A BIG milestone/accomplishment for Nathan. He will be promoted to the 7th grade, Middle School. Yikes! I pray he'll feel comfortable and continues to get good grades and continues to make friends fast like he usually does. Both kids will be going to different schools for this coming school year since we will be moving mid Summer into our new home. May God guide them and watch over them ... always.
Two weeks ago when we went to the Pike Place Market we saw rainier cherries but the price made us come to a quick halt ... $9.99 a pound! That's insane. SO one day last week Jacob went to a grocery store by his work and surprised me with a batch of rainier cherries for $3.99 a pound!! Now that's more like it. They were good.
Also, I went to Hallmark and ordered one of my favorite Hallmark movies. All these Hallmark movies are so touching. I love them. Now I have four of them but still need five more and then I'll have all my favorites.
Ever since Riley watched Toy Story for the first time he's been hooked. He loves Woody and Buzz. This is Nathans old Woody from when he was little. Not sure if we still have the hat. It could be packed in a box. I hope it is and the voice box doesn't work anymore but Riley doesn't mind. He brings Woody everywhere we go. Even takes him up into his crib at night but I take Woody out once Riley's asleep because Woodys nose is hard and pointy and I don't want Riley to poke his eye in the middle of the night while he's tossing and turning. It's so cute seeing Riley hug Woody.
Sydna had her last orchestra concert last Tuesday. She's in an advanced orchestra class and 22 of those students are seniors. The last score they played was sad because as it was nearing the end each student got up one by one turned off their stand light and walked off stage for the last time. I got teary eyed. Made my heart hurt a little and the funny thing is my daughter is not the one graduating. Still sad just the same. Once it was over Sydna asked me if I thought the last music score was sad and I said yes. Told her I almost cried and she smiled. She said she also thought it was sad. We are alike ... very sentimental. I told her that I'm most definitely gonna be crying my eyes out when she graduates. Oh my gosh. I'm gonna totally be a hot mess for sure!
She's my baby.
Gosh, how time has flown.
She's got two more years of high school. Unbelievable!
On a sad note; my dads brother died last Tuesday morning. I wasn't close to my uncle but do remember going to his place during the holidays. I have many pictures of when I was small of Christmas parties at his house. I'm sad for my dad.
There has been several nights that we have been out during the evening and this messes up Rileys routine. Plus because it gets dark so late this also plays tricks on ones mind and before we know it it's 9:30 or 10:00 pm. Riley and Nathan were being silly and it was close to 10:00 pm ... on a school night. I had to break up the fun and told Nathan to take a shower and go to bed.
I want to make sure to post pictures of my baby as well. After all, she is a member of our family and we love her ... even though Jacob has a love hate relationship with her. Calls her awful names and whatnot and yet she's so faithful to him. My good friend lost her cat several months ago and just two days ago her and her family decided to put their dog down .... Noah, their golden retriever. So sad. I almost cried. Libby will be turning 12 years old on July 4th. I'm really not sure how many years it would be in cat years but I can tell she's slowly changing.
Just loving on my little guy while we laid on the floor and watched a movie together ... probably Toy Story.
Mid morning snack.
Sometimes this kid doesn't want to eat anything except for fruit and crackers. So darn picky!
Last week it didn't rain at all. Most mornings were bright and sunny. Hmm, not really how I like my mornings to start ... so I end up wearing my sunglasses the entire day. It got warm on most days especially at night. We had to open the windows a bit more and covered up with only the sheet.
Blowing bubbles is Rileys new fun thing to do lately.
One day I was in the kitchen and Riley was sitting on the couch watching a movie. Lately he's been placing all of the pillows on himself then he hides under them and pretends he's in a cave. While I was busy cooking I realized that he was too quiet so I look over and saw him sitting very still. So I walk over to him and he was passed out in a sitting position. Poor thing. So I laid him down and covered him up.
Friday was Nathans school carnival. As soon as Riley saw the jumping house he said "wow" but unfortunately no toddlers were allowed to jump in it.
He didn't make the football go inside the tire hole and became embarrassed when the girl praised him for giving it a shot.
Once Riley saw big brother hit the ball he wanted to swing the bat himself too.
This was so funny. Instead of throwing the bean bag he walks over and places it gently on the table. Made us all laugh.
A lot of you may not like scary/suspenseful movies but I do. Although I am becoming a bit of a scared-y cat when I see movies about possessions. That freaks me out more than your typical blood and gore stuff. Anyway, we watched Dark Skies. Keri Russell comes out in it ... you know the girl from my Hallmark movie I posted in the beginning. I thought it was a good movie. It's about aliens. I have always hated aliens and I'm not talking about E.T. or Starman. I do believe they exist just as I believe in ghosts. I don't think God created.
I think I'll buy this movie.
I will be posting about last weekend later on.
I can't believe your kids are still in school. The last day of school here was May 20th. Poor things!
ReplyDeleteI know, it's crazy ... but it's a love hate kinda thing because although they get out of school later than other kids this means that they also go in later than the rest of the country. School starts the first week of September when everyone else will start in August :)
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