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!

cute kid stuff

I've got to write this down before I forget... Last week Abbey and I were driving in the car when we passed a big tractor on the side of the road. Abbey said" Look at the tractor, boys like tractors. Yah boys like tractors, and girls like hearts, stars, rainbows and waterfalls." So so cute..

Today, Mallory got her first phone call. It happened to be from her best buddy Ben. Yesterday he asked for her number, so she made a lovely envelope to put the paper with her number on it. So, at school today, Ben gave Mallory his number. As I was waiting in the car to pick the girls up about halfway home, I saw Mallory and Ben walking together. Just like every other day. Mallory rushes into the car and says" MOM! I have to hurry and wait by the phone, because Ben is going to call me as soon as he gets home, and he lives close so we have to hurry!!"
I just couldn't help but think that was so cute, although let's not start waiting by the phone for boys so soon.... Okay let's never do that...

Announcement

Dear Everybody,
On July 24th, in Salt Lake City, UT the Bjorn's are running the Deseret News marathon. ( or half, 10k or 5k).... I should just say the Bjorn's are running...That includes, two Binns', a Merrill, a Price etc.. So, I am inviting any and all to come join us, it will be a great fitness goal... Come run, or in my case shuffle and drag over the finish line with us and it will be such fun. (I'm not delusional yet, wait till mile 22) I'm tempted to blog the run, but I'm afraid it will have too many swear words.

oh ok

So now I think I should put a pic of the girls just to compare. I'm a nerd

just for fun

I found these pictures when going through stuff... I love figuring out who our kids look like! It's obvious who Mallory looks like, but Abbey and Kimrie are more of a mix, I think.. Kimrie has Jim's face shape with my eyes, Abbey is a Hillam, so I'm not sure about her, she definitely has my teeth, poor thing. And not one of them has my coloring, oh actually Kims has Price skin.
So this is me in 1st grade, about 1980 I'm guessing, I believe Jim's is first grade too, although his would be 77 or 78 I think.
Jim's pictures are fancy, his parents sprung for the profile pic too! So I challenge all of you to post your kid pics, just for laughs, you know!

So here's what happened

Ok, so here's what happened, you'll probably think it's not that big of a deal, but in my mind it was. I'll admit, I am proud of her. Here's the story... This girl on the swim team is so nasty, scratching, pulling legs, cheating etc. Even all the mom's hate her. She's had it for Kimrie for months, but I haven't done anything because Kimrie doesn't really care that much. Well last week as soon as Kims walked in, the girl (Rebecca) sent someone over to tell Kimrie that she's a spoiled brat. So it started from there, and ended with Rebecca calling Kimrie a bitch! I was surprised at that! Anyway, Kimrie really held her own and seriously told her off. In my mind that was laying a "smackdown" because usually I try to hold it in and regret it later. So the whole practice, I saw Kimrie exchanging words with her and it got pretty heated obviously. I just told Kimrie that I was proud of her for sticking up for herself and others without calling names or being nasty. I said you can do that all day long as long as you don't stoop to her level. I also told Kimrie not to waste the coaches time with such nonsense, and the best thing to do is completely ignore her, because that will make her crazy. Or kill her with kindness, all the girls thought that was funny.
Anyway, I probably made it sound worse, but I think Kimrie layed the "smackdown" by telling her off, sticking up for the other kids, and BEATING THE SOCKS OFF OF HER.. This girl races Kimrie on every single length of the pool. Yes, for that moment, I was "that mom" I just didn't show it outwardly.
So, that's the story... I'm sure there will be more to the saga, How long do I let it go before informing the coach? At this point it's not just Kimrie that she's doing this to.

Is it wrong?

Is it wrong that I'm proud of Kimrie for laying the smackdown on the team bully?!