Finally

For those of you that already know or don't Eric bought me a Laptop for my birthday, well, sort-of. He said he went to get one and that he didn't know which one I would want so we were going to have to go and pick one out. Like that will happen. Anyway, here it is. I just got this two days ago. Talk about a belated birthday present! I love it! Thanks honey.

First Grade

Yahoo!!! Kimberlen gets to go to all day school next year. We had her Kindergarten testing and she past everything with 100%. It was very interesting to see the progress she made in one year. Her writing, which I thought was good then, is way better now. She knows so much more about letters, numbers, spelling, reading and mathematics. I am sure that we did not have such academic requirements when I was in Kindergarten. I remember laying on the carpet remnants and drinking milk with cookies. Kids have it a lot tougher these days and I am glad I am not there. Her teacher this year has been really good. I am going to try and get a picture of her with Kimberlen so that will be coming. I am just so proud of my little girl. I know that sometimes she gets treated as if she is older and I do expect a lot out of her but that is only because I know that she can do it. In fact right now she is changing the laundry for me. I think I will even be able to talk her in to folding it. She is so excited to be able to eat lunch with the "BIG Kids" and go all day. (I can't wait!) But now the dilemma is what to do with her during the summer. I have signed her up for swimming lessons but that is only for 2 or 3 weeks. She got her own library card so we will be hitting the library quite a few times I'm sure. If anyone has any ideas I am open to them. I just don't want her to get out of such a great learning routine and forget too much. I guess we'll see how it goes. Ü

Sprinklers

What a water girl. We were re-checking our sprinkling system and I had gone to get Kimberlen from Eric's Aunt's house were she stayed the night before with her little cousin. When I came back, Eric was over by the garden and the sprinklers behind him were on.



Of course Maycee wants down. I put her down I had this great thought, "What would she do if the water started to touch her?" So I walked her over to it and here we are. She loved it.


She walked into it and it startled her a bit. Then she just kept going in to it. When it started running down her face she would put her hand up in and lick the water that was running down.
She was soaking wet on the front side, but not too much on the back since she wouldn't move.
It was pretty cold water too. Kimberlen wouldn't even go in it to get her, and I wasn't about to either. Finally I coaxed her to come to me and her hands and face were cold to the touch.

Silly Water Baby.

Erics BIG Day

Here it is, the big day, Eric's first time in a race. His nerves were on edge big time. He was a bit scared and excited. It was a great day, 85 degrees with a little breeze. A little warm, but that was nothing. The race suit and clothes that they wear add some heat and oh was he sweating.

These are the pictures of him getting in the car and ready to race. We had to help him put on his seat belt and helmet and gloves. His hands were shaky but he was able to connect the steering wheel and he was off!! I am not sure of the exact place that he finished but it was near the back. This was a good day of racing he didn't get hurt he learned a few things for next time and was not involved in the wrecks. Good Job Honey!

This is him out on the track. It was fun to watch.
Although, he spun once and I got scared, I was still
cheering him on. I got the whole thing on video for the review
before the next race. Good luck.

Eric and Justin, his BFF who came to give him a hand

and was greatly appreciated.

This is James his teammate. They both act like silly little

kids as you can tell by the looks on there faces.

James actually won first place after they disqualified

the driver that originally took first.

Way to go James!

This is Post Race Day. Ya, he needed some big time rest after working on those cars for over 20 something hours in two days and racing. So, I let him rest, I Love You!

Girls Night Out

Last night some of my girlfriends and I went out for a night on the town with out the babies, and with that I mean our kids and our husbands! We had such a fun time of chaos. I think that at any given time you could probably pick out three conversations on different subjects and someone trying to start another one. We started out with dinner and Buca di Beppo which turned out not to be that great.....Sorry girls that is my fault I picked the place. But we still enjoyed ourselves tremendously.

Then it was off to walk along the scary streets of the Big City. I don't think any of us realized how close we really were to "Bummville" Pioneer Park. As we past a "dude" sleeping on the sidewalk we were struck with reality. What a fun little walk we took to the Gateway.
Thanks for that one Becca

During our journey at the Mall I somehow lost my ticket for my valet parking place. And the only reason I valet parked was because I was so late....dumb contractor! Anyway I also had no cash to pay for my car. It is a good thing I have great friends that are willing to give up their couple of bucks. Thanks again Girls!!!!!

Kindergarten Program

Today was the Spring Program for the Kindergartner's. All I have to say is that my child is exactly like my mother!! She sat there on the stage the entire time looking and staring at the people in the audience and didn't pay much attention to what she was supposed to be singing or doing. It was one of those were you just say "Ya that's my child". It was dark in the "lunch room" so I did not get any pictures of her I was only able to video record it. But I have to say she was one of the few that you could actually tell what she was saying during her speaking part.

Here she is after the went back to class and got dismissed to go home.

Here are just some random pictures of the girls in the tub with bubbles.........

Sitting in time out.............

Early morning driving her car......

Laughing with her dad........

Who's car is it???

Here's the thing I bought Hudson a car for his birthday so Desiree' bought one for Maycee for hers. I don't think that kids really notice much of anything at this age and Hudson thought this one was his. So, they are the same kind and they did bring it from there house already put together, the only difference is Hudson's top is blue.

"What is he doing sitting on my lap?"
He was getting so mad that she was in there.
Hudson is thinking "Get this girl outta here!!"

Finally she was able to try it out for herself, thanks to Uncle Heath for rescuing her by taking Hudson to the other room. It was the funniest thing to watch her in the car, she started hopping up and down and was bouncing off the seat on her butt. Funny little girl.



Eric is sure that she is going to be some type of race car driver. Ha Ha I don't think so!

Maycee Turns One!!

This was such a fun day! Our little girl was quite the PRINCESS. It is hard to think that it has already been a whole year since this precious one entered our lives. Time really does fly when you are not counting the seconds, but rather the milestones. So many things happened this year and it was so exciting I can hardly wait till the next one.
Here are a few of the pictures from her party.

Maycee's Birthday Cake

Here we go! We are going to try and light this candle. And, yes, I blew it out before she got it.



She loved sharing with her dad who was right by her side the entire time. He is so cute with her. it reminds me of how he was with Kimberlen when she was little. Too Cute!!

So as I was putting Maycee's cake together everything went to Shit! I am so upset that I was not able to give her a cute cake for her first birthday. I guess she really didn't care and this one probably tasted better anyway. I am not sure what happened, all I can think is that the fondant was either too dry or too thin. O-Well better luck next time. Happy Birthday little girl!!

Outside

So we spent the day outside fixing some doors and replacing some of our interior doors. It was sunny but not extremely warm. Maycee loves to be outside but she puts everything in her mouth so we decided the best way to stop her from dong that was to put her in her walker and then she couldn't reach too many things and nothing on the ground. She kept her hat on almost the entire time, which is very surprising because she usually pulls them off the second we put them on.

To keep her from running down the driveway and into the road we drug the hose across the driveway and then she could not go over it. But, oh did she try. She would be at the top of the driveway and start heading down so fast she would pick up her feet and coast. She hit the hose so hard and fast that couple of times the back wheels came off the ground. That would have been real cute if she would have face planted it.

Kimberlen spent the day riding her bike and scooter and doing little kid stuff like whining cuz she is bored. So Maycee thought she needed to wear her bike helmet. She was so cute. She would get mad when we took it off, so she wore it for a while.

Needless to say it was wonderful to finally be out in the yard in the sunshine. I planted flowers and pruned the shrubs. Kimberlen was a really good helper. At the end of the day we were all sunburned and yes Maycee was too! Poor little girl. The sun must have reflected off the plastic tray of her walker because I know her face was not in the sun that much.

Anyway I think she will be just fine.

Kimberlen's Vegas Trip

Wow were did the week go?!?!?

As expected I had nothing to worry about, Kimberlen had a blast in Vegas.

As she got off the airplane Krissy was standing there holding up a big birthday sign and apparently she thought it was pretty neat.

Oh, by the way, Kris you and Pete are not allowed to take any more pictures! But you get what you get with a disposable camera.

She got to go to the school where Kris works and act as if she was the Queen and was getting pampered. Enjoy it Girl!

What? Standing out the top of the sunroof, she got away with everything!

The shark reef was the favorite. She really enjoyed getting to see all the sharks and listening on the phone which told them all they needed to know about each shark as the approached the tank.

Well, since I was not there there wasn't an abundance of pictures so this is about it.

Now she wants to go back every Friday and come home in time for school on Monday ~ better get that thought out of her head!

Mixed Emotions

So the Great and Wonderful Aunt Krissy (as we have all come to call her) decided that there would be no perfect present for Kimberlen's birthday than an airline ticket to come stay the weekend with her. What a spoiled child. After she crawled in bed with me this morning I thought that this little girl is growing up too fast. It seems like it was just last week that I was having to wipe her butt and chase her around the house and now she is 6 and going on an airplane without me. I asked her last night if she was scared and she said no, so I ended up pushing her by saying "but this is the first time you will be flying without me" what a mistake. She decided that she was a little scared after putting a little thought into it. But, she wasn't going alone. Krissy's Terrific boyfriend Pete was going to be flying with her. Today on the way to the airport I wanted to know if she was still scared but I said "Are you excited?" this time as to not put the word scared into her head. She answered with a confident YES. A few moments later she said "but I am a little nervous". Now I was nervous and Pete I am sure was nervous. My little girl is going hundreds of mile away from me for the first time. I am so excited for her to get to spend the weekend doing incredible things....seeing the sharks, fish and mermaids, swimming with the dolphins and watching the jousting while eating with her hands....just a few of the activities that are planned. I am scared to let her go and happy that she gets this experience. What a day filled with emotions. I am glad I don't have these very often. We got to the airport and she was ready to go, no hesitation at all this time. By her look you can sure tell she is ready for the warmth and fun of LAS VEGAS BABY!!

I'm sure I have nothing to worry about, but that is the mothers job right? By the way Eric is down there racing this weekend so if anything was to happen he would be able to be right there with her. I will let you all know how it went and what she had to say when she gets back on Sunday.