Some Pictures From This Year

Sayre, Bruce, and Brodey

Mother's Day card from Jane.  :)

Hike with the kids earlier this year.


Linda all dolled up.

Linda's latest painting.

Me and Bruce

Jane and Claire at the harbor.
 

Back To School...Again 2013

Well, the day finally came. All of the kids are in school now. I never thought I'd see the day.
Claire has been more than ready to start Kindergarten. We are at a new school again. The school was completely renovated over the last year and it's really nice. The kids have had a great first couple of days and I feel so happy that they're there. It's going to be an adjustment having some alone time in the days. I'll miss having my buddy, Claire, with me in the days but I'm so happy for her. This will be the only year that my kids will ever be in the same school.

CLAIRE - KINDERGARTEN

Claire has done great the first two days. She was happy to be there. She is having to adjust to wearing socks and shoes. She is also adjusting to a schedule. She is tired and has had some meltdowns. Hopefully she'll adjust soon. But she is totally happy at school. :)

After school the first day she said,

"Oh, come on. I thought it was going to be longer. I still don't know how to read." :)

Today she was so happy after school but not happy that she didn't have homework yet.

The girls is ready to LEARN!!

JANE - 2ND GRADE

Here's Jane and her teacher. She was happy to find a little candy on her desk from her teacher. I think Jane and her teacher will get along just fine. :)

LINDA - 4TH GRADE

It's hard for me to believe that Linda is already in 4th grade! Wasn't I just enrolling her in Kindergarten? Linda's teacher seems really nice.

BRUCE - 5TH GRADE

Well, no picture of Bruce with his teacher. He didn't need me to walk him to class and he was in a big hurry to get to the playground to play hand ball. If this kid thinks he is getting out of a teacher picture, he's got another thing coming. :) I did go meet his teacher, Mrs. Gill. 

Bruce knew 3 kids in his class and he was really happy about that. He's going to have a great year.

Summer Birthdays

We're finally done with our summer birthdays. Hallelujah! :) Jane chose to go to Wave Waterpark for her birthday this year. We couldn't get any pictures inside, but here's Jane afterwards. She had so much fun.

Here she is later that night when we did cake and presents.

Happy Birthday Jane!!

Jane is 7yrs. old! She is such a fun kid. She has a very serious, perfectionist side, but also has a super silly and fun side. She's the perfect mix.

A little about Jane...

Jane's favorite food is macaroni and cheese.

She loves to roller blade.

She still wants to be a mom when she grows up.

Jane is very obedient. She likes to follow rules. She was playing a game with her friends at the pool and she was 'it' for a long time. She was exhausted. One of the big girls said that she would be 'it' and let Jane rest. Jane said, "Nope. It's the rules!"

Jane is sensitive. Often I find her in her bed crying because she got her feelings hurt.

She is very affectionate. She will sit right next to you and then scoot toward you an inch so she is right by you. She'll sit next to me and put her arm around me. She loves butterfly kisses.

Lately she has this funny laugh where she'll put her head down and laugh inside until her face is bright red.

She likes video games and listening to music.

She does not like to be left out.

Bruce is double digits!

It's official, Bruce is 10yrs. old! Wow. He is such a great person. I love my baby boy.

Some things about Bruce...

He is so funny! He is always making me laugh. For instance, all of the kids were standing around and a bunch of bees started flying around them. The girls were nervous. Bruce said, "I'm just going to take it like a man and stand here and be awesome."

He likes watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.

He is getting so tall. All of the sudden he shot up and he's grown out of almost all of his clothes.

He still has a love for learning facts.

More than any of my kids, he really enjoys a day spent at home just hanging out.

He makes friends easily.

His favorite food is ramen noodles, least favorite is lasagna.

He likes to collect things. He collects key chains, pins, and miniature things.

He is an excellent swimmer.

Medieval Times

Bruce chose to go to Medieval Times for his birthday. No one in our family had ever been but we'd all heard about it. So Bruce and I went this past Friday night. My mom, my sister and her family met us there. Bruce said it was way better than he even thought it would be.
He got a few souvenirs before the show. We also got to look at the horses and he opened one present from me...his baby book...10yrs. later. :):)

We sat in the Red Knight section. The Red Knight won the whole tournament! We had a great time.