My Little Ballerina...

Just wanted to post some pics from Becky's ballet performance...

She did such a great job!!

What a Difference a Year Makes...

I can't believe how much a baby can grow up in one short year...

Jake ~ June 2005

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Jake ~ June 2006

Kids Say the Funniest Things...

We went to a homeschool picnic at the park yesterday & had a great time! The kids played & ate & played & snacked...I got to meet a new friend who brought Starbucks iced coffee treats to share - A good day was had by all. There was even a teenaged homeschool boy who was making balloon animals for the younger kids...Well, Becky thought that was the coolest thing and now wants to go & buy a bunch of balloons, a hand pump & a how-to book so she can do it, too! I told her they probably sell it at the craft store and they have been asking me to go to the craft store all day!

Here's where the funniest thing comment comes in...Becky is asking me to go to A.C. Moore...Matthew is also asking to go to, but he's asking to go to A.C. Morgue...Hmmmm....

Finally...A post!

Everytime something funny (or not so funny) happens throughout the course of my day each day - I make a mental note, "I definitely have to blog about this!"

Well, as you can see from my infrequent posts lately, obviously the "mental note" thing isn't working for me! I think I will have to actually jot down some notes on actual paper so as to remember the things I want to post about!

I did want to post about how it has been really difficult for me to get sleep around here lately...we are currently working on a project which is making repairs to our master bedroom and redoing our master bathroom...therefore my bedroom has been temporarily (well, it has been a while already) moved into our den...The dogs wake me up a couple times a week either to go out in the middle of the night or just by licking the paws, etc...some other nights I wake up because I hear Dan snoring (he has obstructive sleep apnea and is unable to wear his CPAP mask)...other nights I wake up bc one of the children is either sick or has a nightmare, etc...Well...I decided the other night that I was going to sleep in the living room at the other end of our house so I could finally get a really good nights sleep- I said goodnight to Dan, put up a gate so the dogs wouldn't roam around the house in the middle of the night & wake me up...I was set! I got all cozy under the covers & got about 1.5 hours of uniterrupted sleep...Can you believe that we had a mouse in our kitchen behind the cabinets gnawing away at something & it kept me up half of the night!!!

Well, that was my sleep deprivation story...last night I actually got good sleep until Jake woke up for some reason at 5:30AM!!

On a positive note, Becky performed in a ballet dance monday night for the Homeschool Awards Ceremony...She did a wonderful job & looked so beautiful...I'll post a pic as soon as my mom gets the pics to me (I forgot to bring our camera - I really need to delegate!!)

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