The Circus is in Town!

We were right in front of the tigers when they performed.

All of Jeffrey's photos were very blurry.

The kids enjoyed riding the camel but honestly... It wasn't much of a ride. lol About 2 minutes in a very small circle.

We had a fun trip to the circus. Not as eventful as the one when I was a kid that the boys always talk about where the Elephant went on a rampage. :) But I thought of them and while we were there!

Birdhouses!

This morning started out with a "quick run" to Walmart and then Home Depot to get some new paint for Grandma's bedroom. (There's a story for ya! 2 actually... ask us later)
ANyhow, So while at Home Depot a lady asked Jessalyn if she had made her birdhouse. Jessalyn said no. The lady said, "oh, well you better hurry before they run out. I think they still have some. You get to use tools!" (Everybody now.... ooooohhh!) So we hurried over and Jessalyn made a birdhouse. The cool people at Home Depot even let us bring one home for Jeffrey to make.
When we got home, Jeffrey made his and they both painted them up beautifully. It was a fun little project to get our Saturday going. This afternoon we headed over to the pool at the college and played around. Jackson was not happy at all when we 1st got there. He wanted to leave. He didn't want to be in the water at all, even with a lifejacket or me holding him. So we let him just toss us the ball for most of the day. Then, about 20 minutes before we were going to leave, he decided he wanted to get in. He hopped into the pool and hung onto the wall by himself. I let him be for the most part and in a few minutes he wanted to be held in the water and was ready to imitate Jeffrey and Jessalyn swimming in the water. When we got home he told papaw he "went swim like a fish."


FYI
Home Depot has a free kids workshop the first Saturday of every month (9a-12p). Next month the project is a wheelbarrel planter. My kids are hooked and want to go every month.

All for me!?!??!??!

Hair Stories..

My dear daughter, whom I dearly love, has beautiful hair. The problem is that she does not like to have it brushed. This is completely foreign to me. I LOVE to have my hair brushed. I LOVE it when anyone wants to play with it. Even little kids. I just love it. A pet peeve of mine is to see a beautiful little girl with scraggly looking hair. Can't stand it when my daughter looks like she forgot to brush her hair for the day. (Forgot, more like didn't want to.)

So in order to help out, I have found several "Hair Blogs" to get her excited about trying different ways to pull it up or back or whatever. So we have to take pictures so she can see the back. (She hasn't yet mastered the whole mirror/ mirrored image thing.)

Here are a few of her latest do's that we thought we would share with you!

























PS. Grrr! I so wish it were easier to label your photos on Blogger!

Science Fair Projects

Jeffrey and Jessalyn have been busy at school preparing for the school wide science fair. Jeffrey's project is making batteries using lemons, potatos, a penny, a nail. His project won third place for 4th grade. but honestly, all bias aside, his project was way cooler than the one that got first prize! Plus I have seen it on MythBusters too!

Jessalyn's class did a group project about seeds and they grew plants and worked to figure out what it took to create an ideal place to grow plants. Jessalyn got to bring the plant she grew home with her. Jessalyn brought in a bunch of different kinds of seeds for the display. She brought in Peach seeds, apple seeds, sunflower seeds, a crocus bulb, smaller bird seed, and some wild flower seeds. It made the display very cool.

There were some really neat projects on display. One of them watched bread mold to discover which way it molded fastest. Jessalyn liked the one that used white carnations and placed them in colored water. The flowers drank the colored water and changed the petals to neon colors. There were so many it is hard to think of them all! It was neat neat neat. Afterwards the school had a spaghetti dinner that we all got to enjoy. Yum!

1st Day of School!

First day of school for the kiddies! :) Jessalyn is starting Kindergarten! Can you believe it? She really didn't want to go at first but as it came to the day she was caught up in the excitement. It is exciting for her to go to the same school as Jeffrey though! Jeffy was so helpful and he was excited to see all his old friends again.

Kindergarten 4 Graduation-

Jessalyn graduated from PreK 4. It was a cute little program. I am including a clip of one of the songs in the program. Yea Peanut! We are so proud of you!

Horseback Riding Lessons

For Jessalyn's Birthday she has gotten to take some riding lessons. Which of course she LOVES. Attached you will find some different Pictures.


Jessalyn leading the horse (Shadow).


Here is Jessalyn showing off her new pink riding helmet.



This is called a hoof pick. Jessalyn uses it to make sure there are no clumps of dirt or rocks stuck in the horse shoe.

Jessa's Big Hair cut!

Jessalyn took a big step and got her hair cut off! Jessa is donating her hair to WIgs4Kids.org
She looks Really different with such short hair. But Still just as beautiful as before. Jessalyn misses her princess hair but knows that she helped a sick kid and that her hair can grow again.

The Adventures of Flat-Maddie in Florida for Jessalyn's Birthday!

Maddie did a project with school Where she drew her outline and created Flat Maddie. She then mailed Flat Maddie to Florida to go on an adventure with her Cousin Jessalyn. Flat-Maddie made it in time to go to Jessalyn's birthday breakfast at Ihop and she got to eat Green Eggs and Ham and Whoo-cakes. :)





















Then she went to Jessalyn's school and met Jessalyn's classmates and She hung out with Jessalyn's flat classmates for awhile.




















Flat Maddie was there for Jessalyn's Birthday Celebration as well. They have a little ceremony the kids do. Jessalyn walks in a circle as they chanted the months of the year. When they came back around to April they said, "Jessalyn is 1. When Jessa turned 1 she... ___ " "When Jessa turned 2 she.______" etc. It was very cute. Jessalyn held a globe to show how the world goes around the sun (a candle) each year.

Another Jessa-ism

Jessa runs through the kitchen like she is driving a car.

Jeff: Young lady you are in violation for exceeding the speed limit.

Jessalyn: What does that mean?

Jeff: You are speeding and need to slow down.

Jessalyn: But Dad, That's how my car goes!

Aren't these cute pics. This was one morning before church this past month. Jessalyn wanted pictures of her with her "ears" which is what she called her mini buns. Hehehe. She was Smelling the blossoms on the tree.

Happy Birfday to JesSaLyN!!!

Anyone who has spoken with Jessa in the past 3 months knows that it is her birthday and she is 4!!! She is so excited to be 4! She informed us she is now almost 5. Hehehe!



She had a great birthday. Her favorite dinner of 'pasgetti and MeatBulbs'.














Then her party was in the evening, complete with Strawberry Pink Pony cake and Pink Ice cream ( well, vanilla with strawberries in it.









Her favorite. She LOVES strawberries.) She got lots of fun things. She got a horse jigsaw puzzle, lots of new clothes, little Peoples Cinderella and stagecoach, Zebras, a book, My little pony and all kinds of fun stuff. Oh and some Shovels to dig with. She just made out.











Oh, I almost forgot, and a pinata!! it was a different one, you pulled strings to get the candy to fall. The kids thought it was`great.




But see, Jeffrey realized something..., Jessa didn't ask for expensive stuff and she got LOTS of stuff... hmmm... maybe there's something to this? hehehe.. It was funny.

I'm Pumpin'

So it was a busy day today.
Jessalyn had her 2nd Riding lesson today. She loved it of course. She did basically the same things as before. Only a little more and she let the pony go at a faster pace, more of a Trot.
Then Jessa and Mommy and Jack ran some errands, new battery for the van, post office and stuff. We got back home for about a hour and then loaded up to get Jeffrey at the bus stop and a "quick" run to Wal-mart to get the new Movie Cars. (Is there a such thing as a quick run to WalMart?)
ANyhow, Then we headed out to Jeffys School where they were having a fall festival. It was western themed , they had the gym set up as a western town and each "building" was a different game booth. So the kids got lots of noisy toys to annoy their moms with and the school made a killngon the tickets. But it was fun. In the town square they had one of those bull rides. Kindof on one of the jumpy things and there were 4 people in the corners and pulling ropes to make teh bull buck. It was a $1 to ride and I swear those poor folks arms ,must have felt ready to fall off. It was fun. Jeffrey was bucked off but Jessalyn had a great ride. Hehhehe.. They were super gentle on Jessa, I think her horse Judy gave her more of a jolt this morning. LOL... ( and yes, I had my camera but didn't think to get it out an take pics sorry!)
Anyhow, So then we returned home and had a late movie night to watch Cars. Jeff just got home. So I said, okay. Jackson is asleep but I am still full so I am going to go pump. Jessa, all innocence, says, "Gas?" We had a good laugh. Sweet girl, thats what we usually mean when we say that! chuckle. Have a great night all!

My Nest

So, today Jackson was down for a nap and Jessa curled up in the chair with me for a rare moment. She says, " Mom, I want to put my head on your nest."
"My nest? You mean my chest?"
"Nope, Your nest, you know, under your neck!"
:)

Just me gabbin to myself

So, I bet you're all wondering what's up? Nothin much.. Still just unpacking all these mingled boxes between Jackson's demands for attention! :)
I do have some Jessa-isms for ya though....
"Stanky"- (must be said with a wrinkled nose) The State of Jack-Jack's Diaper on a regular basis.
"Snobber"- When you hold a tissue to her nose and tell her to blow her nose and she gives a pbbhhtt with her mouth. ("Yeah, That's great Jessa, Now blow your Nose!" says mommy.)

Oh well, I suppose that's all for tonight as Jackson is making himself known again!
P.S. I am downloading my pics off my camera from the last couple months so scroll down and look at some earlier dates. I am entering a couple of them on the dates the pics were taken.