- Today Lorelei had her very last cheer practice for this season and I'm happy about that. We've been doing cheer practice about 4 days a week since the beginning of August and Caleb and I have had our fill. Lorelei however...would like to keep having cheer. Go figure. She has a pizza party at her coaches house on Friday night and her big Cheer Gala and Princess Ball on Sunday morning {very bright and early!}.
- This morning mommy was diagnosed with bronchitis. At this point I've been "sick" for about two weeks. For a few days I even thought it might be the ever popular H1N1 {which if you want my opinion has been blow out of proportion by the media!}, but apparently, I was wrong. I'm not pleased with the care I received, but at the very least I have an antibiotic that "might" help. Let's hope it does because I'm miserable!
- Caleb finished his seed project this afternoon. He was pleased with how it looked, so I guess that's all that matters. I'm wondering if we should have done a little more, but it is his project so he has to make that call. I'm just hoping we covered everything because I couldn't find the sheet tonight to double check. Ooops!
- We are definitely going trick-or-treating this weekend! YAY! I've been considering getting a fun Halloween shirt to wear. Something I can put over a sweatshirt or even a jacket. We're also going to our community Halloween festivities which should be a lot of fun.
- Caleb and I started looking through his Bear Scouts handbook and have found an achievement to start working on so he can earn his Bear badge this year.
Showing posts with label cheerleading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheerleading. Show all posts
28 October 2009
A Brief Overview
22 October 2009
Where is time going???
Wow, almost another month has passed us by!
Since I last posted Caleb has had his first official scouts meeting and he seems to really enjoy that. I think we have to get him a uniform before the first meeting in November, but I'm letting Dad take care of that stuff with him.
We are almost finished with our 2009 cheer season and I won't say I'm disappointed by that at all. It's been a crazy season and most of the time I feel like we have no idea what's going on at all. I'm just crossing my fingers that by some miracle the girls do well enough to feel good about themselves at their gala.
School picture day was today. We made the decision to forgo ordering school portraits and instead I'm going to take the kids in somewhere simple like Walmart for a session. It's cheaper and you get more pictures to give out to family and friends. We are however going to get them both yearbooks, because I'd like them to have those memories down the road. I was mad at myself for not getting them one last year!
The kids are really excited about Halloween. After being on vacation and then sick for the last few weeks, I finally asked them about costumes today. Caleb intends to be Optimus Prime while Lorelei is intending to reuse her kitten costume (if I can find it) from last year. We're supposed to attend a Halloween Party in two days (if everyone is feeling well enough) so I've got to get on costume search ASAP.
Lots of big life changes going on around here; all of them very positive and wonderful. :)
Since I last posted Caleb has had his first official scouts meeting and he seems to really enjoy that. I think we have to get him a uniform before the first meeting in November, but I'm letting Dad take care of that stuff with him.
We are almost finished with our 2009 cheer season and I won't say I'm disappointed by that at all. It's been a crazy season and most of the time I feel like we have no idea what's going on at all. I'm just crossing my fingers that by some miracle the girls do well enough to feel good about themselves at their gala.
School picture day was today. We made the decision to forgo ordering school portraits and instead I'm going to take the kids in somewhere simple like Walmart for a session. It's cheaper and you get more pictures to give out to family and friends. We are however going to get them both yearbooks, because I'd like them to have those memories down the road. I was mad at myself for not getting them one last year!
The kids are really excited about Halloween. After being on vacation and then sick for the last few weeks, I finally asked them about costumes today. Caleb intends to be Optimus Prime while Lorelei is intending to reuse her kitten costume (if I can find it) from last year. We're supposed to attend a Halloween Party in two days (if everyone is feeling well enough) so I've got to get on costume search ASAP.
Lots of big life changes going on around here; all of them very positive and wonderful. :)
02 October 2009
Catch Up Post
Wow, where have we been? The last month has been hectic to say the least.
Lorelei still has cheerleading 3 nights a week and then one or two games each weekend. Pluse we have Daisy Scouts a few times a month. She still enjoys both, but boy is it wearing to keep up with her schedule!
Caleb has decided that he's interested in giving Boy Scouts another go after our botched attempt when he was in 1st grade. I'm so excited about this! I think it will be a really great activity for him. He'd also like to take swimming lessons at some point. I'm hoping we can do that for him.
After living here an entire year I finally have proper identification (ooooppps!) so we were able to go to the library tonight for the kids and I to get new library cards. They enjoyed the experience immensely and sat down to start reading their books while I looked for something new to read. They also read the entire way home.
Caleb has finally started getting into age appropriate chapter books. Bionicles and Phineas & Ferb top his list. The library doesn't carry the latter, but I did find Bionicles and that satisfied him so much he grabbed four. Lorelei is able to read a lot of simple books now. I'm proud to have two great readers.
Over Labor Day weekend George and I took the kids down into the city to get to see Chicago. They loved the train ride down and just the whole experience.
Lorelei brought home her first spelling test in September with a 100% marked in red at the top. Of course this hung on the fridge for at least a week in recognition of her achievement. Both kids are doing VERY well in school this year.
Caleb has taken an interest in drawing and writing little comic books. This was the first: "Army Man Caleb. The Original Story of Army Man vs. Money Man". They are really cute and the most recent one even includes his little sister as a trusty side kick.
We brought home some new furry friends. Because with two dogs and an odd assortment of fish we didn't have have enough critters. Two female hamsters named Rosie and Rhino. Rhino was named after the hamster/gerbil in Bolt. Not like they know the difference.
And last but not least...
We got a little goofy last night and snapped about 25 photos. My children? Are weird, strange and quite a lot adorable.
Lorelei still has cheerleading 3 nights a week and then one or two games each weekend. Pluse we have Daisy Scouts a few times a month. She still enjoys both, but boy is it wearing to keep up with her schedule!
Caleb has decided that he's interested in giving Boy Scouts another go after our botched attempt when he was in 1st grade. I'm so excited about this! I think it will be a really great activity for him. He'd also like to take swimming lessons at some point. I'm hoping we can do that for him.
After living here an entire year I finally have proper identification (ooooppps!) so we were able to go to the library tonight for the kids and I to get new library cards. They enjoyed the experience immensely and sat down to start reading their books while I looked for something new to read. They also read the entire way home.
Caleb has finally started getting into age appropriate chapter books. Bionicles and Phineas & Ferb top his list. The library doesn't carry the latter, but I did find Bionicles and that satisfied him so much he grabbed four. Lorelei is able to read a lot of simple books now. I'm proud to have two great readers.Over Labor Day weekend George and I took the kids down into the city to get to see Chicago. They loved the train ride down and just the whole experience.
Lorelei brought home her first spelling test in September with a 100% marked in red at the top. Of course this hung on the fridge for at least a week in recognition of her achievement. Both kids are doing VERY well in school this year.
Caleb has taken an interest in drawing and writing little comic books. This was the first: "Army Man Caleb. The Original Story of Army Man vs. Money Man". They are really cute and the most recent one even includes his little sister as a trusty side kick.
We brought home some new furry friends. Because with two dogs and an odd assortment of fish we didn't have have enough critters. Two female hamsters named Rosie and Rhino. Rhino was named after the hamster/gerbil in Bolt. Not like they know the difference.
And last but not least...
We got a little goofy last night and snapped about 25 photos. My children? Are weird, strange and quite a lot adorable.
29 August 2009
26 August 2009
That's My Girl!
Lorelei is the cheerleader showing off her belly and hiding her face. That's my girl!
The girls have worked really hard and it's definitely obvious to the parents who watch the majority of each practice that they are getting really good at their cheers. We're proud and it will be exciting to witness them at their first game this Saturday. Which, of course, I'll will take a lot of photos at.
17 August 2009
It's been busy around here!
The days have slipped by so quickly. I don't even know where one starts and the next begins.
I suppose we'll start with Lorelei starting with her cheerleading group. The Fox Valley Gators.
We spend our evenings at a local park while she has practice. Starting at the end of the month we'll be going to games so that she can cheer. So far it's been a great experience. Tonight was picture night and as soon as I have ours back I'll post her "professional" cheer pictures for you to see. Let me tell you -- she looked adorable!
We got a new pool! Our baby pool wasn't cutting it and we were wanting to spend more time outside.
Talk about enjoyment! The kids and I have fully taken advantage of the gorgeous weather when it's happened and we've spent a lot of time in the last few weeks in our pool. I'll be very sad to take it down next weekend.
Caleb started and finished his first chapter book of over 100 pages last week while we were at cheer practice. Made me so proud to see him finally try to read a book of that length. He's been insisting for so long that he couldn't...but obviously...he can!
School starts in exactly one week. I'm not sure if we're looking forward to that or not? We dropped in today to try and get a look at which classes the kids were in, but they won't be out until Thursday. I think I'm more excited than they are.
I've started collecting up supplies and luckily we have a few key things still laying around from last year which is fantastic! Should help us save a little money anyway.
There's more, but perhaps I'll get around to some more posts. We'll see! We've been really, really busy!
I suppose we'll start with Lorelei starting with her cheerleading group. The Fox Valley Gators.
We spend our evenings at a local park while she has practice. Starting at the end of the month we'll be going to games so that she can cheer. So far it's been a great experience. Tonight was picture night and as soon as I have ours back I'll post her "professional" cheer pictures for you to see. Let me tell you -- she looked adorable!
We got a new pool! Our baby pool wasn't cutting it and we were wanting to spend more time outside.
Talk about enjoyment! The kids and I have fully taken advantage of the gorgeous weather when it's happened and we've spent a lot of time in the last few weeks in our pool. I'll be very sad to take it down next weekend.
Caleb started and finished his first chapter book of over 100 pages last week while we were at cheer practice. Made me so proud to see him finally try to read a book of that length. He's been insisting for so long that he couldn't...but obviously...he can!
School starts in exactly one week. I'm not sure if we're looking forward to that or not? We dropped in today to try and get a look at which classes the kids were in, but they won't be out until Thursday. I think I'm more excited than they are.
I've started collecting up supplies and luckily we have a few key things still laying around from last year which is fantastic! Should help us save a little money anyway.
There's more, but perhaps I'll get around to some more posts. We'll see! We've been really, really busy!
21 July 2009
Tonsils & Sports
Last week Tuesday Lorelei came down with a fever. Of course. This was Tuesday night so there was no hope of getting her into the doctor until Thursday because the office isn't open on Wednesday. {I've always thought this was weird, but I suppose it's because they are open on Saturday.} They didn't have any appointments open by the time I managed to call on Thursday so we had to settle for Friday morning.
Her tonsils were {and still are} quite large, but we didn't bother with a strep culture because the doctor didn't think it was strep. With her tonsils being a +4 in size for the 2nd time this year {and her 4th documented throat infection} we just decided to go right to the antibiotic and deal with whatever infection was brewing.
This morning I took her in for her sports physical so that she can participate in cheerleading this season. {She's going to be a member of a competitive squad because there are no other options at this age.} The physical went well. Her tonsils are still about a +3, but she was deemed otherwise healthy and able to participate in cheer.
For height Lorelei came in at 44 inches and 41.5 pounds. This puts her between the 25th and 50th percentiles for height and weight. That's pretty much the growth pattern she's been on since birth.
Her tonsils were {and still are} quite large, but we didn't bother with a strep culture because the doctor didn't think it was strep. With her tonsils being a +4 in size for the 2nd time this year {and her 4th documented throat infection} we just decided to go right to the antibiotic and deal with whatever infection was brewing.
This morning I took her in for her sports physical so that she can participate in cheerleading this season. {She's going to be a member of a competitive squad because there are no other options at this age.} The physical went well. Her tonsils are still about a +3, but she was deemed otherwise healthy and able to participate in cheer.
For height Lorelei came in at 44 inches and 41.5 pounds. This puts her between the 25th and 50th percentiles for height and weight. That's pretty much the growth pattern she's been on since birth.
20 June 2009
Go Gators Go!
Admittedly, this picture kinda stinks. BUT...Lorelei is now officially an FV Gator cheerleader! We signed her up and just need to get her cleared to participate by the doctor. The Gators are a competition squad, but there are no tryouts or anything to become a member. All girls are welcome. Lorelei is very excited to cheer again after doing a short summer program last year with another competition team.
It should be a very busy cheer year for us!