Finally motivated to post

So it's been forever, I think I've been allergic to posting. I forgot that I was using this blog as a journal for the kids, and then once I remembered that, I was too overwhelmed with all the stuff I missed. So here is a quick review of the past few weeks.
Kimrie was an MC for the school talent show. In addition she also did a skit about swimming that she made up herself. She did awesome! She was such a ham, and got a ton of compliments about her comedic timing. She wrote her own jokes to MC, and I must say she did great! (much to Our huge relief.. I know that's terrible, but let's be honest!)


After the show, I told Kimrie what a fabulous job she did, and that we should find more plays for her to audition for. She said "No I don't think so" Oh, why not? I said.. She says "Because plays are cheesy!" Had to laugh at that one!! And no I did not remind her of the previous 1.5 hours of her life.
She really is a funny girl, full of one liners. I need to be writing those down more. Well, here's one... Kimrie really wants to go to the Air Force Academy, and every time she says that it gives Jim a mild stroke. Anyway, I said to her one day "you know, your first year will be terrible and so hard.. They will be yelling at you all the time!" She said " How is that different from my life now?!" Jim and I were hysterically laughing!!

On to our next adventure... Mallory. This last week she fell off her bike and broke her arm. Of coarse we didn't actually take her in until the next day. But she seemed so much more upset about her skinned knees. So the next morning when it hurt to push herself out of bed, we took her to the ER. She was such a tough chick, and actually she was pretty excited to be getting a cast. I'm sure that will wear off soon. But she has been taking great care of her cast, and being such a good sport. We bedazzled her cast, and made it fancy.. She seemed to enjoy that. Jim will be happy that her cast will slow down the art projects.. She has an endless supply of creative energy. She thinks of an art project for all aspects of her day. And speaking of Jim and mild strokes, every time he sees a scrap of paper on the floor, that's what happens. Followed by a very loud MALLORY!!!!!. We just had parent teacher conference and her teacher had great things to say about her, and we are so proud of Malzy! AKA Larry the dinosaur


And now miss Abbers.. She swam in her first swim meet! It was so cute, and she took it so seriously. And to our great surprise, she didn't get disqualified! For being 5 years old, and first meet, that is awesome! She swam the 25 back and 25 free. Jim told her whatever you do, do not touch the lane lines, and float on your back if you get tired! She didn't even need to do that. It was so cute. Abbey is a superstar at school, and has improved so much it is crazy. We love having her home for this last year. She fills our days with constant chatter.... Abbey always shares, and always is such a helper, one of her papers at school was about what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her paper was all about being a mom. She talked about putting the baby in the stroller, giving it it's bottle, putting the baby down for a nap, and playing toys with it. It was so sweet, and so her, she'll probably end up with 7!