Kendalyn's Piano Recital

Cute Kendalyn



This year, Kendalyn has been taking group piano lessons and I can't believe all the stuff she has learned. Amy (our Musikgarten teacher) has taught them in such a different way than I learned, so it has been so interesting to see what Kendalyn can do and with only one year behind her. She teaches them to listen to the song, use a do-re-mi pattern, sing it, and then play it. Kendalyn can play about 20 songs and she can play them in 3 or 4 different keys - which is PURE AMAZING to me. I took lessons for 10 years and I am now learning how to take a song and put it in a different key from my 8-year old - CRAZY!!! She also has learned how to compose, and they had to play an actual song they composed at their recital. Anyway, she has LOVED her lessons and will be moving to private next year - but we are so proud at how well she has learned and how great she is at practicing - hopefully it will stick!!!


With Teacher Amy - we LOVE her!



Explaining what she will be playing



Playing while the others sang and played different instruments



Doing a FUN song they surprised us with



Getting her Certificate and a Medal around her neck



With the "Moms"



With Grandma Thurgood and Great-Grandma Petterborg

Cast UPDATE

So I ended up getting a new cast put on Grady last Friday and it has been SO much better! I really couldn't even pick him up without gagging a little - it was awful. When they took his cast off, they asked if I wanted to keep it and I was shocked! I said there was no WAY that stink was coming BACK into my house - they looked at me like I was kind of weird - but seriously - Adri was gagging too. Since last Friday, we have been so diligent about keeping a sock (one of my ankle ones) on his cast any time he goes outside - hello, GENIUS! I came up with that brilliant idea two weeks too late, but at least it came. He keeps it on really good and doesn't get too bothered only having one set of fingers. I know it might start to stink again, but at least it won't be dirty too - only ONE week left - yahoo!!!

Kindergarten Here We Come!!!

We had Adri's Preschool Graduation the other day and I can't believe she is going to a "real" school next year on a "real" bus! I am as excited as she is:) We have been going to Miss Pennie for the last year and 1/2 of Preschool and we LOVE her. Adri has LOVED going to school and every time they don't have it, we sort of have a meltdown around here. She wakes up ready to go everyday, so we are very sad it is over, but we definitely have some great memories. Bring on the Sweet Summer...
Snappin' - LOVE IT
We missed getting a picture of the hug she gave Miss Pennie, but it was good - she loves HER
Giving Miss Ashlie a HUGE HUG (Miss Ashlie is Pennie's daughter and the other teacher)
Right after she got her "Certificate of Graduation"

EEEWWW!!

Grady's broken arm/cast is starting to gross me out - BAD! He happens to like the dirt ALOT and I can't seem to keep him out of it! Every time he comes in the house we have the same routine of washing hands/feet and I hate that I can't wash his left hand. We have to use a wipe and just wipe it clean. We also have to use Q-tips to dig down under his cast and clean out between his fingers - it's SUPER fun! He has only had it on 1 1/2 weeks so far - 2 1/2 are still left. If it's completely gross now - what is it going to be like next week or when we go to take it off - GAG - I am trying not to think about it too much! I am not even going to post a picture because the cloth underneath the cast is actually turning black - yep, too gross for a picture I think. So, there is the update. He still is doing fine with it though - getting lots of attention and he now just points at it and says "doctor" when anyone asks him what happened - it is VERY CUTE...

BROKEN!!

Yes folks, Grady is our first official recipient of a broken bone in our family! Poor guy - he broke it on Friday at Barnes Park (when we pass it now, he says "cas"). The story goes like this: I was busy (literally for 2 minutes) putting away the blanket and chairs and I couldn't see around the corner of the playground slide where I knew Adri and Grady were playing. All of the sudden, I hear crying and I can tell it's my Grady, so I race over and there is Adri and Grady both lying on their backs in the bark underneath about a 4-foot ledge. I guess Adri wanted him to jump to her and she would "catch" him. I guess the "catch" part didn't really happen. I could tell his arm really hurt because he wouldn't move it AND he kept crying which really isn't like Grady. He normally cries for a minute and runs off like nothing has happened. Anyway, we came home and I called the doctor, but they were at lunch, so I put Grady down for a nap, because that was all he wanted. He woke up about an hour later, and my neighbor who is a nurse, came over and looked at it and thought it looked a little swollen. Just then, my doctor called and told us to come in. He got x-rays taken and was such a mellow guy about the whole thing. They then told us that he has a "Buckle Fracture" in his ulna and radius and that it is better than a snap. So, that's about it. He got his cute green cast on (we tried for red, but they were out) and he was fascinated the whole time. He's gotten tons of attention and is doing quite well at doing everything he normally does. He gets it off June 12th - but in the meantime we think it's pretty darn CUTE!!

fLoRiDa FuN

We had SUCH a great time visiting Spence's parents in Florida! Spence's brother Danny and his wife Em came too with their little boy Jack and it made it even more FUN!
We mostly played at the beach, went swimming in the BEAUTIFUL pool and played games.

We did go see the Blue Angel's practice their show one day and that was incredible! You sit on bleachers on the tarmac and there are volunteers that tell you exactly what is happening, if the "Boss" liked it or not, and how many inches apart the planes are - which at some points, is only 18 inches apart!! It was AMAZING and the kids LOVED it.

Grady didn't love the noise, but he LOVED the planes and seeing them so close was so cool.
After the show, we went to the Airplane Museum (exact name, I have no idea), and the kids got to sit in all of these old planes and helicopters and it was pure Heaven to Grady - he is now completely OBSESSED with planes or "manes" as he calls them.
We are so glad we got to go and have the kids get reacquainted with grandma and
grandpa again! Thanks mom and dad!!!!

***A Few Extras!!!
Playing with Grandpa in the Park.
Hmmm - can you imagine if these were actually REAL scissors?

Yep - that's my Grady boy trying to "cut" Jack's hair..

In the BIG tub!!

fLoRiDa

We are going on this

To Pensicola

To see

And play here

It should be ABSOLUTELY

Bring on the 2's!!!

Happy Birthday Grady BOY!!

Grady just turned 2 and he was so cute about it! We were able to go to my parent's house for a couple of days and celebrate his birthday and Easter. He LOVES to hear the Birthday Song and was quite pleased that it was for him.

I think his favorite present was a green John Deere tractor (a small one:)! He opened it and let out a little "oh" sound. It was so stinking CUTE!

We are so LUCKY to have this little boy in our house. He is always entertaining (sometimes a little more than we want), and he makes us so happy by doing and saying the little things. I think having older kids with the younger is so much fun, because they get such a kick out of eachother. Happy Birthday bud - we LOVE you!!!

While I Was BLOGGING...

Yep, this little Mister does not like me being on the computer and he seems to come up with some pretty creative ideas to keep himself entertained.



He thought this was a pretty good thing to do - just look at that SMILE!

We've Been BUSY!

Yes, we have been busy - going potty that is! I know, Grady can't talk yet(which is bordering on concern for me since he turns 2 in 2 weeks), but yet he let's me know when it is time to go. Monday was his first day and he has gone at least once or twice a day since. It is even #2 if you can believe it! I think he is still too little to get the other part down, but we are just so proud of him, and he is proud and very excited to get his little treat each time he goes. I realize this is early to celebrate, but I don't really have much else to celebrate so this is what you get. My other girls were completely terrified of going #2 on the potty, so this is really weird for us - I guess it is just another "boy" thing we are getting used to. I will let you know how next week goes!