Our New Friend

We have a new friend here in Gurnee, his name is Simon. He loves cantaloupe, strawberries, Doritos & nuts.

Bye Bye Big Round Mounds

Derek & I had been talking about updating our front yard. We were tired of the big, round bushes in front of our porch & we thought we needed to add a little color. Well when Derek makes a decision it does not take long for that plan to go into action. Last Wednesday he worked from home & watched Lindsey while I had a fun filled day with my friends. When I left that morning our front yard looked like this...When I got home that afternoon our front yard looked like this... Bye Bye big round mounds...Hello cute little bushes with color.

What the kiddo's have been up to

Since a lot of you don't get to see my kiddo's on a regular basis, I thought I would show you what they have been up to these days. Grayson is very much into reading, pokemon anything, he is over Baukugen & now loves these little men you can trade called Crazy Bones, and his new passion is drawing. Whenever we go to the bookmobile or he goes to the library at school, he is always checking out how to draw books. Here are a few examples.
He was really proud of this picture. This was a page in a book he was reading that he wanted to try & draw. I love that he put his name & age, makes it easier for me when I put it in his keep folder. As you can see he also wants to make it clear that he did not trace this!!
Abby is doing really well with having her cast on. She misses gym & being able to run around at recess. She is such an outside girl, she loves to climb trees, ride her bike, & play with her friends. Since she can't do any of those fun outside things with her cast she has found inside things to do. She loves to play & collect Littlest Pet Shops, listen to her ipod & sing Karaoke!
Lindsey is my shadow during the day & Abby's shadow after school. Lindsey loves to play with Abby & her friends, & they are very good & including her in most things. Lindsey loves a TV show called Hi-5 & watches that every morning (I cannot stand to be in the same room as that show), she also loves to play Littlest Pet shops, sing karoake, play go fish, snorkel in the bathtub & play Barbies. This girl loves her Barbies!! Her new thing is to play American Idol. Please meet...Randy, Kara, Paula & Simon.