Buggins class has been working on puppet shows for almost two months now. The kids wrote their own fractured fairytale scripts, recorded them, made puppets, and performed the. It was so much fun to see! Buggins was a wolf. He had a lot of fun with this project!
It's been a super busy time of year! The school had a Chinese parents night and Bedums and her grade did a musical about little tadpoles looking for their mothers. She was a tadpole and had a lot of singing and speaking parts. They all did so great! This has been an amazing program for the kids to go through.
Buggins got his Arrow of Light on his birthday. They had him walk across a bridge, symbolizing moving on. Afterward, he went back the other way and said he was staying in Cubs. Haha. He's been working really hard!
Buggins turned 11 three days ago. He's such a funny kid--he dies not want to grow up. He told me if he could stay any age, it would be 3 or 10. Jon was out of town all week and missed his birthday, so we did Skype to open gifts. He wanted a ton of presents, so we were wrapping anything and everything. He got two books, so we wrapped then separately. He got a new shirt and shorts--yep, wraps them separately. He got a scooter two beyblades, and some other fun boy toys. He wanted homemade spicy chicken sandwiches for dinner and a peanut butter and chocolate cake. I think he had a good day.
I love my family! My day was chocolate covered fruit (grapes are surprisingly good coveted in chocolate), breakfast in bed (omelets), beautiful flowers, and cards/candy. Bedums was so full after breakfast. She put a balloon in her robe and propped her card on her belly for me--haha. Jon did all the cooking, cleaning up, etc. I got to read and relax with the kids.
Bedums was baptized a member of our church today. Her cousin turned 8 three days before she did, so we did a joint gathering and did it all together. These two girls are best cousin friends and loved sharing their special day together. Thanks to everyone who spent it with us!
I'm a mean mom. At least, according to my kids. I only do friend birthday parties every 4 years (or so). This was Bedums year to have one. It was crazy! She wanted a farm animal party with traditional party games, farm style. Well, since all but 1 friend came, it was crazy and we just went with the flow. I think the big hits were the pinata, duck duck goose, and red rover. She had fun, so that's all that matters, right? Next party is 12 years old.
My baby turned 8 on May 1st. It's really crazy how fast time flies. It seems like just last week I was dealing with a newborn. She's such a tender-hearted girl with a deep love of animals and nature. She's never been a "traditional" girl until recently. She'd rather play house with animals than dolls. But lately, she's been into American Girl dolls. She got some AG things for her birthday, along with some animals. She was in heaven! She decided on her cake and dinner, too. Very specific--vanilla cake with vanilla frosting, yellow with blue flowers. Sliced ham, peas, orzo pasta with butter and parmesan cheese, strawberries, and soft rolls. Haha. We also hide clues in balloons and the kids have to pop the balloons in numbered order, read the clue, find the gift, and open it. Toby doesn't like the balloons, so she decided to just read the clues without the popping. We had grandpa here for the night, which was fun. What a fun day!
Teen 2 had the same problem that Teen 1 had--her top two eye teeth wouldn't come in because they're growing sideways. Eight months after having them pulled, one started to come in, but the other one was stuck. Almost $900 and a painful weekend later, she is doing great. The chain is attached to get braces and she's ready to get it in. It was so funny watching her come or if anesthesia. She kept saying she was in Love...really in Love. I thought I'd finally get a secret out of her, but it was only a movie star. Haha.
