12 days?

as i always, i made BIG plans to start blogging more - at least every other day. i don't know where the time goes! i want to follow along with ali edwards' "a week in my life" project just so i can figure out how time flies so fast.

we've been busy, but that's the norm by now. last weekend anna finished her state project for school. she had to research the state of colorado and decorate and fill a shoebox with facts from the state. she did a great job! especially because terri sent us a ton of information and GREAT stuff to use. i HAVE to get a picture of it to post as soon as i can. kurt was able to do some of his school work from home this week so i got to have lunch with both girls. wow, that lunch room gets LOUD!!! it was very interesting to see the contrast between the different classrooms. i'm feeling good about anna's teacher. she seems to really challenge the kids without overwhelming them too much. anna has said she's bored sometimes in school, which worries me, but then she says it is hard for her at times too. her teacher isn't perfect, though. in a few weeks they are having spirit week, and she's going to let anna borrow a nebraska shirt since she's a huge nebraska fan (most of her family lives in omaha). i didn't think we'd have to worry about anna being brainwashed about nebraska down here!!! we thought we'd have her converted back to a hawkeye by now. i guess it would help if they could win, though, huh? :P ella loves her teacher at school too. i'm a little worried that ella isn't quite where anna was at this point in her kindergarten year. i'm hoping to start working with ella more at home too.

wilson is good! he's always cracking me up. he loves to put his blankie on his head and say, "ooo (where) are you me?" he's also always asking "whee (what) 'appened?" he always wants to ride in daddy's llllue car too. that one really cracks us up. he can say black just perfectly but he always says lllue. his favorite lunch now is "daddy's sandwich." he loves to share with daddy - it's not the same if i make the exact same sandwich, it has to be daddy's first. i always have to sing "rock a bye baby" to him now before he goes to sleep. that's far from my favorite, but thankfully my neighbor cindy taught me to sing "mommy will catch you, cradle and all" so it's not so scary. lol! speaking of cindy, we've been walking with her about 3 mornings a week so i haven't been getting up quite so early. wilson loves walking with her 2 year old talia. he talks about her all of the time at home. but then when we're walking together he's always arguing with her. they are always pretending to see monkeys in our trees too. they're so cute!

well, i think i had more to write, but we're waiting for kurt and the girls to get home from church so we can eat but wilson is having a HARD time waiting. i better go help him find a good snack that's not the sucker he's begging for right now. here are a few pictures before i go...(the fancy frames are from karen russell from the polka dot potato digi shop, and the simple frames are actions from mindy bush. i used mindy's happy color and vignette actions on the pictures too.)

ps - sorry google readers for 2 posts - i thought a few pictures looked dark so i tried to edit them in picnik and then they disappeared. boo!