Photo highlights

Be sure you read the post below for more highlights...

Girls at Taylor Swift concert

Miss Megan aka "Punky Brewster"

Meg playing under the lights in Tipp City



Emily bringing it in Wilmington!



Emily and BFF Katie in Wilmington

A little down time playing catch in the rain!

Overwhelmed

I was back on track with updating the blog, until softball started!

We have had some sort of softball related activity 24 of the past 26 days.  Normally I would say I love it but for some reason I am not enjoying it so much this year.  The girls sometimes play in different locations at the same time which forces us to separate.  Thank goodness for camera's on cell phones and texting!

Highlights for May and June thus far:

• Megan turned 9 on May 21.  Her birthday party was here at the house and was a success!
• Both girls had wonderful school years!  Megan friended a boy in her class with autism.  Several teachers at Helke have told me how wonderful she is with the boy and how much she helps him. Makes my heart happy!
• Both girls received perfect attendance awards at school. 
• Emily received Top Gun, Principals list, and a few other awards.  Her first year at Morton was a great experience for her and I am so thankful!
• Megan was chosen to do Safety Patrol for 4th grade!  She is thrilled!
• Emily made the VPR 12U All-Star team.
• Megan experienced her first true disappointment in life and did not make the VPR coach pitch all star team.  It broke my heart to have to tell her and broke it even more when I saw her reaction.
• Megan is now on the all star team thanks to some girls for dropping out!
• The girls saw Taylor Swift in concert with their grandma and grandpa!

I am sure there are many more highlights that I can't remember.  Need to start writing stuff down!!!

Mother's Day

I had a good Mother's Day this year!



These Crocs already look like they are 100 years old! 



Can't wait to read Rex Ryan's book!  Fun!



Hanging Strawberry Plant!



Can't wait to try the yummy strawberries!

This isn't new but my clematis gets more beautiful every year!



Helke Birthday Luncheon

Today was Miss Megan's Birthday Luncheon at school.  Parents are allowed to bring fast food in to school and enjoy lunch with their birthday boy/girl!

During the luncheon each child has the opportunity to donate a book to the school library.  The school librarian puts a picture of the child in the front of the book and gives the child's birthday and how old they turned that year.  I love it when the girls (only Megan now) bring home their library books so we can look and see if we know the child who donated the book and how much the child has changed over the years!

As usual the light is horrible in the school gym/lunchroom!

Megan chose Chick-Fil-A for her b-day lunch!

 




Band Concert

Last night was the 5th and 6th grade band concert!  Aside from people saving entire rows of seats it was a nice concert!  It is amazing how much the 5th grade band has improved over the school year!  Emily loves band and loves playing her flute!  I am glad she didn't listen to me when I tried to talk her in to choir!