2nd Grade! / Weekend : ) : ( / Butterflies?

So I think Jess and I have come to a decision on what we are doing for Second Grade and its..........BJU!!! We went over to the Springdale Conference (like the Searcy one were going to next weekend, but in Springdale...hehe) and looked at the vendor booths. There were some strong candidates there like Christian Liberty Press and A-Beka, but we are in love w/ BJU. It was nice to get our hands on books and be able to really look them over and we are more confident then ever that it is the right choice for us and I am so excited about it. : )

MaryJane is going to Tulsa tomorrow to either go to the Zoo (weather permitting) or a Locomotion/Fun City kinda place tomorrow and is spending the day w/ her Mother on Sunday since it is Mother's Day so no kiddo for me all weekend (boo hoo hoo), but I know she is going to be having a great time w/ Mom. Look for details on Jess's site come Monday.

Oh..and no butterflies yet..but were still waiting. : )

Panera

I must apologize to Panera Bread Company. Just the other day thru some conversation w/ Jess I had mention I didnt really care for that place, but either im retarded or that place has gotten better (betting on option 1) cause Wednesday one of the secretaries came around w/ some of thurr food. There was a semi-annual big 3 day meeting over here for the end of Qtr 1 & 2 and I guess they had left over grub. So the gurl is like "do you want one, its just ham and cheese". of course I said yes, but it was so much more then just ham and cheese. im talking about super tasty bread, crisp lettuce, thin sliced tomato, mustard, and even a little mayo didnt hurt it...plus chips, a cookie (waiting for me at home still) and a garlic pickle. The sandwich was delectable and I must stop talking about it before I start drooling. Panera Bread Company is yummy...end of story.

Pico

So community group was Tuesday and was great as always. I went to pick M.J. up after our study at the house across the street...walked in...all the other kids are running crazy..and there's my angel in the bedroom with her nose buried in a Dr. Seuss book. She is such a good little reader and just enjoys it so much. Now don't get me worn tho...pretty much every other time ive gone to pick her up.. she was one of those "running crazy" ones. ; )

So ive always had this thing for Pico de Gallo. Every time we go to a Mex place I always have to have it. It seems to never be the same, but always good. I needed to take something for group; appetizer-ish, and have been becoming more motivated and interested in getting into the kitchen and making new and different things (thanks Top Chef: Chicago) so I wiki'd the recipe and took it into action. It turned out great and I got so many comments about how good it was, and it showed they loved it to for the fact they ate almost all of a double order of the recipe. go me. hehe. below is tasty recipe should you want to indulge yourselves.

Ingredients
2 cups chopped fresh tomato
½ cup chopped white or yellow onion
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lime juice
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 ½ tablespoons stemmed, seeded, and minced jalapeño or other chiles
1 small clove of garlic, minced
hot sauce, to taste

Directions
Dice the vegetables.
Combine them, mixing well.
Add salt, pepper, chiles, lime juice, and garlic.
Add hot sauce if desired.

Gala

So the Gala was Monday night and it was pretty cool. We hung out in the social area to begin and moved over to the stage area for the later part of the evening. I took a few pictures of her "skit" as Jess put it most accurately, but they are really no different or better then hers. Stroll over to her place to get a few more details on the shin dig. It was a nice evening. : )

Caterpillars and More!

Well, the pic and one word pretty much sums up our weekend; caterpillar. That child and I found more of them then you'd believe. id guess we found close to 30 over the course of 3 days. We were out Friday playing detective when she came across the first and second ones. I told her I would get a box and she could fix it up like a home and put them in there...and it was on from there on out. We hunted, admired, and showed them off to the whole neighborhood. Here the best part...we have cocoons...and not just one or 2....but 10. yup, 10 cocoons. She had seven caterpillars the first night when we went to sleep. she had said she hoped they would make cocoons and to my amazement and her expectedness one had spun one over night. Wow! We got to witness the making of the others over the weekend. Neto. One even escaped and spun a cocoon on the couch. We cant wait for Butterflies! Oh...we did do other things beside caterpillars tho.

Saturday we were getting ready to head out for a trip to Wal-Mart when MaryJane asked when we were going to Home Depot again (for a children's workshop) and my response after a quick moment of thought was....Today. She had seen some construction across the way and it sparked her head to think about Home Depot. How crazy cool it all that. So I ran back in to grab her apron and we were off. She built a pencil holder w/ wooden flowers to put in it. I think it is the one of the best things she's built there. Aside from he holding a few boards together she did it all by herself, glue, hammering, and stickers. How proud I am/wuz of her and she was very proud of herself to boot. Im gonna get a pic of her with it but she is not finished yet. she says she wants to paint it before she puts the rest of the stickers on it. Can you say Ar-tist? hehe. We hit dollar tree where she got her a new bear w/ a dollar of hers. it was a big deal too cause she got a bear w/ clothes for a dollar when it usually a dollar for the bear and a dollar for the clothes. it was the only one there w/ clothes on to so it was a very special find for us. yea. hit Donald's for lunch and play, then it was home and outside for the monkey.

Sunday was church. she had been anxious for church all week, which I just love. She wore a beautiful dress her mommy got for her. It was a good time. We were going to go to have lunch at Grandma Doris' but she had fallen and hurt her hand. Hope your feeling alright Grandma. : ) So instead it was back to the house to play the day away. Lots more outside and watched Alvin & the Chipmunks, which is very good. She read me a couple books too. She is such a good reader. last Tuesday she read me 4 books too, 2 at the library before we left after her library class and 2 when we got home. I do love reading to her, but enjoy her reading to me even more.

Tonight MaryJane is having a "Gala" at The Jones Center. What exactly is a Gala???...well, not real sure myself, but I know its gonna be great. Her last day of Treehouse was last Thursday so its kinda like a little celebration of the completed semester. I know we are having food and M.J. and her classmates are doing some performing. Ill have details when upon my return.

Later.

Hello Weekend!

Man am I ready for the weekend. Going to get my gurl after work, then its home to probably do our routine for the week. Every nite this weeks been go home, eat dinner, play outside for bout 30 minutes, a quick dunk in tha tub, a little cartoon action, and then a few chapters of Junie B. Jones before tickling to sleep. Don't see why tonight will be any different and like it that way. It will be nice to have lots of time to do stuff over the weekend. No big outings, but surely lots of outside playing. supposed to be pretty nice it looks like, especially Sunday. I'm thinking a trip to Gully Park over on Township in Fayetteville is in store. We've both been wanting to get over there. Lots of ideas here and im sure that child of mine will come up with who knows what to do. Fill you all in on Monday.

Counting Crows - You Can't Count On Me (Late Show-Letterman)

Ok...so this is a long time coming. Well, not really a long time and not really this. Let me explain. About a month ago one of my top 10 bands, Counting Crows came out w/ a new album entitled "Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings" and along side released a Music Video of there first single "You Can't Count on Me". So I found the music video on You Tube and thought I would put it on my blog only to find out they wouldn't let me cause of some copyright mumbo jumbo or sumdin. So here is there performance of the song on "The Late Show w/ David Letterman" just a few days before the release of the album. No matter what your musical preference your bound to love this.