Our Garden

I am very proud of our little garden that is growing in our window sill. I have never been able to grow anything and for some reason we move to Oregon and we can't fail! This is Josey's sunflower that she planted at Kindergarten round-up. Supposedly when it is as tall as Josey it is time to start school. I am jsut glad it is growing.
This is Maddy test tube plants. They are purple beans. She just planted these yesterday so we will see what happens.
I don't know what these are called but Josey picked out the seeds.
These are Maddy's morning glory seeds growing.
And this is our new pet beanie. It has taken over our blinds and just keep growing. It is amazing!

Lost Tooth.....FINALLY

First let me warn you to NOT blow up this picture or you are going to get a little surprise hanging out in Maddy's nose! I didn't even notice till I blew up the picture and then I went to take another one but the batteries were out of my camera. ANYWAY Maddy's top tooth finally came out. It has literally been loose for like three months and just would not fall out. Thursday night Maddy finally had had enough and she pulled the tooth out herself! We told her to just keep wiggling it and keep wiggling it throughout the day. Maddy and I went in the bathroom and I watched her as she twisted it around and around until it came out. She really wanted that tooth out and she really wanted the tooth fairy's money. When I noticed her legs were shaking I suggested we just stop and wait until tommorrow or something but that was not an option for her. The tooth WAS coming out and she got it out. Apparently I was making a face that I am sure you can imagine as you watch your daughter twisting her tooth with blood coming out all over and trying to pull on it and stuff. Maddy looks over at me and she says, "Mom you look scared." I said, "No! I am not scared." But I kinda was scared and a little disgusted. But now we have to work on the other top tooth that has also been loose for three months. I guess one hole is good for now.

I was going through some old files and pictures on my computer and I came across some old pictures that just made me laugh. So here are some of my favorite older pictures. You may have seen them you may have not but enjoy!

THE STRAWBERRY PATCH
We wanted to pick strawberries this weekend as we heard they were ripe. So we drove all over the place and found a couple of places but their strawberries were either not ripe enough or they were closed. Dustin and I refused to give up and we finally found a place that was open and had TONS of ripe strawberries to pick. We had so much fun!

THE FALLS
These are our very own Oregon City falls. They aren't far from our house and they are really pretty.

WHY YOU DON'T LEAVE A ONE YEAR OLD DOWNSTAIRS, EVEN FOR A MINUTE, BY HERSELF!

I ran upstairs to change my clothes and I heard the girls follow after to grab some toys out of their bedrooms. Lily was very quiet downstairs which was a little disconcerting but I was hurrying and was down the stairs within two minutes. Well this is what I found her doing downstairs. She had pulle da bowl of spaghetti off the table and took it into the living room and was eating it off the floor. On a side note whoever made this color carpet and put it in a home needs to be shot!

Maddy singing her song at graduation.

First grade graduation

First grade graduation......yes I said FIRST GRADE graduation. I would like to know where else you have a graduation from first grade? Seriously it is getting a little excessive. This is the third year in a row that Maddy has gotten a diploma! Preschool, Kindergarten and now first grade. She was excited about though and the teachers certainly went all out even icluding a red carpet for the kids to walk down. They had speakers and sang songs and the principal gave them each a diploma as they walked across the make shift stage. It was really quite funny.


This is Maddy desk in her classroom and we thought we should take a picture with her nametag.

HEAT WAVE

Joselynsaw an episode of Blues Clues where they made banana muffins and she cme to me so excited to make them she had the recipe down. She said you just need bananas flour and baking powder and two eggs. Turns out she was pretty close to being right. Anyway we got the ingredients and made banana muffins yesterday. She was so excited to do the whole thing herself. She even cracked the eggs and was very proud that she didn't get any shells in the batter. They actually tasted pretty good. I was spraying the kids on the trampoline (their new favorite thing) and then Maddy went upstairs and got some books and brought them outside and told me she was going to lay outside and get tan. Thanks Sammi! I am blaming you if my kids get skin cancer. It doesn't matter that I am their mom it is still your fault. I think with my genes I am not sure how "tan" my kids are going to be able to get.