Good start

Well, another proud momma moment for me! Zachary came home yesterday from school and again has been given the advanced spelling words! He is still doing great and is one of the youngest ones in the class. His homework last night was to put his spelling words in Alphabetical order! I had to help him a little bit, but he caught on to the concept really quickly! He also went to his first machine pitch baseball practice on Friday! He says that he likes it alot better than tee ball. I can't wait to go to the games!

Proud Momma Moment

I just put Zachary on the bus for his first day as a 2nd grader. He was so excited to go back to school. He got to meet his teacher yesterday, and even knows a few of the kids in his class. I can't believe that he is in 2nd grade already! We went to an outlet mall on Monday, and I let him pick out his clothes. He didn't do too bad of a job, but he is sooooo picky already and he is only 6 (almost 7)! Here is some pics I took of him with my camera phone.
Allie doesn't like that Zach had to go to school. She asked him this morning "Will you come back to me after school?" It was so cute. Ashleigh didn't seem to mind that he is going to school. Maybe it's because she knows that he always comes back home!

Getting geared up for another school year!

Well, it's that time again! We are getting ready for another school year. My son, Zachary (age 6 - turns 7 next month), will be going into the 2nd grade this year. He is really excited about it. We still have yet to get his school supplies. I need take him but Wal-Mart's school supply department scares me! Think we will go somewhere else! Zach just got glasses and he looks so handsome and grown up in them. This year will be busy, like always! Zach just finished up summer baseball and will be playing fall ball soon. He is getting to move up to the machine pitch league, which he is looking forward to. He also wants to play pee wee flag football. that should be fun to watch. Ashleigh (age 4 1/2) and Allie (age 2 1/2) will be at home with me for the school year. I will be homeschooling Ashleigh for her preschool time, then she will start Kindergarten next year. Ashleigh is also taking dance again and will be in gymnastics as well. Allie will be learning with Mommy and Ashleigh and possibly taking tumbling. We are starting the potty training process without much success, but I'm not into to big of a rush, cause she's still my "baby". I've always heard that they potty train before they start Kindergarten, so I still have a while : )

Finally figured it out

For those of you who know me well, you know that I kind of stick out like a sore thumb on my mom's side of the family. The majority of my cousin's are brown haired, blue eyed beauties - while I have dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. ( one of my girls even has Blonde hair and blue eyes, while my other two has dark hair and eyes, go figure!)
I learned that it's not because, as my friend Kelly use to say, that "I'm just really full of it and no one has knocked it out of me yet", but because I am 1/16 Cherokee Indian. I just found that out last night! My uncle has known for years, he and his kids and grandkids even are on the roll, but they neglected to let the rest of the family in on our ancestry! I will be calling my family soon to learn, as Paul Harvey puts it "the rest of the story".

ON MY SOAP BOX

As I read the stories about Israel and the Gaza strip, it concerns me more and more. Imagine if you were an Israeli and you have lived there all of your life. Their family history goes back generations and generations. That is the only life that they know. And, they've been told all of their lives that it is the land God promised their people. The war between the Palestinians and the Israelis has been going on about since about the beginning of time, that is the only life they know.
Then the Israeli government, whom the Israeli put their trust in to not give away God's promised land, tells them that they have to pack up and leave the only life they know. Leave their ancestry, leave their home, etc....
I can see why some people don't want to leave. That is their home!
It is sad that their own government is using bodily force to drive them out. Let them decide where they want to be!
I don't know what I would do if I were in the same situation. Knowing me, I would probably leave, because I wouldn't be willing to stay and fight, but that is because I wouldn't want any harm to come to my children. I would probably be a conformist and leave. I would've left soon after I heard that it was going to happen, not wait until the day of. But, I can see why some are refusing to leave.
Okay, I am off of my soapbox now. I'm sure that I will be right back up on it soon!

WENT TO THE FAIR

We went to the county fair last night and took the kiddos. There is nothing quite like it. The kids had fun riding the rides and I enjoyed getting my cotton candy. I do share it with the kids but it's hard to share it! Zach is finally tall enough to ride the "big kid" rides and he loved it. He looked a little concerned at first but wouldn't let us know if he was scared or not. He came bounding of the rides all excited. He was so excited after one of the rides that he tripped a fell as he was coming out of the gate, but got right up and said "I'm all right, I'm all right!" (I think that was for my benefit, you know how mom's are!) The girls rode the kiddie rides. Allie wanted to ride the big kid rides, but of course, she couldn't. Guess she's gonna be a little dare devil. Ashleigh talked me into going into the little fun house with her. Let's put it this way, it is MADE for little kids, not adults! But, I went in anyways and did fine until I got to the very narrow slide at the end. It's a good thing that I am petite, or there would be NO WAY! By the time that we got home ALL were tired and had no problem going to sleep!
Here is a link to the county fair website: http://www.frederickcountyfair.com/
I also started a new business venture. I am a Independent Beauty Consultant for Mary Kay. If you are interested, just let me know and I will send you the link to my Mary Kay website.

GETTING BACK TO "NORMAL

Well, we are getting back to some sort of normalsy. As if anything is ever normal around here! Zach is playing t-ball again this summer. He seems to like it okay, but doesn't like playing T-ball. He missed the "machine pitch" cut off by 2 months. I was told that he will be able to play machine pitch ball in the fall. He is looking forward to getting into that league, since he is the oldest on his team. He has only played 1 game since we got back from vacation. The games are run much like a practice, so they don't count outs. They also don't keep score. They are concentrating on teaching the kids the rules of and how to play baseball. When Zach isn't playing first base, he spends his time pointing to first base after every hit because most of the kids can't seem to remember what they are suppose to do. He has this "oh, come on guys!" look on his face the whole time. We will see how he does the rest of the games. They don't start true league play until age 9 here, so we will see how he does.

Back from vacation

We had a great time on our vacation back in Oklahoma and finally got back to Virginia early Tuesday. It was a really long drive! I didn't think that we were ever going to get home!
Now that we are home, I need to get back into some sort of a routine. There is so much to do, that I don't know where to start. I keep on hoping that if I put it all off long enough that it will all go away! LOL!

HAPPY JULY 9th!

Just updating my blog finally! Blogspot didn't let me log on from the last computer I tried. My kids and I are in Oklahoma visiting with my mom.
I got together with some old friends today for lunch. It was so good to see them again and I hope that it's not long before I can get together with them again!
I have been pretty busy since I have been here and have enjoyed every minute of it. We have visited the Children's Museum in Seminole, OK; the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks, OK; and Incredible Pizza in Tulsa. The kids had a blast. We also have visited with friends and family alot and look forward to the next week or so.
For the 4th, we went to a family cookout and celebration. I think that being with family is 100% better than any "big show" celebration!
Will post again later. Hopefully it won't be so long 'til my next post.

Finally starting a blog

Since I like to ramble on about everything and anything, I thought that I would start a blog...... then, if you got tired of "listening" to me, you can just quit reading my ramblings. We are going on vacation for an month! woohoo! I will post as much as I can while I am gone! We'll see what I have time for!