Cheer & Tumbling

I am so behind on blogging...this summer has really been busy. We've been having lots of fun. I'm going to try to catch up a little over the next couple of days. School starts in three weeks so I need to get my act together :)

Kristen finished up her Cheer & Tumbling class in May and they had an end of year showcase and pizza party. They showed us the things they had learned, then we had the pizza party and their teacher handed out awards to each of the girls.

Kristen received the "teammate" award. She said Kristen was always very sensitive to the other girls. She was always the first one there to help if someone got hurt, and always helped the other girls if they didn't know where they were supposed to be standing in the formation.

This class taught just the basics...cartwheels, round-offs, backbends, etc. But Kristen couldn't do any of those things at the first of the year. She's decided she wants to take the class again this next year and continue to improve on what she's already learned. Hopefully she'll be doing back walkovers or even back handsprings by the end of next year :)

Birthday Party

Last night Kristen had her 1st slumber party...to celebrate her 7th birthday. Some of her friends were able to come celebrate with her for a little while, and two of the girls spent the night. We had pizza and birthday cake, and they played and giggled and had a great time. Kristen is so happy that her friends came to celebrate with her.

Anna, Hannah, Kristen, Bethany, Abby, Landis

Princess Carriage Birthday Cake

The Birthday girl making a wish.

Opening presents. Landis, Abby, Kristen, Anna, Bethany.

A group shot, including her cousin, Hope.

Beautiful girls!!

The next morning, blowing bubbles and playing with sidewalk chalk. Anna, Kristen, Bethany.

Father's Day Wish

Kristen tells me quite often how she'd like a dad, and a brother or sister. I joked a while back that maybe one of her friends would have a single dad that we'd meet one of these days :) So a couple of weeks ago she told me something as she knew Father's Day was coming up.

"Mom, I really would like a dad for Father's Day. I've been looking for a grown-up boy for you, but nobody's interested. And some of them are brown, and they don't like white girls".

Guess I need to get to work on my tan.

Look who's SEVEN!!

Happy 7th Birthday, Kristen!! What a great day we had. Kristen went to daycare until about 2:00 when I picked her up. She took cupcakes to share with her class after lunch. From there we headed straight to the mall and I surprised her by taking her to Build-A-Bear. She picked out a Panda and dressed her very cute. She named her Eliza. We hit Happy Hour at Sonic, then came home and she opened presents. Then we headed to McDonalds for a playdate with several of our Guatemala friends. We'll do some more celebrating over the next several days, then hopefully have a small party with a couple of her friends in about a week. Here are just a few of the pictures I took today. She was really excited about some of the presents she got. She's only 7 but already has Bieber Fever (2nd picture below).

Tonsillectomy

Kristen got her tonsils out today. They also removed the anchored tubes that they put in two years ago. And if that wasn't enough, the doc pulled a really loose tooth that could easily get knocked out while they were doing tonsils. It had been a problem tooth so getting it out while she was knocked out seemed like a perfect time.

Her surgery was scheduled for 10:00. We got there by 9:00 and she didn't go back to pre-op until almost 9:30. Got her gown on and sat in the chair with her....and sat, and sat, and waited, and waited. I surprised her with a new game for her DS, so she played that some of the time. But when she wasn't playing it she was really scared. They didn't take her into surgery until just after 12:00...that's 2 1/2 hours that we waited!! But then she was done by about 12:30 and she did great. The nurse that took care of her in recovery really fell in love with her. Kristen told the nurse that this was the first time she'd ever had her tonsils out :)

Her throat has hurt her quite a bit today, and she's just laid around watching tv. She took a very short nap after taking Tylenol with codeine. She's sleeping now and the tooth fairy will be visiting tonight :)

Zoo Field Trip

Friday was the 1st graders field trip to the zoo and I went along as a chaperone. The weather was great and we all had so much fun! Another mom and I ended up having 8 girls with us and we didn't lose any of them...well, not for very long anyway :)

I can't believe that there are only a few weeks of school left. Kristen is definitely ready for summer!!

Happy Gotcha Day - 5 years

Happy Gotcha Day, Kristen. Five years ago today you were placed in my arms and we became a family. You are the sweetest daughter a mother could ever hope for. You are beautiful inside and out, with a heart of gold. I can't believe how fast you are growing up, I just want time to slow down sometimes. I treasure each day with you and love you more than you'll ever know.

We did a little celebrating today, once Kristen got out of school. When she got home there were flowers, balloons, and a cake waiting for her. Grandma and Grandpa came from Texas to celebrate with us, and we all went out to dinner tonight at a wonderful restaurant. That silly girl has had us all laughing all evening. Things definitely are never boring around here :)