Eliza and Jaynie both had their art displayed this March. The event was held in an actual art museum so it was pretty cool. Eliza even got a gold sticker (not sure what that means, but not everyone got one so it must be good). My kids are just pretty much amazing.
My toes are done. The baby stuff is washed and put neatly away. The nursery is finished. The fridge and pantry are fully stocked. Little man can come any time. Why is it so hard to wait??
I have the best friends in the world. They threw me and little man this awesome mustache themed shower. It was so cute. Everyone put on mustaches when they arrived and they had a photo booth so I will have a keepsake of all the guests. So many of my friends came. Whit and I were so overwhelmed with everyone's generosity. We are truly blessed.
Jaynie has been complaining for awhile that she can't see certain things so it was finally time to take her to the eye doctor. The doctor said she needs glasses. Whit asked how bad it was and I said we'll he said she wouldn't pass the driving test. Whits response was, "we don't need her to drive, if she can read a book she's fine" I reminded him that she needs to be able to read the board at school too. We are both having a hard time with her growing up so fast. The glasses don't help at all.
Lillie took this cool picture of her fish. I have no idea how she captured it so perfectly, but I love it.
In January Jaynie auditioned for the 5th grade All County Chorus. Her music teacher choose her and three other 5th graders to represent Lewisville Elementary at the event. She was so excited and we were so proud of her. She practiced with the music teacher a few times a week and sang the songs constantly at home. Then on February 25th she spent the afternoon with kids from all over the county practicing. On the 26th she got to miss the whole day of school so she could practice and then that night they had a concert for parents. It was a great experience for her. She learned a lot about music and chorus and has great ambitions for singing.
As a mom I am constantly looking for ways to make things more special or fun for my kids and thanks to Pinterest that has become so much easier.
Valentines Day was a Pinterest success. I even came up with a great new tradition without the help of Pinterest. I was quite proud of myself. At dinner we each decorated a card for ourselves and then passed them around the table and we wrote something that we loved about that person inside the card they decorated. I kept them with our love buckets so next year they can pull them out and be reminded of how much they are loved.
I also learned that homemade valentines for 4 kids need to be started much sooner than the week of. We made 88 valentines this year. Yikes!! Whits suggestion, "Just buy the dang things!" Maybe Pinterest is a blessing and a curse.
Lillie and Jaynie both played basketball again this year. They were in different age groups so they had to be on two different teams. That made the season pretty challenging as a family, but they both had fun and for the most part both whit and I were able to make it to their games. Addie and Eliza both said they want to play next year so that could be interesting.
Lillie was a defensive queen and by the end of the season was getting enough confidence to start shooting the ball.
Jaynie improved a lot over the season and was a pretty great hustler when she wanted to be.
