Posting for heritage sake

When Jase (my nephew) is older, I am showing this to any and all girlfriends. :)

Today we were talking about diapers and I said something to the extent of how poopy baby diapers stink.  Jase then said: "Well, then why don't they put air conditioner in them?  Someone should make diapers with air conditioner already in them."  HA!

THEN, later he was talking about having a job of being an unventor--you know, people who make new things for people to use.

THEN, to top it off, he was helping Claire play with a  Disney toy (it's one of those where you push the button and a character pops up then you push it closed and push the button to make it pop again) and he wanted us to guess where "Pluno" was.

Oh, THEN Kory said something to me jokingly and I gave him a look.  My MIL said: "Oh, did you see the look she gave him.  He deserved it."  Jase asked: "What book did she give him?"

Check your hearing aid old man!!!!!

Father's Day

(I posted this in my teacher blog as well, it's slightly different than this one)

Since school is out before Father's Day here in Utah, I don't get the chance to have another giggle from my first graders.  (See post about mother's day)  But I can only imagine what they might say.

It's probably good that we don't make it to Father's Day during the school year.  Father's Day is a lot harder and trickier (as a teacher) to celebrate.  Many of the students at my school on only live with mom.  Sad, yes.  True, yes.  And there's nothing I can do about it.

The local newspaper here "The Daily Herald" printed at least 3 different articles about fathers and the deep, positive influence they have on a child's life.  I read through one of those articles and was truly touched by the author's words and grateful that I grew up and still have a two-parent home.  I'm thankful that my daughter has a daddy who loves the heck out of her and I hope when she is older that she realizes how blessed she is to have a GOOD male role model in her home.  The article I read basically pointed out how there aren't enough good dads in this world, but to those who are good dads, BLESS YOU and THANK YOU!  It's quite good for how short it is.  I think I might keep it.

Anyway, this is kind of not a school related post, but enjoy it anyway.

Here are some pictures of the babe with 3 of the most influential and great men in her life.  I don't seem to have many pictures of her with her Papa.  These are all when she was younger. 

 With Daddy, sound asleep!

 Meeting Great-Grandpa for the first time.

 With Grandpa (my dad).  I LOVE her spikey hair.


Happy Father's Day!

Since I'm totally getting a high from couponing, though I am still a rookie, thought I would share this link.  I love this website.

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Love this Girl!

My little sprout!  I was finally able to find some elastics that were super stretchy.  She didn't protest at all when I created her sprout.

How big is Claire?  SO BIG!! She posed like this on her own.  Just want to squeeze her all the time.

I'm thinking of entering her in a baby contest.  Still debating for the Strawberry Days contest and/or the Freedom Festival Contest. We'll see.

You must now call him Master Kory

So, I haven't posted pictures from graduation and 1st birthday.  Since it's late, I'll be brief.  Enjoy!

 10-minute pre-grad ceremony nap on Meemaw's lap.  She was surprisingly good for the rest of the time until she could get home and get a real nap!

 Kory really did graduate!  I just didn't get any pictures of the graduation ceremony because my camera hates low-lit places.

 I made those...all by myself...if you couldn't tell those are plumerias.  Perfect for my Hawaiian girl!

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!  All decked out in her party dress waiting for guests to arrive.

                                                         Breaking in the party decor.

Just like her momma, she didn't like her cupcake very much.  Maybe it was because she didn't like the texture of the marshmallows.

So that's it in a nutshell. May is a busy month for us!

Well, I would post some pictures, but they're on my school computer and I didn't bring that one home tonight.  With this computer, I'm not sure what it will be able to handle, so I try not to put pictures on it.

Anyway,  I'll wait on the graduation and Claire's birthday updates since the pictures make the update so much better.

I'm just writing here because this is MY blog.  It's where I can vent, others can read, but I get to write whatever I want.  It's permission from me to take a little peek into my life.  If there's something I say that offends you, I can't necessarily say I'm sorry.  I get offended just like you do, so take whatever I say with a grain of salt and brush it off.  That is a hard thing to do; I know, because I have a hard time brushing it off but I'm learning and realizing some things just aren't worth being offended over.

I just have to say something then I'm signing out.

I absolutely hate when others think they can take advantage of someone just because they have always gotten what they wanted in life (in other words, they were spoiled).  My cousin asked my mom to baby sit her baby while she got her hair done--a couple hours, right?  6 hours later my cousin picked up her baby from my mom's house with no explanation of why she took 6 hours to get her hair done.  Keep in mind my mom was already watching another baby--her own granddaughter. My mom is ticked but didn't say anything!  It makes me mad; the whole thing just makes me mad.  Am I over-reacting?  I just had to get it off my chest.  Now I need to go pray that I can be more forgiving, understanding, and loving.  This is just one of several situations lately that make me so angry!

She's Mine

I figured I should update with something.  There has been so much going on it's hard to know where to begin and what to even write about.

I'm happy that the end of the school year is 3 1/2 weeks away.  Even though I have two good groups of kids this year, it's hard to come to work every day when there's a little one waiting for you to take care of her.  Thankfully, Grandma and Grandpa help out with that during the day and I cherish my evenings, weekends, and breaks with her.  My baby girl is getting too big, too fast!  I tell her to stop growing so fast, but she doesn't listen to me.  :)

This morning I felt an overwhelming love for her.  Not that I didn't feel that way before, but my love for her grew deeper this morning.  Maybe it was because her foot braces got stuck between the bars of her crib for the 2nd morning in a row and she couldn't move, or maybe it's the way she said "ma-ma" when I walked in to rescue her, or it could just possibly be her sweet little face.  Whatever it is, I love her dearly and I am so glad she's mine.

I'll just post a cute picture of my Claire Bear and then you have to wait until later for birthday and graduation blog posts.

This girl LOVES laundry baskets and hampers so when she was playing with this one, we put her inside.  As you can see, it didn't bother her a bit!