World Thinking Day

Every year, the girl scouts put on a World Thinking Day. They girls learn about a country, then have a presentation for the rest of the troops in the council. Beth loves this activity. This year, her troop chose Japan. Beth and another troop member had been learning about Japan in their ACE class so they taught everyone a song in Japanese. Plus another leader found Make New Friends in Japanese and they got to perform this song as well. They did a fantastic job. The girls also made themselves kimonos out of t-shirts by stamping nature pictures all over them. I thought they turned out adorable. Beth is the 2nd girl scout from the right. The other 2 leaders are pictured with the troop.


Beth got to "visit" Egypt, France, England, Ireland, Italy, China, Ecuador and Hawaii. I guess that Hawaii represented the US. Beth's favorite country was Ecuador because they had a paper flower making station.


This is Beth's last year of Brownies but she is determined to be a Junior girl scout next year. Beth has finished most of the badges (try-its) from her Brownie book and she is ready for the next challenge.

My Kids

I just love them.

Opening Day

Today was Jacob's opening day of baseball. We got there around 8:30 this morning and waited for the festivities to begin. Jacob's team was called and got to walk the field. We even got to see some of our friends there too. Unfortunately, it started to rain. Our exhibition game was cancelled along with all the booths and moon bounces. And we were all soaked to the bone.

Jacob is doing well on his team. He will be playing second base this season. Mickey is also volunteering as an assistant coach. I really didn't realize what a big deal the baseball season is but we are having fun.

Happy Easter!

Just wanted to share some of our Easter holiday with you!

Emma, the Artist

Emma brought me this picture and said that it was me. I loved it! I think she got my head shape just right. Plus, I LOVE my long, skinny legs. If you notice she even gave me "tie shoes" so that my feet were covered. Oh, and look at my eyes. Don't I look thoughtful? I think she got my dimple in there too.

What an artist!

When I praised her pictures, she immediately went to work on another masterpiece.



This one is titled, The Itsy, Bitsy, Spider. One of Emma's favorite action songs that we sing. Beth's only critique of this wonderful drawing, was that the spider had 10 legs instead of 8. But I still think it was fantastic. (I am her mother of course!)




And finally, I asked her to draw herself. So here is Emma's self portrait. Her medium was pen and white computer paper. She gave herself the beloved tie shoes too!


Does this remind anyone of Allyson's witch drawing days? I think she was about this age when she would draw a face, put a triangle hat on it and call it a witch. Maybe Emma will take after her Auntie...I would be happy with that!

It's a Blizzard!

Okay, it is not really a blizzard but it's about as close as we come to it in Alabama. The kids were up at 6 this morning ready to go and play in the snow. We gathered our snow gear (which isn't much) and headed out. The kids had a great time for about an hour. I hope they got their fill of snow because it will be in the 5o's tomorrow!

A Look Back..June 23, 2005

This week we had an Enrichment Activity called Death by Chocolate. You know what happens when a bunch of women get together...they talk about childbirth! Emma was my most interesting birth since my other 2 were scheduled inductions. Emma was supposed to be induced on June 24th. But on the 23rd, I woke up to braxton hicks. They lasted for about 5 hours never getting stronger and never getting closer together. (This is the place where my mom would say, "you should have gone to the hospital.") They finally went away around 2pm (this is where I said, "see they went away, I didn't have to go to the hospital") and we went back to cleaning carpets. Around 6, I was hungry and not in the mood to cook, so my mom and I drove over to a local BBQ restaurant. While we were standing in line, my water broke! When I got to the hospital around 7:30, I was already an 8! Emma was born about 2 hours later at 9:28.

I can't believe that it has been 2 and a half years since this happened. I also can't believe how big my belly was! That picture was taken hours before my water broke. Emma was our first baby not born while Mickey was in college! Mickey finished his Masters degree in May and Emma came 6 weeks later. It was so nice to have Mickey at home in the evenings and on the weekends.

All of our children are incredible blessings. I would share pictures of Jacob and Beth but that was before we had a digital camera. But you can take my word for it, they were beautiful babies!