birhtday pics

alix's scrap blog

alix's scrap blog

Last Friday of the YEAR!!

Woohoo, tomorrow is my last Friday of work (with kids...still have to come next Friday, but work without kids is like...like...like...well, I can't think of the right anology, but it is G-O-O-D!!) Only 5 days left of school with kids...not that I'm counting down or anything :)

7 more days! 33 more days!!

Freedom will come to me in 7 more school days...they can not go by fast enough!!

33 days or so until baby Lou-lu arrives. My back hurts, I can't breathe, sleeping is a chore...ugh...I didn't have any of this with Alix. I guess that's what 11 years difference will do to a body...I am no spring chicken anymore :( If I can just hold on to get my classroom cleaned up and everything stored away then I look forward to having the rest of the time to lay wallowing in my self-misery ;) I so wish I felt at least good enough to go for a walk with the dog, or down to the coffee store. I feel like such a slug. Enough whining...oh, who I am kidding. There is more to come...

Happy Birthday to Alix!

My li'l munchkin turned 11 today!!! We had celebrated Alix's big day with family and friends last week, so most of the fun had already taken place...but we did manage a little "celebrating" today as we enjoyed a quiet day with a nice dinner (spaghetti with Auntie Amy) and a waffle cone from Izzy's for dessert...YUMMY!! I can't believe she has grown so big so fast...she makes me proud each and every day with the young lady she is becoming (and each and every day we work on that "becoming" part...we'll get there though ;) She is a wonderful student, an avid reader, a prolific writer, a caring friend, a creative mind, a fashion diva, and so much more!! She has had to deal with a lot of things in her young 11 years and I admire her for how she has handled it all--it can't be easy for a girl that age to have her life change so many times and in so many ways. I know there are more changes on her horizon and I know she will deal with them well...I can't wait to see her as a big sister (I know she'll be great!) My dream for her is that she will openly share with others her beautiful smile, her amazing sense of humor, and her wonderful gifts, so everyone can enjoy the special girl she is.

Alix's bedding before her birthday present from Mom and Steve

Alix's bedding after


During Alix's sleepover party we went on a "scavenger hunt" at the mall. The kids were given a list of fun things to find/do while at the mall and for each they accomplished they earned points. This is the girls at Sephora with their eyeshadow on (can you see it? ;) getting ready to walk like they're on a runway.

Here are the girls in line at Caribou...ready to ask for a glass of "diet-water". The girl at the counter politely said, we don't carry that and smiled as the girls ran away.


Friends at the sleepover...they had such a good time playing games, watching movies, making pizza and crafts, not to mention dancing and shooting "commercials" with the video camera.


Alix blowing out her candles

18 days...18 days...18 days...

18 days...18 days...18 days...18 days...18 days...18 days...18 days...18 days...This is what I keep repeating to myself as I struggle through one more day of kids...only 18 days left and it will be summer!!! 18 days...18 days...18 days...18 days...18 days...I CAN NOT wait. I have been super wiped out lately...energy is gone...and I am ready for a little less energy to be spent on solving 10 year olds' problems and more trying to get ready for Lou-lu's arrival!

A bored Dino is an organized Dino.

Alix and I were upstairs cleaning and came down to quite a sight. Dino had taken about 12 socks (his favorite play toy) and had spread them out... evenly, in a straight line, leading from the dining room into the kitchen and ending with his second favorite toy...his frisbee. It was quite amazing really. He is such a talented doggie ;)

Dino-boy's sock trail!

My Handsome Sweetie Rocks!

Steve ran his first 1/2 marathon today (Sunday May,4) around Lake Minnetonka. I wish I could've seen more of his effort, but it's so hard when he zips right by...and when I am too directionally challenged to get anywhere beside the start and finish lines. Dino and I saw him off though, and were there to greet him to the finish line about 1:53 later. He did so AWESOME!!! Honestly I'm a little jealous b/c I think my one and only 1/2 marathon attempt (at Grandma's a few years ago) was slower than his *pout*. To think...a couple of years ago he couldn't keep up on 3 mile runs, and now he's outrunning me. Oh well, luckily there are SO MANY other things I am still better at than him ;) Truly though, I am SO proud of him and his accomplishment!! Yea Steve!!