Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Holiday Season
Oh the joy of living in Oklahoma!! Yesterday it was 70+ degrees. Today, well...it might get to 40. I am never, ever ready for winter. We have barely even had Fall yet. Thanksgiving is less than 3 weeks away! The years go by way too fast. I am already wanting to listen to Christmas music. That is one thing I love about winter, and the exictement that I now can relive and see in my children. They are such a wonderful blessing!
Monday, April 28, 2014
Who let the dogs out?!? Who? Who?
So if anyone knows how to make it to where you can see the entire video and hear it, please let me know....
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| Preston singing to himself |
Kindergarten year 2013-2014
Man am I awful at this blogging thing. Just a few things have happened since my last post. We have been in our new house a year as of last Friday. It has gone by so fast. What have we been up to, you might ask...
The boys started kindergarten in Aug. and have learned so much so fast! I am amazed at what all they learn so much earlier than when I was in elementary. The boys have learned in kindergarten what I would have learned in 1st & 2nd grade. They are reading and doing math, spelling tests and science, and even computer lab! We have enjoyed getting to know their teacher, Mrs. Shockley and the children in the class and their parents. I think I have eaten more iced sugar cookies and cupcakes this year at all the class parties they have had than my entire life before they started school! I have been blessed to be able to go to all of their class parties except for their Easter party on the 18th. Their school is really great. They pray in the mornings before everyone is dismissed to their classrooms. They also have a really neat program called watch dogs. This is a program where the Dad's, Granddad's etc. of the children can be involved in the school. They are like security for a day, and with the way things are these days at schools, we can't be overly careful. Plus the kids LOVE having their dad etc. there to show off to their friends, have lunch with and play with in class and at recess. Shawn has been able to be a watch dog multiple times this year. The kids get to go on stage in the mornings when their dad gets introduced to the school so they know who to go to if they need help etc. They even play the funny song "who let the dogs out" as they are walking onto the stage. The kids go wild, they love it so much!
We have a video of Preston singing part of the song "Who let the dogs out" to himself after school one day. It is SO funny. He is in the bathroom washing his hands and watching himself sing it in the mirror. I love catching them doing silly stuff on camera/video. I will try again to post the video on a separate post. It isn't wanting to right now.
The boys started kindergarten in Aug. and have learned so much so fast! I am amazed at what all they learn so much earlier than when I was in elementary. The boys have learned in kindergarten what I would have learned in 1st & 2nd grade. They are reading and doing math, spelling tests and science, and even computer lab! We have enjoyed getting to know their teacher, Mrs. Shockley and the children in the class and their parents. I think I have eaten more iced sugar cookies and cupcakes this year at all the class parties they have had than my entire life before they started school! I have been blessed to be able to go to all of their class parties except for their Easter party on the 18th. Their school is really great. They pray in the mornings before everyone is dismissed to their classrooms. They also have a really neat program called watch dogs. This is a program where the Dad's, Granddad's etc. of the children can be involved in the school. They are like security for a day, and with the way things are these days at schools, we can't be overly careful. Plus the kids LOVE having their dad etc. there to show off to their friends, have lunch with and play with in class and at recess. Shawn has been able to be a watch dog multiple times this year. The kids get to go on stage in the mornings when their dad gets introduced to the school so they know who to go to if they need help etc. They even play the funny song "who let the dogs out" as they are walking onto the stage. The kids go wild, they love it so much!
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| Preston's 1st day of Kindergarten |
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| 1st Day of Kindergarten!! |
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| Kaleb's 1st Day of Kindergarten |
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
The things kids say
I just have to share a few of the things the boys have said recently:
The boys and I were talking about Daddy's birthday comming up last week and Preston told me:
"We should get Daddy a "7" and a "3" that way he won't have too many candles to blow out," Shawn turned 37 yesterday.
We went to my parents house for dinner Sat. night and my mom had made a new potato salad recipe that uses pesto. While eating dinner the following conversation went on:
Me: Kaleb eat your potatoes. (I had put two potatoes from my mom's potatoe salad on his plate plus two plain potates from what I made).
Kaleb: Mommy, I only want to eat CLEAN potatoes.
We all lost it! We laughed, and laughed and laughed. Oma said "I didn't know I made dirty potatoes." LOL
Love all the silly stuff these boys come up with to say.
The boys and I were talking about Daddy's birthday comming up last week and Preston told me:
"We should get Daddy a "7" and a "3" that way he won't have too many candles to blow out," Shawn turned 37 yesterday.
We went to my parents house for dinner Sat. night and my mom had made a new potato salad recipe that uses pesto. While eating dinner the following conversation went on:
Me: Kaleb eat your potatoes. (I had put two potatoes from my mom's potatoe salad on his plate plus two plain potates from what I made).
Kaleb: Mommy, I only want to eat CLEAN potatoes.
We all lost it! We laughed, and laughed and laughed. Oma said "I didn't know I made dirty potatoes." LOL
Love all the silly stuff these boys come up with to say.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Just Moved!!
Just Moved!!
We finally moved into our new home in April! YEA! We are still in the process of unpacking...man it's hard to have motivation and energy to unpack after working all day outside the home. The boys room is almost done. They decided that they wanted to do a super hero theme, so their bedroom is spider man blue and red. Don't worry, only one wall is red, and it's the wall with the window thankgoodness! My parents came over and painted the room for us. The boys say that Oma & Opa helped THEM paint LOL!! They are a hoot! I found some really cool metal pictures at Hobby Lobby that have different heros on them - spiderman, superman, batman etc. They were even half off! SCORE! I was also able to find batman bathroom items at Target. Pictures to come soon of the boys room and bathroom. They are loving it!!
Here's a pic with two of the metal pictures that I found at Hobby Lobby.
Monday, January 21, 2013
House for sale
We put our house on the market back in July. We got an offer in Nov. but it just wasn't time or God's will for us to sell yet. We actually were about to take it off the market when we got the call after a showing the week after Christmas. The lady loves our house. We had an offical offer the first week of Jan. She is even paying asking price! I can hardly believe it! So we had to really get on the ball of finding our next home. Originally we wanted either 4 bedrooms or 3 and a study or a formal dining area. We found a great house in Yukon, made an offer and have an agreed contract. We just did the inspection on Friday. There are a few more things that need to be fixed than expected, but will see what happens when we send the repair list to the owner. One of the great things is the owner no longer lives in the house, so they are pretty motivated and we can start moving our stuff to the garage before we close. We hope to find out this week what the next step is and if we will come to an agreement and still close on Feb. 11th, 2013. I have been packing my little heart out. There is only 2 weekends before we actally start moving. YIKES! Good thing I had today off. I have been throwing away quite a bit of "stuff" that we do not need or putting it in a "donate" or "garage sale" box/bags. Man do we accumulate a bunch of paperwork! The boys bring home 2+ papers most days from daycare and then all the junk mail we get... I am really excited for the next chapter God has in store for us. Pics to come of the new house!
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