This is another episode of Previously on Amara and is from the summer of 2009. Amara would have been five years old and would start kindergarten in the fall. It was the summer of the sunflowers. It was also the summer of Aunt Sandy and Uncle Mark but that is a memory all of it’s [...]
Archive for May, 2012
Grandma’s Surprise Plan
Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? Amara spent the night with us last Saturday night and she really wanted to go to the beach on Sunday morning. The beach just wasn’t in the plans for the day so she settled for playing in the water in the front yard and we had [...]
The Summer of the Pumpkin
This is another episode of Previously on Amara and comes from the summer of 2007, also known as the Summer of the Pumpkin. Amara would have been three years old then and she loved helping Grandma in the backyard. I was reading Grandma J’s blog the other day and she wrote how she wanted her [...]
Jog-a-thon 2012
So Friday was the Jog-a-thon and lucky me, I got to be there! The temp job that I had been working ended two days before the big event. Talk about perfect timing! When I told Amara that I was going to be able to go she was so excited! “That’s great Grandma, because last year [...]
Amara’s First Design
Friday is the Jog-a-thon at Amara’s school. It is one of the big fund raisers that they do every year. They run the different ages at different times and it so much fun to watch. They blast loud music and the kids run around the big field. They have lots of volunteers to make sure [...]
Amara makes the Principal’s Honor Roll Again
Amara made the Principal’s Honor Roll again this trimester. She made it the first trimester of second grade and we are hoping to have a repeat of the three-peat we had last year. She is such a good student. They had the awards ceremony last week and unfortunately we couldn’t be there this time. But [...]