Kiddlie Update

Announcement: Feel free to skip this post. Some may find it annoying. I hope it does not come across as bragging. We all know there is always good with bad, today I am just focusing on the good.

If I had to choose a term to describe Megan it would be well-rounded. She's such a smarty, along with being fearless, responsible, funny, friendly and self-confident. PLEASE let her keep her self-confidence!!!! Once again this trimester she received all A's. And she has worked hard for them (so have I! I have spent hours helping her study for tests). 4th grade was not this hard when I was growing up.

Here she is with her fellow honorees. There were only 9 kids in all of 4th grade that received all A's.

This trimester her teacher said about her, "Megan is working above grade level in all subjects. She keeps up with assignments and tests even when she attends G.A.T.E. during a lesson. Megan gets along well socially and is a very well rounded, responsible, and kind person. Megan is an excellent student."

Her GATE teacher also said that, "She was really something else, and holds her own with all of the boys around her." Megan is the only 4th grade girl in G.A.T.E. which is strange and makes me think the test must be skewed towards boys. The 3rd grade also has no girls. But Megan tells me 5th grade has a few girls, so who knows?

She does have one flaw I would like to discuss. She LOVES these shoes.

I HATE them! They have completely fallen apart, yet everyday she wants to wear them. I usually acquiesce, especially if we are running late in the mornings. You may wonder why I have not yet thrown them away, and the answer is they give her happiness. I am quite fond of a particular holy shirt, and would feel sadness if someone threw it away.

Now onto my little Jacksey Conn (as I like to call him). I would describe him as all boy, with a heart of gold. He also did great this trimester.

Among other things, his teacher said about him, "Jackson is an extremely motivated student, and is always applying his highest effort into all classroom assignments. Jackson has excellent work habits concerning group activities. He is willing to undergo challenges and is eager to solve problems. He is an inspiration to other student's in the class."

I have one other thing to add about Jackson. I don't know how many of you are familiar with the song "Juke-Box Hero." We have heard it on the radio a few times this week, and Jackson quite enjoys singing along to it. However, he believes the actual lyrics are, "Juice-Box Hero". Be still my heart.
Now onto my little Sadie, Sadie pretty baby. Right now I would describe her as contradictory. Pure joy most of the time, but prone to bossiness, and some fits of rage. But as I have mentioned before, she has little discipline in her life because we all find her too adorable.

She has switched her slang word of choice, from cool to awesome. As heard in the car today, "That's awesome Megan."

She also now uses the word kiddin" on a regular basis. As in, "I'm wearing Jackson's p.j.'s. Kiddin'.

Here she is dressed up in Eric's church socks and shoes:

This week she has also graced up with her ghost imitation, complete with scary noises:

Sledding

We have not been sledding for 2 years. Not since little Sadie was first born.

Look at her little infant self! And Megan's gap-toothed smile! A lot has happened in two years.

We've all grown up!

Once again we headed up to Mt. Charleston.

Megan and Jackson were master sledders.

Now, I thought that Sadie, just barely being two, would be slightly fearfull of getting on a sled and racing down a mountain, but I was proved wrong. The first time down, Eric sat her on his lap (screaming). She was not screaming from fear, but rather from anger. She wanted to go BY HERSELF!

So we obliged:

Each time she reached the bottom, she would roll out of the sled, jump up and say, "My turn, again!" She took quite a few turns, until her hands and feet got cold, and then she was grumpy, grumpy. But all in all, we all had fun.

12 X 12 - March

For the past week I have been starting out my day with one of these. Saturday night I had to get up at 2 am to take one! My allergies have been HORRIBLE!

After recovering from my terrible fits of sneezing, I continued on with P90X.

Sadie also likes to participate, and is quite good at a few of the moves.

Then it was time to shower, and get ready for the day.

After picking Jackson up from Kindergarten, we headed over to Cafe Rio to have lunch with friends. This place at lunch time is CRAZY! It is chalk full of small children and stay-at-home moms. Obviously the preferred lunch dining experience. I personally am not a fan of Cafe Rio, but am a fan of having lunch with friends, regardless of venue.

I came home, put Sade down for her nap, and proceeded to clean. I had some help from Jackson, since he LOVES to clean mirrors.

While cleaning I found this pleasing pile courtesy of Sadie. I think the troll dolls add a nice dose of color to the lids. Don't you?

Time to go back to school to pick up Meg.

My favorite part of the day, is when Eric comes home.

It's Sadie's favorite part too.

We decided to go to dinner at Macayo's. Jackson and I always choose a green sucker when leaving. Eric, Megan and Sadie like to mix it up.

Per usual, Sadie melted all of our hearts with her cheesy smile before bed.

Pretty good and typical Friday.

Jewelry Stamping

I have really wanted to try jewelry stamping for quite some time. I have been slightly obsessed with it, and have been known to peruse etsy admiring all of the metal stamped necklaces and rings. So after doing a lot of admiring, and some research, I decided to attempt it myself.

About 10 minutes into the attempt, I realized I needed a little help. I just did not have enough hammering power in me.

For my first project I decided to make birthday necklaces for all of my Young Women at church. Each charm has one of the Young Women values stamped onto it. I had seen a similar idea on Sugardoodle, and I felt like I could attempt it. However, the project was a bit more time consuming than I originally thought. Luckily I have my trusty assistant who is always willing to help, and I only have 8 Mia Maids this year.

Here are the results: (For some reason, my new computer is not allowing me to click on pictures to enlarge them. I find this beyond annoying, and have no idea how to fix it. So I apologize in advance if these pictures do not come across well enough to see the detail. If anyone knows how to fix this problem, please let me know!)