FUN girls night!!!!

I wish I was better at inviting friends over for my girls to play with. I guess I just did daycare for so long and I don't want it to turn into a job having friends over. Kevin is always telling me that I need to do better so I am really trying to this year. Allison has been wanting to have a sleep over for a while so we invited over her friend Bri tonight. These two always have the best time together. I don't know why I shy away from this type of stuff. The girls had a great time and I did too. We started the evening out with pizza, they picked out at the store. My girls especially liked that because there wasn't as many boundaries as normal. The rest of the night was pretty much what ever they wanted to do. They painted nails. Allison has this new interest is being a nail artist when she grows up so she had fun paining Bri's nails.
She was going to do Ashley's but she is a bit of a perfectionist so it took longer then she thought it would to paint Bri's.

Madison taught them a new game, spoons. I hadn't played this since I was in high school. I forgot how much fun it was. It was also nice because Ashley could play too. She even got a spoon a few times. They played this for hours and were content with it.

The next thing they did was play hide and go seek. I am not sure who's idea it was but they had the best time with it. I loved seeing where they came up with to hide.



Allison and Bri had a goal to stay up till after 3, which I didn't mind but they did have to settle down so the rest of us could sleep. We pulled the tent out and they settled in to watch a movie. Allison and Bri had a great time and have already started planning the next sleepover.

Madison with her team

Madison's basketball team has been doing a lot of activities off the court. They have really come together as a team this season. Tonight they decided to go support Meridian High girls basketball team at the state playoffs. They walked home from school together and then got them selves all fixed up for the game. Madison is sometimes shy about this stuff but I ask her if she had fun and a little grin came as she said yes. It has been fun watching these girls as a team. I hope Madison gets to play with them all till she graduates. They are a good bunch of girls.

Our mountain women

At school Allison was presented with a fun assignment. They are studying Mountain Men in Idaho history right now so they were given the option to live as Mountain Men for three days. Allison thought it sounded fun so she signed up to do the assignment. For three days she couldn't change her cloths, shower, brush her hair or interact with technology. She also was supposed to eat as natural as possible. Mrs Montoya did tell the kids that even though mountain men didn't brush their teeth, the kids did still need to do that. She had a fun time with the assignment but decided that she enjoys showers and other modern conveniences.
The night before the assignment Allison showered and blow dried her hair so it didn't get that bad while not being able to brush it. This picture is day two. Day three really didn't look much different. This was a fun assignment.

Valentines

I love Valentines Day. It is always fun to make the day special for the girls. Kevin and I usually go out to dinner so I make a special fun dinner for the girls. The girls really enjoyed it.

Allison and Ashley made some really cute Valentine boxes for their school valentine exchange.

I'm finished

Two months late but I am done with Madison's comforter for her bed. She has been so patient with me. I really planned on having it done for her birthday but time just got the better of me. I guess it is better late then never. I found a cute idea for some curtians and she has ask for a bed skirt. She doesn't like that we have to use under her bed for storage. I am hoping to get started on these other projects for her but not sure when I will be able to get around to it.

Basketball

We are two weeks into basketball and the girls are doing great. We are surviving practices and the crazy game schedule. Kevin and I would love to be at every game but that just isn't possible. The girls don't seem to mind and our schedule we have set up to switch seems to be working.

Madison is showing a new side to herself and her coach is really enjoying it. He told me at the beginning of the practices that he was going to get her to talk more and be more aggressive. Talking is slowly coming but being aggressive has arrived. She is really fun to watch. Her coach told me after the games that today was two of the best games that he has seen her play. I love to see how far she has come.
Madison is white #32.

I forgot how much fun it is to watch young kids play basketball. Ashley is so much fun to watch. She has been practicing for this since she could walk. She has always been so different from the other two. She has always gravitated to balls and cars. It has been fun to watch her become her own. Today in her game she scored two baskets and had several break a ways. She is also fun to watch on defense. I think she has a little advantage being the youngest because she gets to observe her older sisters before she tries something.

Allison is also playing her hardest. Her team has had a little bad luck and has two girls out one with a broken knee cap and the other with a broken arm. They are working around being down two players and really pulling things together. Allison is being played as a post and is working on learning the position. It will be fun to watch her learn a little more and get closer to full rules basketball.

Crazy day yesturday

Yesterday is not a day that I would like to repeat anytime soon. I guess it kind of started Monday night when I noticed that the heat and defrost was not working in my car. After the kids were at school I decided to take it in to have it checked out. I am so glad that I did it though because we have less the 1000 miles left until our warranty is up. I hung out at the dealer until it was time to pick up Ashley. I was worried that i wouldn't make it to the school in time so a friend of mine picked the girls up for me. I met her at her house to pick the girls up and head home. When I tried to start my car it wouldn't start so I called the dealer again. I got the car back to them and then they took me to Kevin's work so I could pick up his car because I had an appointment for Madison. There was a lot of running around and I thought I was almost done till I got a call from Allison and she was crying because she had a bad headache and needed me to pick her up from honor choir. When I got there she was pail and felt like throwing up. I took her home and found out that there was a little more to the story. When the head ache started she experienced some changes in there her vision. This concerned me so I thought I would call the doctor to see what they thought. Unfortunately the office was closed and I had to talk to the after hours nurse. She suggested I take her to be seen. I felt like this was what I needed to do so I had to figure out the rest of my night. Kevin was at work with no car and Ashley had basketball practice. Well I got it all figured out and took Allison to an after hours clinic. They checked us in and then determined that we needed to go to the ER. I was really trying to avoid that but listened and took her downtown. After three hours in the ER and some tests they determined that she had a migraine. I was relieved. I am not happy that she might have a future with migraines but I am happy that it is not something more. The staff at the ER was amazing and Allison had a great experience even if they had to give her IV.