Parents visited

My parents came to visit on Thursday night, Friday and Sunday morning. They came here for a

wedding on Sunday afternoon. So of course they came to see us. We went to the Discovery Center in Murfreesboro. I tell you I just LOVE this place! This time we took a walk around the grounds. It was such a beautiful day!!! And it is such a pretty place to walk.

We got to see a chinchilla. Did you know it has the softest fur than any animal in the world? It is SO soft. I just wanted to cuddle up with it.

Dad and I made this train in the construction area.

And then on Sunday, Ashley wore a dress that use to be mine. My Mom says she has pictures of me in this dress. I can't wait to see them and see how close we look. I'll post them here when I get them.

Saturday was a BIG day for me. I went to the curriculum fair. Today as I finished ordering all the different things I'll need for next year, I got a little nervous. Oh I sure hope I picked the right curriculum(s) for my kids. It is so nerve wracking and expensive.

I'm trying out some new things. For reading I got Rocket Phonics. It has a lot of games with it. For Math I'm staying with A Beka. For History and Geography I'm using Sonlight.

They will get Science and Gym in Co-op. Austin will continue to take Chinese. Mason will start Spanish. They all will have art. Ashley and Austin will continue taking Ballet/Modern dance. Mason and Aussie will contine to take Drama, but Ashley will be in Dasies.

All of this is exciting and scary at the same time! Please pray that they like school next year and that I do a good job teaching them.

Ahoy!

LOL! She is so stinkin' cute!

cookies

Today- Austin begged for the chocolate chip cookies that he gave me for Mother's Day. So he helped me bake them and then said, "You can have 3 since they are your Mother's Day gift."

Oh Thanks Aussie!

Today's tidbit

The other day I took dinner to a friend who just had a baby. When I came home I was telling Greg how pretty the baby is. We were saying how she looked like Wes (her dad). And Ashley was asked what she thought of the baby. Ashley said she looked like Greg. Greg said, "WHAT! Why do you think she looks like me?"
Her answer.....



Because she doesn't have any hair.

(out of the mouth of BABES) We just laughed and laughed!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!!!
It has been a wonderful day!



I love when the kids pick out what they think I would like. I get the sweetest presents and their eyes just fill up with joy.
Aussie got me a purple lei and a box of chocolate chip cookie mix.

Mason got me a purple bear and sugar wafer cookies.

And Ashley got me flip

flops and a cloth napkin (She thought I could put it on my floor?).

Can you tell by this picture where we went to lunch today?

And they all got me a pitch pipe- which I really wanted! YAY!

To honor my children I wore all my gifts to church this morning.

In church they each made big tissue paper flowers and bracelets for me.

After church, we went to Logans Steakhouse. Did you guess by the picture with all the peanuts on the floor? They overcooked my steak. It was still good, but they gave it to me for 1/2 price. So that's a good deal.

Then Greg and I went to see 12 Angry Men. We really enjoyed it! It kept me engaged the entire time.

So now after a day of luxery...I think it's time for me to go to bed and get prepared to get back to school tomorrow.

(Unfortuantely my C-PAP machine broke last night. So I have a feeling I won't be sleeping well tonight. Hopefully, I'll be able to pick up another mask tomorrow.)

Chinese School Performance Saturday

Then on Saturday, Ashley and Aussie had their Chinese performance.

These are all the students in their CSL (Chinese as Second Language) class.

They said their names, how old they were and what they like to eat in Chinese.

Then they sang 3 songs.

They got graduation certificates for completing this school year.

Ashley doesn't want to continue in Chinese next year. She has fabulous pronunciation, but she just doesn't care about it. But Aussie on the other hand says he wants to take Chinese for the rest of his life.

Well I attempted to share a little video with you, of a song you might recognize that they sang in Chinese. But for some unknown reason I am not able to upload it.

Friday night performances

Well let's start with Friday. What a busy day!
We had registration for co-op next year, rehearsal for their performances and then their shows that evening.

The play was SO cute! It was called Brian the Keep on Tryin' Lion. And it was written by one of the parents. The story is about the perserverance of a little lion cub on the Serengeti Plain in Africa. I made all the hats and the peacock. Hey isn't that gazelle hat pretty impressive?

Then Aussie and Ashley had their ballet performance. It was so cute too! I really love how their teacher had Aussie do something completely different than the girls. He marched in and swirled the girls around. It was really sweet!

urg!

DAGGGUM!!!!!

It's storming here so I have to shut down my computer. I have so many things to put on here. I've been working on the pictures.

UGH!

Catch ya tomorrow!

MYTH musical

Hello!!

Would anyone tell me why I must stay up so late?

Well I have great news.

Greg and his friends have put up a website about the musical they wrote.

You can see it HERE. It's called MYTH. Greg and his friend Wes have been writing this for over 2 years. And our other friend Mike is composing the music.

They are hoping to gain recognition from anyone who would like to put it on. Do you know anyone you could pass this link on to?

Go listen to some of the songs and check out their site.

Give them feedback and let them know I sent you. :)

Costumes! costumes and more costumes!

Yes I have been busy!

The kids school drama is coming up on Friday evening. And I have been very busy making costumes.

My boys are monkeys so I made hats and tails for them. There is also a little girl who is a monkey so I made her a hat and tail to match. I'll get pictures of them on Friday.

Then Ashley is a gazelle. Hello? Do you know how hard it is to come up with a gazelle costume? I did it and I'm quite proud of myself. And since it was tough coming up with a costume, I volunteered to make the other gazelle costume.

Then on Friday, some of the lions came with manes. Apparantly 4 of them are only supposed to be cubs with with no manes. One girl ended up giving her costume to another person, so I volunteered to make a hat and tail for her. Then it was suggested that they really wanted all of them to look alike. So guess what? I volunteered to make all of them. Here is a picture of Austin in one of the hats holding up a tail. I don't know why they decided to go with cream, but I stayed with what they wanted. Can you tell it is a little white lion? I always get so nervous that someone won't like what I make.

Then there was this little girl and I couldn't tell what she was, I had to ask. So I picked up some materials and thought I would try to make her a costume. I didn't tell her, because I wasn't sure if I could actually make it. Well today I tried it on her and she loves it. Can you tell what she is? A peacock.

I can't wait to get some good pictures of everybody on Friday.

layouts from National Scrapbook Day

I need to go to bed!

We picked up Dalton today and while we were in the car he said, "I love you!" And Aussie said, "I love you too, but I'm NOT in love with you." Then he proceeded to give a lecture about how you can only be in-love with girls, but IF you had a sister then you couldn't be in love with her.

It totally cracked me up!

Here are the layouts I did this weekend.

This one was a round robin. It is where you work on a layout for 5 minutes and then you pass it to the next person. I think it turned out great!

NSD

Tomorrow is National Scrapbook Day! I know what I'll be doing. What will you be doing?