by Jennifer | May 14, 2011 | Blog
(Skip to the 3rd paragraph for the non-depressing part of the blog post.)
I think that Mother’s Day is my least favorite holiday of the year . . . a day to remember that my Mom is no longer here with us and now also a day to remember that we live 19 hours away from my mother-in-law and have to “celebrate” with her over the phone instead of in person. I know God has a purpose for taking my Mom home to be with Him when He did and I know we chose to move 19 hours away to live up here, but this holiday is much harder than others!
So, I dreaded the day the entire week before, but managed to get through the day without too many tears. Tom was working on Mother’s Day, so the girls and I had a pretty normal day and then we celebrated as a family on Wednesday. This actually worked out well as I was over the Mother’s Day depression and had moved on and could enjoy being celebrated by my wonderful husband and 3 beautiful daughters.
Dinner on Sunday evening – the girls made decorations for the table and we had sparkling cider with our dinner
Cheers! Ashley was using a Mickey Mouse water goblet for the first time and was very excited.
So Wednesday morning was Spa day at our home. Tom and Sage made some apple pancakes that I asked for, for breakfast. Then they had a beautiful basket for me with lavender lotion, soap, room spray and tea and shortbread. I was then “pampered” with a manicure given to me by Sage, and a pedicure by Molly. Ashley kept grabbing the nail polish as she wanted to be part of it, but 21 months is probably a little too early for nail polish. (OK, 3 is too young, but Molly really had so much fun and I chose such a light color you could hardly see it.) Tom made us a wonderful tea for lunch and then I was able to volunteer in Sage’s classroom for the first time that afternoon. It was a great Mother’s Day!
I know what you’re thinking . . . Wow! That sure looks relaxing.
They were so excited to do my nails.
I just saw this picture for the first time tonight. Here are the questions that come to my mind:
What I was thinking giving my 3 year old nail polish? (just kidding – she did a great job!)
When did I get old lady feet?
Where’s the self-tanning lotion to hide the things that need to be hidden?
I wonder if Tom would like a spa day for Father’s Day?
(Just kidding honey!)
by Jennifer | May 10, 2011 | Blog
Molly was is Puggles at AWANA this year. There was no scripture memorization for this level of AWANA, but her fabulous leader, Miss Trish (Trisha LeProhon) knew the kids could do it! So over the course of the year, Molly memorized Psalm 100. Here’s the video . . .
by Jennifer | May 4, 2011 | Blog
Well, the crib is officially gone. Ashley has been moved to the bottom bunk (closed in with 3 chairs) and Molly is on the top. Molly is very proud of herself that she gets to sleep on the top bunk. The biggest challenge is Molly messing with Ashley when they are going to sleep . . . it’s getting better now that Molly knows the TV will not go on in the morning when she wakes up if she doesn’t do a good job.
Sage now has her own room and some space of her own. We were able to get her a loft bed, which she loves! There is a huge desk below, so the girls have been enjoying that as well.
by Jennifer | May 4, 2011 | Blog
The sun was actually out all day on Sunday and it was beautiful. We went to Lake Meridian after church and walked around for a bit. The older 2 girls had fun rolling down the hills.
That evening, we enjoyed our new backyard and even had a fire in the fire pit for the first time (and roasted marshmallows, of course.)
Enjoying our BBQ chicken dinner
by Jennifer | Apr 30, 2011 | Blog
Last night was Celebration of Learning at Sage’s school (or what I would call Open House). It’s so fun to be on the parent side of an event like this, instead of being the teacher getting everything ready. I just got to show up and enjoy it and give Sage lots of hugs and tell her how proud I was of her. (And as a teacher, I have to say the room looked amazing!!! There were so many great pieces of student work everywhere. Mrs. Dean put in lots of time to get everything ready and it looked great!!)
There was a brief time (25 minutes) to see her classroom and many of the projects she has completed over the school year. Then the kindergarten did a musical performance for the families. Her classroom was full of so many things they had worked on and she was so proud to show us around (in the midst of the 100 other people in the room at the same time). It was crazy, but so much fun to see her in her room. It was also fun to see some of her friends and a few of our neighbors too.
Here are a few pictures of our evening:
After many days of seeing Sage get on the bus, we got to get on with her and ride to school. There is not much parking at the school, so they had a shuttle set up from the QFC parking lot down the street. Molly and Ashley were very excited!
Tadpoles – very exciting!
A letter to the Earth on Earth Day
(Dear Earth, I will recycle for you. I will save water. I will clean for (you). From, Sage)
Showing us her seat (which is now near her friend Shanthi and she is very excited!!)
Both AM and PM kindergarteners and their parents and siblings in the classroom during the short 25 minutes it was open. . . The room was so crowded you could hardly move! (But we still loved it!)
Small moment story written every month – this was my favorite part of the room because we could see how much she has grown as a writer throughout the year. The previous months’ stories were paper clipped behind the current month’s story.
Each month they do a self portrait. Sage was very excited about this month’s tear art portrait. Notice the pink bow?
Showing us the plant she is growing in class
Reading her writing journal to Tom
Molly checking out the listening center
A view across the room
Sage with Aunt Patti (Sorry Uncle Chuck, I didn’t mean to cut you out of the picture.)
Kindergarten performance out on the lawn
Sage is toward the top middle wearing a black coat and a purple lei
Sage and her friend Addisyn from down the street
Showing us how she logs onto the computer in the lab each week
Ashley enjoying the bus seat to herself on the way home
Sage is in the middle, second row from the top, wearing a black coat and a purple lei.
