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Screaming Balloons

May-13-2007 By Jessica

We are in the very beginning stages of moving. Beginning stages… This means we have packed up 4 boxes so far. A family of 7 in a 4 bedroom 2,400 sq ft home with wall to wall junk everywhere, we probably maybe have about 196 boxes to go? Maybe not that many because I do intend to donate ALOT of stuff - it will be so refreshing to simplify!

I dread moving…. but I’m looking forward to getting it over with and into a new home that we don’t have a deadline to be out of. We have enjoyed living out here in the country with all this space, but we knew it would be short lived and we had to be moving out in 3 years. That time has gone by so extremely fast, just like we knew it would.

Anyway… so we started with the easiest room of all, a room we call “The Quiet Room”. It sits between the living room and the kitchen/dining area. It is an electronic free zone. No TV, no radio, no computer. Just bookcases full of books and two couches. We recently set up a folding table for a homework station in there. It has two nice windows to let the sunshine in and a ceiling fan to keep the room nice and cool in the summertime. I love that room.

So we started packing up the books in there today. It’s funny because the kids (and the dad has too) have been tucking school papers/work papers/etc in between the books, so I had fun going through some of the things I found today. A postcard that I bought Bailey in Disneyworld in Dec of 2005. Baby pictures of Tanner. Ashlyn’s school journals from 3rd grade. DVD’s that were missing from the cases for probably 3 whole years LOL and alot of other things… behind one row of books we found these packages of Rocket Balloons. Finally getting to the subject of my post
You insert a straw into the end of the balloon and you blow them up. Then you let go and it squeals and shoots up into the air… good for a short burst of fun and entertainment for the kids anyway.

McKenzie and Bailey went outside to play with them this evening and had a great time with them.

McKenzie had an exciting week at school this week She got her 10 point AR button today. 5 points in one week - GO KENZIE! And, she went on a field trip to CASEE. She invited Plain Grandma to chaperone this time. I got to go on all of her field trips last year, but this year they haven’t had any yet, when she heard it was a place where they grew flowers and plants, she knew grandma would enjoy it more than me Hopefully Grandma will send pics soon. She brought home a plant that she couldn’t remember the name of. She said we could put it in “busghetti” or on pizza. It smelled sooo good, like oregano, but it was thyme. I went to take Ashlyn to softball practice and by the time I got back, McKenzie had it planted in the ground outside our front door. She transplanted out of the little pot and decided it could grow in the yard I guess. LOL.

Happy early Mother’s Day to all the moms reading my blog. We have no big plans at this point, but my sister and I did have fun making my mom something special so stay tuned for pictures of that.

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Softball & T-ball Pics

May-5-2007 By Jessica

So as you all know, softball season is super busy for us. Kenzie is in Tball, Ashlyn is playing softball and we are busy, busy, busy!I’ve been taking lots of pictures the last few days so I thought I’d just clear off my card and post all the softball pictures in today’s post.

1) McKenzie up to bat and taking first 2) Little T-ball’ers

More of the team…

1) Little kiddos running bases 2) Austin 3) Bailey

Ashlyn… our little pitcher
The boys, this wasn’t a staged pic! They really do read “that much”..

1) Sissy and Bailey 2) Bailey nacho cheese face

1) Ashlyn on third 2) Swing battuh battuh Swing!

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May-4-2007 By Jessica

McKenzie’s school participates in a program called Accelerated Reader. They can choose books from lists of books that are part of the AR program. Then, they take a short quiz over what they read, testing their comprehension of the story. Then they get a certain amount of points if they pass the test. Longer books get more points, shorter books are less. Kenzie’s class just started this program about 2 months ago or so… and she got her 5 point button on Friday during a lunchtime awards ceremony. She was so excited, we (David, Bailey, my mom and I) decided to go have lunch with her. That’s the first time we’ve done that with her and she loved it! We brought in Subway for her and Bailey got to fix her lunch tray. She thought she was so big eating lunch with all the big kids.

Sidenote, having to do with Kenzie and her reading. It’s kind of funny because I have always written the kids’ chores/daily to do lists for them and leave them on the counter before they get home from school. I don’t remember WHEN I started leaving Kenzie’s for her. But the other day, I noticed I was writing her a list also. It wasn’t the first time I had written her a To Do list… but she’s only truly been reading for maybe 6 months or so? And once she started, she hasn’t stopped. It’s amazing how fast they catch on like that. When did I start leaving her lists? I don’t remember.. makes me feel like overnight she just grew up and what did I miss between yesterday when she was still my baby girl and today when she is reading her own stinkin chore list?! LOL

Daddy and his 2 youngest girls