Well, we just got back from Riley’s dental appointment. She had a tooth that needed to come out, but it was hanging on for dear life! I thought that, eventually, she’d get it out on her own. Instead, I had to spend $100 to obtain this snaggly smile!
They gassed her up, gave her a little shot or two and yanked it right out!! She was still a happy camper coming out of the dentist’s office, so I’m happy right along with her!
We celebrated the 4th twice, and we’re paying for it today. I’ve never seen the girls so exhausted! It’s been a really long couple of weeks, but I’m so glad that the girls are having so much fun.
Riley attended day camp last week for the first time at Crowley’s Ridge Youth Camp. She had so much fun!!
On her bunk
All of the girls from VV Church of Christ!
Riley & Alexandra
Since I pay for monthly usage on this blog and I rarely have time to update it, I’m thinking about stopping it altogether or maybe moving back to a freebie blog. Something to ponder….
My daylillies are blooming!
Maddie looking pretty before church
She stretched out in the recliner….Doesn’t she seem so tall all of a sudden?
The girls before Riley’s kindergarten graduation ceremony
The theme was “Cool to be in School”
Getting her diploma
Riley with her friend, Wyatt
With Mrs. Schug, her teacher
She graduated!!
A gift from Papaw & Nana
With her Mimi and showing off the ring that Mimi brought
With Jacob
With Nana & Papaw
Mommy & her sweetheart!
All of us!
On to Maddie’s big night!
Maddie all ready for 50’s day at DILC!
With Miss Paige at graduation
With Mrs. Monica
Mimi & Andy
The lighting in the Fowler Center is SO bad for pictures! Can you see M?
During the “Parade of Graduates”
Getting her diploma! We were suprised and excited when they announced she’d won the citizenship award for her class. Sooo proud!
With her friend, Emma.
Showing off her new ring!
With her diploma
With her citizenship award
Maddie, Sydney, & Riley before their first game
Maddie getting ready for her very first at-bat!
Big swing!!!
On base
Riley had a big swing, too!
Parker, Riley & Maddie at Gavin’s game
Mommy & her girls on Mother’s day
Riley & Papaw Clyde
Riley & Mamaw
Maddie & Papaw Clyde
Maddie, Papaw Clyde & Parker
Jacob & Papaw Clyde
Andy & Papaw Clyde
Maddie resting on Nana
Holly, Riley, Jamie & Maddie
Discovery Island has a prom for their graduating class every year. It was last night, and Maddie was so excited.
Getting ready to go
I made her this corsage, which she repeatedly called a “massage.”
Pretty girl!
In Daddy’s truck
Dancing with her friends Ella & Mabry
Maddie & Emma
Maddie, Emma & Molly
Lots of dancing….well, mostly hopping!
And lots of dancing with Daddy….which let to Mommy crying!
Maddie & her teacher, Mrs. Monica
Trying to learn the YMCA
Limbo!
Locomotion
Silly face
When I posted the before & after pics of the weeding I’d done in the flower bed, it still looked so dull. The azaleas have bloomed and it seems to have come alive. Jeremy also put in more than 15 bags of new mulch, along with some edging to keep everything from washing out onto the sidewalk.
We have a busy weekend ahead. Tomorrow night is Maddie’s pre-k prom (Yes, pre-k PROM!) and Riley is spending the night with a friend. Jeremy’s birthday is Sunday so we’ll try to fit in something for him, but it’ll be hard because he has to work Friday and Saturday. Gotta get that gift I’ve been thinking about for awhile….I’m running out of time!
T-ball season is in full swing. We’re practicing twice a week right now, and in a couple of weeks the games will start. Thank goodness the girls are on the same team! Lots of pictures will come, I’m sure.
I’ve been needing to do a lot of cleaning in the flower bed disaster area that is in front of our home. Jeremy helped me get it started and then he conveniently had to go to work. A conspiracy? I think so!
Before pic
How embarrassing!! We hadn’t touched it all winter!
After three hours of back-breaking work….
I have a couple of things to plant, but I can’t find my shovel. And, well, I’m sort of TIRED!
One white twin sized bed, made up in pink and green and moved in! I was beginning to think we’d never get it into the bedroom.
Gotta get busy on the second bed so they won’t have to sleep on opposite ends of this one for more than a few nights!!! (Hint to Daddy!)
We had a good spring break week but now it’s back to our normal lives. I was the only one that didn’t get totally out of the habit of getting up everyday, since I only had a couple of days off work. The girls were NOT easy to get up this morning!
Jeremy got the first bed finished. We need to do a few little finishing touches (putting knobs on the posts, a little sanding, etc., ) but it’s virtually done. I’m proud of him! I think I made a mistake by telling him I was surprised at how well it turned out. He doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to big ideas and following through….. ;)
My yard is coming along nicely. As we were nearing Jonesboro last night, I was wishing it wouldn’t be so dark out so I could see the progress on our weed-killing. Here are a couple of before & after pics. I think you can see the green turning to yellow.
We had a fun time at the lake. It was raining and cold Friday night and all day Saturday, so we stayed in and just watched tv, ate (too much) and let the kids play. They had so much fun and it amazes me how they can just be so excited to be in a new place.
Sunday it warmed up enough that we could get out on the boat for a while. The wind was cool but the sun was warm once we got still and the kids got to fish. Maddie just couldn’t understand why she wasn’t catching anything. It was their first time to fish and I’m sure they’ll want to go back. They can’t wait to get back to the lake (or river, pool, or even a deep puddle will work) when it’s warmer.
Maddie had the biggest smile on her face once the boat started moving. She just laughed and laughed. I think Jeremy will probably start a pontoon savings account sometime this month :)
Jeremy is on vacation this week. He’s feeling quite productive, apparently, and is crossing things off of his “to-do” list. Having the girls away at their Papaw’s house makes this happen much more easily.
We’ve been trying for quite sometime to decide what to do about their bedroom situation. They’re in a bunk bed that I got for them quite impulsively. I knew it would be a temporary thing, I think. It’s fun for them, but they need something nicer. They like being I like for them to sleep in the same room so we decided to go with two twin beds so that we could separate them when the time comes.
I began shopping around and decided that I just didn’t want to spend too much on beds for them. I couldn’t believe how much kids beds could be! I really wanted to find something solid wood, maybe an older bed, at a flea market or a yard sale that I could work on. But, being the impatient person I am, I couldn’t wait for yard sale season to arrive (though now it’s here).
Jeremy started looking online for bed plans (unbeknownst to me) and found a simple plan that he thought he could tackle. He bought the lumber this week for one bed and started it yesterday. We got one bed well underway and plan to have them both finished by the end of the week. Here are few progress pics!
Headboard
Handy Manny Daddy counts his fingers
Who needs a work table when you have an old dining room chair and a cooler?
Footboard
Can’t wait to get them painted white and get the girls’ room looking great!
We bought them a really cute pink and green plaid bedding set for each of their beds. Hopsy over at Kappa Prep will be SO proud of me!
I really love the idea in this picture. I love the initial under the canopy, but I think instead of it being a rub-on or stenciled onto the wall, I’d use a wooden letter instead so I could move it later if I wanted.
Now, my yard….My yard is making me nuts! Weeds are taking us over right now. I’m envious of my across-the-street neighbor’s yard. It has absolutely NO weeds, and you can see it in this picture I took of our dead birch tree. By the way, I hate birch trees.
Notice the difference in my yard and hers?
We’ve never hired anyone to take care of our lawn, and our friends recommended someone to us so we called him and he came out yesterday. He was very reasonably priced and is going to get our yard looking great, I’m sure. If you live in NEA, his name is Lowell Thompson with Lawn Tech. He said we should be patient since we’re just starting out with this yard, but if we’ll stick with it, we’ll be pleased. I think that a nicely groomed yard says so much about a home and the people who live in it. I want our yard and our home to look nice and to show that we care about our neighborhood.
I wanted to take some before and after photos, so here we go.
This is the same birch that you saw above. It’s going to have to come down. Just breaks my heart, can’t you tell? Not sure what we’ll plant there….something ornamental. A cherry tree maybe?
Here’s a weed in the middle of what is otherwise a patch of good soon-to-be grass.
Here’s my flower bed. It contains a crepe myrtle (dark pink) and a few good sized azaleas. It needs attention. Lawn dude might work on it, too…..later. It makes me nervous….Maybe I should be out pulling weeds right now instead of sitting here!!! I really need to plant some hosta and clean out the ground cover that is there already. Help!!
