Smarty Pants Preschool

Just a quick update from the business side of my life. On Friday I opened up registration for the 2010-2011 school year. If you are interested in signing up a child for preschool, please email me or give me a call and we can talk details. Your child will hold an official slot once the registration papers and deposit have been received! Ok, enough business...I have so many posts to catch up on...

New Year, New Experiences

2010 has already offered us many new opportunities, but among the first few were these:
Lizzie's new hair cut! She looks super cute, and she loves it because it takes Mommy less time to do it (Mommy loves it because there is a lot less screaming involved!).

The before shots

and the after shots. LOVE IT! Thanks, Aunt Manda!

Lucky for you, we didn't take pictures of Tori's new experience. She finally cracked her head open. We knew it would happen, we just assumed it would be either Owen or Lizzie. She cracked it pretty good, but we didn't think it needed stitches. She has a nice scar now though! Apparently the universe thought that somebody needed to go to the hospital though. The next day my niece ended up at the hospital after nearly cutting her finger off in the church door during primary. Nice, Soph!

Last, but certainly not least, my little man was showing off on the ladder in his sisters' room and fell off. I was so used to the sound of his tumbling that I didn't worry about it too much until the screaming started. By the time I made it up there he had bled on the carpet, the clothes, the stuffed animals, and himself. Awesome. These pictures were taken a day or two later, and you can't really see the damage, but you get the idea.

Happy 2010...hope this isn't a sign of things to come!

Papa

The new year started off a little different than expected. Papa went into the hospital to have minor surgery. Unfortunately the surgery was much more extensive than we anticipated and they found another tumor. It has been 2 1/2 years since they found the first tumor. We were all a little upset. The worst news for Dad though, was the fact that he would be in the hospital longer than expected. The first week went by. All of us girls went to visit him regularly, but because of H1N1 no kids were allowed in to visit. Papa was getting pretty lonely for his little ones, so we paid him a visit with ALL 11 kids. Of course we didn't bring them in, but they had a message for their Papa.

I went to visit him earlier that day and scoped out a place that we could stand all eleven of them so that Papa could see them. They each colored one piece of the sign and then stood there waiting for him. We could barely make him out when he came to the window, but we could see him well enough to see him wipe a tear from his eye. I love the picture below where you can see his reflection in the window looking down at the kids. He loves them so much, and we all love him!! We are so thankful that he came home and is doing so well! We love you!