Emery's Night

We are finally back into them, special nights are back. January just came and went too fast so we started in February. Emery was first, this way her next one falls in May when all of the boys birthdays are. She loves to have Jackson come with her, and that makes it easier for us. Emery wanted to go to Hop 2it, eat at Buffalo Wild Wings  and get ice cream. It was a fun night and fun to spend the time with her.

 On Saturday Jackson stared to have a soar throat. I'm not sure what it was but it seems to be cleared up for the most part now. A few band aids fell on the floor earlier in the day but I was doing something else at the time and didn't pick them up. When I went to get them they were gone. Jacks took them to put on his throat to make it feel batter. It must have had a placebo effect because he was fine while they were on there. As long as it made him feel better, it works for me. 

Kids Writings

It's fun reading the things the kids write now that the older three are in school. It really can give you an insight into their mind.  The other day Emery wanted to wear leggings to school. I'm fine with that as long as the shirt is a longer one. Well she came out in a shirt that was too short for the leggings and I told her no and to change her shirt. She seemed fine with it and went off to play. Like 20 min later she was crying on her bed. She is a very suborn girl and wouldn't tell me what was wrong. I went and started doing other things and a few min later I saw her from the corner of my eye trying to slip me a note. Here is the note and in case you don't read kindergarten it says "I don't like mom." Someone please help me when she's an over dramatic teen. I asked if she really felt that way and that it's not very nice. (still at this point no knowing what was really wrong) I got up put the note on the counter, started to make them lunch and just ignored her. When I was about done with lunch she wrote another note that said I love mom. That one I couldn't find and this one we found stuffed in the couch. I finally found out it was the clothes situation that made her mad and we fixed it. Brad found another note late night that said I want dad, so apparently clothes is a breaking point for her and I have a feeling with be the cause of a lot of arguments later in life. 

The boys did poems and research projects in school. Beck did his research on the polar bear. I loved his pictures and how all over the place his paragraphs are.  

 Out of all the kids Cam and I butt heads the most, but for some reason he still writes stuff about me and makes things for me the most. This is one of the poems he did at school. 

 Then his autobiography poem was a little... interesting. He said he was weak and small and normal a few times. It also says he wants a pet chupacabra, whatever that is. 

Then I just love this. Camden wants to be a pianelist when he grows up. Brad tired to tell him it was called a pianist but he just thought that sounded funny. 

Spelling and Teeth

Emery lost another tooth yesterday. It's been loose for a long time but she wouldn't let anyone touch it. Finally yesterday she agreed to let Brad try once to take it out and it came right out. It only hurt once she saw there was blood. 

 Since the boys know about the tooth fairy Cam said he needed to ask me something but it had to be alone. He asked if he and Beck could help give her the money for her tooth. I'm glad they are wanting to help a little bit, and the loved being the tooth fairy 

 The boys class had a spelling bee and they both did really well. Camden got 3rd place in his whole class. He was pretty excited he did so well. We have some smart boys. 

Pinewood Derby

The boys had their first pinewood derby this week. Which meant we had to make 2 cars. Brad being Brad wanted them perfect and I'm sure the boys really didn't care. They both looked cool. Beck's is the red "sting" and Cam's is the blue "fang". 

They were both excited for the races and we all had high hopes... until it started.... Beck's came in 3rd once and the rest of the times neither made it all the way to the finish line. They were really good sports about it and had fun anyways. 

So what do you do with 2 cars that you put a lot of work into once the races are over? You make your own ramp and have fun races. The kids spent Saturday afternoon racing different cars and loves it. 

Here are the first 2 races. The first one was just Cam, the second was Cam and Beck. Next year we'll do better... we hope.