Awana Family Campout

Friday night Robbie took the kids to the Awana Family Campout. Micah and I went for a short while & then came home to sleep in our nice, quiet house in our soft, cozy beds!!!

Precious!!

Rebekah, McKinney, and the Segraves girls on the hayride.

Robbie & the boys.

Bedtime

Maybe next year Micah can spend the night!!!

AR = Accelerated reader

So Rebekah's school has a neat incentive for reading. It is the AR program. They take short quizzes on books they read & earn points for each question they get right. Once a month the school has AR parties at lunchtime and the kids earn hats & buttons based on the number of points they have. Rebekah earned her hat & buttons up to her 45 point button. This was the most points of anyone in the 2nd grade. Her reading is really paying off!!

You can see the "stack" of buttons in her hand before I got them pinned onto her hat.

Then they get to dance!!!

Her brothers love going to school for lunch, especially hat parties.

Chicago

A few weeks ago I was able to fly to Chicago to visit a dear friend from high school. I had a wonderful time.

Here we are at Harpo studios.

The goregous skyline of Chicago. Oh - and the girl on the bike looks pretty familiar!!

We did a wonderful bike tour through the city. It was great & I held together pretty well for not having riden a bicycle in 15 years!

Buffie & I ~ good times!

Random

This picture is blog worthy, not just because my adorable 3rd born is in it, but because McKinney took it himself. He set the whole thing up - I didn't even know he had my camera. Not bad for a 4 year old.

One rainy Saturday, Rebekah & Kit got busy in the kitchen.



This is just cute - enough said!!

First Day of School - McKinney

Well - last week McKinney started his last year of preschool at Celebration Academy. I can not imagine what life will be like with two in "big school" next year, so for now I will enjoy this last year of "babyhood".

By the way - he woke up this morning and said "I can't wait to go to school and see Gretta" (see the post below for more details about this).

These boys love each other!

This year the school for some reason wouldn't let us walk the kids to class the first day, so I had to drop him at the door, but at least I got this picture.

Love notes

Well at the tender age of 4 (almost 5) it begins. McKinney is definitely my little lover boy. He always has girls around him & he certainly has the gift of flattery. He has definitely stolen my heart long ago & now, it seems, he has stolen Gretta's.

Last Wednesday when I went through his school bag this is what I found....

So, being a female myself & knowing she would be expecting a note in return I asked him if he would like to write her a note back. He has NEVER & I repeat NEVER been the least bit interested in practicing writing his letters..... until Wednesday afternoon. So he told me what he wanted to write and I wrote it on a piece of paper and then helped him to write it himself on a different piece of paper. He formed all the letters himself after practicing first and I think his response was perfect!!

Here is a picture of McKinney and Gretta from last year.

And so it begins. Look out girls - this little boy is quite a ladies man!!

Out to Lunch at WJPS

A few weeks ago I took the boys out to lunch.... at Rebekah's school!!! They had a blast. McKinney thinks he is so big when we go to eat with her. He goes through the line & get his tray, milk, and lunch just like the big kids. He will be a pro next year when he starts kindergarten :(

This picture really struck me. Micah looks soooo big sitting at the lunch table. He sat there the entire time and ate more of his lunch than any other child at the table. I can't believe how quickly they grow up. It is times like these when I realize that they are literally growing up before my eyes.

The boys at the end of the table loved playing with Micah. They kept playing games with him & he had them all laughing. They were doing "funny" things and trying to get him to copy them.