A Word to Parents (A Poem)

Last night at orientation we were given this poem and I thought that I would share it.....


A Word to Parents

"I got two A's," the small boy cried.
His voice was filled with glee.
His father very bluntly asked,
"Why didn't you get three?"

"Mom, I've got the dishes done!"
The girl cried from the door.
Her mother very calmly said,
"And did you sweep the floor?"

"I've mowed the grass," the tall boy said,
"Ans put the mower away!"
His mother asked him with a shurg,
"Did you clean off the clay?"

The childern at the house next door,
seem happy and content.
The same thing happened over there,
but this is how it went.

"I got 2 A's" the small boy cried.
His voice filled with glee.
His father proudly said, "That's Great!
I'm glad that you live with me!"

"Mom, I've got the dishes done!"
The girl cried from the door.
Her mother smiled and softly said,
"Each day I love you more."

"I've mowed the grass," the tall boy said,
"And put the mower away!"
His mother answered with much joy,
"You've made me happy today!"

Childern desire a little praise.
For tasks they're asked to do.
If they're to lead a happy life,
So much depends on you.

by Vivian Harrikan

It's Official ----I am a terrible blogger!

Okay I promise to try to be a better blogger. Hopefully once the kids go back to school I will be able to update at least once a week. So here is a quick update....


Elizabeth.....

Tomorrow is Elizabeth's 1st day of kindergarten. She is really excited and already claims to love her teacher Mrs Natcher. She met her last Saturday at the back to school bash. Last night Matthew and I went to orientation at the school and it really affirmed our decision about sending our children to Catholic school and Saint Edwards in particular. Matthew and I both feel that Education is the greatest gift that we can provide and I feel extremely blessed that we are in a position to send them to a GREAT school. My heart aches a little when I realize that my little girl is already starting Kindergarten. Every day she amazes me. Right now her favorite word is "Sure". Last week she went for her 5 year check up and shots. She is in the 90Th percentile in height. WOW. In just the last month I swear she has grown at least 1 - 2". She decided that she wants a butterfly birthday party, so we are in the process of planning a Butterfly Bash. We have scheduled it for September 15 at 2pm. We are having the party at our Church. Tomorrow I promise to post lots of Pictures in her uniform :)

Ethan.......

What to say about my little man. He is all boy! I am flabbergasted every day by how physical he is. I swear he could climb a mountain. He is head to toe bruises. His favorite toys right now are "tractors" which encompasses all trucks, trackers, bull dozzers. Right now there is lots of road work going on around us so I can't go anywhere without him screaming "Mama, Tractors." I am a little relieved that he is finally talking up a storm. His speech isn't as clear as Elizabeth's was at this age but he is getting there. He is basically potty training himself. At home he pretty much is trained. YEAH :) He is so skinny that his underwear sags. Poor guy! He starts mother's day out in September and I can't wait. ;)

Matthew.....

Has been busy with work. He has been working on the appraisals when they come in but things on that front have been slow. Right now he is looking for a car. Yep you read that right the Webb's are going to become a 2 car family again...lol. He is going to be taking Elizabeth to school in the mornings so he is going to drop out of the car pool.

ME.....

I have had a super busy few weeks trying to get Elizabeth ready for school. On Saturday I got my 1st birthday present A new digital camera. YEAH. I have really missed having one. I still have no idea what happened to the other one. I also lost my cell phone last month so I got a new one.. a pink razor...I have a new cell number.if I haven't sent it to you yet drop me a line and I will get it to you ASAP. I am going to end the post with a couple of pictures of the kids. They were taken this weekend with the new camera.

Kindergarten----WHAT???

This weekend we took Elizabeth to her Kindergarten interview at St Edwards. Since she has a September birthday we were letting the teachers decide where she would be most successful in Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten. We let the teachers know from the very beginning that we were completely okay if they felt like she should be in kindergarten. After the testing was over the teacher told us that she felt like Elizabeth should be in KINDERGARTEN! We talked to her for about 10 minutes about the pros an cons of starting her now but she flat out told us that she didn't feel like Elizabeth was a Candidate for Pre-K. Wow, so we are proud of our little girl and now we have the heavy hearts of sending our baby to school. She is so excited about being a big girl and going to big girl school.

~Feather

Spell check is back!

Spell check is finally back so I can post again....I wasn't going to subject anyone to my fat finger typing and creative spelling......

Christmas is so close and I am going crazy! I finally figured out my cards now I just need to get them in the mail.....I am so behind. I tried really hard to get my shopping done before Thanksgiving so I could enjoy the Christmas spirit yet here I am still shopping. WIth Ethan I can only go to one or two stores at a time and he makes it HARD! I can't wait until next year when he is in Mothers Day Out. Matthew has been so busy with school and work that he hasn't been able to help much...except with the only question that matters to him..."How much are you spending?" We finished the gifts for his work last. We made Candice's Chex Mix, it is super Yummy! It is sweet and super easy to make. We made EIGHT batches. I made the covering and Matthew stirred it up and put it into the bags. I then made a little paper flap to cover the top. I hope that they like it.

Well I am off to get the kids ready...Candice is going to take there pictures today. I am really excited.

Christmas card...Ba Hum Bug!

Every year I make our Christmas cards. It is something that I look forward to all year. They are not always perfect but I am typically proud of them and it is something that I enjoy doing. Well this year I had a plan I worked it all out bought the paper (which is another story all together) and started on the cards. I made one and went to put it in the envelope and it didn't fit. Too fat. SO I started again...I have searched on-line for inspiration, I have looked at magazines, I have called friends but I am getting no where FAST. I have made at least 20 different cards and I have hated them all. I think that it is the papers fault. Usually I am very traditional, I buy red, green white with maybe another color thrown in but there is no doubt that it is Christmas. Well this year while searching for paper I pick up a line that is using non traditional designs and colors. And they are BUSY, which is not something I typically do either. The colors are shades that I can't even find ribbon that looks nice...I love ribbon....so I had to buy embroidery floss...it just isn't the same... So here I am sitting on a load of paper which I really don't like wishing for some nice red card stock some pretty ribbon and some red and white paper.....

BTW what has happened to spell check...a girl can't live without spell check......

Cupcakes......

Those of you who know me really well, know that it kills me to call a Post cupcakes...Sigh I thought that I would take a second to post A Happy birthday to my friend Christie....Happy Birthday to you. My kids even love you because they got to have a cupcake in your honor. I thought I would take some pictures of them for you but my camera ran out of battery. I did get some of Ethan but it died just as I was about to take a super cute one of Elizabeth. She of course is really excited because it means that she'll get another cupcake later. Ha! I just realized that my kids are naked in all the pictures that I have posted....LOL...I promise they have clothes. I just didn't want green icing all over everything.

Camera bag!!!

I love this camera bag! I really, really want the brown one. It was designed by Donna Downey, one of my favorite scrapbook designers. My friend Candice introduced me to her wonderful books and blog. She is an amazing designer and I can only hope that I have 1/10 of her talent. I am also really excited because she mentioned in her blog this week that she is thinking of writing some new books this year. I can't wait. Check out her web site if you get the time www.donnadowney.com