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The girls went to the Fairy Tea Party (with no tea, lol) at the library yesterday. However, I forgot the camera, and when we got home A said she did NOT want me taking a pic of her costume. Oh well--everyone has probably seen pics of their dresses already on PhotoBucket. They dress up for a princess fairy pretend session pretty much daily. I actually wasn't there, because babies weren't allowed. G, not me :p They went with a friend & her mom. I know they saw a ballet dance, some fairy ceremonies (lol), had some fairy treats, and got a sealed vial of "fairy dust" pink sand and a fairy charm with a silver ribbon necklace. It looked like lots of fun--definitely worth $5.

Hmm

We were going to make thank you notes and maybe cookies today & go to the library, but instead...
I have a migraine and we have visiting teaching (done), preschool, playgroup (debating on that), and a birthday party (just A, so C will probably be extremely upset). But it is raining (yay!) and I am almost done with A's hat, and J is doing well in school. He's still cranking out that 4.0 and was top of his math class last time it was tallied. Hooray!! It's midterms this coming week, and I'm sure he'll do fabulously.

More stuff

We started a fun princess study.

Also, C sounded out her first word entirely on her own in Feb (but it was "cook" and she used the short o sound twice instead of oo, so it sounded like a dirty word, LOL)!

J's dad is retiring today!!!!! Woohoo for him!!!

J's mom is not doing well health-wise. Prayers would be appreciated.

Fun with talents

C discovered the piano at church recently, and it t urns out she has a natural touch & ear. Jeremy started showing her the basics on his keyboard and I have brought her to church on youth night to play around with the piano. If her interest keeps up we'd like to find some way to get her in piano lessons, maybe in the autumn.

A has been reading herself a lot more this week. Reading is normally not her favorite thing to do as she gets frustrated when she doesn't know a word. Now we have the first book she has ever repeatedly wanted to read aloud to me herself--Frog & Toad Together. She's through "A List" and halfway into "The Garden" in that.

G is having more allergic rashes to who knows what. Oh well, lol. He's still super-cute. The sign for his name is a "G" and the sign for "smile."

C wants to play piano (keyboard) again, gotta go!

A real update

Yeah, I know. I'll try this blogging thing again. As an actual update this time! With no grammar! (Well, barely any.)

First, another kiddo quote.
J: What kind of animal do you think Buzzy is?
C: A bunny!
A: I think he's just a pretend character.


Now, on to the actual update. I am too lazy to send out a proper email right now, so this way I can post a little bit & say I'll come back later to post more. Hah. Hah. :p

G is 19 lbs. Yes, those numbers are correct. 19. C is only 26 or 27. A can barely carry him now.

I like knitting. It is relaxing. But I need to not pick patterns that are insanely difficult, lol.

This week we discovered Axe Cop. http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_1/ It is written (dictated) by a 5-year-old and his cartoonist older brother illustrates it into a comic. It's fantabulous. We all love it, and it has boosted A's art & writing fun to a new level. She has been doing tons and tons of art lately, but after reading Axe Cop she is now attaching stories to her art. Today she drew a picture & composed page one of what she says will be a 20-page book. The picture is chalk on white paper but she wants to paint over it tomorrow, perhaps a pic will be coming then. Here is the text of page one of her story:
The sneaky cat snuck up on the bunny rabbit to eat it. The bunny rabbit ran away, jumping higher and higher. Its last jump bounced all the way up into the sky, and when it landed the earth shook and broke. The bounce was so hard that the earth broke in half and squished flatter and flatter until it became an oval. There was no dirt showing, only flowers. The cat’s family had a fire in a cage ready for the bunny. They took all of the bunny’s fur off before they cooked it, so it was only meat. Then the cat’s entire family sneaked up on another bunny rabbit and dragged it off with their teeth until they hunted one hundred rabbits.

We should find out next week if A got into the amazing charter school (at least in round 1). Praying praying praying....

Prayer fun

So, C said a prayer this morning, and it's hard to hear what she says sometimes, but I caught "Tanks for mama, and dada, and prophet, and Christmas (meaning the Grinch DVD), and Bill Nye."

Yes. Yes, you are.

A, out of the middle of nowhere: I'm brave. I'm brave and very, very awesome.