weekend

Maeve & Jeni

Maeve had her face painted at Chelsea's party.

Girl Scouts

Our first Junior Girl Scout activity: Pottery class at the art museum.

Pools and Poems

Today I took the kids to swim at the YMCA. We were there for 3 hours! On the way home, we all made up poems. Here is a sample of what I heard:

Captain Wart Burger was a man.
Who hit himself with a pan.
He went to the ER.
And got hit by a bar.
And then they gave him a shiny new van.
by Michael


Pumpkin
There once was a cat
Who thought he was fat
He ate a rat
And hit me with a bat
And wore a hat
But he was still fat
And that is that!
by Ashley


I once played tennis with a puck
For some reason it kept crying cluck
I was very confused
But a little amused
To notice I was playing with a duck!
by Brennen


There once was a boy named Blake
Who wanted a big green snake
He bought a frog
Who was on a log
And he didn’t know what to take.
by Maeve


Jericho
Before you come over and ring my bell,
I have a secret that I should tell.
You'll hear barking, vicious and mean,
the loudest little dog, you've ever seen.
When you sit on the couch, she'll jump in your lap,
and before you know it, she'll be taking a nap.
You'll end of friends, but start out foe,
That's how it works with my Jericho
by Jen

Summer Reading Kickoff

Dentist

Maeve had a dentist appointment today. Here she is looking like a superstar with her sunglasses on!After having her teeth cleaned with cookie dough flavored paste, she was allowed to pick out a pencil. She also left with 1 new toothbrush, 2 dinosaur flossers, princess toothpastes, 1 bouncy ball, 1 sticky-slimy-throwing-picking things up type thingy, 2 stickers, and a small beaded change purse thingy. She also was given a certificate to show her orthodontist that she had her teeth cleaned. That is good for a few wooden nickles which she can later cash in for either a goofy pen, t-shirt or movie pass.

May

It's not over yet...but it has been a BUSY month!

Maeve bridged up from Brownies to Junior Girl Scouts. Guess who is gonna be the new leader??
Then there was my 13 year wedding anniversary, Maeve's birthday and Mother's Day, all within the same week. Actually, the last two were on the same day. Maeve and I were hoping to enjoy that day more but neither of us were feeling that great. She had a fever and my wisdom teeth were killing me (those are coming out btw - but that's another story).

The day after Maeve's birthday/Mother's Day I had a final exam at 7:30 in the morning. I assume that I did well on it but I'm STILL WAITING for the grades to be posted. Geez, how long does it take?? At least twice a day, I am on blackboard checking to see if my grades are posted, each time I am just SURE they will be there. Well, I'm still waiting.

Then there was the last week of school for the kids and all the festivities that go along with it, field day, pool parties, end of the year parties, etc.For Memorial Day weekend, we went to the lake in Manhattan. Maeve learned how to ride a bike and I'm not sure who was more excited, her or me. So for the rest of the weekend the kids rode their bikes around the neighborhood.

Even the dogs had a good time!

Mother's Day

My favorite thing about mother's day is receiving handmade cards from the kids. This year, Maeve wrote me a poem:

Awesome
Butiful
Cute
Dorible
Emzing
Fantastic
Great
Happy

I think this little poem is pretty "dorible" if you ask me.