Have not fallen off the face of the Earth!

No, I have not fallen off the face of the Earth!! I can't believe how quickly this past week- since my last post- has gone! It has been MORE than a little crazy! Last FRiday night, and all day Saturday, I went on a retreat. It was Awesome! It was through PWOC. Protestant Women of the Chapel.. Some times these things are good, not great. This one was great! On Monday, one of my friends was extremely sick. She went to thr DR. and they sent her to the ER. I was helping with her kids.. GREAT news! Parker has moved up to the next level of swim lessons! She has been working soo hard at this. It has not been easy for her to work really hard, and not graduate up to the next level.. Today was her day! So she will be in a new class starting next week. So tomorrow is picture day.. You know what that means? It means I am ready to bang my head against the wall after helping Parker pick out what she wanted to wear! SERIOUSLY!! She ended up with her old standby. Her fave green striped dress- I suppose this was her biggest decision yet! :) Abe celebrated Johnny Appleseeds birthday at school today. They all wore pots on their heads all day! I will post some pictures. Tomorrow they are making little pies with nilla wafers and Applesauce.. Should be interesting..
Thanks to everyone who has ordered from Parkers Fundraiser at school- The PTA says that if this goes well, it will be the only one! Sounds good to me ! Our MOMS CLub organization adopted apart of the road here in our little town. We have to do it once a quarter. I just got online to see who is helping and it is just me and Annie . of course this cracks me up. the highway people come and route traffic and we are to wear the bright orange criminal vests!! I will totally get a picture of this!! Is it sad that I absolutely can't waio to see the new Greys anatomy??

News

Violet had her 4 month well check today. She is doing great. She weighed 12.5 lbs. The dr. said that is double her birth weight, so right on track. She is in the 5th percentile, so again right on track with the family. They always try to warn me that it is not a big deal.. I know , I know.. She is small. She has however cried all evening since her shots. I did take a picture, but my camera is in the car! it is 55 degrees and pouring rain- so in fact- it is really 45 degrees! I will post pictures tomorrow. Abe had soccer practice and he was David Beckham junior. I don't know what happened really. I am loving it though. They had a scrimmage and he scored a goal! :) Hooray! They tasted the apples that they picked at the orchard today at school. they were learning about apples this week. they tried red, green, and yellow apples. Abe likes yellow ones best- apparently they are the juiciest! Parkers school is doing fundraising- yup the wrapping paper/chocolate same stuff! They have a feature where you can get it online and she gets credit for it.. so.. i expect the grandparents to do their "duty" and help the poor girl out! I will post instructions tomorrow. We only know two families here who don't have kids at our school so give her a break! The wrapping paper is great quality- there are samples in the book we have!
Hope all is well with you!
Oh can you keep our dear friend Aaron in your prayers? He is undergoing chemotherapy.
thanks-

parker and Emily

This is parker's friend Emily outside their dance class. I thought they both looked so cute!

Some Jazz Action!

First dance class

Here is Parker at her dance class tonight. The picture is a bit dark. She is in the middle. There are 16 Kind./1st graders in our class. Our teacher Miss Linda was great. She clearly has had experience with this age. Once a month, parents get to observe the class. I was really impressed with her methods. Parker was like" this is great- where is my ballet class?" I thought she would be thrilled with jazz/tap. She thought she was going to Ballet class. I guess we will add that on Saturdays. :)

I love allples!

The field trip

Again miss Molly with the two classes from our school. There is a 9-11 class and an 11-1pm class. For our monthly field trip both classes go together. It was really nice to meet the other moms that I didn't already know. We also got to know our teacher , Miss Jennifer a little better. All in all, I would say it was a hit.

Violet at the Apple orchard

Violet had a great time learning about Apples today too! She babbled the entire time.