A couple of neat things...

Alexa

When I was picking the kids up the day of Back to School night, a boy came up to Alexa and said, "Alexa, I dedicated my book to you." And when her teacher asked him why, he said,"Because Alexa is always nice to me. And when I was worried because my mom wasn't here after drama class, she sat with me and made me feel better until my mom came." He was so sweet. He's not in her class, so that evening we made a stop to see the book and sure enough it said, "This book is dedicated to my parents and ALEXA." It brought tears to my eyes. She is really amazing, wise and sensitive. Only eight, and able to make such an impression on people.

A few days later, her teacher stopped me to tell me that while they were preparing for a class party, she made a comment about too much sugar making the kids go wild, and Alexa came up to her later and said," You know Ms.Lightfoot, I never get wild." Her teacher was cracking up, she was so sincere, and worried that her teacher believed she would be wild.

 

Travis

At the bank yesterday, and as we were walking in Travis held the door for me pushing the stroller, something he always does, and as usual we were stopped and asked about the babies by a couple of women in the waiting area. They commented on what a good helper he was and how old he was, and then we went to get in line. As we finished, one of the women came up to Travis and told him that since he was 5 and such a good helper for mommy, she wanted to give him something special, a five dollar bill!! I wish I had my camera with me....but it was so nice of her to acknowledge him. So often the other kids are overlooked because of the twins, and to have someone go out of their way to make him feel special, especially a stranger. It was really nice.

 

Teefies!!

 

Lily showing off her three new teeth. It has been a rough stretch. But we have a proud little girl!!

Twins

 

I'm trying to get a good photo of them together!!!

Movin' On

Jack was 'promoted' out of 5th grade on Friday, June 13. It was a cute ceremony. The sang a bunch of songs, and each child had a quote to say throughout.

 

The entire 5th grade class.

 

Jack receiving his certificate from his teacher, Ms. Montzingo. You can't see in this photo, but she is absolutely stunning, and she's like 23. I asked him if the boys all have crushes on her and he was so horrified, I took it as a yes.

 

Looking pretty proud.

 

And passing me as quickly as possible in hopes of making the photo come out blurry. I love how he is passing Grandma(sitting), and doesn't even notice her. And she didn't see him either. I held it together pretty well...mostly because I could hardly hear what anyone was saying with Travis and the babies crawling all over me, although I did get a little teary when they sang "Lean on Me' at the end of the ceremony.

Great job Jack!! Off to Middle School next year...it will be another awesome adventure!!!

The Ballet Performance

It was so much fun! The theme for the showcase was Broadway, which is a little hard for ballet, but Alexa's class performed to 'Let's go fly a kite!", from Mary Poppins, and it was really sweet.

 

 

I obviously haven't begun to trust the flash on my camera...and we couldn't photograph or film the performance, so I had to buy a DVD...they are great to have, but I'll never figure out how to get them onto my blog!!

Something Funny I forgot

I forgot that crawling babies run into sliding glass doors all the time!!! It's really cute, but poor Lily has a headache I think.