First camp out of the season

Friday was the first camp out of the season. Emma was beyond excited. It was the hottest most humid day of the summer so far. Daddy is on call again, so Emma and I trucked it around camp. We stood on the bridge as Emma dreamed of riding the zip line. Only a couple more weeks till she is 9 and can ride on it. We then settled down for the kids skits. Emma did great. She was thunder chicken, and had the cutest squawk. Only problem is momma is not very good with a video camera, and somehow I had it on pause instead of record..... SIGH. The kids got signed back in, and all the parents made that long walk out of camp. Unfortunately we had the worst thunderstorms Friday night and the kids didn't get to do their night swim. They did get some smore making in, and the girls finally went to bed at 2am.

Back at camp in the morning to pick up my tired, dirty camper...... We picked up bugger from her hair cut, and went home to give the stinky child a bath. The rest of our weekend was pretty quiet. Scott spent most of it at work, and Emma and I chilled out.

Although, I am now the boxing champion on Wii, I finally figured out how to beat her..... much to the dismay of Emma.

This week is a short one for me, and then we leave on Saturday for the beach. Can't wait. Mimosas on the deck at sunrise anyone ??????

2 weeks of summer over already??????

So the first session of camp is officially over, and Emma has graduated swim groups. She is now a Guppy. She proudly displayed her patch last night when she got home with her swim report card.

Tonight is the first camp out, although Scott is on call again. Hopefully the weather will hold out, as it is supposed to be another hot one today.

T-4 business days till the beach. YEAH

Did someone turn up the heat?

UGH!!!!! It has been very hot and steamy. Scott had a rough week at work, and is down one service tech, and it is on call week. So on Saturday morning, while in the middle of making a great pancake breakfast, his pager went off. We finished up and cleaned up, and headed off to the pool for the day, so we could keep him company in between his calls. Emma had a blast swimming. She is getting so much better and is actually venturing out of the shallow ends. We met a new little friend Noah, who was the 2 year old grandson of one of the residents. He declared he was going home with us, and Emma had a blast teasing him. This is the first time I have ever seen her actually play with a little child. I am keeping my fingers crossed she doesn't try and terrorise Morgan like this at the beach:)

After a long afternoon at the pool, we stopped for a quick bite to eat. It was a long hot day!!!!

Sunday morning, we were awoken by the sounds of Scott's pager going off again. But we got in some breakfast, and off he went again. So Emma and I geared up and did some running around, Target and Kroger. Once we got back she helped me get the potatoes ready and eggs ready to make potato salad, and helped me with the cheesecake. Have I ever said I LOVE MY MIXER!!!!!!!!! It works awesome:)~

We had a quiet evening last night once Scottie finally got home, Busy packing for the beach, can't be live it is less than 2 weeks away.......

This week should be quieter for Emma and I, but Scott has a long road ahead of him with these current problems. Hopefully, they will get a new guy in there quickly, and that will alleviate some of the stress. Summer is the worst time of year to be down a man...

Emma has camp out this week, and our first parents night. The "Divas" are already working on their skit for Friday. Be afraid, be very afraid of these girls, it is a lot of attitude in those little bodies.

Summer is in full swing

So what do you do on a hot steam 90 degree summer night. Why you go to the YMCA for family swim night of course. The school year is but a week behind us and we are right back into our normal routine. Here is a picture of Emma in her new swim suit at family swim night. She was a little put off by momma because she was actually having an adult conversation instead of swimming with the kids in the pool...... This after the girls insisted I jump off the diving board and then proceeded to tell me, I do the best cannon balls because I make the biggest splash, lol. Thanks I think?????

Poor Scott is on call for Father's Day weekend, but we plan on making him a cheesecake and breakfast on Sunday. The heat is back and it is supposed to be near 100 on Saturday. I am sure, Scott will end up being at work, so Emma and I can get a head start on our tans........ Happy Friday :)~

What to do on a rainy summer evening?????

Why you catch fireflies of course. Emma and I were all alone last night.... no boys in our house only girls. After the rains subsided, we went out to look at the veggies and how they were growing........ Well instead of the veggies we found hundreds of fireflies. We ran inside and thanks to Nana's applesauce jars, we quick made a home for some of the fireflies we caught........

We gave them a nice home with some leaves, but decided at the end of the night to "set them free" so we could catch some more the next time......... Almost one week down of summer vacation. Is that possible?????????

Cocoa Bean

Scott thought this was just hysterical this weekend. I was laying on the floor playing Mafia Wars on Facebook. I know big surprise there........ Cocoa, who is 82 pounds according to the vet last week had to squeeze her butt in next to me to lay, while Bugger warmed my feet........... Emma was sitting on the chair next to me playing her DS.

I have no personal space :)

Rain Rain go away

What a yucky first day of camp. As you can tell, we never get rain, and today it decided to open up and be an all day affair. Signing in at camp was a feat this morning, as everything was wet and muddy!!!!!!!!! Hopefully it will stop for a bit so the kids can get some swimming in today. Emma was beyond excited this morning to be part of the X-UNIT. And happily skipped off to the bottom of the lodge where all of her friends were waiting. We saw many of her favorite counselors, and the first camp out is planned for June 26. WAHOO!!!!! Only a couple more weeks and she will be back in Buffalo for a visit.

Although last night, when she found out Hannah Montana was supposed to be here for a concert with the Jonas Brothers and Selena Gomez, she thought about asking if she could just stay, but uh no no way, I told here, there was no more spots left at camp......... lol

Poor thing, so we are back to the grind, I have a 2 day trial next week and work is busy as ever, Scott is going to be in NC for classes 3 times in the next 2 weeks and he is on call this week. Should make for an interesting couple weeks...... stay tuned for updates and pictures (unlike some people...... **cough cough** Missy & Michael :)

It's Time for Moving On

Well, the school year is over, and duh dunna duh........ Emma has been promoted to third grade!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!! She had an awesome 4th quarter, and received the conduct award yet again. She has received the principals conduct award every semester that she has been in school. Her report card was wonderful. E in reading, E in language Arts, E in Music, E in PE, E in art, S in Social Studies, S in Science, E in math, E in conduct, E in study skills. She has really improved this year by leaps and bounds.

To her delight, she found out today she is going to be in the X-Unit for camp (Discovery is where the younger kids are, but where her birthday falls she should still be in Discovery), I cannot believe that school is over already and it is time for camp. I don't know what we are going to do next year without Mrs. Hensel, she has been so wonderful for the past two years. We couldn't of asked for a sweeter teacher. She truly loves all of the children and teaching them. Next year is a big year. SOL's and the grading changes to letter grades instead of pass or fail........

But we need to make it through the summer first. I'm sure you'll hear us singing all the way
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WE'RE THE KIDS FROM THUNDERBIRD WE'RE HERE TO MARCH ABOUT.
PEOPLE OFTEN STARE AT US WHENEVER WE GO OUT.
WE'RE NOT SO VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THE THINGS WE DO.
WE CAN DO MOST ANYTHING TWICE AS WELL AS YOU.
OH AS WE GO MARCHING
AND THE BAND BEGINS TO P-L-A-Y
YOU CAN HEAR US SHOUTING
THE KIDS FROM THUNDERBIRD ARE ON THE MARCH
RAH RAH RAH SHISHKABOBB!!!

YEAH SUMMER........

The final countdown

The school year is coming to an end. We have had an amazing year. Emma has grown by leaps and bounds, and has really taken a liking to school this year. We are looking forward to 3rd grade and the SOL's next year. 3rd grade brings a lot of changes, the grading system is different, the kids are held more responsible for class work and choices, and the biggie.......... they get recorders in music class. Hopefully she will pick up momma's love for reading and playing music......

On Wednesday we had our final show off learning, with a book float parade. Here are a couple pictures of Emma with her float on Squirrels.

With the school year coming to a close, it is almost time for camp to begin. Emma has been enjoying gardening this year. We already had tomatoes on our plants, but some sort of animal has stolen one of the plants. It may be the gopher from "Caddy Shack" as it looks like it was taken from underground. Here is a picture of the sprinkler's Emma picked out. They are pretty neat, and they match the solar lights.

Tomorrow is field day, but with the rain expected, we suspect it will be cancelled. Daddy took the day off from work to attend as it has been his tradition to attend with Emma and help out. I am thinking it will end up being a video game day for him, with the rain.

Next week is the end of the year party, which is a sundae party for the kids......... Can't wait :)

a note from emma

The weather has been very nice, but, momma came down with a sinus confection and duble ear confection. so she say it is my turn to type.

when momma was sleeping lady got in the trampoline with me and i bounced her

on sunday momma was feelng better and we went to the depot to get some water things for the garden.

i even helped daddy put down some yucky stuff to get rid of the ticks. they ar sooooooooooooooooooooo yucky.

on sunday i finally finshed my last book report. i did it on squirrles. daddy said he was gonna make me go find a dead one in the street to put it in my float. that was realy mean. i asked the squirls in the yard if they would pleze come in my float but no one wanted to.

only 2 weeks left of school and then i get to go back to camp.

heephow