Summer Is Here...

Summer is officially here... Yesterday was Morgan's last day of school - she is now a second-grader. She said goodbye to her classroom and her very favorite reptile Poseidon. 


We find out her new teacher next week, she is very hopeful it will be Ms. Lolli, but either way she'll be fine. 


In the mean time she has six weeks off, her birthday right around the corner, Girl Scout day camp, sleeping in, swimming, and lots of other great summer events to look forward to.

Rodeo

Thursday night we went to the rodeo, Morgan's first time actually sitting in the arena and watching all the event. She liked the barrel racing and bull riding best, plus the pony herd that ran around.

And, was lucky enough to run into a nice lady who let her try roping.

Ragamuffin & The Dog

This last weekend we went camping. I have one theme that is common throughout camping photos - ragamuffin status. At camping showers are optional, so is brushing ones hair as you will see modeled below. Camping = freedom from grooming. A much welcomed freedom for a 6-year-old... She is a proud ragamuffin.

We also brought the mutt... Okay, we never really call her a mutt. She HATES baths - but she actually went fairly far into the lake (she also hate swimming) and got cleaned up a bit so while one gets dirty the other gets clean . Fair trade I think.

The Lonely Puppy

Yesterday was Morgan's "Author's Tea" event. They have been writing and illustrating their own books for the last month or so and this was their day to show off their creations to parents. 


Morgan's book is "The Lonely Puppy" and you can see her "brag" piece below about the book. :-) 


The sound quality is not the best - DVD to come from the teachers this week - I'll repost when I get the updated version.

It's Been A While...

I know it's been awhile... And my blog tells me so. 


The last post was April, the background of snow.


I'll get back to it - hopefully someday soon.......


until then here's some pictures: 


(thought I would finish in a rhyme didn't you.. ha ha)


Morgan and her "pig" balloon... 

During Easter we made a bunny cake - my first chocolate one ever. I always think of Grandma Dutra when I make a bunny cake since she is the one that taught me. So they make me especially happy!

We were busy with Girl Scouts. Our final 2010-11 meeting wrapped up just a couple weeks ago. We had a good year and did a lot of fun trips. Next year is going to be even better and they will be BROWNIES! :-)

 Took a really long day trip to Six Flags for Girl Scout day. Highlight of my day - Morgan is too short for any of the big coasters still..... Okay that was not really the highlight, but I was secretly grateful. This was her first big trip with a friend and she LOVED it.  We did it all in one day - drove down in the morning, stayed all day, and then were home right after midnight. Normally I might not have set such a schedule - but a birthday party and GS meeting the next day said - one day it is! 

Managed to have a little Spring Break time. It just so happens the week of Spring Break was also the week of focus groups at work. Groups that were scheduled for the evening hours - luckily I was able to have a couple long lunch breaks to take her to lunch, and on one day golfing with Brandon.

And this..... this is a recent picture that I could not help but take. I saw her sleeping like this and instantly was brought back to when she was a baby. She would sleep flat on her back with her arms up like this right near her face. (when she slept that is...) 

And now.... back to work and school. She has just over one week left and then Summer vacation!!!  I actually have a few days scheduled for a little staycation in the next couple of weeks too.... 

We're both looking forward to some "free" time,  and she of course is counting down the days until her birthday. Seven arrives in T- 20 days.

Two Wheels

This last weekend Morgan asked if she could try riding her bike without training wheels.

She tried a couple of times Saturday night and had the concept down pretty quickly, unfortunately we were only able to stay outside for a short time because it was COLD.

Sunday brought us sunshine and warm weather and after about two tries she was able to pedal by herself with no help. Now she is racing around on two wheels like she has been doing it forever.

She also took her first ride on Grandpa's motorcycle.

On the 4-wheel front, she is also learning to ride a skateboard. And, again for only having done it a couple of time she seems to be getting it quickly!

March - A Recap

Oh this dearly neglected blog..... It appears it's time for another catch up recap. (it's my go to when weeks go by) :-)


* Swim - Morgan transitioned back into classes again with other kids. She was NOT happy the first week (to her defense we did not get forewarning, she just showed up and there were other kids)  but has grown to accept this new change. So much so that she actually swam to the bottom of the pool last week. The teacher threw a ring in (at the 5 foot deep part no less) and down she swam to get it. It was kind of amazing!


* Ski - Try as we might (and sometimes I did not very hard, I admit it) - she only made it up a few times, not as often as I would have liked. Regardless, she got the basics down and seems pretty confident overall. We get discounted ski passes at a local resort for the rest of the ski season (which may have more days to it than normal given this wacky weather). It's my goal to get us up there at least once more before it's time to turn in the skis.


* School - We just finished break. Break went by REALLY fast this time. And, just like last time she got sick. Which, I suppose is better than getting sick during school, but it is a little concerning that this may be a pattern. Her first day back was good, as far as I can tell at least. :-) She was happy and had nothing negative to say, so we will take that as a successful day.


* Cookies - We are finally finished selling cookies!!!!!!!!!  Can I put enough exclamation points, probably not. We love cookie $, it supports so many great activities and trips - BUT by the end of cookie season we (okay I) am tired and done. Luckily I had an influx of individual orders last week that took care of some of our extra stock. We had to cancel our booth the weekend before last because of weather and had only this last week to sell. We powered through and spent about 2 1/2 hours outside the storefront, BUT we sold what we needed to. SO HAPPY!!! :-)


* Technology - We got internet, and a cable box, and a home phone!  We had basic cable but that was it before. I finally caved and bought the package. Internet is becoming more necessary (and trying to do it over my phone is not always the best / easiest), as is a home phone. Morgan understands the iPhone, but I began to worry she would not know how to use it in an emergency, or what if it dropped the call, etc..  I think a home phone is just good insurance.