Here's a link...

I found a link to a slide show, put together by one of the parents from the first grade of "Where the Wild Things Are". Click here to see. There's several pictures of Sethee the tree in there as well. It's really cute! =0)

Life after cRuNcH!!

I'm feeling a little pink...=0)

My most adorable little tree...

This is what trip to the eye doctor gets ya! =0)

As I'm sure most of you have heard by now, I've had a bit a rough week. I was sitting in front of the kid's school on Wednesday morning and was side swiped! I had Adree and Seth with me and we're all okay, so no worries...my poor van, well not so much. I wrote it all down in my She's Not Your Average Mom blog click here, if you want to see all the details.
In the meantime, the rental place gave me a giant pickup for a loaner and we made good use out of it and got a load of gravel for our yard! Yep, seeing as though I could watch the gas gauge plummet just as I was running errands the other day...we will be at the rental place again on Tuesday to swap it out!
I have obviously streaked my hair fuchsia, eh.. why be normal, right? ;0) Sethee and the first grade put on the play "Where the Wild Things Are". It was very cute and very crowded! I was completely amazed at how many first grader families showed up for their silly play and attempted to cram themselves into the cafeteria! Wow! If the Fire Marshall had gotten wind of it, I'm positive the entire shebang would have been kaput, capice? Ha! =0) They did a great job and it was very cute and it was so hot in the cafeteria that Lee and i stood outside of the "stage" door and watched from there. It makes me laugh, Sethee's teacher actually wanted him to try out to be a narrator because he reads so well. When I asked him about this he told me, "but, Mama I weally wanted to be a twee! It's da best pawt!" He was absolutely adorable, as I'm sure you can see! =0)
All of the kids got new glasses, including Adree. She is a bit far sighted and it was bothering her enough that Dr. Miller gave her some reading glasses, yes that means I have an entire house full of four-eyed monsters! Ha! =0) I love Drake's glasses, he looks so much older...he's turning into a young man before my eyes. Sethee actually got blue this time instead of red, but they are very cute still!
Well, life goes on crunched van or not and I will be looking forward to getting it back hopefully soon! ;0)

Trip for a blessing

I love this picture...Gavin was having nothing to do with pictures at all!

Cara's pretty girls...

Little Breah smiles all over!

so cute!

and I got my guest room completed! =0)

This weekend Cara and Nathan blessed their newest arrival! Mom and I and my three went northward to join Cara and many other family members to celebrate with them. Nathan's Dad and one of his brothers flew down from Washington to stay. Add to them and my Mom and I and my three kids, another one of Nathan's brothers and his wife and little baby, one of Nathan's sisters and her four kids, as well as Cara and I's cousin Mike we easily filled up the entirety of two pews in the chapel. It was seriously crazy at Cara and Nathan's house afterward, but our generous hosts served up grilled burgers and we quickly fed the kids so they could be shuttled back outside to run around! It was a very long couple of days and I am eternally grateful to be just sitting here in a quiet house with my computer and laundry...as I can imagine Cara is as well! ;0)
I also got my guest room all done as you can see...it turned out to be a very sunny bright room, with shades of yellow, blue, and white. Mom says that the bed is quite comfy as well and seeing as though I haven't slept in it, I'll have to go with her assessment!
Thanks Cara and family for letting us share in your lives and for letting us invade your house as well! You have a beautiful family and Auntie Jessica loves all her nieces and little nephew so much! =0)

Kid-isms..=0)

I'll have to say the one thing about being able to pick up the kids after school each day, is that we get to have some interesting conversations! One such conversation happened today...

Adree: Mom this week is Adree appreciation this week and I didn't get any presents. (I think this stemmed from it actually being Teacher Appreciation Week)

Me: Well, if I remember correctly I did buy you some clothes this week.

Adree: But, the boys didn't get me a present!

Me: Hmmm...can you blame them? I doubt they want to thank you for bossing them around...

Seth: Adwee it is not Adwee appreciation week!

Adree: Well, it can be Seth appreciation next week...and Drake can be the week after that.

Seth: Dwake should be the fiwst week Adwee, he's da oldest!

Drake: (getting into the car at this point) Yeah, Adree!

Adree: But, I learned how to open doors first...

Drake: True...

Mom: I think it should fart appreciation week! (making farting noises for emphasis)

Adree: Nobody appreciates farts Mom!

Me: That's not true. Think of how much better your stomach feels after you do though!

Drake, Adree, Seth: Mom!!!!

The fart jokes extended to a stop at the playground on the way home. The kids were playing on a toy called the donut. You basically walk, push, or crawl on round disc and it spins as you move. The kids were crawling on it in sequence as it was moving. Well, Drake (who isn't great at following game rules) was crawling mostly...but at this point Adree was crawling behind Drake as he farted loudly. Drake bursts into laughter, because come on farting is the joke that never gets old! Adree stands up with the most disgusted look on her face, swats Drake on her way by and moves to in front of Drake, as to not be downwind! I just about died! Okay, it was probably only me that thought this to be hilarious...but, hey it kinda was! =0)

Adree's final concert of the season

As you can see I talked Lee into capturing the video of Adree's final choir concert of the year! She has enjoyed it so much...boosted her confidence, instilled a deep love for music I think it's great! I just posted the one clip here on the blog but uploaded most of the rest of the concert onto you tube. Click here to see the rest. I have it cued up to the second concert clip, but you can see all the rest by clicking on the icon above the screen that says lambjgirl videos with a number. This way you can see all the rest of the fun! =0) Adree was part of the choir counsel which is in charge of collecting permission slips for field trips and in charge of the service activities they are involved in. The choir collected an impressive 2400 cans for the food drive before Christmas and their music teacher awarded the counsel with medals and certificates, Adree was tickled! Please take a few minutes to view the video footage...for a children's choir, they really are good! =0) What a fun experience to have at only 9! ;0)

Adree's concert clip!