Mark enjoyed some early morning fishing and came home to big breakfast I made for him before church. The kids gave him a fun card, a 007 Scene-It game, and fireworks (Ashlyn saw them at Target and insisted we get them for Daddy). I’m sure the fireworks were really on his “must-have” list. But, the kids sure did enjoy some of them already this afternoon!
Archives for June 2008
sweepstakes winner
And, the winner is…Julia’s mom Janette with a LID of 7/27/2007, only a few days after our own LID! The kids actually did get the concept now of what a sweepstakes is. Of course, after I explained, “See, only one person actually wins. Everyone else didn’t win this time,” Evan replied, “But, I want to win the Speedracer toy, not anyone else.” Got a few more lessons to learn…but, I admit the lesson he needs to learn is one I’m still working on.
Anyway, congrats to Janette! Email me and let me know what you want on the cards and where to send them!
Everyone else, thanks for participating! Check in again. This was a lot of fun. I’ll think we’ll try to do this type of thing. I just have to find some more prizes…
spring soccer season
Last two games of the season were today. Though early morning games on Saturday and then an hour break and another mid morning game were a bit of a pain for us, it was good that the kids played. Both of them learned a lot about the sport as well as sportsmanship. Coach Adam White, our good friend, is a fantastic coach. Many thanks for all his personal attention to our kids!
Evan graduated
It was an emotional day for me today as we went to see Evan’s end of school music performance and see him get his kindergarten “diploma.” It seems like it was just last week that we were coaching him through his tears and practically pushing him onto that bus in the morning. I didn’t know how we were going to make it through the year. But, here we are. We made it through. Not only did we make it through, but he has even been a little sad that kindergarten is over. And, I’m a little sad too. Of course, I’m dealing with the normal mom stuff of how-in-the-world-am-I-going-to-keep-these-kids-busy-this-summer syndrome. But, more than that, I’m sad to leave Mrs. Nowak and Mrs. Ritter’s care. They have been such a blessing this year and have cared for not only Evan but also for me as I went through the process of recognizing some special needs that Evan has and getting him help. It’s been quite a year. Tomorrow, he has one more half day of school before summer is official. Mark and I are going to decorate his bedroom door tonight (it’s our tradition to do that on special days for the kids–we hang streamers and colorful ribbons from the door frame for them to wake up to). And, I think I’ll go get some balloons to meet him with at the bus stop when he is dropped off for the very last time.
P.S. Had to include the picture of Ash and Drew hamming it up on the stage after the program. They are crazy.