Darrin Doings...
Last night I had the pleasure of going to a little ceremony honoring "influential educators." All senior National Honor Society members were asked to choose a K-12 educator who was most influential to them in their school career. Darrin was chosen by a sweet girl who then had to write a letter about him. The teachers didn't know who nominated them until the letter was read to the crowd. Thankfully Darrin was the first one honored because the kids were being too noisy. We sat in the cafeteria and waited for everyone to come in to enjoy the cake and punch.
Which leads me to the next topic. Only the kids enjoyed the cake and punch. Our friend Brenda recently started the Medifast program diet and has had success with it. She is now the "go to" person at the doctor's office where she works for patients who would like to start a weight loss program. Darrin and I have decided to start this. Monday was our first day. We have not recieved the Medifast food yet but are following the plan the best we can from what we have at home. I did not order any food for myself but will continue to eat better right along with Darrin. He will recieve 5 weeks of Medifast food soon and will hopefully see some results not too long after that. His goal seems a bit much for me as I think he is just fine the way he is, but he is excited to be doing this! Here's what's for dinner tonight...
Bennett Bits...
Bennett is beginning to write his name. Below is a picture of what I found one morning on the desk at the preschool where I work. Now that Bennett goes there, I get little perks that other parents don't normally get, such as seeing work that other parents wouldn't normally get to see, and hearing funny stories about him. Finding this on the desk in the morning made me smile the rest of the day and I requested that I be able to take this white board home to get a picture before it was erased :). He only had a little help with the "e's." Can you make it out?
His second "n" is quite large and his second "e" he insisted on being up by the name the teacher wrote out.
And here is a video clip of what I found him doing after being upstairs a moment to get the girls (Annabelle and Carly) up. He did complete his task without my help...and that even means pouring in the milk. I'm just thankful it was a near empty gallon. Okay, the vidoe clip will be at the bottom of the post. Here is a picture.
All Things Annabelle...
Annabelle's room has 3 small finishing touches yet to be made. I need to get a new sheet and bedskirt, and I still need to paint 3 baskets green instead of white. That's it! It looks like such a big girl room. She seems happy with it :).
In addition to our usual Summer swimming and Kindermusik classes, I also signed Annabelle up for a dance class for kids ages 2-5. I think she's really going to enjoy it. She will be in the class with Macey. I can't wait for pictures from that. They will be SUPER CUTE!!
Annabelle's newest favorite activity is dressing up and dancing. You may even get asked, "do you want to see my moves?" Here are a couple pics of her in a princess outfit. Unfortunately I didn't think to take a picture when she was accessorized from head to toe including earrings and a tiara. And I'll have to admit (because the pictures make it obvious) that I didn't bother doing A THING with her hair today.
And now for news from me...except that I don't feel like I ever have anything new to report (which is a good thing) so I'm just going to give ten little blessings from my day today...1. Talked to my dad on the phone for a while this evening.
2. Rocked Annabelle for a while before putting her in her crib.
3. Enjoyed visits from Jenny and Savannah during the girls naptime.
4. Seeing Bennett's smiling face as he got off the bus this afternoon and watching all his friends waving to him.
5. Darrin getting home "early" and us being able to enjoy dinner TOGETHER!
6. Eating fresh strawberries in sugar for lunch.
7. Got some laundry put away while the girls so quietly watched Caillou.
8. The kids being in bed before 8:00...quiet night with Darrin.
9. Darrin complimenting the lunch I made for him today...it was "more filling" than the one he had yesterday :).
10. The fact that it got nice out so I can enjoy a quick walk with the dogs when I get done with this post.
Have a great night!!!
2 comments:
I love the video. I am cracking up because Carter was watching it with me and when it was done he said, "Is that me??" I think that is hilarious because we often say that our boys are a lot alike. Carter must think so too!
Wow Spice..that was a good one..I feel like you wrote a lot! I can't believe how independent bennett is..Braden has a long way to go..I think it is cute that Annabelle asks if you want to see her moves..hilarious!
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