The Orshaw Family

Its Been Awhile

2011-04-08T12:41:00.000-04:00

Wow, I can not believe it has been almost a year since i have updated my blog!

We have had a lot happen in the last year that i am hopping to get it all posted including some pics that I have. My camera had been broken but now that i have a new one :) I will be able to update more.

At the end of July we purchased this home. It is sooo much better that the appartment living that we were dealing with. Justin is now able to run, jump and ~~stomp~~ almost any time that he wants and we are loving that.

As i stated i couldn't get pictures but this is what our house looked like before it was accually ours.

Dinningroom

Part of the livingroom

Kitchen

We have replaced the stove and the kitchen floor.

{not sure whats on the front of the stove but o-well im not purfect :)}

We are loving the fact that is ours and we can do what we want with it!

We no longer have a bad neighbor living under us :))))
(more pics to come)

I knew that with having propain as our heating sourse it was going to get costly but did not really know how exspensive it would be. We were filling our propain tank twice a month at $350 a fill (ouch!) and our thermastat was between 65 and 67. Dad suggested we look into getting a pellet stove. I got online and looked and looked for one that was going to be easy enough to operate and hopfully not need alot of mantinance other than dumping the ash bucket and the cleaning of the glass door. I found a very nice Harmen stove that I absolutely fell in love with. I am so excited!!!

LOVE IT!!!

Shortly after we we got all moved in we were given this beautiful puppy Bella. She is loved and adored by all. {most days :) when she isn't eating Justins brand new sneakers or anything else she is not supose to have :)}. She has gotten a lot better tho, she knows her toys and will only chew on the bones we give her instead of our things :). She loves to keep Kenny busy with her toys and going back and forth from inside to outside and back out again even if she came in just 30 seconds ago. Bella will wake kenny up and start to pull his blanket off if he is not getting up fast enough for her lol. Bella can do several tricks now, but she won't do it on comand anymore she just does them all for you at once and knows she will get a treat that much faster lol. Bella can sit, stay, lay down, rollover, chase her tail and she can get her own treat when she comes in the house from being outside. There have been a few times where i have opend her treat cuboard and walked away for just a second only to forget to go back and close it. She loves it when I do that!

She is such a beautiful dog! Thanks Gar, Jess and all you munckins :)

we love you all

Our Cristams 2010

We headed to New York to see family and spend the week away from our crazy day-to-day living.

Our friend Marcia and Mike called me up before we left home and asked if I would help decorate my brothers house as a surprise for him. I was all for that! So I went through our decorations and came up with a bunch of stuff to give him.

The crew that helped

making the decorations

The tree, we also decorated the kitchen and the bathroom but no pics to show you.

This was so much fun! With everything that Marcia provided and the things I brought along from home

His place looked like a winter wonderland.

The most awsome moment!

Robert was sick with a really nasty cold and he was working when we arived. We stopped by his work to saay hi and that our trip was good. Then we let the decorating begin. Kenny helped alot also but he didn't end up in the pics for some reason. Justin was a huge help and he tried so hard to stay up untill 12:00am to see Uncle Bob's reaction but he was just too sleepy. I had just gotten my new camera and captured this great shot as he walked through the door from a long, sick, tiring day. :^D

Unfortunatly for my dad he became very ill while we were home. I spent my days at the hospital visiting him in the MICU. It was a very scary time the first few days. With many antibiotics, alot of prayer from friends and family and most importantly the Heavenly Father being with him every step of the way he is doing great. Thank you all for the prayer and many words of encouragement. :)

Christmas morning SANTA CAME!!

one happy boy

Bella and Gingy

Justin found a Zum Zum budy in his stocking

Very excited over a star wars gift

Thank you SWC!!!!

He not to thrilled I had him stop to take a picture

Bella loving on Gingy

AWE POOR GINGY

Kenny loves his chololate coverd cherries!

Justin opend his DSI that he wanted :)

Zhu Zhu pet Ninja game

Cutie pie!

Time With Uncle Bob, Grandpa, and Grandma

2010-05-15T13:35:00.000-04:00

We had the oppertunity to spend a weekend in Lancaster PA the last time my parents and Bob came to visit. I enjoyed visiting many of the Amish shops in the area and I bought a few nick-nacks. We stopped by the pretzel factory and Justin was able to make his own pretzel.

Going on a voyage in Noah's Ark

Justin and Grandpa

Justin making his first pretzel

Step 1: roll out the dough

Step 2: make a "U" shape

Step 3: criss-cross the ends of the "U" shape

Step 4: fold down the ends of the "U" shape

Presto you have a pretzel!

(eventhough we did not get to bake and eat the pretzel that Justin made he

had fun learning about the history of the pretzel and how they are made).

Justin with Uncle Bob

Gandpa, Justin and Grandma

Justin enjoyed the playground at the outlet mall

He's so stinking cute!

We also shopped at the outlet malls and when to an indoor water park. The water park was part of the hotel pakage. We were unable to get pictures because the humidity in the park was very high and the camera lens kept fogging up. We had a awsome time. Justin amd mommy tried the water slide (enclosed and dark i might add). I went down first, the beginning was good and then it got faster, I got the most terified feeling I hope I never have to experience ever again. I was freaking out because I knew my baby was at the top getting ready to come down and all I wanted was to get out of the slide before they sent him. I shot out like a rocket and was disoriented when i came up out of the water. I was screaming out not to let Justin go down the slide. They did not hear me and I could hear Justin screaming and crying as he came down. This happend so fast and as I was trying to get my thoughts together I serched frantically for him under the water. I was really scared at that point because If it made me feel disoriented how was his thoughts going to be effected? Lets Just say we avoided the water slides and continued the fun in a different area of the park. All in all it was awsome and Justin had so much fun. (Thanks grandpa and Grandma)!

My Muchkin

2010-05-11T12:26:00.000-04:00

Justin is having a good time playing in and on the new play set at his cousins house :)

More Snow Fun

2009-12-20T18:41:00.000-05:00

With the sun out today Justin was outdoors loving the snow

It is so funny to watch him trying to walk and run in the fluffy white stuff

He found a very nice snowbank to play on

and slide down

By the time I took this picture Justin had been outside for a few hours :)

Our First Snow Fall

2009-12-19T18:28:00.001-05:00

Our first snow fall turned into a really big storm for Delaware

Justin is all bundled up ready to play

Justin is trying to make a snowman

Trudging through the snow

Running to daddy

He said " I'm keeping this snow forever"

Not Just a Candy Cane!

2009-12-12T13:16:00.002-05:00

Long ago there were two villages in a far-off land. One was in a valley, and one was on a mountain top. The people in the mountain village wanted to give each person in the valley a Christmas gift. So the mountain townspeople formed a committee to think of something special. Money was limited, and each gift had to be of equal value to each person. After much time and discussion a decision was finally reached. The town's candy maker, an elderly gentleman who had loved Jesus for many years, came up with an idea - the candy cane. Now, you may be thinking, what is so special about a candy cane - and how can it ever be tied in with the real meaning of Christmas?

Well, here is how - and why...

1. The candy cane is in the shape of a shepherd's staff. Jesus is our Shepherd, and we are His flock. A sheep follows his own shepherd, knows his voice, trusts him and knows that he is totally safe with him. The sheep will follow no other shepherd than their own. In the same way, if we belong to Jesus, we are to follow only Him. (John 10:11; Psalm 23:1; Isaiah 40:11)

2. Turned over, the candy cane is a "J," the first letter of Jesus' name. (Luke 1:31) It is made of hard candy to remind us that Christ is the "rock" of our salvation.

3. The wide red stripes on the candy cane represent the blood Jesus shed on the cross for each one of us so that we can have eternal life through Him. He restores us and cleans us with His shed blood - the only thing that can wash away our sin. (Luke 22:20)

4. The white stripes on the candy cane represent Jesus' virgin birth and His pure, sinless life. He is the only human being ever who never committed a single sin, even though He was tempted just as we are. (1 Peter 2:22)

5. The narrow red stripes on candy canes symbolize Jesus' stripes, or scars, which He got when He was arrested and whipped. The Bible says we are healed (of sin) because He took those wounds. (Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24)

6. The flavoring in the candy cane is peppermint, which is similar to hyssop. Hyssop is of the mint family and was used in Old Testament times for purification and sacrifice. (John 19:29; Psalm 51:7)

7. When we break our candy cane, it reminds us that Jesus' body was broken for us. When we have communion, it is a reminder of what He did for us. (1 Corinthians 11:24)

8. AND, if we share our candy cane and give some to someone else because we love that person, we are sharing the love of Jesus. (1 John 4:7,8) God gave Himself to us when He sent Jesus to earth to save us. He loves us so much that He wants us to spend eternity with Him. We are assured of that when we accept Jesus into our hearts as our Savior. (John 1:12; John 3:3,16)

Some people believe this story of the candy cane is only a legend. Others believe it really happened this way. We do not know for sure exactly how the candy cane was invented, but one thing is certain... it is an excellent picture of Christ and His love for you. You can accept Jesus into your heart through a prayer like this:

Dear God, Thank You for loving me enough to send Jesus for Christmas. I believe Jesus died for my sins, and I accept Him now as my Savior. I promise to follow Him and share His love with others the best that I can. Amen.
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A Boy, Pajamas and a Little Imagination

2009-11-03T17:42:00.004-05:00

A little boy

A little boy in his pajamas

A little boy in pajamas and a little imagination

This costume was really fun to make!

Unfortunately my camera was on the wrong setting so this is the only picture that i could use.

Expiration Dates and Thankfulness

2009-11-01T23:39:00.000-05:00

How often do you check the expiration date on the groceries you buy and store in your pantry? I check them when I buy them and as I want to use them. Some things have a grace period, usually seven to ten days after the sell by date. And you can freeze many of the products and they can last for months or up to a year.

Now how often do you remember to check when your vehicle registration expires? Well I thought about ours every now and then throughout the year. I knew it was in October and I even remember saying we need to get it done in the beginning of the month. Well that thought came and went as most of the information that enters my head. LOL

We were giving some friends a ride home from AWANA when I started to tell them about an unmarked police car waiting behind a vehicle and a red light with their light flashing. I was saying how nervous I would be if that were me. Dawn was saying something about expired registration and I immediately got an awful feeling in the pit of my stomach. It took me a minute to realize that October was over in two days, and one of those days was a Sarurday.

I came up with a plan to leave work early on Friday and pray really hard that our van passed the inspection process. So I left work at 2:00 and headed home to get Kenny and Justin to go to the DMV, I was about ten minutes from home when I passed an officer who had just finished with a traffic stop
and was waiting to pull back out onto the road. I noticed there were no cars behind me and that the officer fell in behind me. I thought to myself “boy it's a good thing that I have one more day left to register the van or I would be getting pulled over." Me and my big stinking head! No sooner did I finish that though I hear a wooooop. Yup that was his siren, I looked up and he motioned me to the side of the road. I pulled off into a parking lot again being
thankful of the one more day I had and the fact that I was on my way to the DMV. The officer is walking up to the van and I figured he was going to remind me that my tag expires tomorrow. Now our window button broke so we have to use needle nose pliers to open it. He is at the window and I am grabbing for the pliers. I am a little anxious now because I have no idea what he is going to think I am doing with pliers. He stepped back and I could see his whole body breath a deep sigh when he realized what I was doing. He stated his name and said I pulled you over because your tags expired on the 15th.

My heart stopped and I replied. "It did! I thought it was the 31st that they expired! I was absolutely flabbergasted. He asked for my license and registration. I pulled out the registration and insurance and then reached in to my purse for my wallet. It was not there so I looked on the floor thinking it had fallen out. I got a sickly felling when I still did not find it and felt the color draining from my body. I turned to him and said, “I’m sorry but I don't have my license with me. He makes sure I own the van and then tells me to say in the van and sit tight.

My mind is going a mile a minute now because of everything that just happened and I told myself to stay calm and not to cry. He came back with a mandatory court appearance ticket and my heart sank. This is my third time getting pulled over in three years. He then proceeded to tell me that I needed to go set up a court dated by a certain day and if I went right to DMV and had proof that I did indeed register my van today and provided my license he would dismiss the charges. About a $200 Ticket, let’s just say I was relieved beyond belief.

We arrived at the DMV and made it through the inspection line and passed everything. We had a $10 late fee but heck I’d rather pay $10 more than $200 more. We are now driving legally :) whew!!

I got to thinking about expireation dates and how everything we have expires. As I stated above the food we buy expires, the clothes we wear expires do to wear and tear, out bank cards expire, credit cards expire, coupons expire and many other items expire for one reason or another.

Can you think of something that does not ever expire? I can only think of one, the love of God. Gods love will never expire it is everlasting. When you accept Jesus as your savior He will forgive you of your sins, whether it is getting pulled over for expired tags or committing a murder; if you truly accept Jesus into your heart and truly repent of your sins He will wipe your slate clean. God’s love is unconditional. I am so thankful that no matter what I have done or do God will always love me.

Fifer's Apple/Pumpkin Farm

2009-10-09T15:04:00.003-04:00

We spent part of a day with Jada and took the kids to the apple orchard. They had a great time.

Here a a few pictures I took

Justin and Jada painted pumpkins :-D

What a cutie pie!

There was a hay castle with a slide

Jada bug

Justin having fun

Kenny chillin out

A little petting zoo

Jada loved the animals

A very large hay mound with slides to go down

Playing with the duck race

More ducks in water fun!

enjoying the hay ride

in the hay maze

Finishing the corn maze

2009-09-14T04:42:00.010-04:00

Welcome to “Not Me Monday”! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can not head over to http://www.mycharmingkids. to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not start to say “Thank you for calling Lan-Chester Sheds this is Kate, How can I help you”? While I was working at the store on Sunday. Nope not me. I would never let my mind wander from the present moment and and I most definitely would not get my jobs mixed up with each other. I would not be wishing to be there than at the store.Nope not me!

I did not call my job the store because I did not recently find out that you can not be fired for saying their name over the Internet. I do not think that is absolutely lame. I do not feel that I would be promoting the store by doing it and as long as I say horrible things about it than it should not matter to them. Do not go-figure.

I am not contemplating saying the next time someone asks me to remember something that, that something “It’s stuck in my head somewhere”. I did not get that from Justin while I asked him if he remembered his lunch number. He did not hem and haw for a few minutes and look at me to finally say “It’s stuck in my head somewhere”. Instead of helping him remember it, I did not just tell him the number while I was not laughing so hard I was not crying.

I am not up at 3:30 in the morning writing this because I did not check MckMama’s site again today and did not see that she was not going to do a “Not Me Monday” this week. I do not check her blog 5-6 times a day to see if something new has not been posted. I do not get that obsessed with her writing. I am not glad that she has so many followers that she could possibly know how many time I visit her site looking for up dates. I f there was a way of tracking that than I would not be afraid she might think I was stalking her.

I am not going to go back to sleep in my sons bed because he did not climb up in my bed which is not what woke me up. He is not sprawled out all over my side of the bed. Even though he is six I do not think it is so cute to have a sleepy eyed child come staggering in my room to crawl into bed with us.

Well the rest of my Not me Monday is not “stuck in my head somewhere” and I am not going to try harder to find it for next week. I do not hope that you have an absolutely fabulous week .

Thanks for not reading :-D

Friendships

2009-09-11T21:17:00.026-04:00

Once there was a great beautiful pond although so beautiful, no frogs were ever in it, until one day
a handsome prince stopped by.

He looked and he looked and to his own eyes disbelief, there swam a single frog.

He tried with all him might to catch that single frog with his hands.He said to himself "this is just to hard".

Alas he jumped in after the frog and the frog swam right up to him.

She was the most beautiful frog the prince had ever seen.

A friendship quickly formed and the afternoon was filled with fun and laughter.

They jumped in the pond together swimming to the bottom of the pond looking for lost treasures,

and had contests to see who could swim the fastest.

After a fun filled time in the beautiful pond, Frog was getting tired. Frog and the handsome prince sat down together.

The prince told Frog some amazing stories about how he was once a Jedi and now he was Spider Boy saving the world from certain doom.

The handsome prince showed Frog how to do all the coolest tricks that can be done it the water.

After all that fun at the pond the prince wanted to show the king and queen his new friend and tell them about his day. So the prince and Frog set out for the castle.

After seeing that the king and queen were very delighted to see Frog, the prince asked if he could keep his new friend.

The queen explained that Frog needed to be able to rome free and needed to get back to her family because they were going to worry and miss her if she did not return.

Knowing that this friendship with frog would stay close to his heart, the handsome prince set off across a large rocky plain in search of a grassy paradise were Frog would be happy and she would alway be near the beautiful pond.

After finding the most spacious spot, the handsome prince said goodbye and said he hoped to see her again real soon. The prince then put Frog down so she could return home.

Wishing his time together with Frog had not gone bye so fast, the handsome prince sadly walked away.

Remembering that the Queen and King had told him that just maybe he would see his friend another day and even meet some new ones,

the handsome prince was off to a world in danger of loosing penutbutter and jelly sandwiches forever to a four legged bandit

The End.

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2009-09-07T20:05:00.025-04:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

We did not spend a total of 3 days doing Justins 18 pages of homework. I am not at all upset that his teacher gave him that much, and I am not considering talking to the teacher about it. I would never step one any teachers toes because they have requirements to meet. Nope not me.

As I sat with Justin doing his homework He did not have to finish a question like, Do you like the ______? Justin did not finish it with stars. He also did not proceed to draw a picture of the stars and the Little Dipper and the Big Dipper. I did not ask him if he knew what the Milky Way looked like and he did not say "no, but i know what the cup looks like". I did not watch him draw the cup and ask him what the cup was for. He did not reply " For the milk it fell out". I did not think my son was absolutly brilliant at that moment. Again,not me !

I did not laugh really hard at Kenny wishing I had my camera handy. This morning he was not twisted upside down on his head trying to open the back hatch of our van. I did not find really nice dressers on craigslist that were not originaly bought at Target. We are not going to stop living out af laundry baskets because of these dessers. We are always 100% organized and would never do such a thing.

As we were not house/pet sitting my son did not run to the girls room happily saying that he wants to play Barbies. He is not at all board with all of his toys so much that he looks forward to playing with girl toys. Not my son

I did not miss Jess and Garrs new house the minute I walked into my apartment. I did not feel squished in my kitchen as i made lunch for the girls and Justin. I would never rent a place that has a hole in the wall for a kitchen. Nope never me.

I did not knowingly post this Not Me Monday on Tuesday.

feel free to comment :-D

2009-08-31T10:17:00.006-04:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama You can head over to http://www.mycharmingkids.net to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not send my child to the first day of 1st grade with both his shirt and shorts on backwards. I would never do any thing like that knowing he was already so nervouse and not wanting to go to school to begin with. I am a much better mom than that. I did not notice his shirt on backwards only because I was trying to pin a name tag on him. And I did not have him turn it around with everyone in his class right by him. Not me I would never put my child in an embarrassing situation like that. I also check to make sure he is properly dressed

I did not decide to cook a chicken in the crock pot and I absolutely did not season the bottom of it and cook it upside down. And I most certainly did not wonder were all the meat was when I cut into it and was only hitting bone. Nope not me.

When preparing to travel with the family to go see Kenny’s grandparents, I did not make a banana sour cream cake, and I did not wish I could have eaten it as soon as I took it out of the oven. I did not send my hubby to target to pick up some baking powder which they did not have and then I did not ask him to check the grocery store that was next to Target. When he called me to tell me that they wanted almost $5 for it I did not say to him “well that’s just a rip off, maybe Walmart has some?” The great hubby he is, went to check! He did not go to two Walmart's before he found some and it did not cost $1.04.

I did not just use Target and Walmart in the same paragraph and I most certainly did not do it again just now. I would never do any thing like that since I do not absolutely love target.

I am not procrastenating about steam cleaning the livingroom floor wich is already amazingly clean. I would not do such a thing. I have OCD when it comes to cleaning so my house is emaculant 24/7. I am not tempted to call in the profetionals to pamper myself and have them clean my floor for me. I would vever give the dirty work to someone else.

At The Fair 2009

2009-08-09T20:00:00.010-04:00

We took Justin to the fair a few weeks ago and he had so much fun.

These pictures were taken right before we left.

He really was excited. He just wanted to do a serious picture.

I think it is adorable

Playing it the dirt

Justin was a little nervous going into the fun house but once he got through it the first time he just kept going. This was his fifth or sixth time in and he did not want to stop long enough for me to take his picture.

Did you see the smiles :)

Such a little big man!

Ready to swing

Ummm...Yeah well looks like justin was not

the only one who was having fun. :)

As usual the animals loved Kenny

Awe sooo cute they also enjoyed Justin

Justin (I mean) Joe was at the Fair with Blue

Justin loved the hay maze

Waiting for a ballon sword and holder

VERRY EXCITED!!

Justin wanted daddy to go with him on this. this was a large jungle gym that required lots of climbing. Justin needed help by the time they finally made it to the top. The end was the best part. :)

Boys and there cars :)

And Bikes :)

I know, he looks scared but i really thought he would love this ride when it got going. It was like the swings but moved up and down instead of spinning at a steady hight. Lets just say Justin and I were both crying when i asked the ride operator to stop the ride :(

This was his last ride. It was great to see that beautiful smile.

Water Bugs

2009-07-09T23:04:00.025-04:00

While Olivia stayed over we were able to enjoy the pool. The kids had a great time, and absolutely amazed me while they were swimming. They are both just learning how to swim with out the assistance from a floatation device. :D

Justin chasing Livy for once :) instead of her chasing him :)

Livy taking a break

Justin is now brave enough to put his face underwater and swim

Having fun in the sun

Laying on the steps

Justin loves to go under the water

But does not like the water running down his face after he comes up.

Introducing.......

Goggle Man

(Olivia came up with that one!)

Olivia was worn right out.

A Great Time Together!

2009-07-07T15:33:00.005-04:00

Justin and Livy had a great sleepover! They watched SpongeBob Square Pants together, pretended they were power rangers, and many other funfilled activities. Here are some photos of them playing Sorry. (they both beat the pants off me) :)

Justin's I'm winning dance.

Olivia's I'm winning dance

Livy taking first place :)

Love for Reading

2009-06-23T20:09:00.002-04:00

We had Eme over to spend the night a few nights ago. I thought I would share some photos with you. Eme and Justin were taking turns reading to each other.

Trying to get a horse ride

2009-06-17T17:42:00.005-04:00

Get Him!

Cheeeeesssseeeee!

Bunny ears!

Having tons of fun

too cute

we made it!

Almost there...almost there...

Justin I'll save you!

Yeah I am the queen of the mountian!

2009-06-16T16:31:00.007-04:00

I was digging around on our other computer and found some great pictures. We went to visit Great grandma and Great grandpa Jelliff and Justin Had so much fun.

Making Brownies

2009-06-15T02:10:00.005-04:00

We had a lot of fun making brownies together.

Justin was a big helper.
(um.. can you use applesauce in brownies?)

SO
CUTE!

GREAT JOB JUSTIN!!!

If it involves stirring, he is right there to help

the taste testing!

(Yeah I know, not a good idea)

Oh shoot I forgot to grease the pan!

(lets try that again)

Sprinkles :)

His master piece :)
Off to the oven.

Sweet Little Boy!!

2009-06-10T19:01:00.002-04:00

I have the sweetest little boy. Yesterday we had a thunder storm that lasted for about two hours. It was still early in the morning and the sky was very dark again, so I decided to go back to sleep for a little while. Justin was watching cartoons in our bedroom so I lay down in his room. At some point Justin came into his room to get a toy. When his door is shut it sticks and is load when you open it. I did not move when he came in and my eyes were still closed so he did not know that I had wakened up. The next thing that I heard was Justin whispering, “Tippy-toe, tippy-toe, tippy-toe.” He then found the toy he was after and started to leave his room. (Crash, bang), something had fallen. (Boom), he tripped over the dresser drawer he had left open. Then I hear him whispering “Tippy-toe, tippy-toe, tippy-toe.” And his door shut. A few minutes later I got up and Kenny told me that Justin came out of his room and said “I almost woke mommy up.” Then Justin told me he was looking at me the whole time trying to make sure he did not wake me. He is so sweet!!

Kindergarten Blues

2009-06-04T22:15:00.005-04:00

Justin is very upset that he only has one more day left of kindergarten. Crying, “I don’t want to go to first grade, I want to stay in kindergarten".He says he will miss Mrs. Simmons and all of his friends in kindergarten. (This is the total opposite of "I don't want to go to school" and some times actually having to carry him to school). Kenny and I tried to comfort him by telling him that he will see all his friends in first grade and that all his teachers will be at the school while he is in first grade. I also told him that he will have the whole summer off from school before he goes into first grade.

I have to admit I am really sad about this too. However, I am looking forward to celebrating his accomplishments with him. He is growing up so fast. Kenny and I were talking to Justin about how smart he is because I don’t think public schools were teaching kids how to read until first grade. At least that is when I remember learning how to read. The first book he read completely by himself was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Sues. Justin can write many sentences. (The spelling is very cute, he spells better than i do). Here is a picture he drew of our house and his cousins house.

"we will go to me cuostens so thay can cum to play at my house. and if one wons to go bake my daddy will drop off thum".

He is adding and subtracting numbers under 10. He has learned some fractions. He can count to 100 by ones, fives and tens. He amazes me every day. I know I am bragging a little (oh ok, maybe a lot!) but I am so thankful and proud, that he seems to be doing better in the first year of elementary school than I did when I was in first grade. His teachers have been wonderful. And Justin has worked very hard.

I will try to post pics from his Moving-up ceremony tomorrow evening.

Other Intentions

2009-06-03T11:29:00.005-04:00

We came home one day to see very large boxes sitting in the yard from new appliances being delivered to other apartments in our neighborhood and I thought to myself, “Wow would Justin have fun with that.” So Kenny and I proceeded to bring in a box the size of a refrigerator. Let me tell you, Justin flipped when he returned home from school and immediately wanted windows and a door carved into it. I happily obliged. :) We have played ninja, star wars, hide and seek and many other imaginary things with this box as all the toys he has acquired over the years sit in his room. Give a child a box and he ignores all his toys.

As time passed he began to play with his toys again and the box has just been in his room.(we have had it now for about six months) I asked him if we could throw it out and he said. “Mommy you can’t throw it out it is my base.” So I left it in his room for a few more days. Two days ago I pulled the box out of his room and asked him if he wanted any changes made to his base and of course he did (what was I thinking). So I dug around for the utility knife as he was describing to me what he wanted to do. I was cutting out a rather large hole when Kenny Said “be careful, pretty soon there will not be anything left of that box.” I looked over at him and grinned. (Do you see were this is going? I am so awfull) Well I took some pictures for you to see. He really was having a great time even though he looks bored out of his mind. :)

Lately he has been waking up in the night to come into our bed but the night he fell asleep in his box he slept all night.

Coverdale Farm Field Trip

2009-05-24T23:49:00.013-04:00

I recently was able to go with Justin's class on their Coverdale Farm field trip.

We had a lot of fun. The first thing we got to were the piglets. They were so cute! There were a few hyper ones chasing each other. Mama pig lay calm and quiet letting the piglets run and jump all over her untill they started to tease the runt of the litter. Mama pig jumped up to scold one of her babies for teasing the runt.After the pigs we learned about what crops farmers plant that we can eat and also what they plant to help feed the animals on the farm.Justin was able to plant popcorn seeds. After planting the popcorn seeds .Justin and I were able to feed the sheep and Justin was able to pet one of the sheep. Justin enjoyed getting to touch the chicks. After that we went to the barn where the cows were. the kids were all lined up against the fence of a brown and white cow looking in. Just as they were being told that the cow was not very friendly, the cow sneezed and simultaneously each child took two steps back. (I thought it was funny):) The white cow you see in the slide show was not suppose to be laying down and the tour instructor could not get her up so the children did not get to milk her. That was a bummer. All in all we had a great time.

2009-05-18T14:02:00.003-04:00

"Not Me" Monday was created by Mck Mama
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I did not write this on Wednesday to make sure I was ready for
Not Me Monday. Absolutely not me.

After making sure that my son had his lunch out and ready to
eat at his farm field trip I did not sit down and enjoy my lunch
and a refreshing bottle of Gatorade and hear him tell his teacher
I did not give him a drink. Nope not me. I would not forget to
make sure he drinks on a hot day.

When I walked out of the store my son proceeded to ask me
why I bought a drink. I did not say to him, “honey I thought
you might want a thirst because your drinky. Definitely Not me,
I never get tongue tide.

I definitely did not just sit here for two minutes trying to spell
definitely correctly. Nope not me.

As I was drawing a picture of me with my son I did not die
laughing when he said “mommy I have to draw your mouth
bigger because you have a big mouth.

Almost Inseparable :)

2009-05-12T21:25:00.003-04:00

After many, many, many days of Justin asking if

he could go see Liv Liv after school we were finally

able to have her over to spend the night. :)

Justin

Olivia

Best Friends

After a late fun filled night they are ready to go

sssoooooo cute!!!!

Olivia and Justin Easter Morning

Eyes of A Child

2009-05-11T20:54:00.003-04:00

I had a wonderfull Mothers Day eventhough I had to work from 8:00 - 3:00. Justin made me a card at school and I wanted to show you the beautiful picture he drew of me.

This is so priceless!!!

I wish we all had the eyes of a child. I look fabulous

2009-05-11T12:42:00.002-04:00

This was going to be my first monday for Not Me Monday but as you can see i was not ready.
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Not Ready For Not Me Monday...No Not Me!

2009-05-11T12:36:00.001-04:00

Coloring Easter Eggs

2009-04-29T18:40:00.000-04:00

Justin and I colored eggs together.
(I was very quick to dump the colored water) :)

The kit that I had baught came with silly

face stickers .

The yellow egg above was his firt creation.

This green was his second

And the third........

OH NO! Justin what happened?

(I had to ask this after he can back from running to his room screeming)

Aw, Bear will make everything all better.

The Culprit

After holding him and Bear for a while he finally calmed

down enoughto tell me what happend.

(it is kind of long but keep watching)

As you can see after the initial tragety he enjoyed peeling the egg and discovering the inside.

After this he was to frustraited with the stickers to continue our project. I don't blame him I was also having a hard time with the stickers.

At first I was heart broken because he was heart broken and i did not know what was going on. As i was holding him and telling him it would be ok I realized what happend and was trying not to laugh. After putting Justin to bed and when daddy got home we watched the video clip together and could not help but laugh. I wish I had caught his expresion on tape when the egg first broke.

As I was writing this post Justin saw the broken egg and

wanted to "go crack another one." .........

Wait Justin those eggs are not cooked!!!!! :)

2009-03-11T21:11:00.000-04:00

Justin Spending time enjoying some much needed warm weather.

Push me daddy......keep pushing daddy.......
Mommy look how high I can go........

hey mommy look what I can DO! Here I go mommy are you watching.....W..WOW Justin th..at was g....reat
(as I gasp for air)

One of the many things he will learn from his school buddies

Handsome fellow

2009-02-26T10:22:00.001-05:00

We let Justin play hookey from school one day while his uncle Bob was visiting to get his Pictures taken