June 2011

Highlights from June:

- Cicadas were in FULL force!

- Both Little Man and I signed up and participated with our library's Summer Reading Program. He had to read 20 books (!) and met his goal with NO problem. He even read them ALL on his own! I had to read 6 books and it took me a bit longer. We both met our goals, though, and received a goodie bag as well as a new book.

- True story: I got stung by some kind of bee-like insect INSIDE Wal-Mart!

- We finally bought a motor for our boat and were able to really take it out for a spin! Yahoo! We found ourselves a nice little rocky beach to bank the boat and swim and relax. We would like to camp there sometime.

- VBS 2011 theme was Big Apple Adventure and was lots of fun! My friend, Jenn, and I were in charge of getting the Pre-K kids to their classes. I'm now looking forward to the 2012 theme of Amazing Wonders Aviation. Shad's looking forward to it, too, since that's his department, so he should be able to help in some ways.

- Finished the spring t-ball season with a tournament, but lost the 2nd game.  The kids all got a medal in the ceremony after the game. The coaches had a team party a few weeks later and gave the kids each a trophy.

- Bonaroo was held for the 9th official year (not counting the year of Itchycoo back in 1999).

- Took Little Man to his dentist for a regular check-up and learned that he actually had FOUR loose teeth!  Also, two of his 6-year molars (bottoms) are extremely close to breaking through. The tops still have a while.

- I started spreading the word that I would be going on a mission trip to Belgium in September.

- The exhibit at the Discovery Center was Microbes, which Little Man LOVED!

- Little Man lost his first pet...a beautiful red Beta fish named Jacob. :(  We soon replaced him with a beautiful blue Beta named Josiah.

- We spent a LOT of time this month at play dates with friends, swimming in our pool, at the city pool and at the lake.

A few pictures from June:

Microbe exhibit at the Discovery Center 

Father's Day 2011 gift 

RIP Jacob :(

VBS 2011 Big Apple Adventure set 

VBS skit by Pastors Dave and Mike

Our first trip on the lake

Posing with Daddy on "our" little beach

The campsite at "our" little beach

He LOVED the water!

BLAH! 

January 2011

Highlights from January: 

- The hubby and I got new iPhone 4's as a belated Christmas gift to each other.

- Little Man is really into weather and tornadoes. He says he's going to be a Meteorologist when he grows up.


- Little Man'ism: ‎"I'm starting to do new things now that I'm 5. Things I couldn't do when I was 4." He was referring to learning how to make his bed, FINALLY being able to snap his jeans and being able to open his Lunchable dessert.


- Hubby had a stomach bug at the beginning of the month. Yay.  After he got better, even though we were cooped up in the house thanks to snow, Little Man ended up with a stomach bug several days later. I blame it on the germy grocery cart since it was our 1 and only outing that week.


- We began our journey of finding the "perfect" school for Little Man. Endured testing at 2 different magnet schools. At the first magnet school, testing included: writing his name, numbers 1-10, shapes in the order that was told, draw a picture of himself, telling his favorite color and reading the number 1,120. At the second magnet school, testing was a bit different. This actually took 1 hour 35 minutes! They did break it up, although didn't let them run around and play during the break like I expected. They were taken to the gym, told to sit in chairs and, from what Little Man told me, watched the big kids play while doing some clapping activities. The only part he could explain to me about the testing was that there were 2 workbooks. In the first, they were told a story and had to remember it the 1st time; it wouldn't be repeated. Then, there were pictures they had to put in order of the story. When I asked how he thought he did, he said "good." He had a hard time explaining what they did in the 2nd workbook, but later said it was like a puzzle. There was a picture that was missing a section and they had to find the correct piece amongst 5 possibilities. He said there were 46 (!) pages (2 puzzles per page), but he could only get to page 41. I didn't care for that style of testing at all. I felt interviewing the kids would be more efficient. Little Man was accepted into the first magnet school, so that's the school he'll be attending. 


- We bought a little fixer-upper fishing boat!


- Little Man'ism: Tonight at supper, Little Man told the meteorologist on tv, "Well duh! Of course there's no snow here yet!"


- Little Man tested for magnet school #1.


Here are a few pictures: