HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY MOM!
WE WISH WE WERE WITH YOU!
12 years ago
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Last Day of 1st Grade
I can hardly believe that Kaelyn has completed 1st grade! It seems like she just barely started it! This year has gone by so quickly!!
Here's a couple pictures that Mike took before school on Thursday, May 21st.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Readers are Leaders!
Kaelyn's first grade class did a Beary Good Reader program this year (They kept track of the books they read during the year.) Kaelyn did a great job, she LOVES reading! The goal for each student was to read 200 books by the end of the year. Most of the students did a fantastic job and hit the goal. In the entire 1st grade, only 2 students read over 500 books. Can you guess who one of them was ... that's right, our little Sweetheart. Sweetheart read 540 books!! We were so proud of her. She got a trophy with her name on it for her amazing accomplishment. She also got a shirt that he rocked yesterday! She was styling!! She really is a Beary Good Reader!! She got really shy when she accepted her award so I didn't get a picture of her, but we were definitely 2 of the proudest parents you could have ever seen sitting there in the front row admiring our little Beauty while she accepted her awards!
The other little guy that read over 500 books was one of Kaelyn's classmates. The two of them competed all year long to beat each other. The competition is what drove them to read so many books. Gotta love friendly competition:-) Kaelyn would come home and say .. Jason read 20 books, I have to read 20 books today. And then she would get to work. She was very determined.
Congratulations Smelly Bee, we are so proud of you!!! Readers are Leaders!!!
The other little guy that read over 500 books was one of Kaelyn's classmates. The two of them competed all year long to beat each other. The competition is what drove them to read so many books. Gotta love friendly competition:-) Kaelyn would come home and say .. Jason read 20 books, I have to read 20 books today. And then she would get to work. She was very determined.
Congratulations Smelly Bee, we are so proud of you!!! Readers are Leaders!!!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Invaded by Flies!
I am not exactly sure what is going on .. but something stinks in Peoria! Many flies have felt free to take up residency in our home in the last couple days. The little pests have completely invaded our house, ruined my Mother's Day dinner, and just provoked me into a fight with one of them in the bathroom a few minutes ago (and believe me I was SO huge and SO ugly .. I caught a glimpse if my big self batting at the fly with a tight jaw and lips in the bathroom mirror)!
On Wednesday night I came home to find some TPT (Trailer Park Trash) strips hanging from our bathroom and kitchen ceiling. It was my first encounter with the strips or the fly problem for that matter. Mike said he came home from work and there were several flies in the house. If he decided to go to the store to purchase fly traps after getting home from work the problem must have been serious! His shopping trip included, not 1 but 2 fly swatters, several ceiling strips, and several window strips. For the record, the ceiling strips are SO embarrassing but its my job to support the hubby not question is fly trapping methods:-)
A couple of interesting facts have surfaced through our "fly dilemma": #1 Zack is a great fly swatter! He has already swatted several (last I knew it was 6) flies. I was shocked because I can't seem to swat a single one. Although the fraction of a percent Indian that runs in Mikes family does not show up in his skin color, it certainly does in his ability to sneak up on animals and take them down with one swoop! He's a natural hunter! I'm starting to actually believe Mike that there might be some Indian that runs in his family! Good thing .. I don't know what we'd do without Zacky to catch all those dirty flies. #2 Mike hates flies .. and flies have the ability to push Mike's buttons like no other! #3 A pesky fly can infuriate me if it does not cooperate with me in its demise! #4 I will finally admit ... my family is a bit TPT:-) I mean we DO have yellow strips hanging from our ceiling .. one of them even has a fly stuck to it -- yuck!
So flies can't be ALL bad, right .... let me research ... hold please .... okay its worse than I thought!! Did you know:
1) They live about 30 days
2) In that 30 day life span they lay 3,000 eggs -- what the????
3) Flies lay eggs in food
4) Flies vomit on food before eating it ... helps to liquefy it before consumption .. ugh!!
5) Flies defecate every 4-5 minutes -- please can it possibly get worse???
Eeeewwwwww!!
In all seriousness, these flies are driving us crazy! Any helpful advise would be much appreciated!
On Wednesday night I came home to find some TPT (Trailer Park Trash) strips hanging from our bathroom and kitchen ceiling. It was my first encounter with the strips or the fly problem for that matter. Mike said he came home from work and there were several flies in the house. If he decided to go to the store to purchase fly traps after getting home from work the problem must have been serious! His shopping trip included, not 1 but 2 fly swatters, several ceiling strips, and several window strips. For the record, the ceiling strips are SO embarrassing but its my job to support the hubby not question is fly trapping methods:-)
A couple of interesting facts have surfaced through our "fly dilemma": #1 Zack is a great fly swatter! He has already swatted several (last I knew it was 6) flies. I was shocked because I can't seem to swat a single one. Although the fraction of a percent Indian that runs in Mikes family does not show up in his skin color, it certainly does in his ability to sneak up on animals and take them down with one swoop! He's a natural hunter! I'm starting to actually believe Mike that there might be some Indian that runs in his family! Good thing .. I don't know what we'd do without Zacky to catch all those dirty flies. #2 Mike hates flies .. and flies have the ability to push Mike's buttons like no other! #3 A pesky fly can infuriate me if it does not cooperate with me in its demise! #4 I will finally admit ... my family is a bit TPT:-) I mean we DO have yellow strips hanging from our ceiling .. one of them even has a fly stuck to it -- yuck!
So flies can't be ALL bad, right .... let me research ... hold please .... okay its worse than I thought!! Did you know:
1) They live about 30 days
2) In that 30 day life span they lay 3,000 eggs -- what the????
3) Flies lay eggs in food
4) Flies vomit on food before eating it ... helps to liquefy it before consumption .. ugh!!
5) Flies defecate every 4-5 minutes -- please can it possibly get worse???
Eeeewwwwww!!
In all seriousness, these flies are driving us crazy! Any helpful advise would be much appreciated!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day!!
Happy Mother's Day Mama!
You are the best mother on Earth! Here are some pictures that I took over the last couple weeks. Love you!!
In AZ Cinco de Mayo is a big deal as anyone would figure out quickly if they lived here. In my class we had a Cinco de Mayo fiesta which concluded our Mexico unit. I tried to dress the part but ended up looking more like a Hawaiian tourist than a Mexican Senorita. I must say, my little girls were mesmerized by my flower. They kept staring at me and commenting on how they wished they had a flower in their hair. I am fully aware that most adults would agree the flower was tacky, but it was a big hit with my first graders:-)
Kaelyn wanted to dress up too .. this is a picture of us in the morning before school:-) Notice Zacky sneaking into our picture.
We wanted a "girls only" picture and ended up hurting Zacky's feelings.
Here's Zack and I after he got done sobbing because we left him out of the previous picture. Such a sensitive young man Zack is:-) You can still see the tears of rejection on his poor little face.
Kaelyn trying to comfort Zacky too.
I could not resist! He will probably HATE me for this in a few years!! Zack couldn't find any of his PJ's so he decided to borrow some from sister. Here's the evidence! I was CRACKING up when I took in this sight!!
The kids went to a birthday party at Lowes yesterday. They built a time capsule, planted flowers, and took a tour of the store. They had a great time. Here's Zacky working on his time capsule .. he did not dig the goggles one bit. His face was all red and sweaty and the goggles made huge indentions on his face.
Kaelyn working on her time capsule.
The little angels planting their flowers.
This is what we spent our morning making at the Harris household. My class is studying Ancient Egypt. To end the unit we will mummify the kids (wrap them in toilet paper) and they will decorate these masks to wear. They will lay around in our tomb (classroom) while the other classes take a tour. The kids are really excited. This was a big project for us!! Our fingers are aching from holding down the button on the spray paint.
The kids went to a birthday party at Lowes yesterday. They built a time capsule, planted flowers, and took a tour of the store. They had a great time. Here's Zacky working on his time capsule .. he did not dig the goggles one bit. His face was all red and sweaty and the goggles made huge indentions on his face.
Kaelyn working on her time capsule.
The little angels planting their flowers.
This is what we spent our morning making at the Harris household. My class is studying Ancient Egypt. To end the unit we will mummify the kids (wrap them in toilet paper) and they will decorate these masks to wear. They will lay around in our tomb (classroom) while the other classes take a tour. The kids are really excited. This was a big project for us!! Our fingers are aching from holding down the button on the spray paint.
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