Science

My girls love Science experiments and in general Celia loves Science.  It is actually an activity that I can pull out to create some calm in the house.  In our house it is Celia that is the hyper child, not the 3 year old (though she has her moments).

So last week Celia could not be settled so I pulled up my pinterest Science board and found something easy.  We learned about surface tension.  I grabbed a mason jar and the girls rounded up as much change as they could find.  Audrey and I filled the mason jar with water and they started dropping coins into the jar.

Celia and I talked about the fact that water droplets join together and that is what make's water have a higher surface tension.  I had the girls stand about a foot apart and I walked through them and then I had them join together, demonstrating that they were stronger together.  Audrey of course just liked dropping money into the water.

This I think will be a our summer of Science.  Celia loves it and Audrey loves experimenting.

Last day of Kindergarten

So I did the crazy parent thing and Celia wore what she wore on the first day of Kindergarten today.  I was hoping it would fit and it did!  She held her chalkboard again and I snapped away.  I also got to see her jump to first grade at school.  They said it was a quick event and they were right.  The kids have spots on the macadam outside of their school that they line up behind each morning it says K, 1, 2, etc.  So Kindergarten jumped to 1.  The whole school (except 5th grade) jumps up at the same time.  If you blink, you miss it.

The first is her first day and the 2nd is today.  The dress is shorter, the legs are thinner, and the face is thinner.  She just stretched out!!  Oh and the feet are bigger, it actually is more of a change then I thought!!  

And Audrey- Last day with just Mommy for the summer

Audrey's Show

For so many years it was Celia's school's show.  Tonight it was Audrey's show and she shined.  She sang all of the songs and did exactly what she was supposed to do and we were proud (sort of amazed too).

And so I will show the pictures with our all time favorite song from their school.  I do not have permission to show you the other students faces so I can't show you the actual performance, plus most of my photos are blurred and for some reason my recordings did not work.

My God is So Big

So Strong and So Mighty

There is nothing my God Can not do for you

 The Mountains are His

The rivers are his

The stars are his handy work too.

My God is So big

So strong and so mighty

There is nothing my God can not do for you

And she can sing that, just like her big sis.

Capturing the Impossible

I have captured a rare moment in time.  Audrey woke up like this…

Celia always wakes up like the above but I took a picture of her because

she is the cutest 6 year old on earth

Now I take on the task of impossible, getting these two dressed for church and ready to head out the door in 30 minutes.

Well we Had a Good Streak

Notice the sheet and the towel?  I wish they were in my car an hour prior to this photo.

On Monday Audrey had the start of a cold. On Tuesday it was a barky cough and cold but still not that bad.  Wednesday she definitely had barky cough and a hoarse voice but made it through the school day with school saying she never coughed at all and seemed fine.  I figured it was a mild case of croup or a virus.  So Thursday Celia woke up with the barky cough and a sore throat.   She stayed home and Audrey went to school.  Around noon Pete got a call that Audrey was sweaty and not feeling well.  So he got her (he worked from home that day) and put her down from a nap in which she played and apparently was feeling better.  That is until the night….  She woke up with a coughing fit with a 102 temp (her highest and longing lasting temp so far) and then vomited.  Fun times.  So off to the doctor in the morning to find out it is just a virus.  The vomiting is from the coughing and the fact that illness makes her reflux worse.  Just as we pulled into our neighborhood coming home Audrey started coughing and then I heard the worst sound…  Basically my child exploded everywhere, carseat, back of my seat, on the floor, beside her.  It was not pretty.  I opened her door and we both just sorted of stared at each other.  I had no idea where to start.  So I ran in, grabbed towels and got her out of the carseat.  This is the moment in which she turns to me and says "Momma, you don't have to do "uppy", I will walk".  I did not have the heart to tell her that there was no way that I was going to pick vomit covered little self up anyway.

So after she did all that she took a tubby and seemed to feel much better.  She took a long nap later and then had some fun outside.  Actually it was very cute.  She helped me water the plants and at one point started shaking the watering cans and water sprayed all over.  I think she expected me to get mad but it was fine.  So then she just had a blast and until she realized her clothes were wet and she was "all done".

 Celia has more of a cold type thing instead of the fever and severe cough that Audrey has had.  She has a cough but not as bad.  And I am now hit with this thing too, we were healthy for so long!!

 So I saw on twitter, this art project that someone did.  I decided to try to copy it and included Celia.  The above is my picture.

This is Celia's picture, it is super cute.  She was a bit of a perfectionist with it and this was her third try.

Healthy Running Kids End

So on Mother's Day we ended our Healthy Running Kids series.

 I will miss the Piggy Tails, they only go in for her to run

 Audrey has her game face on

 See that really tough looking brunette with a few curls? 

Audrey beat her!!

Yep, her last race and she was not last.

Okay, we would have been 100% fine with her being last, but still it was nice..

 Super, super proud of that medal!!

 Here is Celia finishing strong

So proud of this 6 year old

Here are my super stars!

Growing Up

 Quite Frankly the last two weeks have been up and down with news that has not proven to be awesome.  A new little cousin was thrown into the mix and that was awesome.  

It seems like as you get older, we have to have more conversations that are grown up.

We have to make you sad even though we do not want do it.

 Of course you are always so amazing and you get through it.  Emotions, you get through.

Physical pain, well not so much, but you have time.

But Emotions kiddo, so far, you have proven to be resilient.

 The news we broke to you this evening involves a big change for our dear friends.

But also you because you love them.

You will get through it.

I need to say that for myself too.

But it is okay to be sad too.

You are strong.

Life is full of adventures and people.

Some people will come and go out of your life and you will learn that is okay.

This is one of those times.

You will be okay.