Co-op Mini Bloomsday Fun Run 2009

Every year at our Co-op Preschool we do a fun run in the spring. The kids have a blast while the run up and down Polly-Judd Park on South Hill's lower West side.

You Say It's Your Birthday...

My baby turned 4 on Easter Day. Wow, they grow too fast. She told me, "I can still be your baby, mama, for a little bit." We celebrated her birthday at our house last Saturday with pizza, an Easter Egg Hunt, cake and ice cream, and of course presents! She got everything a little girl could want! She loved them all. A few of my favorite things to watch her do is dance with her "Learn How to Ballerina Dance," kit. It is so cute! She is really enjoying her new little walking and meowing kitty, who we call "Kitty, Kitty." She has been sleeping with Kitty Kitty. I really enjoyed how Jacob stepped in to show Ashley how to fish with her new fishing pole. Don’t forget about all the girly bling that she can't stop wearing and stuffing into her purse, and toting around town with it. A girl can never have too many crowns or tiaras and ahhh the nail polish. What else can a little girl ask for?

Dress Up Queen

Miss Ash is really into dressing up. I thought having two brothers would make her less likely to become a girly, girl. I thought I would be lucky to get her to wear dresses. Well, I was wrong. She is into it more than ever right now. It gets to the point now that it drives me crazy to pick up her room at the end of the day. She has mountains of clothes all over. It is worse on days that she has company because of course she is showing off a bit. I hate doing extra laundry. I have enough of that already so I go through it trying to figure out what I can salvage for "clean." She does help with her room but when she does it, she tends to put it all in her dirty clothes bin. I need to figure some other system. I wouldn't change her for the world! Yes, even when she gets in that stubborn tantrum mode that reminds me EXACTLY of me, when I was her age.

Valentine's Party take two...

Jacob also enjoyed his Valentine's Party on the same day as Justin but about three hours later. His teacher hinted that parents may come towards the end if they wished. My guess it that the mom's were gossiping with each other too much in previous parties so the teacher has been trying to keep parent involvement at a the parties to a bare minimal (I was not one of those gossipers, btw). I do recall the noise level being very high at the Halloween Party, and this was not due to just students. Jacob's friend Clarence has not been in the same classroom as him since the 1st grade but he still looks forward to seeing him at recess, lunch and after school. We have also made an effort to continue play dates throughout the years.

Ashley celebrated her Valentine's Day a few days earlier at "Jump and Party" with her CO-OP clan. What a blast! I brought Justin along due to Sarah's request.

Valentine's Party

Justin had his annual Valentine's Party. I was in charge of a game. I chose "Flip and Toss," and it was a big hit. It is a bean bag game. The idea is to flip over the six semi circle cups, with the toss of the bean bags. Lots of goodies, games, cookie decorating and crafts are usually a hit.

Justin looses his first tooth

After watching several of his friends loose a tooth, Justin finally lost his first tooth last night. Actually, Maybe I should rephrase that to, dad pulled out his first tooth. The funny part it that he didn't even realize it was loose. It just dawned on me that he is turning 6 years old and hasn't lost a tooth yet. Being a curious mom, I asked him if I could check out his teeth, when I realized one was loose. Later in the week we found that it was pretty loose so Josh asked Justin if he wanted him to pull it out. Justin responded, with a "yes." Just like that, and it was done.

Best Friends

Ashley just loves her little buddy. She is always reminding me that Charlotte is her "Best Friend." Shelly and I decided we needed to get these girls together for a play date. We now meet every week after CO-OP. It's good for us moms too! It is nice when you can connect with the mother of your child's friend or is it the other way around??? Yesterday we found a way to enjoy a quiet moment during our playgroup. Okay, the video also gave us some still subjects to photo.

Jacob's Cheese Head

One day Jacob decided to get creative with his cheese...