school's out for summer...

The kids had their presentation at school today. The dance was a bit crazy but fun and the songs the kids sang were cute! The 3 year olds sang the bumblebee song (not charlie's class), and together the 3 and 4 year olds sang I've got peace like a river--complete with motions and the "soul" of their foot :-). Then the 4 year olds (who are now pretty much all 5) sang a going to kindergarten song and "graduated". The kids were cute and all had fun. The most fun seemed to be giving their teachers their gifts and eating the food afterwards. What will we do tomorrow?!

last day of preschool

Today was the kids last day of preschool--what a sad day for me (that heather's old enough to be done with preschool and that I don't get 2 mornings a week free again until Septebmer (and probably then only for a few weeks!!). The kids had GREAT teachers this year and get to celebrate tomorrow with some songs and a dance by Heather and some treats prepared by the "little kid" class (danger some might ask?!). We've had lots of car issues the last week and between that and trying to get ready for a 4 week trip to Ohio I've been a little bit busy. I can't wait to get there but it's so much to wrap up here and get ready for there...

happy mother's day!

We had a busy saturday and a relaxed Mother's day so far. Happy Mother's Day to any who happen to read this (don't you have children to pay attention to?!). Yesterday the kids ran in a 1 mile "kids run" on base and had a really good time. I was supposed to be with the "slow" kid (heather usually kind of wimps out of this kind of stuff) and Jeff was supposed to run with the speedster Charlie (he did 8 laps at the track the other day--4 in a row pretty much and 2 before and 2 more after!!). They had several friends who were also running so it was a fun time. Heather took off at the beginning with a friend so I was in persuit, charlie on the other hand announced that he didn't want to run so Jeff carried him for a little while...We ran/sprinted/jogged/walked depending on the moment the mile with heather and her friends encouraging each other when tehy were nearby and me huffing and puffing along (yes it is very sad!). charlie also picked up the pace and ended up finishing only a few minutes behind Heather and her friend. Heather ended up second (i think) for the kids that did the 1 mile and charlie was somewhere around 5th. It wasn't really geared up as a race more of a fun run for families...we'll see if we have that kind of "fun" again!!

Then we went to a MOPS (mother's of preschoolers) fundraising walk where i did an additional mile--more running/walking than i have done ina while and enough to probably last the rest of this pregnancy...the kids played on the playground with friends and generally had a good time. That afternoon we had a MOPS cookout and all crashed early after a busy day.

this morning I got to sleep in a bit (I think it was like 7:30 when heather came back in to ask me when she could give me her present...) and take a shower. then I got presents that they made in school, Charlie a handprint hot plate (very cute)! and Heather a picture frame, flowerpot with pen that is hidden as a flower, and small notebook which heather suggested that we share ;-). Jeff had picked out a card and proceeded to make breakfast before going to work. This week is the inspection that the base has once every 3 years (ORI) which is a large pain for all of US involved!! Jeff's been working until 10:30 or so for about a week and a half unless he comes home and falls asleep reading te kids books (maybe happened 1 time). We are going out to dinner or getting something to bring home tonight...WHEW!

The end of soccer

Today Heather finished off her soccer season by playing goalie for the first time. she let in a few goals, but she did manage to get a save. She informed me that she would have saved another shot, but Jeff was busy talking on the phone. Afterward, they had a cookout and passed out trophies.

shots and soccer

The kids had to get shots today-the're actually overdue--and Charlie was grumpy before we left so Heather drew a grumpy charlie picture. Then she drew a picture of her face when she got shots (with tears running down!!). She cried right up until the lady said she was done and then pretty much stopped on the spot. Poor child was screaming "put the bandaid on" the whole time the lady was doing the shots. Charlie on the other hand was brave right up until he had to go from sitting to lying on the table (he had just witnessed Heather's shots) and even pronounced that he wasn't going to cry until he saw the needle. Then he cried for about 5 minutes after she was done. So I walked into the office with one crying and left with the other :-). They did pretty well though and we went to the library to play on the computer and get movies (modern libraries!!) and then to the park with friends.

Soccer tonight was good. Heather ran right out and stretched with her team and ran throughout the whole game! The kids looked exhausted at the end and the ssaving grace for them was that the other team pretty much bunched up around the ball and prevented themselves from getting very far :-). Heather had kind of a 5 year old breakaway and kicked the ball from inside the goalie box twards the goalie--it was kind of a shot ;-) She had fun and with one game left is asking when soccer starts again!!

It's a...

BOY!! We got to do an ultrasound at 18 weeks and he was all boy! They technologist couldn't believe I couldn't tell but I didn't realize it was quite SO obvious (don't know what I thought it was...). We told the kids (finally) that they were going to have a baby brother and they were excited, then Heather realized it was a boy and was a little less than excited. When she talked to Kelly on the phone she actually said that she was not. I knew in the doctors office taht she would have that reaction so I just have to do lots of encouraging how she can help and figure out what will make a little brother "cool"! Charlie suggested Bryan, Sparky and Christopher/Jeremy (depending on which was on the phone with him). We're going to have to figure out a delicate way to "agree" on names...

on a brighter note...

We've had a busy week but it's been good for the most part. The past two days after school we've gone to the park to play with friends which has wiped the kids out and created a few hours of nap time for them ;-). Of course that means that they're going to bed at 9 and getting up at 6 or 6:30 instead of 7 (which seems like a much nicer number!) but it makes us all happier throughout the day. Heather played soccer like a champ last night and Charlie ran around kicking his ball for the whole time. Two more games and Heather already asked when soccer would start again!! No school (kind of) today because they bring transportation vehicles (fire truck, ambulance, limo, etc.) for the kids to climb on and view. It's supposed to be a nice day so it should be fun ;-)