Pumpkin~ 10 years old

On November 30, 2000 my life changed forever. I was blessed with the most beautiful baby girl. She was 6lbs, 8oz and 19 inches long. That was ten years ago, I can't believe the time has past by so fast. It really felt like a blink of an eye. My only regret is that I did not document every precious moment. Pumpkin is a magnificant young lady. She is as tall as me now and has the sweetest personality. She loves God with all her heart and really enjoys going to church. She volunteers in the pre-school room and loves it. She has played kickball, been on a swim team and is currently into basketball. She is pretty good too. She loves Justin Bieber and every show on the Disney channel. She is a great big sister. She is so motherly and will someday be a wonderful mother. She has a desire to go to Disney World, go horseback riding and own a dog. What I love most about my daughter right now is that she is so young at heart. She still plays with dolls and littlest pet shop. I hope I can keep her young and innocent for a long time. Pumpkin enjoys reading, she has read The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and is currently reading The Magic Tree House series. One of her favorite activities is listening to audio books in the car. This year Pumpkin has began taking Violin lessons and she seems to really enjoy it. She has only been to five classes and can already play Mary has a little Lamb. My daughter is a beautiful and wonderful person. Although I want the years to go by slowly, I can't wait to see the person she becomes. God Bless you always sweetheart. I love you.

Nims Island by Wendy Orr

We are currently reading a book entitled Nims Island by Wendy Orr. Even though the movie and book have been out for years, I have never read or seen the movie. So I was as excited to read this book as the kids were. Our homeschool group choice this book as part of our book club. On our first meeting, Mrs. Rachel had the kids make a 3D Island out of salt dough. It was amazing and all my students really enjoyed doing it. Their islands had to dry and they were instructed to paint the water blue. The kids did just that and they looked nice. The second time we meet the kids learned about bioluminescence and plankton. In the book, Jack is looking for this kind of plankton. The kids also put a sail boat on their map. The last meeting the kids did some worksheets and completed their island. They turned out really well. Pumpkin really enjoyed this book and activities. The Friday before Spring Break we all watched the movie. It was a good movie but really different from the book. I love homeschooling my daughter.

March 1, 2011...Our 3rd Anniversary

Yesterday, Aaron and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary. It seems weird that we have only been married for 3 years because it seems like we have been together forever. The truth of the matter is that we have been a couple for 7 years and married for only 3. It was a long journey to finally make the decision to be married. We had a lot of growing up to do before we got married(actually Aaron had lots of growing up to do but I say "we" just to be nice...LOL). My husband and I have grown closer these past few years because we are still growing closer as a couple in the Lord. We have decided that God is in charge of our marriage and our lives. We didn't do much to celebrate our anniversary this year because life has kept us so busy. Aaron had to work all day and I had so many meetings to attend in the evening that we hardly had time to for eachother. I was kind of sad and I missed him today. However, we vowed that next year he will take the day off from work and we will spend the whole day together. We still plan to spend some quality time alone together, we are just not sure when. Aaron did give me the most romantic card and he wrote the sweetest thing in it. Here is what it said...."I love you dearly and am undeserving of your love and compassion. You never seem to fail at suprising me with your acts of love towards me and our family. I thank God for bringing you into my life and all you have brought to our relationship. I hope to become the man of God you truly deserve me to be as a husband and father to our children. I love you dearly and you have my heart and love. I could not imagine a life without you and hope we have many anniveries in our future together." All I could say was AWWWWWWWW....I truly love my husband. My prayer for Aaron and I is that we grow old together....Thank you God.

My little ladybugs

My beautiful girls ~ Halloween 2010. You two bring joy to my heart. Thank you Jesus for choosing and trusting me to be their mother. Thank you Pumpkin for being a good sport and dressing up like your sister for your mother's sake. I know you really wanted to be Frankenstein- the girl one. You are a great big sister and I promise someday you will cherish this picture of you and your sister as I do know. You two look so adorable. Hugs & Kisses
Love, Mommy!!!

Our Peanut- Halloween 2010 Baby's First Halloween

Peanut Update...

Wow, my baby is growing so fast...My only regret is that I am not documenting every precious moment. The truth is I hate this blogging. I just wish their was a better way for me to keep up to date on important things. I wonder if their is an App. for that.? ...LOL...As I am typing, my Peanut is trying to push the buttons on my laptop. She is so big and mobile now. She is not quiet crawling but she can make her way across the room on her belly. She does this side to side motion as she crawls. It looks like she is swimming to me. Aaron says it looks like she is waddling.

Today, during school , Pumpkin noticed her clapping as she pushed the music button on her activity center. Everyone got so excited and started clapping at her and she continued to clap and showed excitement. I wanted to see her clap so I clappled and said YEAH, then she started clapping again and has been clapping all day.

Peanut is 7 months old now and this month she also gave Aaron and I kisses for the first time. We were just sitting on the couch and I told her, "Give mommy kisses", then she lend forward and put her lips against my face. Then I told her, "Give Daddy kisses", and she did the same thing. She went back and forth a few time but has not done it again since then.

She is also offically a sitter, not a supported sitter, but a geniune big girl sitter. Occasionally, I think she forgets she is sitting and falls back. (It's kinda funny). This past weekend she was able to sit in a shopping cart and high chair all by her self. Writing all this just make me want to cry.

Well, I guess that it for now I need to stop her from eating her Dad's shoes.

Thank you Lord Jesus for a beautiful baby girl.

Home School Update...

Things are going well with my home school group. We have had lots of fun and done many activities. It's going to be a great year.