Ice skating video.... 5th Lesson....

This week Elizabeth got her new skates! She is really excited to have the white ones....

Update----

I always thought that when both kids were in school I would have time to get all the things done that I never had time to do. Well I was WRONG! Yikes if anything life has gone into warp speed. Sometimes I turn around and I can't believe that another week has passed. Someday maybe I'll learn how to manage it all.


Elizabeth---
School is going really well for her. Last week we got her 1st report card and she got excellent marks. The two things that we need to work on are keeping her on task and writing her numbers. I am so proud of her. She loves school. Even on the weekends she wants to go to school. In September she turned 5! I still can't believe that she is already 5. I find myself just looking at her face because she has grown so much. When I see the pictures from even a year ago I am in awe of how much older she looks. Her birthday party theme this year was butterflies and she had a wonderful day. Having a birthday at the beginning of school year is good because it gave me a chance to get to know some of the other parents. In October Elizabeth started taking Figure Skating lessons. We started with a private coach thinking that we would switch to group lessons once she had the basics down but we love the coach. He is great with her. Elizabeth adores him so I think that we will be staying with the private lessons. We might add the group lessons on top of the private ones. Matthew and I don't have a plan yet.


Ethan---
Started Mothers Day out the 1st week of September. The 1st week went really well and then he figured out that I was leaving him. He started crying when I left and would cry on and off all day. It was really stressful for me. This last week we are finally back to him only crying a little when I leave and then being happy for the rest of the day. On Friday he even cried because Elizabeth had school and he didn't. I will truly feel blessed when he runs in and completely forgets who I am. He can count to 12 and it cracks me up when Elizabeth gets mad because he takes over and counts for her. He is not very good with his colors yet...Everything is PINK....Matthew swears that we will have lots of therapy bills.

So that is our kids in a nutshell....Next time I will do a quick update on Matthew and I...

Have a great Monday!..

Tagged---I'm it...and I have no one else to tag :(

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.


B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.


C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.




I have been tagged by Candice




Six Facts/Habits about myself




1. I don't like to watch movies or read books over and over again. Matthew can recite movie dialogue off at the top of his head it drives me crazy.


2. My favorite part of Christmas is wrapping the presents. I love to decorate the packages. Christmas Eve I am typically in awe of all the pretty presents.


3. I am afraid of the dark.


4. I have way too many interest. I *like* to do so many things that it is hard to become really good at one thing. Maybe someday I'll be able to nail it down to 1 or 2 things.


5. I LOVE the Internet. It is amazing all the things that you can find on-line.


6. I am addicted to diet coke. Sigh :)

Elizabeth's 1st day of Kindergarten

I can officially sit here and say that I am a mommy of a kindergartner. I am amazed that she is already (almost) 5. Sometimes I look at her and wonder where the time has grown. Around 6am I went into Elizabeth's room and snapped a few pictures of my little princess before the craziness began. When her alarm went off I went over to the bed and exclaimed "Today is a special day for Elizabeth Webb because..." and before she even opened her eyes she smiled and sang "she gets to go to Kindergarten.." Even though she was awake it took her a good 15 minutes to finally get out of bed. We did all the normal morning things and we left at 10 after 7. Of course traffic didn't corporate so we didn't get to the school until 7:50. By the time that we arrived to her classroom almost everyone else was there. She put her bag up and started to meet new friends. We stayed until after announcements and then we left. When Father Breane started the annoouncements he welcomed the kids home and then started with the school motto. He said "Do your....and all the kids yelled "BEST" and then father said "Do what's ... and the kids yelled "Right" It was great because you could almost feel the walls saying the words that have lead the school for so many years. Elizabeth did great she didn't cry or really even care that we were leaving. The only issue was that she had a mini breakdown because she wanted to color during the morning prayer and pledge of allegiance. Today was a half day so dismissal was at 11am. The pick up situation is a mess. I am not looking forward to repeating it 5 times a week. We arrived early so we had to wait outside and it was 102 out. When Elizabeth's teacher lead her out she had the biggest smile on her face. It made me really happy that we made the decision to send her to saint Edwards. I am going to end this post with the School's motto.

Do your BEST and Do what's right....

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