Yup...im back and i bring newz (and pics) of the fabulous weekend. i know the weather wasnt the best, but it didnt put a damper on thing...although i would have been nice to get outside more. Saturday was MaryJanes 3rd Play. Ive spoke of it before. It was titled "The Hair Who Would Not Be Queen". the original story is "king", but since the Rabbit was a girl they changed it. Cute i thought. Here are some pics of my little giraffe doin her thang on stage. she remembered all her
lines and did wonderful in her performance. i thought of taking video w/ my camera, but since jess shot it w/ the real video recorder, i took pics. precious. We spent the remainder of the day at the house out of the weather. had a blast. just to mention some things that stand out in my mind from that day are following. we did this tickling
game where we tickled each others armpits or feet at the same time and whoever laughed first was the loser. shoulda seen it...we were both making funny faces and funny noises trying not to burst. also played a game where she asked me questions and gave me three choices for the answer. if i got it right she gave me a sticker on a sheet of paper. we played again Sunday where if i got it wrong she got a sticker. the questions and answers were just to funny. Also build that money a "tent house" Saturday evening. had been talking about it for a while and finally did it. havent done one of these since we lived in Farmington. wasnt sure i still remembered how to do it good, but it turned out great and has not collapsed so yea. she loves it. Sunday was church. we had a different kind of service. no sermon. it was ok. had a quior instead of the norm band like setup. it was singing mixed w/ reading from the bible, and communion (bread and juice separately). MaryJane had a wonderful time at Sunday School. They usually meet in a big room and then break off into small groups, but they all stayed in the big room Sunday. Not sure why, but she said she had fun. There lesson was of course about the crucifixion. Watched a video, got a coloring book and a pretty blue cross necklace which she tapped against the sidewalk to confirm it was a "real jewel". She is excited about next Sunday because of the Resurrection...and yes the Easter bunny jive too. After church it was off to have lunch at Grandma and Grandpas. Cody and Robi were there too. Had one of my favs...pot roast. it was delicious i must say. MaryJane picked
some flowers, did a puzzle, and pulled out all the old toys from the closet. it was a very nice visit. After that it was off to Dad's to see him and Nana and to deliver the last of the girl scout cookies. Ashley's little girl Brenna was there. Her and MaryJane mingled a liltte bit. Another nice visit.
We got outside for a bit before we left. Warmer, but man it was windy. We then headed home to close out the night. We continued a little thing we have going before she went to sleep. we have been telling stories w/ choices. you give 3 choices for the story and then give 3 choices for different things throughout the story. you wouldnt believe some of the things we make up. its great and i always look forward to telling, and hearing, them.
Been watching lots of Basketball, but like thats new. Props to the Hogs for there Wins over Vandy and the Vol's. WE just need to take care of Sampsomless Indiana and prep for the beatable Tar heels. they only won there last two tourney games by 1 and 5 points. Filling out my bracket(s) tonight. some of the guys and i are doing a pool at community group. my idea and they love it. go me. hehe.
MaryJane was excited all weekend for St. Patrick's Day today. Ive never seen anyone get so hyped about this holiday. her and her mommy have been celebrating all day w/ recipes and cooking, st Patrick's day themed school, a trip to the lake and a blarney stone, a video, and some awesome necklaces. Make sure and check out Jess's Blog for the skinny on all the fun. MayJane and i even gathered a bunch of green stuffed animals this morning she took w/ her. how cool.
Guess thats about it for now. ill be back later this week w/ more. Oh...one other thing. i gave Sis my old camera and she is loving it. she took a whole role of film in a matter of a couple hours on Sunday. Im very interested to see how they turn out. everything from me,
to toys, to out the window while driving, to flowers, to dolls, the the cat. pretty much anything and everything. hehe.
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Later.
*Sigh*...im back...after spending 4 days w/MaryJane you really dont care for anything else...especially work, but what can ya do. Her and her Mommy are back together today and they are enjoying themselves. Jess said they did school outside this morning and that MaryJane was being very good. So before i rant about our time together i must remind you to check Jess's Blog for details and cute pics from there trip to Oklahoma (and Missourri...hehe). So Thrusday Jess, M.J., Christian, and I mett up at in Rogers for the ABEKA presentation. We grabbed a bunch of free stuff and looked thru some of the books. Looks real good, but there are just so many options. Jess just called me w/ another cirriculum and i justed looked at it and it is good too. over the next week or two i really wanna dive in and do some research on each and comparisons and work w/ Jess towards making a dceision on what we wanna do. Ahh...the freedom of choosing what our child learns....i love it! MaryJane and i spent the rest of the day at the house...although honeslty most of the day was spent ousdie the house in the beautiful weather. WE played and she played w/ Samantha and other kids. Friday morning felt like Saturday morning...i really thought it was thurr for a sec. It was nice and we had a blast playing make beleive everything under the sun. : ) Went past work to pick up my check and then it was off to girl scouts. she said she had fun. she made a bird feeder out of a pine cone, peanut butter, and some other stuff i think. she didnt want to bring it home so she left it in the grass by the school...for the birds of course.
Then it was off to the much atticipated "Fun City" in Springdale. Kinda like Chuck E. Cheese, but better. We had a ball. She made a few trips thru the play area that has slides, balls, tubes, and otherstuff, but we spent most of the time racking up tickets. her fav games were alien race cars..we race these aliens on bicycles against each other and she always wins ; )..., basketball, and the spider stomper game. we managed to get 327 tickets (plus some i forgot i had in my pocket, so must be close to 400. : ) She got her prizes as you can see and was very happy with the outting.
ok...so Saturday we took a trip on the Razorback Transit. WE had gone on it 1 year ago bacause she had always wanted to ride on a bus. i thought it would be fun to make it an annual thing and at the mention of doing it again she got excited....so we went. We took the "Red" bus to the mall where we had lunch and she got a new webkinz. the pics are of her in the party area of the "build-a-bear-" rip off store. she wanted me to take all of these. cute...and funny. : )
i dont have a pic of her w/ her new webkinz, but im sure i will get one. its a horse...i mean pony. hehe. she thanked me probably 10 times and would say "i can't thank you enough". precious! Made a trip past the library where we picked up a few books and a bunch of "how to draw" books, andthe "elf" movie. We drew and wathced our movie at home. twas deliteful. Sunday was Church. Was very nice as always. MaryJane told me they made a bablie verse out of food and ate it. hilarious. later that day we played outside in the mud. we got so filthy and had so much fun. we wanted to stay out there for a long time, but w/ the chill it had to be short. We managed to get clean and spent the rest of the day goofin off in the house. i loved every second off the time we spent together! Yes...did watch basketball too and i can hardly beleive the final 4 is all #1's. Im picked Memphis from day one and still think they are the best of the bunch. can hardly wait to see what happens. well, im ready to get outta here so gonna add my picks and jet.
Easter morning i woke up at 6:30 and got up to put a shirt on and to turn the heat up in preparation for her finding what the Easter Bunny had left, but just as i was about to grab my shirt i heard a voice say "get up". I thought, did she just say something, is she talking in her sleep,....then she started talking again, rolled out of bed and made a made her way into the living room where she found that the carrots she left the night before had been eatin and that a lovely basket full of goddies had been left for her by the Easter Bunny.
