came off the bus all smiles.
He stated he had a great day.
He stated they went to the library which had 100 books and
read a book about a lion who went to the library.
I asked him what his favorite part of the day was,
he said snack time- he choose a Scooby-Doo snack out of his snack box
while the rest of the kids got fruit snacks.
(he have pounded it into his head that he only has snacks out of his snack
box, better safe then sorry with his peanut-tree nut allergy.)

He's loving school!

Monday, August 9, 2010

Are we still.....?


This past weekend we drove up to Brown County State Park.
Tom wanted to go try the Mountain Biking trails, so we tagged along.
He enjoyed the trails and wants to go back up there, soon!

I haven't gotten on my mountain bike since before I got pregnant,
I also figured it would be a good time to pull it out again and ride.
Fully enjoyed being outside in the woods!

The view from the top of the trail head. Very beautiful!



We stayed one night at the Abe Martin Lodge, where they have a indoor water park.
The kids had a blast!

While Tom was riding the kids & I played at the many playgrounds located in the state park, we had a picnic, went to the nature center, and drove though the small town of Nashville, IN

We also attended a birthday party for Smokey the Bear. My kids had no idea who Smokey the Bear was. K was scared to go stand next to Smokey for a picture however, she sure did enjoy his birthday cake.


Now for the title of this post 'Are we still...? While we were driving J kept asking if we were still in Indiana. We told him repeatedly that we were still Indiana and that we weren't going to leave the state. He didn't understand how we could drive for so long and still be in the same state, that or when we travel we must leave the state a lot.
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