Newspaper

On Sunday morning, our little girls picture was in the newspaper for a thing we did with one of the home school groups. It was exciting and fun as we were expecting it, but we weren't sure when. Anyhow, here is a copy of the picture:

She was concentrating on making her own newspaper. It was a fun time and she and I both learned a lot from that experience. Here is a link to the full color picture and the article, so you can read what we were up to. I was excited to see her picture in the paper and her name was spelled correctly!! Yeah!! For those who don't know, our last name is not popular, nor is it hard, but everyone mis-spells it!! Anyhow, I just wanted to share our little star. Hope you all have a great day. Today is the day for my nerve study on my hand. Wish me luck. Take care all.

P.S. They are reprinting the corrected copy in today's paper. I will find that later and give you the new link. Today is the day for that test of mine (on my arm).

Painting

**Caution: This post is picture heavy!!!

Well, in spite of everything we did yesterday afternoon, when I was clearing the table to work on a puzzle, Anna got all excited about getting to paint. How did cleaning the table to work on a puzzle turn into an afternoon of painting? I mean seriously. I had no intention on painting. I was going to work on a puzzle. (My right hand is not in the best of shape right now., so it really hurts to use it so much.) Anyhow, we ended up pulling out newspaper, paint, and paper. Mixed up a few other colors, and I let Anna paint. She had a great time. Here are some pictures from her fun filled afternoon:

Our paint colors:

Working on her first picture (not sure what it was supposed to be):

Working on her fruit picture:

The start of her rainbow:

All four completed pictures:

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that one of them turned into a bunch of fingerprints. LOL! Who knew we weren't finger painting as well. LOL! I made her go wash her hands and that was when she came back and made a rainbow.

Here is a few more "painting" pictures. Did you know that painting now involves finger nails and toe nails. I ended up painting Anna's a nice purple, and when she was done, she wanted to do mine. I let her do my toes, as I really am not too crazy about polish on my finger nails. Here are some pictures of Anna doing her thing!!

This requires deep concentration:

A picture of the whole thing:

As you can tell we had a busy day yesterday. Yes, that is my arm in a brace. I have carpel tunnel, and go for the nerve conduction study tomorrow morning. I will save that post for another day though. (Oh yeah, we never did start that puzzle!!) Hope you all enjoyed the pictures. Have a good day and God Bless!

Skating

On Wednesday of last week, our church went roller skating. Anna and I had fun. I only skated 4 laps, then those skates HAD to come off. The size I wore hurt WAY too much, but the next size up was too big. What a predicament to be in. I got the fun of Anna yanking my arm off so she could keep skating. I walked her around with my shoes on. Here are a few pictures of the fun day:

Skating to the rink:

Being pulled VERY FAST by Mommy (love this face):
Of course, after doing that for a bit, most kids are bored. They also have those climbing jumping things, so here are a few pictures of Anna playing on that as well:

Going down head first:

Very cute, sweaty, girl:
As you can tell, we had a great time. The place was not air conditioned very well, and it was hot in there. We hope to do this more. Have a great Sunday and Happy June all. Three weeks from today, we take our mini family vacation!! WOO HOO!!

Feeding Frenzy

Jeremy has got Anna hooked on a new computer game. Well, its not new, but it is to her. Feeding Frenzy! She gets to feed the fish and stay away from the bad guys. It is very cute to watch her play. She is all over the place and has a great time. Jeremy snapped a video of her playing the other day. She is so animated. It is a long video, so you have my permission to just watch some of it, but please do watch a bit. She loves to play games. Thank goodness her time is limited. :-) Enjoy the video!!





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New Pet

Anna has wanted her own pet for quite some time. She has begged and begged for another bird. We had three when she first moved in with us, but one of our kids we had at the time was highly allergic, so we gave them all away. Anyhow, she really wanted a new pet of just her own. So, on Friday night, Jeremy took her to the pet store to get her own pet. Yes, I am sure you are all thinking that she got a bird, since she wants another one so bad, that is not what she got. She didn't get a hamster or a gerbil, a cat or a dog.

She got this instead:

Alright blog readers....Meet Tiger! Yes, Tiger. That's what she decided to name him. If she keeps him alive and takes good care of him, Daddy said she could get a bigger pet.

Here she is staring him down:

Alright Daddy, you asked for it. She is doing good so far, so I hope you are ready to hold out your promise and get her a bigger pet. She loves taking care of Tiger and tells him good morning and good night. She wakes him up by turning on the light and puts him to sleep by turning it off. It is very cute. Anyhow, he better be ready. She wants a bigger one already. LOL!!

Fun Time/Pretty Flag

The other night we took Anna to Texas Tech and let her ride her bike around campus. (When can we take off those blasted training wheels?) Anyhow, she had fun and in the process, I got some cool pictures of the Texas flag. It wasn't planned, I just snapped the picture. Anyhow, here are the pictures, some of Anna, of course and the best picture of the Texas flag.

Riding to the Flags:

Riding in the Sun:

And now for the pretty flag picture:

I told you it was pretty. It turned out really nice or at least I think so. :-) Have a great day. God bless!

Sprinkler Video

Ok, as promised, here is the video of the kids playing in the sprinkler. As always, Aydin would have nothing to do with it, so I was pushing him in the swing. Anna and Avery on the other hand had a GREAT time. Yes, they were in their clothes, but I didn't care. They changed when we came in. Enjoy!!





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