An annual tradition
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Monday, March 30, 2015
Love spring!
I think I get more excited about cleaning up the playground than spotting emerging flowers or buds on trees or returning birds. When I can finally pull out the toys that have been stored for winter, dust off the play spaces, and freshen up our area that is when I know spring has arrived!
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Natural play spaces
Added a few more logs to our circle this year
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Outdoor kitchen
Restored ... refreshed... ready for action
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Dinosaur
I'm a dreadful drawer
My stick figures need help and apparently so does my dinosaur which looked more like a turtle said most
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DQ run
Before bed..sporting pj's
Had the youngest proclaiming best night ever!
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Saturday, March 28, 2015
Cinderella
Watched this movie with this crew tonight. Best line? Reyna exclamation towards the end "the shoe fit!" Said with surprised wonder
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Egg hunt
They loved reading the clues and searching for the locations of where the eggs were located.
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Easter Bunny Breakfast
Hyvee held a breakfast with the easter bunny this morning. We left town by 730 picking up Linda and Evan. There were cookies to frost, a bunny craft to make, coloring sheets, and granola eggs to make. They also did an egg treasure hunt throughout the store the final thing was meeting the Easter Bunny!
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Movie night
Or more accurately daycare night at the movie
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Thursday, March 26, 2015
Kindergarten roundup
She has been listening to the stories from her older siblings of what Kindergarten is like. She has heard about the teachers and the space she will spend her school days in. She has heard about hot lunch and recess. She has seen these spaces when she accompanies us on visits to school, she had met the teachers before this big day once again as the tag a long on every outing to school. She was confident and matter of fact as we drove to the school.
"Will my friends be there?"
"Of course" I answered.
We stood in line to hand in her registration paperwork, the proof she is who we say she is conveyed in a couple of documents, and yet they hardly convey who she truly is. The immunization record that shows she is safe from spreading disease although I wonder at the trust in a simple paper, I imagine she is immune to much simply having grown up around so many siblings and having a daycare in her home she has simply been exposed to so many germs and bugs her defense system must be solid and secure at this point in her life.
She tugs on my arm and when I glance down to look at her she asks quietly
"where are my friends?" a bit or worry in her eyes.
"from school?" I wonder.
"yes" she answers
"I'm sure they will be here, but next year there will be a lot more kids in your class" I reminded her. "all these kids?" she wondered as she slipped her hand in mine.
She watched now curious and a bit concerned I don't suppose she had imagined so many. As we moved to the next line she stayed near me, watching. Soon she saw someone she knew and then another and that concern was soon replaced with excitement and curiosity.
She walked down the hallway saying hello to those she knew comfortable in this space, she's been here before or has heard a sibling share a story about this place. This is one of the gifts of being the youngest and having the wisdom of older siblings shared with you. Unlike the first born child who held my hand, slightly overwhelmed, a bit afraid. That firstborn echoed her mom's fears and worries it was the first time for both of us, this entrance into Kindergarten. Of course we survived and the first time became a memory, and with each child that followed there came a confidence a trust in this now familiar routine. I smiled as Reyna told them her name and put on her nametag. I could picture an identical nametag tucked into 7 other kids scrapbooks there is a sense of comfort that comes with a familiar, expected moment. We explored the first room where she made a fish out of paper plates (yet another familiar time repeated activity) and moved onto another room that promised a snack. She ate her goldfish crackers and drank her apple juice looking around the room. When she realized this was Pedro's classroom she grinned and said "wait until I tell Pedro I ate snack in his classroom" As we walked down the hallway on our way to the van she said "I can't wait until I come here every day!" She is ready for this next journey, she is confident and curious and ready to discover and learn.
In all likelihood she will be the last to go to Kindergarten roundup from our family. Of course there was a time in the past I thought that very same thing, when I accompanied Cassandra to Kindergarten Roundup I fully believed it was my last time, life of course showed me in a truly unexpected and beautiful way that we weren't done yet. But this time as I paused while she looked one more time at a display I acknowledged and honored that bit of sadness and empty spot created inside me that this was truly the last time. Knowing that today I came to the end of this particular journey, comforted by the knowledge that what is to come is going to be beautiful and wonderful and so uniquely reflective of the child standing beside me. She was going to make her story, her journey through school a wonderful and exciting adventure just as all her siblings before her had done.
"Will my friends be there?"
"Of course" I answered.
We stood in line to hand in her registration paperwork, the proof she is who we say she is conveyed in a couple of documents, and yet they hardly convey who she truly is. The immunization record that shows she is safe from spreading disease although I wonder at the trust in a simple paper, I imagine she is immune to much simply having grown up around so many siblings and having a daycare in her home she has simply been exposed to so many germs and bugs her defense system must be solid and secure at this point in her life.
She tugs on my arm and when I glance down to look at her she asks quietly
"where are my friends?" a bit or worry in her eyes.
"from school?" I wonder.
"yes" she answers
"I'm sure they will be here, but next year there will be a lot more kids in your class" I reminded her. "all these kids?" she wondered as she slipped her hand in mine.
She watched now curious and a bit concerned I don't suppose she had imagined so many. As we moved to the next line she stayed near me, watching. Soon she saw someone she knew and then another and that concern was soon replaced with excitement and curiosity.
She walked down the hallway saying hello to those she knew comfortable in this space, she's been here before or has heard a sibling share a story about this place. This is one of the gifts of being the youngest and having the wisdom of older siblings shared with you. Unlike the first born child who held my hand, slightly overwhelmed, a bit afraid. That firstborn echoed her mom's fears and worries it was the first time for both of us, this entrance into Kindergarten. Of course we survived and the first time became a memory, and with each child that followed there came a confidence a trust in this now familiar routine. I smiled as Reyna told them her name and put on her nametag. I could picture an identical nametag tucked into 7 other kids scrapbooks there is a sense of comfort that comes with a familiar, expected moment. We explored the first room where she made a fish out of paper plates (yet another familiar time repeated activity) and moved onto another room that promised a snack. She ate her goldfish crackers and drank her apple juice looking around the room. When she realized this was Pedro's classroom she grinned and said "wait until I tell Pedro I ate snack in his classroom" As we walked down the hallway on our way to the van she said "I can't wait until I come here every day!" She is ready for this next journey, she is confident and curious and ready to discover and learn.
In all likelihood she will be the last to go to Kindergarten roundup from our family. Of course there was a time in the past I thought that very same thing, when I accompanied Cassandra to Kindergarten Roundup I fully believed it was my last time, life of course showed me in a truly unexpected and beautiful way that we weren't done yet. But this time as I paused while she looked one more time at a display I acknowledged and honored that bit of sadness and empty spot created inside me that this was truly the last time. Knowing that today I came to the end of this particular journey, comforted by the knowledge that what is to come is going to be beautiful and wonderful and so uniquely reflective of the child standing beside me. She was going to make her story, her journey through school a wonderful and exciting adventure just as all her siblings before her had done.
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3rd grade science night
ZooMan ......rosie was completely fascinated by his presentation...she touched 2 snakes...
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5th grade
Donation for the cash for kids auction...looking forward to summer meals around this beautiful piece of artwork
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This is
What an afternoon spent swimming and playing in a bouncy house looks like
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Cash For Kids Auction
This year we successfully bid on Rosie's class donation to the auction... she was thrilled
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Monday, March 16, 2015
Happy 75th birthday DQ
We celebrated the 75 birthday of Dairy Queen today. Enjoying the free small cone each restaurant offered it's customers. The line for drive thru was long...the kids thought it was cool way to celebrate a birthday
...Rosie said her cone looked like a bird
...Rosie said her cone looked like a bird
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Urgent care
A trip to urgent care tonight where 4 of the 6 kids were seen. Pedro had been in saturday and diagnosed with strep. Reyna is the only one in the entire house who has not been sick with this current bug invading our home. Three came home with prescriptions for antibiotics and orders to sleep and stay hydrated. This momma is hoping they actually sleep.
Kevin has been sick for over a week I got it last Thursday and finally today I'm starting to feel better.
Kevin has been sick for over a week I got it last Thursday and finally today I'm starting to feel better.
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Today
Our house looks like this
5 out of 6 kids stayed home from school today
coughing, fever, sore throat, head ache,
just a miserable mess of symptoms
coughing, fever, sore throat, head ache,
just a miserable mess of symptoms
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Jack
Reyna needed a picture of her pet. Jack wasn't cooperating so anthony stepped in to help.
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Hey!
"This flamingo is derbying"
She said when she saw the outfit I picked up while shopping. This morning when she put it on she told one of the daycare kids "this is my derby outfit"
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Housekeeping
Another photo for these two by a maids cart ... a confirmation thing
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Derby night
Beckie had a bout in Rochester on Saturday. We made a weekend get away out of it. Josh joined us and so did my sister and her family.
The little ones enjoyed swimming in the hotel pool. Josh got to see his first derby bout and kasandra ate at Famous Dave's for the first time.
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