The teacher gifts are made (and given). Awards were awarded. PJ received the Joshua Award for Leadership, an Excellence in Reading Comprehension Award, and a Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness Award. Celebratory homemade ice cream was made (and eaten). And songs/verses/poems were performed. Welcome to the first morning of summer vacation!
Tag: Mia
Foto Friday
We travelled for Memorial Day weekend. Not sure what I was thinking when I suggested it. It turned out traffic was not bad. Go figure. The kids got to eat cup cakes that when put together made a flag. They also hung out with cousins. When we returned, we hit the...
Girls' Day
Sometimes when you live with two brothers, a Daddy, an Uncle, and a Pops, you just need a Girls’ Day (with Mommy, Nana, and Auntie). What better way to start a Girls’ Day than with a girly lunch of edamame and sushi? Summer calls for flip flops and painted toes. Or painted nails if you’re...
Best Birthday
As our kids get older, it’s fun to watch all the seeds we’ve sown (like compassion, love, empathy, and how to celebrate) grow in the soil of their little big personalities. Mostly unbeknownst to me, my children (especially the older two) spent the better part of the week scheming with my mom to plan a birthday...
Our thoughtful princess
Yesterday, Mia attended a really cute Princess Party at our local library. The girls all came dressed up in their favorite princess outfit for a princess storytime, snack, and craft. When I signed Mia up, I envisioned her wearing her Barbie Island Princess costume since it is really the only character princess outfit she has. ...
Stage Fright?
PJ and Mia recently had a conversation where he tried to explain how to deal with stage fright in light of her upcoming dance recital. She looked at him like he had 3 heads. She couldn’t fathom why anyone would be scared once on stage. She can’t wait…the more people the better. Wednesday we had...
Foto Friday
The sun has been out the better part of this week and my feet haven’t seen socks in a week. Besides flip flops, great weather makes me happy because great weather makes great pictures! Our first afternoon out enjoying the sun I noticed something that was definitely picture-worthy. Ty playing constructively (pun not intended). Not whining. ...
Think GREEN!
Not green like reduce, reuse, recycle. Green like St. Patrick’s Day. Seeing as almost half of our family is named Patrick, St. Patrick’s Day gets a lot of attention at our house. We started last week with a GREEN scavenger hunt. Both little kids have a Vtech – Kidizoom Digital Camera (which I highly recommend especially...