And the winner is...

Her tooth fell out about a week before ethan's! Yay Lauren!

I'm Thankful for Ethan

Ethan's Kindergarten class did the sweetest little program for Thanksgiving. They did the pilgrim hats and sang pilgrim songs, and "America the Beautiful", and then they put on their Indian head dresses and did an eagle dance, with a drum circle and everything. I tried to get a picture of that, but I couldn't get Ethan to hold still long enough. Go figure.

Anyway, his whole class took a turn to say what they were grateful for, and we heard sweet little answers like, "my mom", "my baby sister", "Jesus", "America", "My family", and when it was my Ethan's turn, he said "I'm grateful my house didn't burn down".

I just LOVE him!!

Brynnlee, Ethan, Grandma and Grandpa Maynard

Ethan ringing his bell.

Ethan as an Indian. He could see me pointing the camera at him, hence the cheesy smile.

They knew the sign language for America the Beautiful. It was so awesome!!

Sorry for the fuzzy pictures, I was far away, and I haven't quite figured out my camera yet.

Who's Gonna Win?

Ethan, who is in Kindergarten, and Lauren, who is in the 2nd grade, both have their first loose tooth. Who do you guess will lose it first??

Holy Cow! Where have you been??

what? It's been 5 months (give or take a week) since I last posted? well, here is the highlight reel of what you missed in BonnerLand:



Lauren turned 7!!





Ethan graduated from preschool



and started Kindergarten.

Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Mike came to stay while mom went to girls camp (sorry, no pictures available of that).


Autumn came.

Halloween! Lauren was a pirate, Ethan was a skeleton, Brynnlee was a candy corn witch.

And so... look for us in the near future, I promise it won't be another 5 months!!

Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"

Dance Recital

the title on this one pretty much is self-explanatory, so enjoy these pictures of my girls who wish they could wear makeup all the time.

 

with their flowers from dad. It’s now a tradition that he brings them flowers after their recitals, which they reminded him of.

Lauren had 2 numbers, “Dancing Queen” and “Rockstar”.

Was there ever a girl who could shake her hips like this one? The answer, my friend, is no.

Brynnlee is in tumbling this year, and they performed   “It’s a Hard Knock Life”.

Brynnlee, in practicing for this routine, was constantly flipping around and walking on her hands at home, in the front room. I channeled my dad and told her “the house is not a gymnasium” more times than I can  count, but it paid off, because she was AWESOME!

Quarantine

When a ship has a disease aboard, they fly this flag so that nobody comes on and catches the disease.

But I am thinking of putting up a flag that looks like this in my front window-

You might be wondering,“Why would you do that, Stacie? Why put a picture of a chicken in your window, unless one of your children has chicken pox?”

 

Yeah, someone does have chicken pox!! and by that cute belly poking out, I bet you can guess who.

Okay, these aren’t the best pictures, but if you look closely you will see what the doctor has diagnosed as a “mild case of chicken pox”. Don’t worry, she has been immunized, so this case will likely be over in just a few days, but until then, I’m afraid we are quarantined!

Teacher Appreciation

Since I am the room parent for my 3rd graders class, I had got to decorate her door last week for Teacher Appreciation Week. I wanted to show you what I did, in case anyone else found themselves in want of a decorated door idea. 

 

Also, feel free to validate me by telling me how cute this door is.

9 years come and gone

My firstborn just turned 9 last week.  Though it doesn’t feel like yesterday, it sure doesn’t feel like 9 years has passed since she was born. She sure is a sweet girl, and a blessing to our family. She is SO SMART!! This girl loves to read. She will literally stay up all night to read a book, and has on several occasions. She has gotten 100% on every spelling test this year. I always tell her she is too smart (for her own good).

She is a friendly, kind girl, who loves to make friends and looks for opportunities to talk to others, especially if they look like they need a friend. Brynnlee is careful not to hurt anyone’s feelings, and always thinks about others.  She is brave and will try new things, even if she doesn’t think she will like it. She is a good daughter, and I am so glad that I am her mom. Happy Birthday, (not so) little Brynnie!!

abra-BOW-dabra

I love to buy pretty ribbon. Some (Jeff) might say it’s a problem. Fortunately, my friend Ally has given me a new skill that will help me to use my year’s supply of ribbon.

You can’t even see it all here, but this is a little bit of the ribbon that I own.

Here is an almost finished product.

I have been hard at work making little girl’s hairbows. They look darling in actual hair (as opposed to sitting on a table or counter). I will post pictures as soon as I can find the battery to my camera. Or maybe it’s time for a new camera…

What have we been up to?

It’s been a while. Sorry. But I don’t really have anything new to report. let’s see….

Girls are back on track. And it’s a good thing. I think we did pretty well for the first 2 weeks of off-track, but that last week, it was hard. We were all bored. So back to school for all of us. Yes, even me, because I got a job at the elementary school helping out in Kindergarten. It’s so fun! the little kids make me laugh so hard. Except when one asked me if I was pregnant. Then I wasn’t laughing.

Ethan’s got mad reading skillz. His preschool teacher is the BEST!! She is always teaching them cute songs, and rhymes to help them with reading, and Ethan has started bringing books home and he can sound out the words, so I give the credit to Miss Angie. And his genius DNA.

Jeff and I are the same, nothing new here. We are getting ready to speak in church on Sunday. Jealous much?

Well, that’s all I can think of for right now.

Until next time!

Girl Scout Cookies Forever! A History Quiz

Girl Scout Cookies Forever! A History Quiz

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I am a Janeite

I admit it. I love everything Jane Austen. She was a literary genius!! I remember reading Pride and Prejudice when I was in the 9th grade and I have been in love ever since. My mom and I would watch the old movie, with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson. When the BBC version came out on A&E, we watched the miniseries, and bought the DVD when it came out. And though it isn’t as true to the story as the BBC version, the most recent Keira Knightly one is my favorite. I watch it probably once a month.

But I haven’t actually read the book since the 9th grade. And I don’t think I have read any other Austen books in at least 10 years.  So I am going to read all of her novels, and try to read her other short stories, so feel free to join me and maybe we can discuss which one of her works os her masterpiece. Though I think we can safely say right now it’s Pride and Prejudice.

I Have an ANNOUNCEMENT!!

Announcing…

I LOVE to put balloons up my shirt.

Oh, one of THOSE kids…

Do your kids have friends who say inappropriate things, tell your kids things you don’t want them to know, teach them words they shouldn’t say?

I realized today, to my horror, my son might be one of those kids.

He had a little friend over today after preschool, and over their corndogs, Ethan starts telling his friend about a scary movie we have called “Sleepy Hollow” where the bad guy chops off people’s heads. I say, “Ethan, let’s not talk about movies like that.” and still Ethan continues to detail for his 4 year old friend how the guy on the horse chases people and chops off their heads.

After lunch, Ethan’s friend asks where the bathroom is, and Ethan asks what EXACTLY he has to do in there (“do you have to pee or poop?”). I have to remind him that it’s bad manners to ask someone that.

And I just heard him say crap. I don’t know where he gets it.

So if you ever ask Ethan over to your house to play, and your kids start talking about gory movies or saying the word crap, I apologize.

Happy birthday, Husband!

35 today!! We love you, SO MUCH!!

Talents

Once my friend, let’s call her Ally, told me that I needed to be better at accepting compliments. Then she made me say 3 things that I was good at. Guess what I said?

1. Eating pie (‘cause once Jeff said that was one of my talents)

2. Making amniotic fluid

3. I don’t remember what else I said

So ever since then, I have tried to be more gracious at accepting compliments. I also have been thinking of what I am actually good at. So I am going to toot my own horn, butter my own bread, pat myself on the back, (you get the idea) for this post.

1. I am creative. I can make wicked cute tags and cards.

2. I am friendly, and I think I can put people at ease.

3. I have a newly discovered love of sewing. I’m not sure I would call this a talent yet, but I want it to be. And I have a very talented mom, who had a very talented mom, who had a talented mom, etc. so I think I have the gene.

4. I am a REALLY good cleaner. You could eat off my floors, but don’t because that’s gross.

5. I am an awesome speller.

6. I am a fantastic reader. I can read fast, and I can remember what I read. I love reading.

7. I can’t sing very well, but I can remember lyrics. Especially for Disney songs. Weird, I know.

 

So there you go. Now I would love for you, my readers, to leave a comment about what your talents are. What you are good at, or even a talent you are developing. Because we all could use a little love, especially from ourselves.

Did you ever watch The Muppet Show?