It was another wonderful day to be me! Last Friday was the annual Jog-a-thon at Amara’s school. I really didn’t think it was possible to have more fun this year than I had last year! But I really did! Last year I had gone with the expectation of just watching and ended up helping out. [...]
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It was a five star day!
Amara made the Principal’s Honor Roll again! She found out just before school got out for spring break but the awards ceremonies were this week. We are all so proud of her! I love that even though she does these presentations repeatedly each trimester for each class Amara’s Principal still makes the presentation important and [...]
Waiting for the Mailman
Amara loves having a pen pal even though her cousin doesn’t write her as often as she wishes she would. She not only loves writing to her pen pal she loves the process of it. She loves finding just the right piece of stationary and all the right stickers for both the letter and the [...]
If Mommy Likes It
I had another Grandma victory! Amara was here the other evening and decided she was hungry. I was out of all my go to foods that she likes so I suggested I make her a grilled cheese. She gave me “the look”. The look that says, “I am eight and I still don’t like to [...]
Talk to the Hand Grampy
I was scanning a document for Grampy Sunday while Amara watched. I explained what I was doing and she thought it would be really cool to scan her hand. Why not? She stood with her hand on the scanner bed as she babbled away and I scanned her hand. She moved! Big deal! We just [...]
Multipurpose Helmet
A few months ago Amara, Jenna and I went shopping to find Amara a new bike helmet for our house. Amara has her old bike here but she didn’t have a helmet here, which meant if she didn’t remember to bring it she couldn’t ride! There had already been some tears when the girls across [...]
STAR Awards
“This is an exciting day. These are one of the days when you wake up in the morning and you know you are going to have a great day because we get to celebrate. We are celebrating CSTs from last year…” Amara’s Principal This week they had the awards ceremony to recognize [...]
Through Amara’s Eyes
I love this picture. I created it in Photoshop back in 2007 and I have always really loved it. Amara does have the most gorgeous blue eyes and beautiful long lashes that she inherited from her Daddy. I love this picture. For Christmas Sandy, my wonderful baby sister that I talk about all the time, [...]