These boots are made for walkin'

Even though the sky is blue and not a cloud is in sight, Micajah decided to wear his rain boots today. Can you blame him? They look great!

Good Citizens All Around!

Today being the end of the 9 week grading period, we find out who won the Good Citizen Award. It is sponsored by Georgia Power and is given to one student in each class during each grading period who exemplifies what a good citizen should be. Well, Miss Lindsey Kate won it for her class this time. She follows sister Heyward, who won it for her class last grading period. The parents are given a bumper sticker that says "My child is a Good Citizenship Award Winner". Now their dad and I each have one proudly displayed on our bumpers! It's nice to know your kids behave at school.

We're SICK of being sick!

We are now entering the third (yes, THIRD) week of someone in our household being sick. Two weeks ago Lindsey Kate woke up throwing up and stayed home from school. The next day, I get a phone call on my answering machine that says "Mama, come pick me up from school, my tummy hurts". I immediately call the school back and tell them to have Lindsey Kate ready, I will be there in a minute. I get to school and check her out. As we head out to the car I said "I am so sorry you don't feel well" She replied "What?!? I feel fine". HEYWARD was the one that called. So after checking Lindsey Kate back into school and checking Heyward out of school, we head home.

Last week, Micajah was sick. After 2 days of running a fever that got up to 102.9° I took him to the Doctor. He had a touch of bronchitis and an ear infection. They started him on a round of antibiotics for the ear infection. We got up to 103.4° (I think that was a household record) that night, but he is MUCH better this week and has gone back to school.

I have been stuffy and coughing the last two days, but mama's aren't allowed to take the day off from "school", huh?. Anyway, last night, Heyward started throwing up. I got up, changed the sheets, cleaned the bathroom floor where she "missed" and laid out an assortment of towels on her bed and floor to possibly aid in clean up later. Now, two sets of sheets, 2 bath mats and 5 towels later, I'm SICK of everyone being sick! Thankfully, spring arrived yesterday, so maybe that will help. No, that just means MORE pollen!!!

YIKES!!

I better run, I've got Lysol to spray!!!

Kite Day

Our local Womans Club sponsors an annual Kite Day in our community. We shut down the airport (only in a small town, huh!?) and just go fly a kite. This was started about 2 years ago in honor of our friends Macy and Brance that were killed in a car accident along with Macy's daddy. The funds that are raised by the Womans Club are used to benefit others in our community.

Saturday proved to be a BEAUTIFUL day with clear, breezy skies and temps in the 80's. Here is a picture of Lindsey Kate enjoying her kite. What a wonderful to usher in the Spring!

Makes me want to sing a little diddy from Mary Poppins....

"Let's go fly a kite, up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring....."

200 Points!

Our local school has an Accelerated Reader (AR) program. The kids, beginning in 1st grade, read books, take tests and are awarded points for scores on the tests. You are awarded prizes (like homework passes, lunch with the principal, etc) as you reach higher point levels. The "goal" is to get 100 points in a year. Most books in the 2nd grade level are 1/2 to 1 point each. The kids that get 100 or more points are in a parade through the school at the end of the year. Yesterday Heyward passed the 200 point mark! WAY TO GO! Thank goodness for Nancy Drew books. They are 5 points each!

We don't need no stinking wedding clothes

Saturday morning, Bami and I loaded up the kids and went with ML and Pablo's Sister Carmina to shop for wedding clothes for our children and the 4 other flower girls. About half way there, Micajah pipes up and says "Why are we going to by me clothes for Aunt Mimi's wedding, I already have my Tigger costume to wear". Well, needless to say, we got him something a little more appropriate.

After a CRAZY lunch at Pizza Hut/TacoBell/KFC we spent 2 hours shopping for the clothes. We ended up getting adorable dresses, but I was so frazzled by that time, I forgot to get pictures of the girls.

The other photo is of our kids and Carmina's kids after shopping. We got new kites because we have Kite Day here on Saturday and last year's kites "Were too heavy and blew away" as Micajah told me. Anyway, it was LOTS of fun and we loved meeting Carmina, her girls and boy.