Face Painting by J

Brylee loves making a fashion statement with face paint.  She convinced her brother to put some beautiful art work on her face.

She was all smiles until....

She looked in the mirror and saw the bullseye she had smack dab in the middle of her forehead.

Other than that she was very happy with the art on her checks.

Apples

Me and my Girl went on a Kindergarten Apple Orchard field trip today.

 

We took a tractor ride.

 

 Picked the best apple....

 sent it for a ride on the apple sorting machine.

And then came the bees.  She was less then impressed while learning about bees.  The bees filled the air and the instructions to hold still are about impossible when bees are your biggest fear.  Poor thing!

The good news...she recovered from being traumatized by those mean old bees.

 

A quick class photo and we climbed back on the big yellow school bus.

My Sicky

Jacob has not felt good for about 2 weeks.  Not horrible but he was not himself.

Finally it took him out with a fever.  He could no longer fake it......

Fake that his throat hurt. 

He has a BIG fear of getting his throat swabbed at the doctor.

It once took two men to hold him down to get the swab.  He is a fighter.

After missing two days of school I dragged him to the doctor. 

He was asked to show how he felt by pointing to a picture.  In trying to avoid the swab he pointed to the picture of the smiling face.

His tempature was 102.4 and his throat was covered in white patches with huge tonsils.  He still kept to his story that he was just fine.

Because Brett had strep throat 3 weeks ago his doctor showed him mercy and did not do the swab.

He was one lucky boy!

1 day of antibiotics and my spunky, crazy boy is back.

They are One of a Kind and Mine

Brett:

He is beyond smart.

He has a vocabulary beyond his years that sometimes makes me giggle.

He is wise.

He has a heart of gold.

He despises change of any kind.

He has given up all sports except basketball.

He mows the lawn.

He reads thousands of pages a month.

He is a saver.

He is one of a kind!

Jacob:

He is my goofy kid.

He is spunky.

He loves football.

He gets the giggles and they spread to all of us.

He loves school.

He loves attention.

He looks just like his daddy.

He loves life.

He is one of a kind!

Brylee:

She is sensitive.

She dances and sings all day.

She is a mama's girl.

She loves to do cartwheels.

She is very girly.

She has a great imagination

She gives me kisses all day.

She loves Hello Kitty.

She is one of a kind!

First Days of Kindergarten

The first few days of Kindergarten were color days: Shown above all dressed up for each color!

Brylee did a great job jumping on the bus right up until Pink Day.

She turned on the tears and got herself a ride to school compliments of her Mama.

She is currently working on a sticker chart: 5 rides on the bus with no tears equals a trip to Justice to pick out some new lip-gloss.

Easier said than done.

After school on the crying day she ran into the house and said proudly,

"Mama wasn't I strong today!"....you know when they peeled her off my legs to go into class.  

She then told me it would be a good idea if I did not come to lunch with her until High School because she is sure she would cry when I had to leave.

Love that girl!

And for your viewing pleasure....Brylee reads Rainbow Hair and My Color Book

Toothless Grin

Tooth #2 gone!

Who doesn't love a toothless grin?!

Laundry

Imagine you are almost 12...

Have never done a complete load of laundry in your life...

You come home from school...

Walk past the laundry room...

And your Mom hung a new sign in the laundry room...

You read the sign...

Go find your Mom...

and with Big Eyes ask...

"Is that sign in the laundry room really true?"

It's Football Time

Jake's first Flag Football game of the season was this morning.  He loves Football! 

He ran the ball, threw the ball, and grabbed some flags.

Look at the intensity in his eyes...

Run J Run!

Oh yea got the flags!

and the return of the flags.

Love watching my boy play!!

MiMi and Grandpa Jim

Best Days Ever when Mama and Jim come to visit!

Grandpa Jim was the best sport ever as he took the first trip through the lunch line to eat lunch with his girl Brylee.  He was a trooper eating the most delicious tomato soup with an itsy bitsy spoon.

2nd trip through the line to eat with Jake.  Oh yea walking tacos this time.

Jacob now knows how to kick a football the right way.  Grandpa is a Great Football Coach!

Breakfast while the kids are in school.  And only my Mom can order off the senior menu for me.

These two are great examples of what an Amazing marriage looks like.

Next stop shooting lessons for Mom at Gander Mountain.  

Watch out you criminals she is not afraid to shoot!

Until next time.......

School Pictures

Jake 2nd Grade 2012-2013

Brylee Kindergarten 2012-2012

Brett 6th Grade 2012-2013

I Love You

My Baby is at her first day of Kindergarten....all day long....right now as I type.  She was only a little nervous.  I wrote I love you on her hand and told her to look at it if she was nervous or missed me. I know one thing, I sure miss her and her brothers!

Last year Brett watched out for Jake at school.  He was the strong, brave big brother.  Now Brett has moved on to Middle School  

This morning I tried to tell Jake it was now his turn to take care and protect Brylee....make sure she has someone to sit with on the bus....make sure she wasn't scared when she got off the bus...make sure she has a friend at 1st recess.  If you know Jake he is is a feisty one!  I heard "I know, I know Mom."  To say the least not a very reassuring big brother.  And lets be honest I forced him to hold her hand for the above picture.

They jumped on the bus...notice Jake not paying much attention to his little sister behind him.  But Brylee was fine.  She did not even look back.  She jumped right on!

Poor Brett is sick today.  On the way to the doctor we stopped by the school to spy on the Jake and Brylee.  Brylee was running around holding hands with several girls and was just fine.  And guess what Jake was doing?  That's right, he was following her every step.  Not trying to play with her just guarding her, protecting her.  Just like the AWESOME big brother he is.

And a picture yesterday of my Brett walking down to catch the bus at 6:44 am....that actually forgot to pick up this entire block.  It was a nice long 35 minute wait on the first day of school.  This year he looked so little standing with a bunch of High Schoolers....he was the only kid in Middle School at the bus stop.  Brett was a nervous wreck about starting Middle School.  I am very proud of him.  He faced his fears jumped on that bus and walked into the Great Big Middle School and had the best first day of Middle School.

First Days