End of the year stuff

I can't believe it's the end of the school year again. Sidney had her 6th grade "graduation" yesterday and will be going to the junior high next year. *sigh* She had a great run at PVE and I can't believe it's over. She was a tiny bit sad that she's not in elementary school anymore, but she is so excited about getting to wear flip flops to school next year I think she's already over it!





This was Sidney's 3rd grade (and favorite of ALL teachers) Mr. Hicks. Soon enough she'll be taller than him! :)


Megan had her awards ceremony today. Next year she'll be a big, bad 6th grader that rules the school... or something like that. She had a really great year too.



Megan and the art teacher Mrs. Milliron


And this is just a funny video of Megan's new favorite saying... on helium...

Trish, party of four...

Today we went to lunch to celebrate the end of the school year for everyone in our family. It's been a rough couple of weeks and thought we'd go to a well deserved lunch. Alicia's kids used to call Chris "Trish" because they couldn't say his name right. When we walked into Red Robin today we decided to put "Trish" down on the waiting list. We all got a good laugh when they called out "Trish, party of four..." (The hostess was probably wondering what was so funny!) I love my family!

Family Blogs

This post goes out to my family. As I was l looking at a friend's blog I saw her whole list of her family's blogs and I thought to myself... WHY DOES NO ONE ELSE IN MY FAMILY BLOG? I know they look at mine. So, dearest family members, it' s time to get off your duff and start your own so I can see what happens in your life too. It's only fair.

Someone should probably take that award away

The girls are in basketball right now. I never seem to have my camera with me because we go straight from work to their games. So my "Good Mom" award should probably be surrendered to Leslie... go here to see why. (And if you want to see pics of MY kids playing basketball!)

Cooking lessons

Chris was called into work tonight so the girls and I decided to make dinner nice and simple. Megan wanted pancakes and Sidney wanted eggs. So I taught them how to make both. It was a pretty successful event with nothing burned, no arguing, and a pretty delicious dinner. I like knowing that my kids can at least cook pancakes and eggs if I died tomorrow. And the "Good Mom" award goes to... me. At least for tonight. (Just don't look too close at the messy counter!)

Megan managed to flip the pancakes in the air too. It's almost vertical, but if you look close you can see the pancake in the air. Cute!

6th grade "dinner theater"

Last week Sidney's class did a dinner theater. Dinner consisted of school lunch lasagna, salad, and a really yummy piece of cheesecake. I just loved this picture of Megan drinking her lemonade.



Here are pics from the production. The first one is Sidney performing her solo & ensemble piece while we were eating. It was very nice dinner music indeed. The other is her right after the show was over. I loved their costumes and the play was pretty good. You could tell that some of the 6th graders thought they were way too cool to be doing these still. I'm pretty sure Sidney wasn't one of them. How cute!

Bay Leaves

When my mom used to make chili she would put a bay leaf in it. She always said that whoever got the bay leaf in their bowl of chili had to do the dishes. So the other night I was making some soup and it called for 2 bay leaves so I told my husband and children the same thing. Whoever gets the bay leaves has to do the dishes. Wouldn't you know... I got both.