Thankful

Anyone who talks to me on a regular basis knows how we have outgrown our little house. I LOVE our yard and although we have some not so great neighbors, we also have some decent ones. All of our favorites have moved away, but we're still here..... I am Thankful for our dear next door neighbors. They have been here almost as long as we have and I have watched the children grow from disrespectful little things to some of the sweetest children. Micah LOVES Bryce and Ashlyn. If it were up to him he'd play outside with them from sun up to sun down. But let's be honest, it's just TOO hot! Bryce is the sweetest boy. He's going into the 6th grade next year but still enjoys playing with little Micah. He is the one who introduced Micah to Pokemon. I don't really know a whole lot about the game, but Micah loves to "battle" Bryce. Isn't he the cutest? :)

Deals!

Last September Micah had just started back to school and I had a tiny little baby. P and I spent some of our mornings resting at home due to lack of sleep. But we also shopped. I made sure to hit up Target. I LOVE their end of summer clearance. Last year I got Micah some swim shorts for $2.98 (org. $9.99) and a little blow up pool for $4.98 (org. 49.99) I saved a lot of money which made me happy! I got that pool out of the garage last week and blew it up during nap time. When Micah woke up he was SO excited! He and Patton played and played in the cool pool.
Patton didn't know what to think at first, but he ended up having an okay time. Then he conked out :)

End of week update

This week we actually got several things accomplished. Besides wrecking the vehicles, and going to the dentist, we went to the country. I SO enjoy spending time in the country. We spent most of the day outside, enjoyed the beautiful weather, and got some work done. Of course I took some pics of our day.
By the time supper time came around, Micah was dirtier than I think I've ever seen him. We all showered, ate, and began our trek home.
The following day we did a good bit of yard work at our own humble abode. Thursday morning we all headed over to the Rent's to check out Party Jumps new equipment. Friday was family swim.... The first one of the season. It is always SO nice when Daddy opens the pool. We had a nice afternoon and brought Hannah home with us. We've had a wonderful week so far, and are looking forward to a fun Memorial Day :)

Dentist

If you've already read my last post, you know that Micah went to the dentist this week. I thought we had taken pretty good care of his teeth, but was still Very nervous. I was SO scared that he'd have a cavity, or more than one. Micah did very good for his x-rays.

Note, I dislike going to the dentist with a passion. I LOVE the feeling of having clean teeth, but ever since I was Micah's age, it's been one of the worst experiences for me. I have a VERY bad gag reflex and Always have a hard time. I have to remind myself to breathe through my nose, if I don't I gag and have been known to vomit right then and there. Through the years I have learned that the gag reflex is worse in the morning, so I never have morning appts. But enough of my issues.... Micah did great! Here's Micah before Thinking he had clean teeth.
Micah sat fairly still and the hygienist was finished within 10 minutes. I only wish it were that quick with me :) I got more nervous when I heard the dentist speaking with the boy next door who was Micah's age. He was talking about crowns, and being sedated. I was sure this man was going to try to take us for everything we had.
Overall we had a very pleasant experience. Micah had spotless teeth.... NO CAVITIES! I was So happy. I never had my first cavity until college, hopefully Micah can either follow in my footsteps or do better :)

Threes

I have always heard that things happen in threes. I don't know that I ever believed it.... but maybe now I do. The first of our threes began about 3 weeks ago. One of the things that we planned to do with our tax refund was have some work done to our vehicles. Stacy's truck needed a repair and we were going to go ahead and get a tune up on it also. When we dropped it off at the shop we quickly realized that instead of a $200 repair, it needed $700 instead! Thank goodness for our refund, but we were planning to not only get Stacy's truck fixed,but have some paint fixed on the Explorer, and get the keyless entry fixed on the van.....$700 on one vehicle and that didn't even include the tune up. The others have yet to have their work done. The next to the last day of school we donated a moonwalk to Micah's school. The children always love that, and it's the least I can do. I LOVE THE SCHOOL. Anyway, while Micah was at school, Stacy and I made a Costco run. We checked out and Stacy was loading the things in the Explorer when the back window wouldn't stay opened. The hinges were very loose.... It's easier to just open the trunk, but Stacy opened the window. He got irritated when the window wouldn't stay open and he pushed it up..... Probably too hard if you ask me because it shattered into a million pieces all over the place. I cried. I was sure that wasn't going to be a cheap fix. I was very embarrassed and knew that I wasn't going to show up at Micah's school with a non existant back window. So thankfully we had time to come home and change vehicles. Also thankfully Stacy was able to find a replacement window at a junkyard for only 75. When Stacy fixed the window, I couldn't help but laugh and tell Stacy that it wasn't over yet. I told him that I had always heard that things happen in threes. He told me to not say that and to be positive. I tried. On Monday Micah had a dentist appt. (Blog to follow) Stacy had pressure washed the house and moved all of the vehicles out of their normal homes so they wouldn't be in the way. We were running late to the appt and had to move the Explorer. I made sure that it was on the far side of the driveway so that it wouldn't be in Stacy's way. He backed the van out of the garage and missed the Explorer..... but he hit his truck! It was, and is still not a pretty sight. I am not a girl who asks for a lot. I just wanted one of our 3 vehicles to be pretty :( Maybe one day... (Another new blog below)

Seven Years and Counting

Seven Years ago Sunday, Stacy and I walked down the aisle as husband and wife. We were able to go on a date night. It was wonderful. Stacy and I don't go on nearly enough dates. I love my children, but all I wanted for our anniversary other than to have my keyless entry repaired, was to go out to eat without having to say "shhh," or "sit down", and not have to be feeding a baby, while trying to feed myself. We did get to go out to dinner. It was by far not my top choice, but with our time limitations we had to settle for Macaroni Grill. We really enjoyed ourselves, and enjoyed being able to carry on a conversation without being interupted. Dinner wasn't that great and I was quickly reminded why it's not one of our favs, but there was NO wait at all, so that's where we ended up.... Now I know why there was no wait :o
After dinner we headed over to the mall. We had tickets to see Bridesmaids. Oh my goodness that was a funny movie! I could have done without the language, but I laughed hard throughout the whole movie. I would SO see it again, but seeing that we're on a once a year movie schedule, I'm glad we saw that one!
We headed home after the movie. Mama graciously watched the boys. Both boys were thankfully asleep :)
I didn't get my keyless entry repaired.... I'll blog about that soon. I did get some beautiful roses that after 3 days are wilting :( But I got Stacy a Basketball goal. He had mentioned on several occasions that he'd like to have one. When we had a gym membership at Fitness International, we played a lot.... Now our gym doesn't have goals (Not that I ever get to go anyway) Stacy was most excited... I told him that this was his Anniversary/ Father's Day present in one. He was happy.
We got it all put together. He and Micah played.
Then Micah put on a helmet..... so he "wouldn't get hurt in the ball hit him in the head." Silly boy!

End of the Year

Another school year has come and gone. Micah had a Blast this year at school and learned SO much. He knows all of his letters, can write them, and can read some words. We plan to learn to read real books this summer. Micah LOVES to hear books and is SO sad to not be able to have someone read to him all night long. He will be so much more easily entertained when he can read books by himself :) Numbers are his thing though. He's quite the counter and can count real high. I heard that part of the Kindergarten AKS is to count to 30, Micah is counting past 100 with ease. He loves to know what time it is and loves phone numbers too. He can do basic addition and subtraction. Hoping he's got some math skills, because I sure don't have any.
Micah's class had their end of the year picnic yesterday. It was a perfect day for a picnic. Micah enjoyed playing with his friends and I enjoyed chatting with other moms and watching the sweet children play. Micah doesn't quite understand summer vacation, no matter how many times I try to explain.... We'll see how summer goes.
Here's cool dude Micah in his visor and shades.
Patton visited with sweet Mrs. Scott.
Micah enjoyed his picnic with his friends.
He played ball with his guy friends.
He swung with his little girl friend. (Isn't she the cutest?)
We all got a picture of "The Triplets." Out of 12 children in Micah's class, these 3 all share the same birthday! How crazy is that?!
I got a pic of Micah and his buddy Nicco. And lastly Nicco and Maggie.
After lots of thought and consideration, (because it' never ending) We decided to keep Micah at the same school for one more year. They offer a half day 5K. I think it will be the best thing for him. He would Love to go to "big school," but because he is a boy with an August birthday, I think this will be best. Several of the children who have been in his class the past two years will be moving up with him too. We're looking forward to one more year there (unless I can talk them into extend and teach him until 12th grade :)