Thoughtless Thursday

First day of 1st grade...August 2009
He cut his HAIR!
Last day of 1st grade May 2010

First day of Kindergarten August 2009.

He does not look too sure about the 1st day.

Last day of Kindergarten :( Sad for mom, he is excited to move on to 1st.

First day of preschool August 2009

Last day of Preschool May 2010

kendall and I played birthday party today. Dixie is her little friend, so she thought it should be Dixie's pretend birthday (I am SURE Dixie did not mind). I had a free sample of canned dog food that came with the bag I bought, so we added 2 candles (that is how old she is now). Look at those EYES!

Kendall blew out the candles for Dixie and we sang Happy Birthday to her.

Today we also finished the swing set..YEA!

Kendall helping put the swong set together last weekend. It was put on hold this week due to the "winter" weather.

The Before picture. Piles of wood + three helpers=a time you wish grandparents lived close by...LOL!

Well I better go, working at the school Feild Day tomorrow ALL day!

Scout Graduation

This weekend was Devin's BoyScout graduation. He started out as a Tiger in first grade and
is now a WOLF! Notice the yellow necker-shiff. He received this AWESOME backpack for his perfect attendance at scouts :) Devin plans to use it for camping and hiking. He did not want to use it for school his last week so it would not get ruined.

Flag salute. Little brother has been watching, waiting, and learning the steps a scout makes so this summer/fall he can be a scout too.

Exchange of the necker-shiffs.

Mommy loves you!

Receiving all the awards; badges, pins, beads and a case for first aid items from his den leader.

just thoughts

Today I ran for 45 mins I felt GREAT! (that is not including the 5 min.cool down). Off to dance class, and then since I did not have Faith today, Kendall and I went swimming. We had such a fun day together. After school the boys noticed that the climbing wall for the swing set was put together. i told them that I put it together and they were SO IMPRESSED by my power tool experience! Deon and I worked on part of their swing set last night INSIDE the house since it was SNOWING out in MAY. I know, Iknow, I have lived here for 12 years and I know that this is not unusual, but please send the NICE weather.
Where is the warm weather and sunshine? NOT here, it snowed last night and possibilities of it again tonight.(sigh) On a brighter side Florida is just around the corner :)
Good night all...

Later that SunDay....

Lesson learned about putting off your to-do-list: this was a 5 year, back burner item and resulted in...(read on)

ENDING: Two walls are red and 2 are light tan, we moved the dresser which freed up extra space to play. I LOVE IT!(so do they!!)

SIX STITCHES LATER...
MIDDLE: that night after dinner, I was cleaning up the kitchen, Deon headed out the door to return a movie and the kids were playing hide-n-seek. JUST as Deon walked out the door, I heard Kendall crying and the boys rushed down to get me(they were panicked). I ran up to find Kendall on the top bunk with blood everywhere. The boys had put a cup of water on a fan blade and told Kendall to come look at it(WHILE THE FAN WAS ON and the bunk bed was moved right UNDER the CEILING FAN!!!). She stood up and as she said "I forgot to DUNK". Needless to say, the fan blade took a chunk right out of her forehead. I applied a wet towel to her head to stop the bleeding and as soon as Deon returned, we were driving to PVH (the ER). We talked the whole way there, I did not want her to sleep with a head injury. She was so good, we got in right away and talked about everything while waiting for the numbing to kick in. She cried and felt pain when they put stitches in. As a mom, this pulls at our heartstrings too. I felt the pain for her, I wish it could have been me instead. After, she got a kitty and the next morning was cruising down the stairs in a cloth toy bin. And to think she was the first one out of the three to get stitches...

BEFORE:

Later that Sunday, after our scouting event, we began painting the boys bedroom. This was a before picture, just plain white walls. Their room needed to be painted. It was on my to-do-list for the last 5 years!!
This is the corner wall that the bunk bed goes in, it will be red(both walls).

Busy Week with Scouts

Andon doing pull-up on the tree, he did lots of these and went all the way up!
You don't see many of these slides around any more. Devin sliding down.

doing a hike with the Tiger Scouts.

Devin, Hagan and Evan with siblings at an old school house. We got a tour and talk about the similarities and differences between school now and back then. Old Buck-Eye one room school house. The teacher lived in the basement ( I am glad that no longer exists).

Sunday was a Scout outings day. We toured a school house, hiked a trail and had a picnic lunch.

Interview about mom- Kendall age 3 3/4

1.What is something mom always says to you?

um..I love you!

2.What makes mom happy?

stop whining

3. What makes mom sad?

whining

4.How does mom make you laugh?

eating vitamins

5. what was mom like as a child?

princesses

6.How tall is mom?

this big(raises hand over head)

7 what is her favorite thing to do?

get me vitamins

8 how old is mom?

23 ...are you 23...33...33...33.I was just trying to guess

9What is mom really good at?

cooking

10. What is mom not so good at?

cleaning

11What does mom do for a job?

sweep and mop, even i sweep

12 What is her favorite food?

everything

13 If mom was a cartoon character, who would she be?

snow white

14What do you and mom like to do together?

play

15 How are you and mom the same?

playing

16 How are you and mom different?

by going somewhere

17 How do you know mom loves you?

um cause you say I love you

Interview about mom- Andon age 6

1. What is something mom always says to you?

I love you

2.What makes mom happy?

when i do my chores

3. What makes mom sad?

when I get hurt

4.How does mom make you laugh?

i don't know

5. What was mom like as a child?

me

6.How old is mom?

33

7. How tall is mom?

i will say your tiny...just kidding

8.What is her favorite thing to do?

doing stuff on the computer

9.What is mom really good at?

making food

10. What is mom not so good at?

your not good at fixin stuff

11. What is mom's favorite food?

ravioli

12. What does mom do for a job?

work at the gym

13.What makes you proud of mom?

i totally do not know

14.If mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

Cinderella...no not Cinderella, i hate her

15. What do you and mom do together?

get Lego headlights

16. how are you and mom the same?

we both do chores, but i don't do that much

17. How are you and mom different?

i am a kid and you are a grown-up

18 What does mom like most about dad?

how dad swims

19. How do you know mom loves you?

you say um you love me

Interview about mom- Devin age 7 1/2

1. what is something mom always says to you?

I love YOU!

2.What makes mom happy?

When I clean

3. What makes mom sad?

when I don't listen

4.How does mom make you laugh?

I don't know

5. What was mom like as a child?

me

6. How old is mom?

33

7. How tall is mom?

I don't know...40 inches

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
type

9.What is mom really good at?

typing on computers

10. What is mom really bad at?

nothing

11.What does mom do for work?

watches Faith and Michael

12. What is mom's favorite food?

raisins

13. What makes mom proud of you?

when I am good

14.If mom was a cartoon character, would she be?

I don't know because we NEVER watch cartoons

15. What do you and mom do together?

we read together

16. How are you and mom the same?

we both have the same color of eyes and same color of hair

17. How are you and mom different?

I am a boy and you are a girl

18.How do you know mom loves you?

you read us stories

Week in review

Wellington Warm Up
A Bike ride that takes place here in Wellington. Deon did the 43 mile ride today and we were at the end cheering him on. He did AWESOME and we are so proud of him!

First day of Dance class

Dixie's favorite pose

The kids art work that was displayed at the Art Show in the mall. They both had art work there which is Super, since they only chose a few from each class.
Andon's bowl

Devin's Dinosaurs