We are back

I am back after taking almost  a year off from blogging. Mostly because at the moment I do not feel like doing dishes, tackling the laundry or picking up any of the kids' messes and I ran out of ideas of what else to browse online in addition to my news sites, facebook, e-mails and reddit. Granted there is pinterest, but I have to tell you that the cutesy creative site disgusts me.  I know, I know, this statements has a smell of blasphemy, but here it is. Pinterest makes me feel inadequate as a seamstress, organizer, bread baker, carpenter, designer, cake, soap and puppet maker. I don't do the cutesy stuff more often than three times a year-Halloween and two kids birthdays. Anyhow, here I am!

Let the chronicles of accomplishments, booboos and funnies begin!

First of here is our updated family portrait taking on Mother's Day weekend, by our neighbor Whitney who turned out to be a darn good photographer. Our old one with Danny missing and Erin just 18 months old was slightly out of date so here you go. Danny is two and Erin is five. Life is good!

Here is a funny from yesterday (before I forget it). Erin being a friendly kid, sometimes too friendly, went over to  the service desk at Maceys' while I was paying for our cereal. An unsuspecting dude was filling some form out and she decided to strike a conversation with him. Soon she was by my side demanding that I bend down for her to communicate a piece of intelligence in whisper. "Mom, I told him I liked his earring , but I did not really. I just wanted to be polite!" I just rolled my eyes and giggled (well, what would you do?) When we passed him on the way out, she repeated her adoration of his earring that turned out to be a lip piercing. The dude was cool about it, laughed and told her not to ask mom for one, ha ha. What a polite child I am raising! I am glad she did not just tell her new friend that the piercing was silly. When we pass smokers she does like to inform them that it is not healthy to smoke. Things just come out of this child's mouth. She is like me  though, first I say and then I think about what just escaped my brain. Sometimes it is awkward.

Erin's kindergarten year ended on a high note. Her grades were perfect (if grades in the kindergarten count for anything) and she loved being in school. She came out reading, doing basic math and singing song about the mother duck who sent her children over the hill. She was sad to part her ways with Mrs. Keddington and some classmates but hopefully some of them will return for the next year.

I could not be happier with Aristotle Academy. It turned out to be a great school for her and  I hope it will continue. 

As of right now Erin's aspiration in life is to become a circus manager and a ballet dancer (after one of the girls during the graduation party mentioned it Erin and every other girl added it to their goals in life).

For the past year since September Erin has been attending Taekwondo studio where she just tested and passed for a white/yellow belt (the last step before a yellow belt).

Can you spot the only girl getting a new belt.

This is her third test and belt since she began. Andrew and I hope that she will stick with Taekwondo. It has really helped her with her behavior an focus. I would like to say that Pooky became very disciplined and determined, but we are not quite there yet. By the way the tiny looking girl on the far left in black dobok, took gold in State sparring, beating up seven boys. This is what I want for my Pooky-being able to beat seven boys. By the way the defeater of the seven boys is competing in Nationals in Chicago this week and I hope she can beat seven boys on National level too. By the way Erin goes to Beyond Sports Taekwondo in Lindon and I love her studio! I'll do a separate post on them sometime.

 

We celebrated Erin's sixth birthday last week by having thirteen kids invade our home to play games, bash a piñata, eat pizza and open presents. This was Erin's cake--pigs in the mud. Can you tell she was excited, ha ha!

 

 





 

 

       



 

The birthday girl loved her party and I can't believe that I am a mom to a 6-year-old! Erin is a hoot, though a very strong headed hoot! She loves to argue and she loves being silly. Her video gaming skills exceed mine and she is good at coming up with excuses. Her favorite food is chicken with bones and bacon. She wants to have a cat and a dog. She loves getting haircuts and going out for ice cream. Her restaurant of choice is Applebee's, they make the best mac 'n cheese according to her. Gardening to Pook is boring, unless there are green peas to pick and eat. Clothes shopping is boring. Her favorite store is Costco, because they have samples. Monkey bars are on the top of her fun list and so are rides at a carnival. Watermelon can be eaten only as a triangle, all other shapes are unacceptable. She also recycles. Super friendliness and talkativeness are her best qualities. I am looking forward to new adventures with this monkey! The other day while waiting for her breakfast she sang to me " O fair lady! Is my bacon ready!" It was. She ate it.

 

I should probably go feed the zoo their lunch, so I will continue later, hopefully a-soon-kind-of-later. 

 

Ta ta for now!

 

PS: I"LL BE BACK (in the Terminator voice)