1st day of 1st grade!

I have almost forgotten how to update a blog, but I think I can remember! I have a new goal to post more often.

Here are pics of Mitchell on the first day of first grade! We had a rave review about his teacher, so I feel good about that. I think he will be so tired today after staying all day instead of half. He will be eating lunch in the lunch line! wow! And, he will ride the bus home!

Of course he chose to wear his newest StarWars shirt(of about7). He wanted to do a silly pose too! We said a little prayer for the first day after we took pics . I tried my hardest to keep my voice from cracking!

Getting silly waiting in line. The drop off line was terribly long! We got there at 8:20 and dropped off at 8:45. School started at 8:35!

Ah the last wave! Have a great day! See ya at 3:30!

Easter a few months late!

Dying Easter eggs with the kiddos.

Making Empty Toomb cookies with the Williamson kids.




The cookies did not turn out very well. They were suposed to be hollow tombs!

spring break

Here is what we did on days one and two of spring break. We don't have anything else interesting planned so this is probably all the action photos!

Day One : Park and Pond

Day Two : Zoo!

As you can see Megan has become quite adventurous! She really likes climbing and slides and today went down a spiral slide by herself! At the park she wanted to ride on the merry-go-round by herself and walk across it while it was spinning, but that is where mom drew the line. She screamed when I made her sit in my lap, so we had to get off!

The boys were playing in the yard and Mark did a flip in the swing and hit his head. Then he said to Neil, "Daddy will you go get my bike helmet so don't hurt my head when I flip?" Smart kid! or pretty soon gonna be not so smart from all the head trauma! Here are the pics!

something new

This is boring but at least it is not a post about bodily functions! This little bag picture thing is a holiday tradition from Mitchell's first Christmas. I could not find the bag at Christmas, but found it this week and took their pictures. Stupid huh?

Would anyone like some duck on ice? Mark just titled this one, "Duck gets cold"

radnom things happen here!

'09 begins in an explosion. . .

of diarahea.

Just incase you were wondering.

08 ends in an explosion. . .

of vomit!

I went in to wake Megan up this morning to find that she had thrown up sometime during the night or morning and was crawling around in it! Why she did not cry to wake us up, I do not know. Or maybe she did and we didn't hear her! In either case, YUCK!

Now I am scrubbing green beans and peaches out of her bedding! I hope this is a low note so that we can begin 09 in a much better way!

christmas in pictures

No Christmas is complete with out a Christmas tutu!

Gifts from mom-mom and grandad, the pink house from Aunt Melissa.

Dinner at the Roberts. Two fisted Christmas suckers in red and green of course!

Oh! We got a puppy!

Dinner at our house. Eating fake food.

Eating Santa's leftovers on Christmas morning! One of many funny memories Megan provided us with this year!

Santa brought Mark a bike and Mitchell a Star Wars Leapster.

Indy rescues Curious George.

The "Blue Gator"

Long story short: Mark asked Santa for the Green Gator John Deere Power Wheels for $300 after Santa had already purchased a bike for him. So in the spirit of Christmas magic, Santa scurried around and bought a slightly smaller blue option to add to the Christmas morning stash. On x-mas morning Mark made it clear that the surprise car in the backyard was not the green gator that was requested. Mrs. Santa was angry and a little (very) heart broken. It was hard for Mrs. Santa to keep her mouth shut. Sometime as the morning progressed, it was called the "blue gator" and we tried to push the name to give the blue F-150 some credibility. They do love to ride it and have tried several stunts running a jumping on the back and such. Ugh! Christmas!

Decorating the tree a few weeks ago. The second picture shows the part of the morning where I cried. Actually I was blinking back tears most of the morning. Decorating the tree always makes me cry! Seeing my kids delve into the box of family ornaments that my mom and Neil's mom gave to each of us on our first Christmas. Each year as a kid I loved opening each ornament with care and remembering who gave it to us or why it was collected. We did the same this year and remembered many family memories.