4th of July Fun and a Trampoline Too

Pete finally bought the kids a trampoline or should I say, it was a gift for me. I love it! Oh ya, so do they. I've been teaching the kids all the games I used to play growing up. It's been so much fun. But as you can see from the pictures, the boys still love their video games. Pete and Jacob love playing WII together.

I took Anja to the doctor today to get meds for her new diagnosis of ADHD, like we all didn't know. Anyway, Anja told her we got a trampoline and she got super nervous. She said,"You know how dangerous those are? You could break your back. You're so accident prone. You don't want to be in a wheelchair the rest of your life, do you?" She sounds just like Pete. The doctor then got back to the business of meds and asked Anja if she could swallow a pill. Anja told her she swallowed a grape whole one time. The doctor said,"You shouldn't do that. You could choke." Then she plugged her ears and told Anja not to tell her anthing else.







We went to Schofield for the 4th celebration. The band Kansas was there. I thought I would recognize their music but I didn't. When they said, "Here's a song from 1974I realized I had been too young. The fireworks were okay but...it's kind of a let down from New Year's Eve fireworks. Then it took us an hour to get off post. We did get some cute pics of the kids in the great outfits my mom bought. One is of Megan doing her favorite thing. Can you guess which one that is? There were a lot of free booths and as you can see Megan won a hat from Geiko. Jackie and Anja are wearing some other wierd hats they got for free. Free stuff is great!

Funny

No new pics just a funny comment from Anja. Pete has been sick with pneumonia and the Doc thought it might be Tuberculosis. Just to quell your fears, it was not TB. I was explaining to the kids that when they give you that shot that puts a bubble under the skin of your arm that it is testing for TB. Anja said that she thought that it was a T.V. test and that it was to see if you were watching too much T.V. Cute huh?

Jackie's Kindergarten Graduation

Aren't they cute? I bought these leos off ebay and couldn't resist a picture when they put them on to go to gym.



Jackie while eating her chocolate graduation cake.




I always thought that Kindergarten graduations were silly. That was until one of my children was going to have one. All of a sudden it became so cute. She wants to grow up to be a nurse and her favorite subject is Science. The best was when she woke up the morning of her graduation she said, "I can't believe I'm actually graduating today." Too cute!

Memorial Day

Mom, the girls did wear thier new dresses but not until about 3 in the afternoon. We were just relaxing, trying to catch our breath from a busy weekend. Jacob was grumpy and refused to be in the picture with the girls. We did get them all out in public to be admired.

Jackie and Anja's birthday party

The day was cloudy and a little breezy so the kids got cold. Jackie and Anja were both still tired from the sleepover so they didn't do much swimming. They did have fun with their friends and got lots of great gifts.

Banquet pictures

Okay, I'm still way behind in pictures but my mom wanted some of the girls' gymnastics banquet. There is a picture of Anja with her best friend, Elizabeth. Mind you, the two of them got to be friends when they were in time out at gym. Jackie is with a few other girls her age that made team when she did. Megan is with her best friend from gym, Jenna and one other teamate, Mika. The girls had a good time getting balloons made and getting tatoos. The rest of their weekend never slowed down. The next morning they had to be at the gym by 8:30 for team pictures. We had to have them back at 4:00 for the team sleepover. The next morning we had to be at the gym at 7:30 to share in a potluck breakfast. Lastly, that afternoon from 3-6 was Jackie and Anja's birthday party at the pool. Needless to say, that was a super busy weekend.

The saga continues

Easter was wonderful. My mom was here and got to participate in our tradition of breaking confetti stuffed eggs over eachother's heads. The Bowers joined in our holiday fun. We got out the blower to clean all the confetti and eggshells off ourselves when we discovered that Kona the killer dog had a strong desire to kill the blower. See top picture.