The Indy 500

The Indy 500 race was this past Sunday. It is a huge deal around here. There is something going on at the track almost every day during May. This past Friday was Carb day. There was a IndyLites race, practice, and a pit crew competition. Daddy's department went to the track for the day and called it "team building." It was a nice way for Daddy to start his long weekend.
Here are a few pictures from his day.

By the way: for those of you who care, Helio Castroneves won.

Play dough; play YUCK

I'll just start by saying: I HATE play dough! I don't like the smell and I definately don't like the clean up. There are always little pieces everywhere! Therefore, my kids don't play with it much. (I couldn't be a preschool teacher: I hate play dough, bubbles or sidewalk chalk).

So anyway. While I was working on the fence on Wednesday, I got out all the play dough and let the kids play with it outside under the gazebo. That way they could make a mess and who cares? We were outside. They had a blast! They played so good together, made a mess, made animals, and stayed out of my way. They were occupied for a few hours! Clean up was so easy too. For one thing, alot of the play dough had dried out so we were just able to pitch it. I'll never do play dough inside again.

By the way: is it play dough or play doh?

The letter of the day is "P"

Saturday we took the kids to the Park in the morning and then came home and filled up the Pool. While we were outside playing, K Peed on the Patio. Later, C Played PlayStation, Daddy and K took a naP and I blogged (sorry, no P there). And that is our Saturday in a nutshell (or in a PeaPod as Daddy suggested).

That K girl is not scared of much! I think Mommy was scardier (Is that a word?)Those kids love to swing! But so do I. C is starting to get the hang of it. K's little bottom was lifting up off the swing every time she went up. Too fun!

We all got in a water fight and C tried to hide from Daddy. This is how K got everyone in the water fight. She filled up her little boat and tried to throw the water on you. She was too funny!What a stud! Look at those guns! Look at how much weight he has lost--I think about 40 pounds. I'm very proud of him. And he is very mad at me for putting this picture on.

Blogging is slow

My mother-in-law actually commented that I haven't blogged lately. It must be pretty bad when people start noticing. We have been so busy lately! I haven't had time to think let alone blog. So here is a catch up and hopefully I can schedule some posts for the next few days.

Last week was kind of a hard week with my K girl. But I had a chance to get away a few times last week. Boy did I need that!

Thursday night I had a Dei Gratia meeting. Friday night we had a Ladies Fellowship at church. The speaker was Miss Suzie (C's AWANA leader). She is a blind lady that lives on her own. She is an amazing lady. She loves C! She actually mentioned him during her devotional. She will miss him next year. And Last Saturday I had a bridal shower for a friend (M). Actually C will be in that wedding on July 4th. We had such a good time! They had good food, fun games (blush!), and she got lots of stuff.

C had a game on Saturday too; he lost but did a very good job. He had another game Monday that he lost too. His game started at 6pm and Daddy's game started at 6:30. So Daddy was late to his game and didn't really get to play. His team lost too. We stayed at the ball park to watch some of the next games and eat dinner at the ball park.

Tuesday I watched 2 kids for a long day. Tuesday after they left, we worked outside. Daddy mowed grass and I cleaned another section of fence. We are trying to clean and stain/seal our fence this year. Wednesday we spent almost the entire day outside. The kids played (play dough-see future post) and I stained the fence. I worked on one section until 5:30 and still have a few touch ups to do. I was burnt, hot, tired, sore, etc. So instead of church we went to Olive Garden.

Thursday the kids and I went to the library. I registered C in a reading contest through one of our local libraries. So I checked out some books that he can read for that. We also did a few errands and met Daddy for lunch.

Friday Daddy got to go to the Indy track for Carb day for the Indy 500 race, which is Sunday. His department called it a "team building" day. It was a nice way for him to start his long weekend. The kids and I did some cleaning and I had C do some "thinking papers" and practice his combinations. After dinner, we went to DQ for some ice cream.

Now we are caught up to today. We went to the park this morning and then came home and set up the pool. We had such a good time! We have decided that today is just a play day. We'll finish cleaning, mow grass, work on the fence, etc. on Monday. So far we have had a very good day!

On a side note, we have been working really hard on potty training. K did so good on Thursday and Friday. She has actually made it to the potty a few times with no mistakes or accidents. But then she's also had a few accidents too. But I'm seeing improvement. It will happen, right?

I Won!

Not too long ago, a blogger friend (momma) had a give-away on her blog. It was in celebration of her 2 years of blogging. I was so excited to find out that I won! I usually don't win anything, but when I do, I usually win big (maybe I should try the lottery). This was a big win; bigger than I had expected. I got the box in the mail on Friday and had so much fun looking through everything. I think there was just as much stuff in there for my kids as there was for me! But momma is a 1st grade teacher and so I think she had a soft spot for my new 1st grader.

Here is a picture of what was in the box-and she said something more is coming later!

I'll try to list everything: 8 books (mostly kids books-which I love as much as the kids do), a necklace, Bath and Body lotion, bookmarks, new pencils for the kids, a stuffed kitty for K (which she loves; and BTW momma, you spelled her name right), a whole bunch of zoo animals for like a bulletin board, and some other "punch outs" with the kiddies names on them. K immediately claimed the pink and purple pencils cuz "boys don't like pink." I'm sure I'm forgetting something too.

It was so nice of momma to do this! Thanks much! You made our day!

PS: The box that everything came in was a big hit too. It became a robot, a plane, and a car.