She is done=(

Merci is officially done with the 1st grade today. I am so proud of her, yet I am so sad to think of my baby as a 2nd grader. She will be 7 on July 9th, which is NOT far away.

She will be going to Summer school starting on Monday, so I still get a half a day break from 2 kids, for a few more weeks.

Am I a bad mom for making my daughter go to FREE Summer school for 3 weeks??

When Merci started school this year, she was having some behavior problems. After a few months we decided to do some kind of reinforcement at home. The teacher did a star chart, and if they were god all day they got a star on their sheet, if not they got a sad face, or if they were kinda good they got a half star. We told Merci if she got a star she would get 1 quarter for that day, if she got a sad face she would get 2 quarters taken out of her jar and for a 1/2 star she would get nothing. If she got a whole week of stars she got to pick a fun activity for the weekend out of the cup.

Today we counted the money and we will take her shopping soon, but she had $25!!! And I probably forgot to give her quarters some days, so we will giver her $30 to go shopping with! That is a lot for a 6, almost 7 year old girl!

I took a picture of Merci on her first day of school this year, I forgot to take one today, but I will tomorrow, just to compare the growth! I will post as soon as I track down the one from the first day of school!

Thanks for reading my ramblings about my daughter....I needed to make a post so you didn't see the payperpost when you come to my blog....and don't be mad I don't like Stephen King but that post was worth $18...not the measly $5 most of them are!

A real post!

Ok...enough of the paid posts, this is a real one! I just thought I would get them all over with in one day. You might see a few more this week, but not many!

Last night I got to help my friend Amy celebrate her birthday. I had planned a nice little get together for her, and at the last minute a few people couldn't make it. So 3 of us wen out to dinner and back to Amy's house for some DQ cake!! Yum, Yum. It was nice to connect with Amy and meet a new person!

Tonight my youngest brother graduates!! I am excited, but I might cry=( It is hard to realized you are growing up and those around you are too. Next thing I know my brothers will be getting married. Yikes. I am so not ready for that. Anyway...I am excited to go sit through a long baring ceremony just for him. It will bring back many memories too. My hubby gets to go with me (usually they only give 4 tickets per family, this year they got 6!) My hubby was with my parents the night of my graduation. I am so blessed I got to share my most memorable times with him!

As I was typing this I heard Ethan upstairs, when he should have been in bed. i went up there and he had changed his clothes (his shirt was upside down on him..not sure how he accomplished this!) He said "Me change my shirt toothpaste all over it." Crap! I seriously thought he was sleeping or else I wouldn't be down here. Oh well. He hasn't had any potty accidents today, I guess I would have been bored without any messes to clean up! LOL.

I will be posting on I know I am not alone soon, check it out!

Mickey Ears

I know I have mentioned it before, but I will again! Josh and I would love to take our children to Disney World at some point. Our income has never been great so taking the kids seemed like a dream that would never come true. With the right research you can find great prices on a Orlando Vacation and make your dream a reality.
I hope we can take them in the next few years...and sshhh don't tell anyone, but I really want to go to0. Who can't resist those mickey ear hats=)

Need a loan?

Do you need a loan for something? I am hoping we will soon. We have been renting for 4 or so years now, and we would soon love to buy our own home. Josh's business is going well and we have plenty of work, and since we know God is awesome, we expect to have work well into winter! With all this extra income we will hopefully have enough money to have a decent down payment and own a home in the next year or two. California mortgage refinance looks like a place we could try to get a loan from. They promise low rates and straight answers!

Need chairs?

In the summer we love to have people over. We have cookouts, both of our kids have summer birthdays so we have their parties here. We are always in need of more folding chairs and tables.
We always ask people to bring chairs and I hate doing that, I wish we just had a whole bunch here so we didn't have to ask. Hmmm, maybe I can save up some of this blogging money to buy some!