Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Wrapping Presents
Uncle Jack
My memories of Uncle Jack:
1. He always took special time to seek me out and hear about my life at the Christmas parties. A lot of the time at the party we talk small talk but Jack was genuinely interested in what was going on with me and my family.
2. Steve really enjoyed talking with Jack. Said he was funny and easy to be around.
3. He would come every summer to go fishing and was the only one of my dad's siblings to do that. He would always bring a friend of girlfriend but it was still fun to see him and hang out.
4. He came up over the 4th of July to go fishing one summer and it snowed. I remember him cursing the Idaho weather.
5. He drove his motorcycle up one summer when Stevie was just new and bought him a Harley Davidson sweat shirt. Stevie still wears it and knows who gave it to him.
We will miss Jack and wish the best for Jessie!
Chrsitmas Party
I kind of uploaded these pictures backwards so these first pictures are from the end of the party.
This is David and he loves babies. He couldn't barly keep his hands off Lilly. It took her a while but she eventually warmed up to him. He asked me if he could take her to his prom. He said that she is the cutest girl ever including the ones he goes to high school with. He is such a sweet heart and was so kind with her.
Angie was awesome and baked a bunch of ginger bread men and brought all the goodies to decorate them. Stevie went to town put his little man together.
Stevie just opened his presents and got a pair of spider man pjs and a "spidy" car. The gifts couldn't have been more perfect. He wares the pjs every night he can to this day and I'm lucky if I can get them away from him long enough to wash them.
He is thanking Grandma with a big kiss. If this is any indication of what I have to look forward to when he is older....the girls better look out. He is one hell of a kisser!
Stevie is helping Lilly to open her presents. She was so tired at this point, she needed the help. And unfortunately, this is where the camera's batteries died so I didn't get the picture of Lilly kissing Grandma. She got a pair of pjs too, a baby glow worm, and a toy little radio. She loved it all. Both kids changed into their pjs that night but I didn't get a picture of how cute they were! Bummer!!!
Stevie had no problems sitting on Santa's lap this year. He told him exactly what he wanted, "a diesel truck with a trailer and a crain and the box." He still has the box because it makes a perfect garage. He repeated himself like 4 times just so Santa wouldn't get confused. And Santa brought him just what he asked for!
Lilly didn't enjoy the lap as much. I think every family has one of these pictures.
This is Stevie and Lanie singing jingle bells for us. It was pretty cute!
The party was a lot of fun. Good food, family, presents, and Santa...what more could anyone want?
School Work
First he hammered the nails in and then he pulled them out.
He really loves his school. The other day we were talking about moving back to Savannah when Dad gets back from Iraq. Stevie asked me if I would ask Miss Susan and Miss Joanie if they would move the school to Savannah. I told him he should ask Miss Joanie. We had parent teacher conferences about 2 weeks ago and Miss Joanie brought up the conversation she and Stevie had. She couldn't figure out why Stevie wanted to move the school to Las Vegas because she was pretty sure we were moving back to Savannah. She said that Stevie asked her one morning if she would move the school to Vada and she thought he was saying Nevada and then they both agreed it was Las Vegas. She said that Stevie nodded, smiled and bounced some more. I love it. And she was touched that he loves school so much!
As for the report card, Stevie is doing great. He is working on all the pre math, pre reading, and just where he needs to be!