Jimmy just joined a baseball team with his cousin Cody and Ryan. While only a couple of the kids actually know how to play the game, all of the kids are having fun running around and the parents are getting a few good laughs. I think Jimmy likes the idea of playing on the same team as his cousins more then the game itself.
The Friday before Mother's Day, Jenevive's class had a ice cream social for all of the moms. We all were warned ahead of time and was told where the Kleenex was. The kids walked in the classroom, got into their lines and each took a turn saying a couple of words why they loved us. Some of the kids said things like I love my mom because she takes care of me when I am sick, I love my mom because she feeds me, I love my mom because she is nice. Jen said I love my mom because she is beautiful and honest. Now, I know every child thinks their mom is beautiful, and it was very sweet of her to say, but I was very proud to hear her say honest. We have taught our kids that the one thing we do not allow is lying. We have told them over and over your word is everything.
After their speeches, we sat at our child's desk and were given a bunch of little gifts. Jen gave me a pouch of Hersey kisses with a poem attached (which she instantly gobbled up) a card with a very sweet message, a hand print place mat and a cup with some artwork on it. As if that wasn't enough, we all were treated to a make you own ice cream sundae bar. This Mother's Day party was one of the best Mother's day present ever.
Since I get a crap load of "extra's" in the wash, I thought I would document just how much is found in the bottom of my washer every Wednesday. In the last three weeks I have found 2 banana erasers.....
98 cents..............
a bunch of the tiniest Lego pieces I've ever seen.........
glow in the dark vampire teeth, a miniature boat,a golf tee, a bracelet, a blue marble, a dinosaur finger puppet and a Sponge Bob Leapster game ( $24.95 value at one time )........
And the best part - a melted blue crayon. Yep I found this in my brand new dryer. Can I tell you how happy I was with this one when I opened the dryer and the crayon wrapper popped out. I didn't even want to look inside. I did get most of the crayon out and got a good lesson on checking pockets from now on. 
This is probably the best picture I have ever gotten of the kids with the Easter Bunny. Jen's Brownie troop a trip to a pancake breakfast with the bunny. Not only did they have breakfast, but there were arts & crafts, games, face painting and a visit with the bunny.
Later that week, we died eggs for the bunny to hide in the morning. Since we don't eat the eggs, we only boil a dozen. As much of a waste that it is, it's tradition and we had to do it.
The kit this year had foam pieces to make cute little egg animals. Good thing there was one green egg for the frog- the pink chicken was a little odd looking.
The bunny left lots of goodies for Jen and Jimmy. Lots of bubbles, Lego's, chocolate bunnies and chalk.
He also hid our eggs that we dyed. It took all of 3 minutes to find them.
The kids looked so cute in their matching outfits. This year they were ok with it-probably not so much next year.
This is my cute little Grandpa Al. Jimmy is his little baseball buddy.
Every year we have an egg hunt at my sister's house for the kids. They go for a walk around the block with some of the adults, while we scatter them around. Between their baskets and the eggs we have more than enough candy for awhile.
Jimmy, Jenevive, Lanie, Kaiden and Spencer
Jenevive joined our church's Upward cheer leading team this year. She was so excited to get her uniform, pom poms and megaphone. She makes a cute little cheerleader if I do say so myself.
The squad was divided up of 5 teams with 8 girls or so on a team. They all practiced together ,but each team had their own time slot to cheer. Ours was 9:00 am EVERY Saturday morning. Not fun. It made it very hard to convince people to come and watch her cheer. So, a big THANK YOU for everyone that came out.
After each game, the coach and the girls sit down, talk about the game and each girl gets a colored star to put on their megaphone. The different colors each have a meaning like most spirit or leadership. There were six different colors, but for the life of me I can't remember each meaning.
At halftime, the girls did a cheer and all of the kids sat in the middle of the floor for a devotion and a prayer.
At the end of the season there was a Upward ceremony in the church where the girls got to perform their dance they had been working on all season. When I can figure out how to download it, I will post the video.
As part of the ceremony, there was basketball performer who pulled some of the kids from the audience up on stage. Don't you know they pulled Jen who was buried in the middle of the audience to come up. He spun a couple of balls on her finger and her face just lit up with excitement. Overall Jen had a great season and she will probably want to join again next year. Hopefully we get a 10:00 or 11:00 game slot. 
I have amazing kids!!!! They are complete opposite, yet so much alike. Jen is my little fashionesta- loving skinny jeans, pencil skirts and anything Parisian. She wants to be a fashion designer go to Paris and stand under the Eiffel Tower. She has some big dreams!!
She is not shy by any means. She has a ton of friends and can tell you anyone's name in her school. She is an excellent student - only getting one spelling word wrong in the past 2 years and was reading at a third grade level at the end of first grade.
And then there's Jimmy or Bubba as he wishes to be called. All boy yet gentle and kind. He melts the heart of everyone he meets. He truly is a very well behaved kid. He loves any kind of action hero, Lego's and playing out side. He could live in his pajamas for a week if you let him. He is all about comfort.
