Birthday Boy (part 1)

October 24th, 2011

Micaiah's 3rd birthday!!!

 Grandpap came out for a visit!!!
The last time Grandpap saw him was on his first birthday, so this was a great treat.
Though Anna asked him to stay until her birthday in February.

We enjoyed an evening at the Louisburg Cider Mill.

Our family tradition of enjoying cider donuts and cider were topped off this year with fireworks!

It was great because for some random reason Micaiah really wanted to see fireworks.

They burned a scarecrow which set off fireworks.  So fun for his birthday.

His birthday cake : chocolate cake with chocolate icing and M&Ms 

served with mint chocolate chip ice cream!!!  :)

(more birthday fun and pics in the next post)

Sleepover Party!

Last weekend, we got to hang out with the Hardin's.
They used to live in Kansas City but have moved to Joplin, MO.
It was a great to spend time with them again.

We met up with them at the Great Wolf Lodge.

We enjoyed hanging out and

Anna had a lot of fun having a sleepover party with Jenna.

Friday Favorites

Mama's Friday Favorites!

1.) Cleaning - yes, I know it is a bit weird to enjoy cleaning,

but it puts me in a good mood to get everything sanitized, reorganized, and tidy to start the weekend.

2.) Consigning!!!

Its nice to clean out the closets and make some money!

This season I made $100!

Now thats another reason to go shopping!

3.) Fisher Price shopping cart

I found a kid-sized plastic shopping cart in great condition for $4 at the local Goodwill!

Goes great with the kids' kitchen set/grocery store.

Now how do I keep them from fighting over it??!

4.) Halloween Zumba fun

Putting together music and choreo for some fun times this month!

5.) FRIDAY NIGHTS!!!

Friday nights are PIZZA night.

And after the kids go to bed, Brian and I usually watch a movie together.

Anna's Friday Favorites!

1.) Fridays are Mystery Reader days for Anna's Kindergarten class!!!

Every Friday, a parent comes in to read to the class.

Brian did it just the other week and had lunch with her.

2.) Treasure Box treats!

Every Friday, if they have had good behavior for the week without having

to move her clothespin at school, Anna gets to pick a treat from the treasure box!

3.) If the weather is nice, we go to the playground every Friday after school.

4.) If Anna has had good behavior for the week and we're not too busy,

Friday nights are nail polish nights.

We usually do it at home, but the other week I gave her a real treat and took her to a nail salon.

She really enjoyed that.

5.) Today is Friday and Anna had no school...so she is taking a nap!!! :)

Our Kindergartener!

Anna is enjoying Kindergarten at Broken Arrow Elementary with her teacher Miss Brush.
Here she is on the first day of school in the classroom.

Anna likes to do homework!

She is so excited to read and looks for sight words everywhere.

She also likes to practice handwriting and sounding out and spelling words.

Her most recent favorite word to write is Micaiah's name.
Anna likes to pack her lunch with peanut butter and jelly.  (of course)
And every Friday she looks forward to picking a treat from the treasure box.

I am so proud of you Anna!!!  Love Mama