Finishing off May

We finished May with piano recitals and a trip to the Silver Dollar Fair. The highlights were the Farris wheel, seeing Wilbur, and enjoying a funnel cake. I'm not big on going to the fair, but the kids convinced their dad that it would be a fun family activity.

Hazel Faye

My sister Leanne FINALLY had her baby. Hazel Faye entered the world in the early morning hours of May 19th (2 wks late). She weighed in at 6 lbs 12 oz/19 inches long. Mom, Dad & baby are doing just fine. We are so excited to have another new niece and cousin in our family!

Marks

My husband gives me an A
for last night's supper,
an incomplete for my ironing,
a B plus in bed.

My son says I am average,
an average mother, but if
I put my mind to it
I could improve.

My daughter believes
in Pass/Fail and tells me
I pass. Wait 'til they learn
I'm dropping out.

Linda Pastan

I absolutely love this poem. It seems to portray exactly how I feel sometimes trying to be a wife, mother, and student at the same time.

Finals are finally over! I only took 2 classes this past semester, but it is always a relief to be finished--even if it's only for a couple of weeks (I'm taking an online class during the summer)

I'm officially a senior now at Chico State. I have a goal to be finished before Andrea enters college--that means I only have 3 years left to complete my goal. Whoo Hoo!

Cabbage Anyone?

Bonnie Plants’ Third Grade Cabbage Program

"Through the program, Bonnie Plants provides free cabbage starter plants to third grade students across the country whose teachers have signed up to participate. Each student plants his or her own cabbage, waters it and cares for it. The plants are for oversized cabbages, so they’re especially fun to watch as they get bigger and bigger and bigger."


Kiana was given a small cabbage plant in March to plant and take care of for 2 months. She was a great gardener! She was very diligent about making sure it was watered everyday.




Finally the big day arrived and we brought her fully grown cabbage to school. I wondered if we should even bother with digging it up and transporting it to school for a simple show and tell--I'm so glad we did!


Her cabbage plant was the biggest by far! She won 1st place. She was so proud. We were asked how we helped the cabbage grow so big. Sun and water were our secret ingredients. Kiana received her own garden hoe and a package of corn seeds along with some yummy, gummy worms to eat.


Now the question is--What can we make with cabbage?

Happy Mother's Day

"A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled."
~Emily Dickinson


"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie."
~Tenneva Jordan


"Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries."
~T. DeWitt Talmage

Andrea's Fifteen!

WOW! I can't believe Andrea is fifteen! It feels like yesterday when I was just fifteen. (That was the age I was when I met my husband--eek!) Andrea is growing up to be a beautiful young lady. We love having her a part of our family.


This year for her birthday she received a shopping trip with grandma (cute new clothes), a lunch date with the girls, a new smoothie maker, and a cell phone. Aaron and I weren't sure when we should let our kids have this new "technology" in their lives. We hope it help us to stay connected with them--hmmmm, . . . we'll let you know how it goes. So far we've learned that kids this age need unlimited text messages!

Andrea kept her birthday simple this year only asking for balloons, Subway sandwiches for dinner, and strawberry shortcake for dessert. It was a fun treat to take our sandwiches to the park and celebrate 15 years of Andrea!