Preschool Dropout

Preschool Dropout,

No Graduation Day for you,

Preschool Dropout!

As of today Kai is officially no longer attending preschool, and I couldn't be happier about it! I have been over this preschool for at least 2 months. Then FINALLY on Tuesday after school he said he didn't want to go there any more. I tried not to jump for joy and talk with him about why he didn't want to go and explain to him that once he decides for sure he can't change his mind. Wednesday morning he woke up saying he wasn't going to school, but was going to do "homeschool preschool" like we did before. I told him we would take a day before calling his school, so he spend yesterday doing school with me. Today he woke up ready for more "homeschool" we talked again about how he cannot go back once I call his teacher and tell her, and he was fine with that! YIPPEE!

His big complaints about school.... they are not teaching him to read and it is boring. My complaints are too many to list. I know it sounds selfish but I am just happy to have him all to myself again!

Olivia's Talk

Topic: The Scriptures are the word of God

The Holy Scriptures are the word of God given to us for our salvation. Alma, a prophet in the Book of Mormon, learned that the Zoramites were not keeping the commandments. This made Alma very sad. Alma wanted to help the Zoramites so he went on a mission and taught them the gospel. Because of the power of the word of God, many Zoramites repented and began to live the commandments.

We can have the power of the word of God, like Alma, when we read our scriptures each day.

I think the scriptures are awesome and I like to read them everyday. I think if I keep reading the scriptures when I grow up Jesus will say “Good job, Olivia”

*By the way she memorized it!*

It's Resolution Time

I love this time of year. It is a fresh start, a time to reflect, and a time to look forward to the future. I love making New Year's Resolutions, but I try to make them fun and somewhat easy. I mean of course it would be awesome to get in great shape, but honestly I just care more about eating treats then exercising. I am constantly trying to be a better wife and mother. Everyday I resolve to live a more Christ centered life. So while all these things (and many more) are in the for front of my mind this year my resolution has nothing to do with any of that.

I am officially dubbing 2011 the year of the concerts. My goal is to go to at least 3 concerts but I am of course open to more. So far on the list of possibilities are Bon Jovi, New Kids On The Block, Def Leppard (if they come here), and I really would love to see Lady Gaga.

Also, I want to get my hair trimmed every 8 weeks.

I would love to hear what everyone else is doing for their New Year's Resolutions!

New Year's Eve

We had a wonderful New Year's Eve. A few of our good friends came over, we ate tons of food, played Just Dance 2, and rang in the new year with the kids. This year I saw this great idea and thought we would give it a try. Every hour starting at 8 each kid had a paper bag with a surprise in it.

8 - a "Favorites of 2010" paper for them to fill out, and save for next year as sort of a time capsule.

9 - Pop Rocks.

10 - silly string. We headed out front for a little silly string fight, it was so much fun!

11 - glow sticks

11:50 - the noise makers.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

The BIG Hill

We only have a few more days home with the kids before school starts back up and we decided to try out the HUGE hill by our house. The kids were so excited because they remembered how big it was since it is right next to the pool.

We got there and the kids were gone in a flash. Brian kept telling them not to go to the very top because they would get going to fast.

Luke and Brian stuck to a little hill

Here is how most of the rides down the hill ended

Then Brian finally got a hold of one of the kids' sleds, walked all the way to the top of the hill where he forbid the children to go, and went FLYING down the hill. I thought he was going to break a something. He was going so fast and crashed so hard. He determined that he was right, the children should not go that high!

We all had a great time and ended this awesome day with dinner at Lone Star with friends.

Christmas - Part 3

After tons of playing, naps, and dinner we finished up the presents.

Brian got Ollie this bath set, it was perfect and she loved it!

Nerf Guns for the boys and a pink scooter for the girls

All the kids slept wonderfully on their pillow pets!

It was the greatest Christmas ever. I loved taking it slow and spending time with the kids one on one playing all their new special stuff! I can't wait for next year!

Christmas - Part 2

After we finished breakfast and played for a while with all the new stuff we headed back into the Living Room to start opening the rest of the gifts. This went on for hours and we finally opened the last gifts around 6pm. We played as we went and it was so perfect. It might have been my favorite Christmas to date.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Kai's construction set

Olivia's PINK baseball bat

Olivia got me this picture of her and I from her school. I LOVED it!

Ethan's much wanted Magic Kit

Luke's Train table, trains and tracks

New bedspread

MERRY CHRISTMAS