Thursday, May 27, 2010

Birthdays and Ballerinas


Tonight a very special little girl helped me blow out all the candles on my cake.



Here she is prima ballerina. She is in a class this year with 8&9yr olds and it is so sweet to watch them dance together. The older girls protect her and take her into their fold and help her learn new things.
Tomorrow night is her recital. The practices have been intense this week.
Night night.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

just for the halibut


L-R:Smokey, Sam, Silas, Don
The men went on Willie's Halibut Charter today and had a grand ole time!



Isn't this fish a giant!!

Well, since it was a boy fishing excursion, the girls met at the playgorund and enjoyed a really beautiful afternoon. Then, when we got the call that the men were home, we ditched our restaurant plans and came home to fry up the halibut with the guys. YUM!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Pre K Graduation



Julia's last day of preschool was today. She needed to celebrate all that hard work so we had a graduation of our own at home. She really wanted a cap and gown as well, but settled for a little chocolate cake!
We are so very proud of all her dedication to learning this past few years in preschool. We have been extremely blessed to have had amazing teachers to guide her along. Starting with Amy who has an amazing way of connecting with small children and teaching them an incredible amount at such a young age. Julia just adored her and it helped spark her love and enthusiasm for school time.




Above are her teachers at Read's Primary from this past year. Ms. Pam, Ms Trudy, and Ms Cherrie. In a little bitty school house of 2 rooms, they work so hard as a team to educate little growing minds.
Julia will move onto Kindergarden before we know it and she got into 'Aurora Borealis' which is a small charter school in our area. She had her testing last week and did a fantastic job. We had only neglected to teach her where her knuckles are, she didn't know that one apparently. Now she does -LOL!
Little Bubba , John, will go to Read's Primary this next fall to start a 2 day a week half day preschool. He is so excited!
It is hard to know what Julia and John will remember from their preschools.
All I remember about my preschool was the painting (oh, how I loved paints) and when we finished snack we poured all our remaining juice in a big bucket so it wouldn't spill out in our backpacks. I can still remember how cool all the juice colors looked as they blended together. I hope my parents didn't pay too much for that!!
Well, if you're still reading, I thought it was spring and then old man winter return this week--BRRRRRRRR. I write that a lot on here since we moved to the artic tundra!!! BRRRRRRRRRR! I need some sweltering hot Arkansas/Tennessee sunshine!
Send me some NOW!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Spring sprung




Wilson is still nipping around the house--so sweet. He even now has a nickname-- Wilsee.



one of my favorite faces of John at 3.




We've put out a few wildflower seeds to learn about gardening and growing. They love to water them. Our snow melted last week. I was so excited to see the ground below.





To add to the fun a trampoline--creates crazy hair and lots of outside fun!




John the rockstar/ Julia with a sweet smile