Farmer Drew planting a garden in our back yard!

A friend sent me more pictures of Emma's graduation!

Working on Ellie's new room...

Ellie and Emma have been sharing a room downstairs. Recently Ellie decided she was ready for her own room upstairs. She is taking over Drew's old room. This week we're going to Florida to visit the Grimms (and meet their new daughter Annie) and then visiting my mom and dad. We'll be bringing home a bedroom suit that my parents are giving me. One that I slept on as a child. So we've been preparing the room. I told Keith that I will be Candis Olsen (she's the designer on Divine Design) and he can be my Chico (he's the one that does all the work and carries out the plan that is in Candis's head.) I did the shopping and planning and he did the painting, putting up the window treatment and changing out the black fan for a chrystal chandelier. That's fair, right??? I was at the dentist the other day and telling him about it. He was dying laughing. He said, "When Keith comes next week, can I call him Chico?" I said, "Sure, he's been answering to that all week!"

What have I been up to lately???

replaced my nasty rug that was falling apart

finally put a window treatment in my bathroom after 7 years

spruced up my front porch

One crazzzzy week!

Grand finally at the end of Emma's Pre-K graduation performance

Only one more week of school left! It's been a crazy week! Ellie missed a few days of school because she got poison ivy. She was trying to protect her sister by showing her what poison ivy looks like. She said, "This has 3 leaves, but it's not poison ivy because the stem isn't red." WRONG!!! She must have rubbed it all over her face and body. She even got it in her eye. The doctor gave her some steroid medicine to take. I'm itching just writing about it. It's kind of like when you get the note sent home from school that says, "Check your child for lice because there's been an outbreak in her class."
On Saturday night we went to the park for the annual "Movie in the park". Everyone in the county was there. They had blow up slides, jumpy things, games and prizes. Everyone brought a picnic and blankets and at dark they started the movie on the big blow up screen. It's something we look forward to every year. Alex works at the park, so he spent all day setting up and was directing traffic til 11pm.
We had our typical Sunday group over this morning and had a great time as usual. Afterwards Emma had her Pre-K graduation/performance. I know I may be biased, but I think she was the star of the show! Her class was the first class on stage. She was front and center. She scanned the audience looking for mom and dad. When she found us she went crazy waving and giggling. It got the whole audience laughing. Then she danced and wiggled to the rhythm like she was the star of the show. The girl can dance. (There's a reason she was front and center). At the end of the performance they handed each child a diploma. Emma waved hers in the air with so much pride. "Look mom and dad, I did it!!!" I have it all on video but it's too long for the blog so it won't accept it. And during all of this, Ellie was wiggling a "slightly" loose tooth until she yanked the thing out. Blood was dripping and the people behind us almost got sick. My girl is determined to get rich off the tooth fairy. Yep, a crazy week. Just the way I like it!

A typical Sunday...

Kids say the darndest things...

This morning Emma was razzing Ellie about their allowance... You know the "Ha Ha Ha, I have two dollars and you only have one." She had two ones and Ellie had a five dollar bill. Ellie just looked and me and grinned as if to say, "Let's not tell her". I silently agreed.


Ellie was sick this morning, so I was just taking Emma to school. I automatically turned right to go to Ellie's school. Emma said, "Are we just gonna drive by Ellie's school even though she's not with us?" I said, "Noooo" as I did a U turn. She said, "That would be funny if you dropped me off at Ellie's school. Everyone would say, 'Ellie you've gotten smaller... and cuter!' " I was dying laughing. She said, "Mommy, why are you laughing?" I said, "Are you cuter than Ellie?" She said, "Well you say I'm so cute." Kids say the darndest things!