First Grade School Pic, Mrs. Pankukk

Addy is doing really well in school she is at the top of her class when she was tested a few weeks ago.  She uses big vocabulary at home, and she does her best.  She is a great friend to everyone, but doesn't mind speaking her mind to those around her.  The other day the neighbor boy "Soren" (who lives across the street)  was walking down the sidewalk past our house, and Addy saw that he was not coming to knock on our door to play with her.  She ran outside on the porch, jumped on the swing, and yelled, " SO, your not coming to play with me, HUH?!? She is my tomboy/princess;  I asked her if she wanted to try out a dance class, and she looked at me with her face all scrunched up and said, "Oooh, no!"  We have about 4 boys who come around daily to play with the girls, I look out on the side walk, and they're all on their scooters, and Addy usually is somewhere in the middle of a bunch of boys... with her little bro in tow!

School Pics

 School Picture day.  Life is good in fourth grade, her teacher is Sally Druffel.  The Name of Sid's school is Lena Whitmore Elementery.  Most days sid rides her bike to and from school.  She is really starting to love reading, her favorite subject is music.  Her music teachers name is Mrs. Edwards, she keeps asking if we are related to her... She just joined a band called "All City Band"  She is going to play the piano in the band.  When they perform she will play the drums, bells, or the Meranga.  She is really excited about the band, they are playing at the U of I homecoming in a few weeks.  She is also taking piano from a wonderful piano teacher.  She is very knowledgeable, and she is sweet, but she pushes Sid to do her best.   

First Day of School- A bundle of nerves

Poster reads:  1st day of school "1st Grade"

Poster reads: 1st day of school "4th Grade"

First day of school, here we go!!! We are a couple of about 5 blocks from the school, so the girls hopped on their bikes & we were off the day!  they were excited and ready to go, but once they hit the playground and saw everything around then was unfamiliar, they extrovert instantly became introvert... which is par for the course.... Addy left her little assignment home- and so she just about had buckets of tears, but Alan dropped it off to her before he left for school this morning.  Sidnee was headed into an unknown world of 4th grade.  She is almost the biggest kid in Elem. school, their sixth grade class just moved to middle school.  She has her own locker, and she knows a few kids in the other 4th grade class.  She is so shy, and she was really scared this morning, but I think she will grow to love it. Addy has several kiddos she knows in her class, I think she will get along famously- if she can just remember where she goes, and if she can remember to take her homework to school, and where her shoes are, and where her backpack is... and where her jacket is... the list goes on and on and on.... Hugs and kisses to my girls, I have thought about them all day.... can't wait til 3

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

Lemonade Stand - Brit Pretty much his roll was to run around, drink lemonade, and destroy things - LOL!

Sidnee was the organizer, and the "Delegate-or"

She also took the money, when she wasn't instructing Addy.... They sold all of their lemonade & made $10 - WOW!

This is Soren (left) our neighbor, and Addy, They delivered flyers up and down the street

..."Fun Summer"

Happy Birthday lil Buddy!

Britton - 3 Years Old

Brit turned three this year, he is getting so big.  He runs around this place like he owns it.  The girls pamper him, and watch over him like two hens...We had a great birthday-Day!  We woke up & opened presents... He got a lot or trucks, clothes, and a hat! We went swimming, and home for a nap, and then on to Pizza Hut that night.  It was a fun day!!!

Sidnee's 9th BIRTHDAY!!!!

 

 

Happy Birthday Sidnee!!!I cannot believe she turned 9 today!  Crazy how life goes by so fast.... Today her wishes were:

• Waffles and Eggs for breakfast
• Homemade Blueberry Muffins (for a snack)
• Iceburg lettuce with Dorothy Lynche Dressing (Nothing else on it!)
• Chinese food for Supper
• Hike in the morning
• Swim Lessons
• Swimming after Lessons (way to cold, had to X that and go to a matinee)
• Bake a guitar cake (we'll see...)
• Eat Chinese in Pullman, take dad a plate of Chinese food...
• Open presents and hang out!               

She almost has all of those things crossed off of her list.... We had a great day, we couldn't find a hike close enough to Moscow, so we ended up at the Arboretum, which is beautiful, it took us about an hour and 15 minutes to get through it, stopped and ate our blueberry muffins.  We headed home, threw on our suits and dived right into swimming lessons.  Sid and Addy had great teachers, and me and Brit were in a baby swim lesson, which was really fun!  He had a great teacher, who loves babies - it was a lot of fun.... We headed home, showered up and walked down to the Matinee, Alan hadn't seen Brave so we took him to the movie... of course we all laughed our heads off at the bear butts....  Addy can't get enough of that, she thinks it's hilarious... cute move!  Alan headed off to work, we've got to throw a cake in the oven! Brittons down for a nap, (clean up-Yikes, things have gotten a little crazy messy around here...)  Then head to pullman a little bit later.  Happy Birthday to the Birthday girl!  She is the best... We love her very much.... [One little side note, at Swimming lessons, they called the kids names out, and when they were calling the baby group out to the pool, they were naming the names, and they got to Brittons name and the swim teacher called- "Britoon?"  LOL, I haven't heard that one before... Funny, but I have to give it to him, there are lots of crazy names out there!

Chocolate Popcorn

Sid had an idea to make chocolate popcorn, it turned out really good, made a huge batch and delivered a lot of it around to neighbors.  We put it in a baggie, tied star, stripe ribbon and some red foil stars for the fourth of July.  Turned out beautifully!

RECIPE

• 1 Stick of Butter
• 1 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1 Cup Karo Syrup
• Bring ingredients to a boil, set timer and boil for 2 minutes and 30 seconds more. 
• Remove from heat add:
• 1 Can Sweet and Condensed milk
• 1/4 Cup Coco Powder
• Pour over:
• 4 bags of popped popcorn -old maids removed.  Stir 
• Lay popcorn out on wax paper, and some options would be to add M&M's, nuts, pretzels, and drizzle with white chocolate.  let chcolate cool.  Bag it up...