February 15, 2010

What better way to watch Blue's Clues with your morning snack...

February 14, 2010

Ashley insisted on wearing ALL of her jackets/sweaters that she could find Sunday afternoon. When she put them on, I thought she would quickly ask for them to come off, but no, they stayed on until it was bath time! I love her pose in this picture - she is so proud of herself!

February 13, 2010

I didn't forget to take pictures this weekend - just didn't get around to posting.

I love it now that Ashley is able to play with others. She loves her big brother and they had a great time building Saturday afternoon.

February 12, 2010

Watched my little girl eating dinner tonight, looking so big. She was sitting at her table using a spoon and it hit me that she will be 2 in just five months!

February 10, 2010

Shocking...you mean grades and behavior in class are connected?

February 9, 2010

I couldn't get myself to post this picture last night. This is a picture of the new attendance boundaries for our part of the county. It's hard to see why this would make me so upset if you aren't from this area, but we live just above the "d" in Sherwood in the red area of the map. For years, our area has been zoned for Sherwood Elementary. My son has been attending there since Kindergarten and will be entering 5th grade next year. We are less than a mile from the school and Robbie walks or rides his bike often. We will now be zoned for Creel Elementary. What you can tell from this picture/map is that Creel is not nearly as close. So, our district has chose to take children who can walk to school (costs them nothing) and bus them to a school 3 miles away (which I'm sure is a waste of money).

February 8, 2010

We joined yesterday and my first goal is to make it at least once a week. I start Wednesday...

February 7, 2010

I had to pick a few pictures for today because one just wouldn't do this story justice.

Ashley decided she needed to roll around with several stuffed animals today - smiling, laughing and giggling as she did it. It was so cute that I wish I had thought to have one camera recording video and the other taking pictures!

February 6, 2010

Many years ago, 2003 to be exact, I met an amazing young man while working with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Just to show how small the world is, he was the son of someone I graduated high school with (but knew only by name). In my search for a Big Brother for him, matching him with a Big and through various BBBS events, I built a relationship with his family. Several years later, I left BBBS and he attended McNair Magnet School. During all this time, Robbie developed a great relationship with him. Although we don't see him often, Robbie thinks of him as a Big Brother. He came to watch Robbie play in his basketball on Saturday. He hung out with us for several hours later and we went that evening to watch him play in his last basketball game for this season. His team is one of the top teams in their division within the state. He's such a cool kid - funny and hardworking. He's the only freshman on the team and is already a top recruit for his graduating class. One reason I said that he is amazing is because he's hearing impaired and in spite of that, he hasn't let the fact that he's completely deaf in one ear and has an implant/aide in the other stop him or slow him down. Even more, I'm so glad that my son has such a good role model to look up to in his life - literally and figuratively (he's 6'6" already at 16 years of age!).

I Suck...!

I made it a month and then found myself with no inspiration and absolutely no desire to even touch my camera. I did pick up my camera again on Saturday, however. I really hope that I can do better.