14 Weeks

14 weeks along this pregnancy on the 15th of March!
I am feeling tired all the time still and the morning sickness is still around. My gag reflex is out of control and almost anything can make me gag and want to throw up. Overall I am feeling pretty good and have not gained any weight yet, although it looks like it, the baby is pushing it's way out front and my poor body knows exactly what to do after 3 other kids.

Paxten's 2 Yr. Photos

At the beginning of May I got Paxten's 2 year photos taken, so I was only about 3 months behind, but it got done. He was a litle stinker and would not hold still or let me go for Misty to take the picture. I was about to give up, when Charyn arrived with Zander to get some photos of him as well. Paxten was so excited to see his cousin that he finally started to smile. And of course at the end of the session he was all smiles and would sit on the chair, and played in the cube. But it had to be HIS idea. I was thrilled that she was able to get a few good smiles out of my little guy, and I must admit I think he is pretty darn cute!!

Math Award

Parker recieved an award at school for completing the 50 in a minute for first grade. He has accomplished sums to 5, differences from 5, sums to 10, differences from 10 and sums to 18. He passed off the first and moved on to the next until he had completed all that was required for 1st grade. He got a medal at a school assembly (Which also happened to by crazy hair day, the wig). I am so proud of him for working so hard and being such a great mathematician. He really is good at math, now if we can just get him better at his reading.....

St. Patrick's Day

I did a similar thing for St. Patrick's day as I did on Valentine's Day for the kids. We celebrated with all things GREEN. They woke up to a special package from a little leprachaun with fun things that were green and gold. Balloons, Gum, Bubbles, Shampoo, Shirt, and gold candies. They loved it. For breakfast we had lucky charms and green milk. No one seemed to eat their cereal that day.

Leprachaun Trap

Parker's first grade teacher is amazing. She is always doing fun projects and activities with the kids that really get their minds going in a fun way. One of the projects that we had to recently was to build a Leprachaun trap for St. Patrick's Day. I had no idea what to do, so we looked through the amazing world wide web and found some pictures and went from there. We built our trap using an oatmeal container, tissue paper, easter grass, marchmallows, toothpicks, lucky charms, and gold coins. It turned out awseome and the whole family participated, so it became a fun family activity. Parker took it to school and even caught a Leprachaun!! WOW!! He was thrilled.

Parker's Science Project

Parker participated in his first science project this year. I had a hard time coming up with something that I felt like he could explain all on his own in his classroom. We tried one project that had to do with density of liquids and the different liquids were supposed to stay separated in a jar displaying the different density of each, well we must have done something wrong because they all mixed making one big jar of mud looking liquids. So we went with plan "B" and inflated a ballon by mixing baking soda and vinegar. Parker liked it and it fascinated him, so I guess it passed the first grader test. He was prestty excited to present it to his class, when I got there to help him one of the balloons got a hole in it and didn't inflate properly, luckily I brought a back up, but I must not have rinsed the bottle out well enough because it didn't inflate like it should have either. So it was kinda bummer, but the kids in his class got the idea, and had even seen it earlier because another student did the same project. I think Parker had a fun time with science and now I know what to expect and can be thinking of something really cool for next year.

New Furniture

Matt and I decided that we deserved to spend some of our tax return on oursleves, instead of just paying off bills. So we bought an new couch, loveseat, and bed frame. The couch and loveseat were brand new and we got a really great deal on them. Both are leather and both recline. We only paid $1295 for both! The bed frame we bought used from some people that were just trying to sell it quick. We bought it for $250. We thought is was a pretty good deal it is well made and sturdy. Our other bed was falling apart, so we were excited about the timing in being able to get it. It is nice to get something new every once in a while. Although there are days when I miss our soft, warm cushion-y couches, I do like the durablity and easy cleanup of the leather.