After dinner we headed to a scrapbook store to add pictures to some of the pages that she has done. A few of my friends were there and Allison loved all the extra attention. We really had a great time today and I am glad to have had this time with Allison. I need to so this more often.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
A day with Allison
Today I was able to spend some much needed time with Allison. Kevin and I have been so focused on Madison on her transition into middle school. Allison has really been feeling left out and not cared for. Today she had school off but Ashley and Madison still had school so we went out for lunch. She was just beaming at lunch. I forget how important this little time is. We then got a little shopping in before it was time to pick up Ashley. She loved the little time that she got to have but I thought it might be fun to have some more time.
After dinner we headed to a scrapbook store to add pictures to some of the pages that she has done. A few of my friends were there and Allison loved all the extra attention. We really had a great time today and I am glad to have had this time with Allison. I need to so this more often.
After dinner we headed to a scrapbook store to add pictures to some of the pages that she has done. A few of my friends were there and Allison loved all the extra attention. We really had a great time today and I am glad to have had this time with Allison. I need to so this more often.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Chaparral's 3rd grade city
Tonight we were able to go the school and see the 3rd grade city. It is quite a site to be seen. It takes up the majority of the gym. 
Allison had fun taking us around to see her friends business's. Allison also just lit up when people would tell her how cute her project was. The fish seemed to be a hit. I had a hard time getting in to take a picture because there were people always in front of it. 
Allison also made a house in class. 
It was fun to have her come home and talk about all the things she has been doing on her house. I find it interesting the way she put her house on the lot because that is kinda how our house is on our lot. We have huge side yards but a small back yard. She had the option to place her house however she wanted. I noticed that she was the only one that placed it this way. That is my Allison. She always does things the way she wants and doesn't care what other people think. I love that she is unique and doesn't care what other people think. The last thing that Allison had to made was an advertisement for her business. 
This project may be a lot of work but it really is fun. All the kids did a great job and thank you to the wonderful devoted teachers for all their hard work to make school so fun and memorable for my kids.
Before we came home we had to feed our little fish Aaron(Allison named her little fish). Kevin was nominated because he could reach it the best without ruining any of the businesses around it.
Here is a video
Allison had fun taking us around to see her friends business's. Allison also just lit up when people would tell her how cute her project was. The fish seemed to be a hit. I had a hard time getting in to take a picture because there were people always in front of it. 
Allison also made a house in class. 
It was fun to have her come home and talk about all the things she has been doing on her house. I find it interesting the way she put her house on the lot because that is kinda how our house is on our lot. We have huge side yards but a small back yard. She had the option to place her house however she wanted. I noticed that she was the only one that placed it this way. That is my Allison. She always does things the way she wants and doesn't care what other people think. I love that she is unique and doesn't care what other people think. The last thing that Allison had to made was an advertisement for her business. 
This project may be a lot of work but it really is fun. All the kids did a great job and thank you to the wonderful devoted teachers for all their hard work to make school so fun and memorable for my kids.Before we came home we had to feed our little fish Aaron(Allison named her little fish). Kevin was nominated because he could reach it the best without ruining any of the businesses around it.
Here is a video
Monday, October 4, 2010
Allison's finished pet shop
Allison did such a good job on her pet shop. She decided to name it Allicat's Fish Bowl. Since she named it that she thought it might be fun to have a fish bowl with a fish in it somewhere. At first she was thinking the sign but I was not sure how that would work so we put the fish bowl on the roof. Kevin found a cute picture of a cat reaching around a fish bowl for her sign. All in all I think it turned out really cute. Allison worked really hard and did a great job. We just have to add the fish to the bowl but we are waiting till tomorrow. 
Allison we are so proud of you. Great Job!!!!!
Allison we are so proud of you. Great Job!!!!!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Conference weekend
I love Conference weekend. It is so relaxing and enjoyable. We were enriched with some wonderful talks and had family time. The girls even look forward to Conference weekend. Allison's sunbeam teacher gave us Conference Bingo serveral years ago and they love it. We always use peanut M&M's as the marker. It is fun to watch them because there are some key words that they have to listen for so that means they have to listen. Ashley had a hard time because I think she still might be a little young to get the whole concept. She never stopped talking long enough to hear anything. At one point she got put in timeout away from her bingo board and M&M's. 
Hopefully in 6 months she will be up for it again. Inspight of the difficulties with Ashley the girls did end up having fun while they listened. There was few times that they anxiously awaiting one word so they could get their bingo. 
It really is alot of fun watching them focus realy hard so they can get their bingo. It was also funny because they split the M&M's up by color. 
Allison picked orange and blue for BSU Broncos. Ashley picked red and green for Christmas and Madison picked yellow and brown for U of I Vandels. She know that they are yellow and black but that was the closest to it. It really was a great weekend. The messages were wonderful and we feel so enriched and ready to take on what the world has for us.
We also tried something new and had finger foods to snack on during the last session. I let the girls pick what they wanted. It was a bunch of junk food but I figure it is only one day. They loved eating it all.
Allison also had to get some homework in because she has a big project due on Tuesday.
She got it all finished and it turned out really cute. She had to make a business for the 3rd grade city. She chose a pet shop. It is drying tonight so I didn't get any finished pictures but will tomorrow. She is very proud of it and how hard she worked on it.
Hopefully in 6 months she will be up for it again. Inspight of the difficulties with Ashley the girls did end up having fun while they listened. There was few times that they anxiously awaiting one word so they could get their bingo. 
It really is alot of fun watching them focus realy hard so they can get their bingo. It was also funny because they split the M&M's up by color. 
Allison picked orange and blue for BSU Broncos. Ashley picked red and green for Christmas and Madison picked yellow and brown for U of I Vandels. She know that they are yellow and black but that was the closest to it. It really was a great weekend. The messages were wonderful and we feel so enriched and ready to take on what the world has for us.We also tried something new and had finger foods to snack on during the last session. I let the girls pick what they wanted. It was a bunch of junk food but I figure it is only one day. They loved eating it all.
Allison also had to get some homework in because she has a big project due on Tuesday.
She got it all finished and it turned out really cute. She had to make a business for the 3rd grade city. She chose a pet shop. It is drying tonight so I didn't get any finished pictures but will tomorrow. She is very proud of it and how hard she worked on it.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Ashley's first fieldrtrip
Yesterday Ashley went on her first field trip to Linder Farms a local pumpkin patch. Everyday for a week she would ask me if it was the day to go. I would tell her no we have to wait till Thursday. She is learning the days of the week in preschool so then we would go over the days so she could figure out how many more days till her field trip.
She woke up earlier then normal and got herself all ready to go. We had several things to do before it was time to meet her class at the farm. She was very cooperative but kept on getting more and more excited. It was finally time to head to the farm which was about a 15 to 20 minute drive from our house and she was just sure that I had no idea how to get there. She was insistent that Dad really should have come because he would have known better how to get there. I never know what she is going to say. She makes life very fun and interesting.
We finally made it to Linder Farms and the first thing that our group did was the Hay Maze. I was quite impressed with how she made it through so quickly.
Ashley liked it so much she went through it twice. Then we moved on to climbing on tires.
Next was on to one of her favorite activities. 
She loved playing in the corn box. She tried burying herself and then had fun jumping into it. 
Finally we were on to the main event, we boarded the hay ride which would take us out to the pumpkin patch. Ashley was a little nervous on the hay ride. She was afraid that we were going to tip over so I tried keeping her mind off it by talking about what we were seeing. I would point out pumpkins that we were driving past and she would get really excited when she would see ones that was really small or a baby pumpkin. She ask me if I knew where baby pumpkins come from and I said no where. She then went on to tell me that two big pumpkins make a baby pumpkin. I have no idea where she got that from. I really didn't know how to respond to it so thankfully we were at our destination. An employee greeted us and told the kids how to pick their pumpkins off of the vine. She also told them that they planted a seed with each one of their names on it and they needed to go find the pumpkin that was planted for them. Ashley had her bag and was on her the hunt.
We looked for along time before I realized that she was looking for the one with her name on it. I told her that her pumpkin was not going to have her name on it so I thought that it would be easier to find one now. I was wrong she changed her criteria to a big petty pumpkin. We passed several pumpkins that I thought met that requirement but I was wrong. She was the last one in her class to find a pumpkin. Once she finally picked one and we got it off the vine, she picked it up and it was dirty so she was putting it back. 
I convinced her that we could wash it when we got home so we finally had our pumpkin. She placed it in her bag and was insistent that she needed to carry it. It was so cute watching her wobble along carrying a bag that almost hit the ground. 
We really had a great time. She has been carrying her pumpkin around and has even made it a little bed in her room so it can sleep with her. She says that she wants to carve it but we will see because she didn't enjoy it so much the last time.
Later in the day I was able to go celebrate a late birthday with some great friends.
I am blessed with some amazing friends. I had the best time and look forward to each time that we are able to get together.
She woke up earlier then normal and got herself all ready to go. We had several things to do before it was time to meet her class at the farm. She was very cooperative but kept on getting more and more excited. It was finally time to head to the farm which was about a 15 to 20 minute drive from our house and she was just sure that I had no idea how to get there. She was insistent that Dad really should have come because he would have known better how to get there. I never know what she is going to say. She makes life very fun and interesting.
We finally made it to Linder Farms and the first thing that our group did was the Hay Maze. I was quite impressed with how she made it through so quickly.
Ashley liked it so much she went through it twice. Then we moved on to climbing on tires.
Next was on to one of her favorite activities. 
She loved playing in the corn box. She tried burying herself and then had fun jumping into it. 
Finally we were on to the main event, we boarded the hay ride which would take us out to the pumpkin patch. Ashley was a little nervous on the hay ride. She was afraid that we were going to tip over so I tried keeping her mind off it by talking about what we were seeing. I would point out pumpkins that we were driving past and she would get really excited when she would see ones that was really small or a baby pumpkin. She ask me if I knew where baby pumpkins come from and I said no where. She then went on to tell me that two big pumpkins make a baby pumpkin. I have no idea where she got that from. I really didn't know how to respond to it so thankfully we were at our destination. An employee greeted us and told the kids how to pick their pumpkins off of the vine. She also told them that they planted a seed with each one of their names on it and they needed to go find the pumpkin that was planted for them. Ashley had her bag and was on her the hunt.
We looked for along time before I realized that she was looking for the one with her name on it. I told her that her pumpkin was not going to have her name on it so I thought that it would be easier to find one now. I was wrong she changed her criteria to a big petty pumpkin. We passed several pumpkins that I thought met that requirement but I was wrong. She was the last one in her class to find a pumpkin. Once she finally picked one and we got it off the vine, she picked it up and it was dirty so she was putting it back. 
I convinced her that we could wash it when we got home so we finally had our pumpkin. She placed it in her bag and was insistent that she needed to carry it. It was so cute watching her wobble along carrying a bag that almost hit the ground. 
We really had a great time. She has been carrying her pumpkin around and has even made it a little bed in her room so it can sleep with her. She says that she wants to carve it but we will see because she didn't enjoy it so much the last time.Later in the day I was able to go celebrate a late birthday with some great friends.
I am blessed with some amazing friends. I had the best time and look forward to each time that we are able to get together.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
School Project
Tonight Madison finished her 1st book report in the 6th grade. Since her first day of school things have gone down hill. She went from loving school to hating it. It has been really hard but I think we are on the tail end of the anxieties. One thing that she has not had a problem with is the work. She has a demanding schedule but she seems to be keeping up. At one point we were considering taking her out of her math class. She is Pre-Algebra which is an 8th grade math class. I am so glad that we didn't because she is keeping her grades up and has been able to handle all the work. She is actually doing better then handling it, this book report isn't due till Friday. This little girl does not know how to procrastinate. She would have had it done two weeks ago but she was waiting for me to help her. I am so proud of her study habits. I know that if we can keep these habits up then the rest of middle school will get easier. She has made great strides this last week in half. She is an amazing little girl and I know if she can make it through this she can take on the world.
Here are some pictures of her project. She did a great job.
She had to read a biography and then had a list of projects that she could pick from. She chose to make a timeline. 
Here are some pictures of her project. She did a great job.
She had to read a biography and then had a list of projects that she could pick from. She chose to make a timeline. 
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
My birthday and my amazing girls
Today I celebrated my 33rd birthday and I feel spoiled. I have the best friends and family. It is nice to see how many people care about you.
It seems like once you get older your birthday is just a normal day and nothing special but it wasn't that way this year. Kevin and the girls really went above and beyond to make me feel special. Kevin's first class of his new term started tonight and he was feeling bad that it landed on my birthday. He felt bad that I would have to make dinner and not be able to go out to eat as a family but the girls took care me.
Tonight Madison ask if she could make dinner so I told her to let me know what she wanted to make. I had to run to the store to pick up some stuff for her and when I got home she shewed me into my room and told me not to come out. It was so nice to be able to relax and not do anything. The girls had it all under control. While I was patiently waiting for my surprise I made a bracelet for myself.
When the girls were all done, I came out to a decorated house and a yummy dinner. Madison made fajitas and guacamole. 
Dinner was awesome and then I got spoiled with presents. The girls all got me some ear rings and a little teddy bear. Kevin got me a food dehydrator. I am so excited. We are loving our dried pears. Madison made a point to point out that it can also make jerky. I don't know if I will try that but I will for try the fruit leathers. I had a wonderful birthday and I am so thankful for my wonderful family. They truly spoiled me today. 
It seems like once you get older your birthday is just a normal day and nothing special but it wasn't that way this year. Kevin and the girls really went above and beyond to make me feel special. Kevin's first class of his new term started tonight and he was feeling bad that it landed on my birthday. He felt bad that I would have to make dinner and not be able to go out to eat as a family but the girls took care me.
Tonight Madison ask if she could make dinner so I told her to let me know what she wanted to make. I had to run to the store to pick up some stuff for her and when I got home she shewed me into my room and told me not to come out. It was so nice to be able to relax and not do anything. The girls had it all under control. While I was patiently waiting for my surprise I made a bracelet for myself.
When the girls were all done, I came out to a decorated house and a yummy dinner. Madison made fajitas and guacamole. 
Dinner was awesome and then I got spoiled with presents. The girls all got me some ear rings and a little teddy bear. Kevin got me a food dehydrator. I am so excited. We are loving our dried pears. Madison made a point to point out that it can also make jerky. I don't know if I will try that but I will for try the fruit leathers. I had a wonderful birthday and I am so thankful for my wonderful family. They truly spoiled me today. 
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