A week in Review

Charlie and I had a great weekend home alone. Friday night Charlie and Jayce played outside until dark. Jay took them for a long ride on the scooters. They had a great time. I let Charlie stay up as late as me by 11:30 he was begging me to go to bed. Since Fred was gone he slept with me. Philly was a very good girl this weekend.

Saturday Charlie and Jayce went to Frankie's Fun Park to celebrate Jayce's 11th birthday. They had a ball. Happy Birthday, Jayce! I had a GLORIOUS day on Saturday! I caught up on my blogs, played on the Internet, and just enjoyed the time alone. Saturday night Charlie got to play with lots of his friends and Deborah and I had a girls night out. We enjoyed driving the Corvette around town. We went to church, dinner, and a movie. It was a good time.

Fred and Carrie Beth got home from camp about 12 o'clock on Sunday afternoon.

Back to homework this week. We survived. Mrs. McCracken had her baby last Friday and Mrs. Jones took over in Charlie's class. Overall, they had a great week. I am so glad that they were able to find someone that is so nice and QUALIFIED!! I certified teacher to finish the last 4 weeks of school! How great is that?

Carrie Beth had a great week. She wore her PJ's to school on Wednesday because she thought it was Wacky Tacky Day (it was not.) Then she cried and refused to change into her regular clothes. After a quick conversation with Mrs. McDonald, she changed and all was well. Until later in the day she decided to turn in all her seat work (without doing it) and moved on to the fast finisher work. So, on Thursday night she got to complete all of her seat work from Wednesday. She cracks me up!

Charlie is working on learning the United States of America. He is getting really good at it! We have been working on it together and he has been playing games on shepperdsoftware.com. Charlie worked with Dr. Lucy on Monday and Tuesday. I really think that she helps him focus!

Wednesday night we participated in a tennis clinic with Tim Wilkerson and Rex Miller. It was fun to play. I think we are going to start participating in the tennis activities. I would like to get into the game again. The kids really enjoyed the lesson with Mark Trail. People come from all over NC for their children to take lessons and work with Mark Trail. We are right across the street.......

A week in Review

We had a great week! It was the kid's first week back from Spring Break AND they had Standardized Testing. They both took the Stanford 9 test this week. Testing is always a fun week due to the NO HOMEWORK policy. No homework is ALWAYS a blessing. Both students enjoyed the testing. Charlie said that he used smart guessing if he did not know the answers. Carrie Beth did not really say anything about the testing.

Happy Birthday Pascaline! Charlie's teacher had her baby today!

Carrie Beth seemed very emotional this week. She was up on Monday and Tuesday before I left for school. By Wednesday she was exhausted.

Charlie
Charlie worked with Dr. Lucy and Thea 4 days this week. I am really excited that Dr. Lucy was able to work him in her schedule. He has had 5 hours of treatments and 2 more are scheduled.
Charlie did not sleep in his bed all night. Sure do not know what to do about that.

As far as sleeping goes, I have been waking up about 5AM and being able to go back to sleep. I hate that. But, it has been making me go to bed earlier. Yeah!

Fred and I are starting to work out at the Brightleaf Club. We have been having fun. We are participating in the Brightleaf Biggest Looser contest. You get points for exercising, losing weight, etc. This week I went to 1 complementary class and 1 power workout. Next week I hope to do more. Fred went to 2 power workouts.

Fred and Carrie Beth are headed to Camp Seagull for a weekend of Indian princesses FUN! They had lots of fun items on the agenda. I am looking forward to hearing lots of stories.

Our Cousin Virginia

During Spring Break Nano and Papo kept Charlie and Carrie Beth so that Fred and I could work. They also got Virginia so they could enjoy some cousin time. I met Dad in Burlington at this fabulous McDonald's. The kids had a great time playing and eating lunch. This This was the first time that we have seen Virginia since Christmas. It was very good to see her. We just love her so much. Hopefully we will be able to visit with her for a week or two this summer!

Monkey Joe's

A day with Charlie! Fred and Carrie Beth went to an Indian Princesses meeting on Sunday afternoon. So, Charlie and I wanted to do something just as fun. We tried out Monkey Joe's. Charlie had a great time there. He says that he is going to have his birthday there.

How often do your kids talk about where they are going to have their birthday party? At least once a week for me!

Mrs. McCracken's Baby Shower

The second graders at BCA showered Mrs. McCracken with love and gifts on April 8th. Both classes pitched in to make the party super fabulous!

Lots of gifts...

Lots of great food...
The menu for the event was cheese and crackers, cup cakes with cute baby rattles and shoes on them, strawberries, orange juice, and chocolate milk. The favorite item on the menu for the students were the cheese and crackers.

Charlie gave her a Hanna Andersson dress (pink) and a Brighton key chain with a locked for a picture. He was very proud of his gift. We are so excited that Mrs. McCracken is having a girl!

Charlie's New Bed

We have been looking for a new mattress for Charlie for about a month. We ordered one from the Mattress Warehouse but it never came in. Charlie enjoyed shopping for the mattress. He would go in a store and try all of the mattresses. He knew what he liked and what was not comfortable he really wants a Tempur-pedic but seriously, I am not paying $1000 for a twin mattress, he is 8 after all. Anyway, we shopped at least 6 places for a mattress. We never made a decision so when he went to Asheboro for Spring Break (camp grandma) Nanoo bought him a new mattress.

The whole idea of buying a new mattress is that the one he has is not comfortable. We are hopeful that Charlie will start sleeping in his room. He has a (bad) habit of coming to our room and sleeping on the decorative pillows. So far, one night in the bed and 2 nights on the decorative pillows.

I still have hope!

Spring Break is FINALLY here

We have made up all of the snow days and our holiday is finally here! Yeah!

Easter Eggs

Spring is in the air and Easter is on the way! Saturday evening (at Food Lion of all places) I picked up a couple dozen eggs and the dying supplies for Easter Eggs. Sunday afternoon was spent beautifying the eggs. All this was done with no screaming, crying, and falling on the floor kicking (by me). You all know how I feel about crafts!

Every year around Easter the Cornell's get together with the Noon's and the kids dye eggs. We (Karen and I) started this tradition several years ago. Karen is always in charge. I do everything she says, I am not crafty at all and the thought of dying Easter Eggs tries my nerves. Karen is very patient and crafts are right up her alley. So, she is in charge I am her assistant and it is always a good time! This year our schedules did not line up so Karen was unable to assist (take charge of this event) so I (the un-crafty one) had to step up and get the project underway. I boiled 1 1/2 dozen eggs per kid, bought 2 types of dye, and we were in business. Look at the happy faces!

We had a good time! Cornell's, we missed you! But, we survived the project and had tons of fun! Next year, we look forward to continuing this fun event with the Cornell's.

What a beautiful day! It has been overcast but not RAINING!! Yeah! We are about done with the rainy season in NC. Seriously, I do not know how people manage in Seattle. The kids have enjoyed an afternoon outside. Charlie has enjoyed his mini bike all afternoon. He stopped when it ran out of gas! Charlie found a small ditch full of water that he went through at least 100 times. Carrie Beth rode her power wing and her electric scooter.