Do I have a 16 Year Old?

A conversation in the car on the way home from school with Kaylee.

Kaylee, "Mom do you want to hear all about my day?

Me, "Kaylee, I would love to hear about your day!"

Kaylee, "Well a lot happened. I first had to break things off with (insert boy name here)."

Me, "You had a boyfriend? And what exactly does "break things off mean"?

Kaylee, "You know Mom, he was my boyfriend." (said with a little frustration in her voice)

Me, "How long have you had this boyfriend?"

Kaylee, "Well I guess since the first day of school this week. He would not take no to going together for an answer on that day so I finally got through to him that I just wanted to be his FRIEND today."

Me, " You need to tell boys that you can only have boys as friends until you are in High School. Do you understand?"

Kaylee, "Yes, Mom." (with a lot of giggling from the backseat)

After the shock wore off that I was having this conversation with my five year old, I talked to her father. Evidently when he took her to school this morning they had a similiar conversation where she told him about the boyfriend and he told her to just be friends with boys right now. At least I know that she listens to her father for now. I just need to pray that she will always talk to us about things going on at school and actually take our advice till at least Junior High.

Happy Easter of sorts!

Who knew that the pictures I took of the girls Easter Egg Hunt last Thursday would be the only Easter Egg Hunt they would have this year?

Campbell did really well on her egg hunt. Of course, her big sister had been practicing with her in the yard for a week. Kaylee did not want her to miss out or be confused when the time came. It was so fun to watch her class hunting for the eggs. You could definitely tell who had been practicing. It did not stop Campbell from each time picking up an egg, smiling, saying "egg", putting it in her basket, and waiting to be instructed to go find another one. She did not even care what was inside till she got in the car at the end of the day and saw Kaylee opening hers.

Kaylee loved hunting Easter Eggs. Of course, what five year old doesn't since they know what to expect inside the eggs. It was so funny to watch all the fours and fives running all over the place like a bunch of ants. I think the hunt was over in a matter of a few minutes. What fun! I can still remember the year Kaylee thought she was only suppose to find the eggs that she brought. That seems like so long ago now.

The rest of our weekend did not go as planned. We got snow on Saturday! I can remember one time when I was at ACU and it snowed on Easter weekend. I love snow...I just wish we had gotten enough to build a snow bunny. The easter Egg HUnt our church was having got cancelled due to the snow and 35 degree weather so we went to a movie instead. Kaylee was very excited to see Meet the Robinsons in 3D. It was a cute movie, it will not be winning any awards, but at least it did not have any adult humor or bad words in it. We spent the rest of the day enjoying family and eating way too much. (I am definitely going to have to get busy with the diet again on Monday.)

Sunday the girls wore their dresses with their white sweaters as planned. We were not going to let a little cold weather ruin our Easter attire. It was so good to be in church on Sunday morning knowing that Jesus had risen on that day so long ago. May we always remember the great sacrifice that was made for us. Kaylee came home and told me the whole story of Christ being raised from the dead. I just love to hear her tell me Bible stories in her own words. So sweet! They managed to get a lot of fun things for Easter. My parents got them each cute stuffed dogs, movies, books, and a little candy. The Easter Bunny left them some fun toys to play outside like Frisbees, bubbles, balls, jump ropes, sidewalk chalk, and also two chocolate Easter Bunnies. I would say that they were well taken care of.

Here is the best picture we got of the two of them. It definitely shows their personalities. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter full of lasting memories.

May Farm in April!

What a fun day! Today at YCW May Farm came with some adorable animals for the children to enjoy. There was a llama, donkey, sheep, and several goats.

Campbell's class was up first. I went out there and she was not so patiently waiting for another class to finish so she could get her hands on the baby goats. They were just precious. When her turn came she sat beside me and held one of the baby goats for several minutes. However, when I tried to take a picture she wanted to put the goat down. So this is the only picture I have of her actually touching one of the animals. If you have ever been around Campbell you know she is a little cautious especially when Mom is around. Notice the one finger touch that we have been working on when trying to be gentle:) Campbell had fun but when it came time to go I think she was ready.

When the time came for Kaylee's class she was more than ready. If you know my child at all then you know how excited that she gets about things. I love her zest for life. The minute they got out there she was ready to check everything out. She had fun feeding the donkey and the llama. I think you can tell from the picture which animal was the biggest hit. The baby goats of course! We had a long conversation on the way home about why we could not have a baby goat at our house. I do not think I have her convinced yet that it would not work. Of course, we are in the city limits so a goat is against the law...I think. If you notice her capris in the picture she wanted to wear them because she felt they made her look like a "farm girl". I guess the red and white gingham screams "farm girl" to her. I thought that was too funny.

It was a fun day for all! I cannot wait to see them in action at the Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday at school.

Rollin, Rollin, Rollin on the River

Let's just say we have had a lot of rain the past few days. This was the view outside our front door. I thought for a moment that we had been transported to another place. There was so much water that we could not even see the road. I thought I was going to have to borrow a boat to pick Cary up from work:) Lucky for us it stopped raining around 4:00pm on Friday in time for things to dry up a little and Cary to make it home. We were so thankful for the rain because we know how dry the summer months can be around here so it is nice to get a little jump on things.