Monday, September 29, 2014

This and That

Can I brag about this one for a bit?


Corinne had her fall recital last week. She did excellent! We went out for ice cream afterwards to celebrate. 
Earlier this month, the girls had assessment testing at school. Corinne's reading grades were superb! She scored "above average", being at 94% --meaning she reads better than 94% of kids her age. The testing also said she is proficient with 80% of words at a 5th grade reading level (she's in 3rd grade). Her math scores were above average also, being at 86%. Woohoo! Proud momma! I cannot claim giving her any smarts though, all of that has to all come from her brainy father. He can claim passing on the brains, I'll claim passing on the beauty. Heh heh.

We are still trying to get our house sold in order to move to our new one! It's been about 3 weeks and I'm trying not to grow impatient! I know the outcome is in God's hands, so doing my best to hold tight.


Can't believe this week will bring October. I suppose it's time to start thinking about Halloween Costumes and fall activities! Until then, we're hangin' out with hopes that our house sells soon! 

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Audie

Why the prairie dress?
Why this mis-matched socks?
Why the weird river dance?

Because she's Audie, I guess. 



Monday, September 08, 2014

Sisters

I invite you to view a rare sequence of love happening between these two.





Corinne's 8th Birthday

Corinne's been looking forward to today for a long time. Firstly, because she is allowed to sit in the front seat now. Secondly, because it's her golden birthday. And, thirdly, her birthday is her "favorite holiday." We started the day off with school.  A couple of hours into the school day, we were wonderfully interrupted by a Skype call from Brazil. Our friends, the Isaaks, have a daughter that was also born on September 8, so she called Corinne to sing her a happy birthday. 
We had lunch with Matt near his work, frozen yogurt with the cousins, and dinner out with Grandma and Grandpa. We did a quick photo shoot downtown, and came home to open presents. I think Corinne had a great day!!













Monday, September 01, 2014

I asked her to put the laundry from the washer into the dryer. A few minutes later I went to check on her, and found this....
Apparently, this was her solution for not being able to reach the clothes in the bottom of the washer.