Driving Miss Daisy

Her FIRST ride!

Her riding necessities are her blanket (aka "lovey"), her juice cup and her stuffed cow

Kennidy's 7th Grade Award Ceremony

Wow. What else can I say? Wow. Kennidy is a very special young lady. She has officially completed her 7th grade school year. I received a letter in the mail from her school informing me that Kennidy would be receiving an award at an end of the school year ceremony and that family was invited to come celebrate with her as she received her award. The letter said AN award. We had no idea that it was in fact plural (awards). Nor did we know just how special one of those awards would be.

Unfortunately Remberto was working the night of the ceremony, but I got all the kids ready and we went to cheer Kennidy on. The night started off with the recognition of current 7th graders who were nominated by teachers to participate in student council their 8th grade school year. Kennidy was one of the chosen few who was asked to stand and be recognized for her nomination in to student council. She will run for her position of choice in the fall of her 8th grade year.

The night continued on with various award presentations. When all was said and done, Kennidy walked away with a medal for perfect attendance, a medal for carrying a 4.0 GPA all year and a medal for academic excellence. As a very special treat and to our surprise as well as hers, Kennidy also received the last award of the night which was called a Principal's Award. It was awarded to just one male and one female from the entire 7th grade class. It recognizes the student for all-around excellence at the highest award level. Kennidy received a very special plaque for this very special award.

Needless to say, we are all very proud of Miss Kennidy. Here are some pictures from the special night...

View from our bleacher seats

Sidney was a trooper...even though it was past her bedtime

She wanted to take a picture of "Sis"

The principal is putting a medal around her neck

Receiving ANOTHER medal around her neck

Going back to her seat after receiving a medal

Hugging her English teacher after receiving an award

Babysitting Duties

I was recently lucky enough to be given the privilege of babysitting my friend, Christy's, newest addition, Taylor Faith. Born May 6th, 2010, little Taylor is just a month old! Christy had to go back to work to close out the school year in her classroom and asked several friends/family to help her care for Taylor while she is away. I got the first day!! I had a blast just cuddling with Taylor. Luckily Remberto was off during the day because Sidney was quite the handful. I don't know how my cousin, Katie, does it with a 20 month old and a 4 month old. My hands were full and I was busy the whole time!!

Sidney didn't want the baby to cry

So...she gave her a kiss

Then I grabbed the baby and Sidney quickly replaced the baby with Elmo

Remberto held little Taylor a bit so I could get lunch ready for us

Such an easy baby! She was content pretty much the whole day

Kennidy came home from school and it was time for Taylor to eat AGAIN

Cuddle time!

Linda's Award Extravaganza

Linda cleaned up at the end of the school-year award ceremony!! She received both a silver and gold medal for her reading achievements. She received a trophy for being an honor roll student ALL year. She also received various ribbons for her participation in the spelling bee and for helping her fellow staudents and teacher throughout the year.

With those reading medals!

 

Trophy Time!

All the loot!

About That Time of Year Again

We finally got a few warm days in a row and the kids were itching to get in that pool! Luckily the pool is not so large that it takes weeks to warm up. In fact, with the solar on and some nice sunny days recently, the pool has heated up to 76 degrees currently. I even got in! Well...when it's as hot as it has been lately that pool was lookin' good!

Linda and Sidney in the spa

Steven entertains me and Remberto with a cannonball

Not to be out-done, Kennidy performs as well!

Poor Sidney didn't even have a suit yet

Somebody get my ball!

Choo Choo

 

 

Bye Bye

Can barely see them in the last car

This and That

Two peas in a pod!

I am learning to put the shapes in the right holes!

Playing instruments

**If you ask Sidney how she is doing, she may say, "dood."

**If Sidney wants to take a bath, she'll usually ask by saying, "bahhh"

**Sidney's favorite book right now is called Big and Little

**Yesterday Sidney put Kennidy to "bed" by covering her with a blanket, "reading" her a story and saying, "shhhh."

** If Sidney finds something that she thinks is dirty, she'll say, "cuck", then pick it up and bring it to me.

**Close to where we live are working dairy farms and we sometimes drive past them. When we do, Sidney will see them and say, "moooo, mooooo, moooo."

**If you ask Sidney if she wants a particular thing, she may say, "yup" or "no".