Celebrity of the Week

Hello ... This week we have  a Celebrity on our hands!!! A little writing assignment for the family about our little girl BigGirlH....

Once there was a girl named Hope. I know what you are thinking – Wow her name is Hope? That is beautiful. Well yes it is beautiful and so is she. Your next question is where did her name come from? Well her momma is a wise young woman. All along her momma thought she was going to be a boy and her name was going to be Chase. When she found out it was a baby girl she was lost. She had no idea what to name this little girl UNTIL one day it came to her. Her momma was watching her favorite daytime show – Days of Our Lives and Hope Brady came onto the screen.

Voila!! This is how she was named. The cool thing about being named Hope is that you can see her name lots of places. In October, it is breast cancer awareness month and HOPE is one of their ways to represent this. Also, we went to Washington DC and got to see the Hope Diamond which has been around for a very long time.  This diamond is very rich in history. The best part about being named Hope is that she is the happiest little girl a momma could ask for. She is beautiful inside and out.

Hi, my name is Sterling Shaw and I am writing about my big sister Hope!  I am only 4 weeks old, but I already love my big sister very very much.  Most of the time I can’t tell her that, (except with my big blue eyes) because I don’t talk very well yet, but I am a good typer!

My sister is very nice.  I like when she holds me because I can hear her heartbeat.  Of all the people that hold me I like her hair the best!  I always grab her hair because it is pretty and brown and curly.  Also I like to look into her glasses because that is the only way I can see my reflection since I can’t hold a mirror. 

I can hardly wait to grow a little bit older so I can play soccer with Hope, and other sports she plays like baseball.  Also when I get older Hope can help teach me to read because she is a good reader!

I love my sister!!

Birthdays and School Projects

photo credit: Barnes and Noble

Our First Virtual Book Report for 3rd Grade and boy was Momma nervous. These projects get harder every  year and require me to be more and more  creative. So What do you get when you mix the below???

Photo Credits: Google Images

BigGirlH hard at work on the hair

Justin Case the Pumpkin....

This guy looks so smooth

BigGirlH is so proud of her  work

And LilMissJ is modeling the outfit BigGirlH will wear to school to present the  project.... We texted this picture to Mr.M and he thought this was her outfit for school "on purpose". Guess he forgot she was going to be a Nerd for Halloween.

We celebrated Hope's Birthday AGAIN but only 1 day late. We baked cookies and opened presents. She got quite a bit of baking accessories this year. Which is great bc she loves to cook and bake.

For all of OUR birthdays we went to the Waterfront Park for some playtime and to enjoy the weather before it gets too cold.

I love that my girls get along so well and like to play with each other.

Then we just go to some extreme silliness

This was not fun whatsoever. I had to sit down for a while to get the world to stop spinning. They did not torture me enough so they thought I should try this:

Call me a glutton for punishment. Then we are off to Whiffle Ball and Football

I love this man so much!

Until Next time

The 5 Item Bag

Back to School. Momma had lots of homework last night. This included helping the girls come up with and compile their all about me bags. I did not think this would be so hard or time consuming. It made me a little nostalgic and I wanted to share what the girls came up with!!.

They both got to share the following images:

BigGirlH, Mr.M and LilMissJ -- because they love their stepdad and Hockey with him.

Their tent - we go camping in Atlanta with Grandma and Grandpa at the Lake

BigGirlH, Me, and LilMissJ - they were super excited to be flower girls and wanted a picture of me too

Now onto their individual items.....

BigGirlH included her board from Karate that she broke, an apple for her favorite fruit, a collage picture of her  playing all her favorite sports - soccer, t-ball and swimming and a bracelet for making jewelry. And the below pics:

She absolutely loves Karate

Isn't she cute with her LONG HAIR and her Guitar

LilMissJ included the following in her bag....
Twiilight Bookmark for 2 things -- 1 she loves to read and 2 she loves Twiilight, Recipe for pancakes because she loves to cook and the  picture below. Her ballerina picture from recital last year (oops do not have a copy of that to share)

Hope everyone has a great week. We are off to the stores tonight to buy MORE back to school stuff that  came home in the folders.

1st Day of School

LilMissJ and BigGirlH

BigGirlH

LilMMissJ

Hello 3rd and 4th Grades!!! This is the one and only day besides picture day that I will be able to get my girls to look cute and normal. After today they will be picking out their own clothes. Notice the bow in BigGirlH's hair??? That was a challenge. One day they will appreciate that I stayed up late last night sewing on the ribbons to the shorts and polo shirt arms. Not to mention making the Corkscrew hair bows for them. Last night, I just got the call  from Mr.M that BigGirlH had a talk with him to "speak to me about making her wear a hair bow." REALLY!!  I got the talk that she really doesn't want to and he  reassured me it was only a faze and she would grow out of it. I guess it could be worse. She could want to wear hot pants right? But doesn't she look cute? Anyhoo, I like my girls to look like girls. No harm no foul. They have their own freedom to dress themselves 90% of the time. I overrule for church, picture day and the 1st day of school. I am mom you can give me those 3 things.
We got to meet our teachers last night at school and write about 10 checks -- individual checks might I add. Thanks to the school for coming out with the SAME water bottles from last year BUT with a fancy new lid. So of course we had to buy one   two. Both of our teachers were very nice. Both girls have  friends in their classes which is a lifesaver. All in all I feel we are going to have a great school year.
Last nights, soccer tryouts were cancelled due to the fields being to wet. Yes I am that mom that is cramming way too much into an evening the night before school started. This turned out to be a relief. We did end up going to Yamato Japanese Steakhouse for dinner to celebrate a friend's birthday. It is a tradition that we always take the kids to celebrate together. The best part of course is the leftovers.

Hope everyone has a great 1st day / week of school. Hoping the traffic calms down soon!!