Future Runner

Last Sunday after church Jack and Josh ran in a race. Jack runs in a couple of long races during the year, but this was Josh's first run, and it was a mile. I think he ran it in just a little over 8 minutes. He did a good job. I sure wish I could run a mile.....or just run a little:)

Acorns

My friend Sara recently posted about making acorn treats. (sara-mincy.blogspot.com) I got inspired to make some treats with my kids. I didn't have the donuts or sprinkles on hand. Yesterday I found this on another blog making miniature acorns. You take Hershey kisses (so hard not to eat while you are making) mini nilla wafers (didn't know they made mini ones), frosting, and pretzels for the stems. I dabbed a little frosting to the wafer and attached the kiss and a little frosting on top and put a pretzel bite on top. Jacob and Jenna and I had so much fun making these and I will make them again soon!! Thanks, Sara for the idea!

Babysitting

Last week I got the opportunity to watch Hannah for the week. She was such a joy and so easy to keep. She went everywhere I went or did whatever I had to do. My kids loved seeing her and wished they could have stayed home from school. Even Jenna wanted to stay home, and that doesn't happen much. Maybe we should consider adopting......JUST KIDDING!!!!

My Monkeys

I think Jenna has Jake beat by just a little bit! I was telling Jenna about a little girl at school that could make a really good monkey face (when I subbed last week). I must say Jenna isn't too far behind!

Kitchen Floor

I was able to start the kitchen floor. This was a much bigger job, and we are about 95% done. We have some tricky corners yet to cut and under the oven. Thanks to my sweet husband who has done some of the tricky cutting for me:). Now, I am wondering what to make as the official wall color of my kitchen now that I got rid of the blue specs in the floor. Oh, the possibilites....I'm not even sure which color to choose. This will also look so cool once I get my black table!!

The Tooth and the Teacher

Some of you may have seen Jenna with her front tooth that was VERY loose! It was driving me crazy. Last Saturday we put Jenna on our bed and Jack tried to pull it with dental floss, but Jenna broke out sobbing so we stopped. Wednesday night I put Jenna to bed and then Jacob and was sitting on the couch when Jenna appeared out of her room. I'm thinking "now what.....do you have a tummy ache....need a drink or what". I asked her what was wrong and she said "my tooth came out". I was so excited to have that tooth out of there!! I hurried around between my wallet and Jack's wallet to get some money put together and the tooth fairy still came!! Yesterday I saw her sitting here playing school with her dolls. It was so cute. She was embarrassed when I came in and wouldn't let me sit in during her class!